Horror History: Sunday, October 25, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “No Strings” premiered

Season 4 Episode 5

A cruel mob boss (T.J. Castronova, who also executive-produced the series) forces a ventriloquist (Barry Dennen) to string up the corpse of his defeated rival as a puppet. A one-man show is held… with results that none involved had counted on. Written and directed by David Odell (author of The Dark Crystal, in which Dennen lent his voice to the Skeksis Chamberlain).

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Horror History: Friday, October 23, 1987: Prince of Darkness was released in theaters

This story centers on a Catholic priest who discovers a gelatinous fluid that he believes is the source of power for the anti-Christ that is about to attack an unsuspecting world.

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Horror History: Sunday, October 18, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Moth” premiered

Season 4 Episode 4

A dying woman is convinced that after death her soul will be trapped in a moth. Written by Michael McDowell, Guest starring Debbie Harry.

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Horror History: Friday, October 16, 1987: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II was released in theaters

Thirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen Mary Lou Maloney returns to seek revenge.

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Horror History: Sunday, October 11, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Spirit Photographer” premiered

Season 4 Episode 3

A photographer decides to take photographs of ghosts. Written by Mark Patrick Carducci and Brian Thomas Jones.

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Horror History: Sunday, October 4, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Mary, Mary” premiered

Season 4 Episode 2

An isolated woman who fears the world turns to her dolls and mannequins for friendship. Written by Jule Selbo.

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Horror History: Friday, October 2, 1987: Creepozoids was released in theaters

Your flesh will CRAWL right off your SKIN! Set in a futuristic 1998, six years after an apocalyptic nuclear war, a group of army deserters take refuge from ‘acid rain’ in a seemingly abandoned laboratory complex…a band of desperate deserters flee into the desert, they stumble across an underground lab where they discover a horror even greater than war itself.

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