80’s Flashback: Tales From The Darkside
One of my all-time favorite scary shows as a kid was “Tales From The Darkside.” I also liked the new “Twilight Zone” and “Amazing Stories,” but there was just something extra freaky about The Darkside. Maybe it was the way each episode began. First, there would be a picture of a serene country side in color and then, BAM, it would turn to black and white and a Vincent Price-like voice would say:
“Man lives, in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality.
But… there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real,
but not as brightly lit…..a DARKSIDE.”
CREEPY. And the music sounded like a deranged women banging away at the harpsichord. And each episode would end with the same voice saying:
“The dark side is always there, waiting for us to enter, waiting to enter us.
Until next time, try to enjoy the daylight.”
EXTRA CREEPY. Darkside was produced by George A. Romero who made the “Creepshow” movies so it’s no surprise it was pretty twisted. The series aired from 1983 to 1988, but for some reason, NONE of my friends remember it. I had actually forgotten all about it, too, until a couple of months ago when I stumbled upon the SYFI Channel showing reruns. I was in heaven!
Watching it now, more than twenty years later, the series is more kitschy than scary, but it’s still a good time either way. Watch it…if you think you can handle the darkside [insert deranged music here]
You know I love you and your blog Brooke, but this post is just plain old lame. Slow day?
Dude! Scifi had a marathon the other day, I was totally watching it.
I also like creepshow!
Gotta’ love the SyFy marathons! Tales From the Darkside was cheesey good fun!
I totally remember that show… and i loved it too. I would watch parts of it through the fingers covering my eyes, but i watched it nonetheless. I’m a sucker for the weird and creepy.
Derek- I haven’t been able to catch it in awhile. I’m sad I missed that marathon.
Sitelnsights- Yeah, the cheesier, the better!
Foxy- I think this show was really the forerunner to “Tales From The Cypt.”
I was always a fan of Tales From the Crypt.
I had a teacher that looked like the crypt keeper. Just FYI.
Candice- My parents wouldn’t pay for HBO, so I’ve only seen a couple of the episodes!
Oh, and I would like to thank everyone for commenting who didn’t think this post was “lame.” That was my sister who left that comment…nice.