Tales from the Darkside - Episode Guide

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 30, 1984

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Oct 7, 1984

A millionaire makes his fellow millionaire a deal: a million dollars for his soul. But when the second man dies, the Devil comes to collect what is due him.

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 14, 1984

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 21, 1984

An aging bookie finds himself in a battle of wills against a gambler who can't seem to lose.

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Nov 4, 1984

A bed-ridden boy with an interest in computers dies... and his twin sister discovers that he left instructions to let her bring him back as a computer.

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1984

A young advertising executive discovers that he is slowly slipping out of reality as people forget him.

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1984

A college anthopology professor takes on a female student a a boarder, and warns her to never open the closet.

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1984

An semi-professional writer receives a homemade word processor from his dying nephew... and soon realizes that the boy has endowed it with the power to change the world.

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1984

A family's grandfather decides that he's not dead... even though he is.

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1985

A young couple find a magical lamp that contains a genie... but he is onyl interested in making their lives miserable.

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1985

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1985

A disreputable fortuneteller finds herself cursed with a card that predicts death... and she can't get rid of it.

Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1985

An elderly country couple invite a young hitchhiker to dinner.

Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Feb 10, 1985

A warlock discovers the limits of his power when he seeks revenge on the winner of a lottery jackpot he had hoped to claim.

Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Feb 17, 1985

Episode: 1x16 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1985

Episode: 1x17 | Airdate: May 5, 1985

Episode: 1x18 | Airdate: May 12, 1985

Episode: 1x19 | Airdate: May 19, 1985

Two teenagers go to the circus to see a magician with a unique levitation act.

Episode: 1x20 | Airdate: May 26, 1985

Episode: 1x21 | Airdate: Jun 9, 1985

Episode: 1x22 | Airdate: Jun 16, 1985

Episode: 1x23 | Airdate: Aug 4, 1985

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1985

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1985

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1985

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1985

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1985

A miser who refuses to give out Halloween candy finds himself trapped in his house with no escape... and the food running out.

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1985

An inventor offers a fading composer a way to create the music that he's always dreamed of... at a price he may not wish to pay.

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1985

An abrasive radio talk show host discovers that he's been selected to broadcast to a unique audience.

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1985

A mysterious investor attempts to revive an obscure TV show from the 60s... and is willing to pay in gold bars to do it.

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1985

Two bickering occultists could be $50,000 richer, that is, if they can work together successfully to exorcise a possessed girl.

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1985

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Dec 8, 1985

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 22, 1985

A stepfather believes that his son is making up stories about the monsters hiding in his room.

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1986

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1986

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1986

A young man moves into an apartment that later takes on a frightening characteristics whenever he breaks the landlady's rules.

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1986

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1986

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1986

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1986

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: May 4, 1986

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: May 11, 1986

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: May 18, 1986

Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: May 25, 1986

Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: Jul 13, 1986

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1986

A journalist tries to prove that the freaks at a sideshow are fakes.

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Oct 5, 1986

A young girl is cursed: anyone she says goodbye to soon dies.

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1986

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1986

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1986

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Nov 2, 1986

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1986

A mysterious monk comes to visit an art dealer who has picked up a painting of the Inquisition on the black market.

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1986

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1986

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1986

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Dec 29, 1986

A grandfather entertains his grandchildren on Christmas Eve with the tale of a creature that comes from the North Pole looking for bad boys and girls.

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1987

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jan 25, 1987

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1987

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Feb 8, 1987

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1987

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1987

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1987

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1987

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: May 3, 1987

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: May 10, 1987

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: May 17, 1987

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1987

Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1987

Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1987

Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1987

Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1987

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1987

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1987

The daughter of a pickle salesman is surprised when he denies the strange phenomenon happening in his house... caused by a Yatterling, a demon sent from Hell to drive the salesman to renounce God.

Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1987

Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1987

Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1988

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1988

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1988

Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: May 1, 1988

Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: May 8, 1988

Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: May 15, 1988

Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: May 22, 1988

Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Jun 19, 1988

Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Jul 10, 1988

Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Jul 17, 1988

Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Jul 23, 1988

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Oct 29, 1983 (22 min)

A mean store owner hosts a scary Halloween Night for the town's youngsters.

Episode: S04 Special | Airdate: May 4, 1990 (90 min)

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie is a 1990 American comedy horror anthology film directed by John Harrison, serving as a spin-off of the anthology television series Tales from the Darkside. The film depicts the frame story of a kidnapped paperboy who tells three stories of horror to the suburban witch who is preparing to eat him.

The first of three dark tales involves resentful student Bellingham (Steve Buscemi) looking to an Egyptian mummy for help in settling some scores. Then, hit man Halston (David Johansen) is contracted to kill a cat that has terrorized and even killed members of an extremely wealthy family. Lastly, struggling artist Preston (James Remar) witnesses a demon commit a bizarre murder on a city street, but agrees to keep it a secret when the devilish being promises wealth in return for his silence

Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Oct 19, 2010 (22 min)

Episode: S05 Special | Airdate: Oct 19, 2010 (22 min)