Tales from the Darkside

Name: Tales from the Darkside
Genre: Horror

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George Romero's anthology, opened by pastoral countryside that turns to negative while a narrator explains why.

Tales from the Darkside opens with a main title sequence of 76 seconds.

At 76 seconds, it opens well above the 50-second median for horror sequences in this catalogue.

It arrived on Syndication in 1983, when Romper Room, Truth or Consequences and Soul Train were also on the network.

The opening titles

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Fan upload. The inversion of the image is the whole idea: the same daylight world, seen from the other side.

1989–1996HBOHorror

A crawl through a derelict house towards a coffin, which opens — Danny Elfman's theme, and a host who was a puppet.

1987–1990SyndicationHorror

An antiques shop recovering cursed objects, sharing nothing with the films but a title.

1988–1990SyndicationHorror

An anthology hosted by Freddy Krueger, made while the films were still coming out and stranger than any of them.

1988–1991SyndicationHorror

A half-hour anthology from the Tales from the Darkside producers, with a creature in every episode and a budget for none of them.

1983–1991HBOHorror

HBO's first original series: an anthology introduced by a man on a road who never explains himself.

1980ITVHorror

Hammer's one television anthology, made after the films had stopped and shot on the same estate.