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Thursday, October 25, 2018

31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN DAY 25: TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE 1983-1988 (PARAMOUNT) SEASON 3

This is the 3rd season for the George Romero produced show, and again it was a pretty good mixture.

THE CIRCUS 9-28-86... A newspaperman who likes to expose fakes comes to a strange circus to debunk a certain Dr. Nis who has many strange attractions.

I CAN'T HELP SAYING GOODBYE 10-3-86... A young girl has the ability to make people die just by touching them and saying goodbye.

THE BITTEREST PILL 10-12-86... A couple wins the lottery and their friend, an inventor comes to them for money. His super intellect pills accidentally fall into the hands of the couple's son.

FLORENCE BRAVO 10-19-86... A woman played by Lori Cardille moves into a house with her cheating husband and is visited by the ghost of a woman who killed her cheating husband. Interesting episode where nothing is really as it seems.

THE GEEZENSTACKS 10-26-86... A standout episode about a young girl whose doll house and it's inhabitants are not what they appear to be. The ending to this one is both shocking and amusing at the same time.

BLACK WIDOWS 11-2-86... A young woman on her wedding night discovers what the women in her family really are. This episode is a really creepy one and one of the best in the entire series.

HERETIC 11-9-86... An art dealer acquires a 16th century painting and soon finds himself in the court of the Inquisition for his crimes.

A SERPENT'S TOOTH 11-16-86... A mother who is disappointed with her children receives a serpent's tooth that produces magical and almost instant results. But things don't turn out as planned.

BAKER'S DOZEN 11-23-86... George Romero wrote the teleplay about a cookie baker who uses a very different ingredient in her cookies. An unscrupulous ad man gets wind of her and decides to make himself rich off of her. A shocking and wonderfully told tale as only Romero could write.

DELIVER US FROM GOODNESS 11-30-86... Off beat tale about a man running for political office and his saintly wife who does him campaign no good. She then decides to break the Ten Commandments to further his career bid.

SEASONS OF BELIEF 12-29-86... E.G. Marshall and Margaret Klenck play parents of two young children who are bored on Christmas Eve. The parents decide to scare the children with a horror story about a monster called The Grither. One of the best shows ever.

MISS MAY DUSA 1-18-87... A blind saxophone player meets a women in a New York subway. She appears to have amnesia and believes she is responsible for numerous deaths.

THE MILKMAN COMETH 1-25-87... Robert Forster is a down and out man who starts leaving mysterious notes for the morning milkman, and his luck changes. What is the terrifying secret?

MY GHOSTWRITER THE VAMPIRE 2-1-87... A writer writes a hugely successful book because he had help from a real vampire. Once he decides to rid himself of the bloodsucker, things get very bad.

MY OWN PLACE 2-8-87... A man gets a very cheap apartment in New York but finds he has a most unusual roommate. Very odd episode.

RED LEADER 2-15-87...Very strange mixture of comedy and horror dealing with a ruthless businessman who is offered a top position in hell by none other than the Devil himself. Weird.

EVERYBODY NEEDS A LITTLE LOVE 2-22-87... Tales From the Darkside seemed to be obsessed with mannequins and here is yet another episode dealing with them. A lonely man seems to dote on a mannequin that he believes to be alive and well. This does have a very unique and twisted ending.

AULD ACQUAINTANCES 3-1-87... Two witches make a pact for a talisman which lasts 300 years and then one of them gets greedy. Linda Thorson is a very fetching witch indeed.

THE SOCIAL CLIMBER 3-8-87... A young man working in a shoe store can live other peoples lives by putting on their shoes. In the end he gets a shocking surprise.

THE SWAP 3-15-87... A very ugly man named Bubba, the son of a witch has a cheating wife that is trying to kill him, but he has a very dark surprise for her.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN 5-10-87... A man dies in a hotel room and an angel and a devil battle for possession of his soul.

THE ENORMOUS RADIO 5-17-87... A radio lets a couple hear their neighbors personal conversations. The episode is pretty simple, but it does hit home on a very good point. Eavesdropping always leads to tragedy.

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