Tales from the Darkside 3
1986-09-28 | Drama,Sci-Fi & Fantasy | 22 episodes5 Seasons
Episode
The Circus (1986)
A skeptical journalist travels on assignment to a sideshow. Seated in a small theatre, he is greeted by a perverse caretaker/M.C. who promises (in seemingly generic fashion) to unearth strange, horrible, and presumably fake creatures. The journalist nevertheless feels disgusted when he sees a demonic vampire devour an actual lamb. He chastizes the caretaker for endorsing such horrific ""entertainment"". However, when fully realizing that these are actual CREATURES, the startled journalist attempts to flee the circus and unknowingly retreats into the arms of the vampire. The caretaker subsequently transforms him into a new exhibit, currently on display for the faithful flock of sideshow attendants who DELIGHT in being frightened.
Directed By
- Michael Gornick
Writer
- George A. Romero
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye (1986)
A young girl develops a talent for seeing the fate of those about to die and develops the habit of saying ""Goodbye"" to them when she does, and her family grows increasingly upset as a result.
Directed By
- John Strysik
Writer
- Jule Selbo
The Bitterest Pill (1986)
A boy treated poorly by his parents gets the upper hand when an eccentric uncle shows up and tries to convince the parents to finance him to develop his newest invention - a pill that increases brain power and memory. He has a stroke and dies but not before the boy swallows the one and only prototype, and soon puts his parents into the same position he was before.
Directed By
- Bryan Michael Stoller
Writer
- Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Florence Bravo (1986)
The ghost of a feminist torments the woman who buys her home.
Directed By
- John Lewis
Writer
- Edithe Swensen
The Geezenstacks (1986)
A little girl, Audrey, discovers she can control her family by manipulating her doll family, the Geezenstacks, within her dollhouse.
Directed By
- Bill Travis
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