Season 2 Episode 5
Mickey is a con artist only willing to commit to one way of thinking: making the quick buck. In exchange for his life, Mickey is willing to sell his soul by giving Pearl, his girlfriend, away to drug lord Joey Stregga. What Mickey doesn’t realize is that he will have to pay for selling off part of his soul.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, January 29, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Petty Thieves” premiered”Season 1 Episode 12
Catherine is a tarot reader who attracts business by giving out only good predictions, but she soon finds herself stuck with a new deck of cards – one which makes terrible predictions come true.
Written and directed by Ted Gershuny.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, January 27, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “In the Cards” premiered”Season 1 Episode 11
An answering machine with a will of its own helps out a television writer and gradually begins to take over his life. Written by Haskell Barkin and guest-starring Harry Anderson.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, January 20, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “All a Clone by the Telephone” premiered”When a college student inherits an old mansion he finds he has also inherited its residents–a bunch of slimy, hairy, fanged creatures who’ll do anything for him…even kill.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 18, 1985: Ghoulies was released in theaters”Season 2 Episode 4
Todd Fields is a married high school photography teacher and one of his students, Roseanne Lucas, develops a mad and obsessive crush on him. When Todd steps over the line and sleeps with her, he finds more than he ever bargained for.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, January 15, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “And If We Dream” premiered”Season 1 Episode 10
A comedic story in which a couple finds a lamp which turns out to hold a genie, who is extremely annoyed at being trapped for thousands of years. He punishes them with plagues and problems, but the wife offers a simple solution to his problem. Based on a story by Harlan Ellison and adapted by Haskell Barkin and guest-starring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the genie.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, January 13, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Djinn, No Chaser” premiered”Two streetwise detectives try to solve a murder case. They devise a plan to catch the killer, only to find that they themselves have been deceived and are being pursued by the killer.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 4, 1985: Too Scared to Scream was released in theaters”
