Season 4 Episode 4
A tabloid reporter hooks up with a hot young woman he meets at a club only to be drawn into a world of drugs and debauchery.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, March 10, 1987: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Why Are You Here?” premiered”Season 3 Episode 19
A young shoemaker’s assistant finds that he can actually live other people’s lives by walking in their shoes.
Written by Ellen Sandhaus
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, March 8, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Social Climber” premiered”Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren’t quite that simple, and Johnny doesn’t want to be found. Let’s just say that, amongst the period detail and beautiful scenery, it all gets really, really nasty.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, March 6, 1987: Angel Heart was released in theaters”Season 4 Episode 3
Luther is an eccentric sculptor who has no problem putting his models through the wringer — literally. When Cal breaks into his house one night, Luther sets him up to model with spunky blonde Arielle. When the two try to break free, Luther makes sure they find out that no one ever walks away from him.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, March 3, 1987: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Dead Heat” premiered”Season 3 Episode 18
Two ancient witches fight over an amulet yet again.
Written by Edithe Swensen.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, March 1, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Auld Acquaintances” premiered”Freddy Krueger invades the minds of a new group of teens — and the nightmares begin again. Local teenagers start dying and only Nancy Thompson knows the truth.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 27, 1987: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors was released in theaters”Season 4 Episode 2
A man obsessed with order encounters trouble on a road trip to Sunnyvale with his wife.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, February 24, 1987: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Minuteman” premiered”Season 3 Episode 17
A divorced and lonely man talks to and dotes over a mannequin he calls Estelle, while his friend begins to get concerned about his mental stability. Based on the short story by Robert Bloch, adapted and directed by John Harrison (as John Sutherland), and guest-starring Jerry Orbach.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, February 22, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Everybody Needs a Little Love” premiered”In 1982, Crippen High School was the scene of a series of brutal murders. The killer was never caught. Now, a low-budget film crew that includes an ill-fated leading man (George Clooney), the pretentious director (Scott Jacoby), a lecherous producer (Alex Rocco) and numerous nubile actresses have all returned to Crippen High to film the story of what actually happened.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 20, 1987: Return to Horror High was released in theaters”Season 4 Episode 1
Photographer Simon Hopper is considered a genius in the art world, but the demands for his models are always insanely hard to meet. Christina will do anything to be the model in his next project. But when she does get her chance, it turns out that Simon has raised the bar to a new level.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, February 17, 1987: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Perfect Order” premiered”Season 3 Episode 16
A wealthy and unscrupulous businessman strikes a deal with the Devil.
Written by Edithe Swensen.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, February 15, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Red Leader” was released in theaters”There’s a scary movie on television and the residents of a luxury high-rise building have their eyes glued to their sets. Unfortunately for a young birthday girl, an eternal demonic evil is released through her TV and partygoers soon find themselves fighting an army of murderous monsters! Acid blood, demonic dogs, possessed children and rampaging zombies wreak havoc for the trapped tenants!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, February 13, 1987: Demons 2 was released in US theaters”Season 3 Episode 15
A yuppie gets his first apartment – with an unexpected roommate.
Written and directed by Ted Gershuny, co-written by and guest-starring Perry Lang.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, February 8, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “My Own Place” premiered”Season 3 Episode 14
A horror writer discovers a real vampire in the coffin he bought for inspiration, and makes a deal with him to provide material for his novels.
Story by Scott Edelman, adapted by Peter O’Keefe.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, February 1, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “My Ghostwriter – The Vampire” premiered”Paul Dooley, Paul Walker, John Carradine and Henry Gibson head up an all-star cast in this horror-comedy about a murderous but misunderstood monster!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 30, 1987: Monster in the Closet was released in theaters”Season 3 Episode 13
A milkman (whom no one has ever actually seen) grants wishes to people if they leave him a note with their discarded bottles. To the horror of one man, he learns the milkman can mix up the meaning of the wishes if they’re written metaphorically. This comes to haunt him when his wife (previously barren after their first child) gives birth again.
Written by Donald Wollner, based on the short story “Temperature Days on Hawthorne Street” by Charles L. Grant. Guest-starring Robert Forster and Chad Allen.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, January 25, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Milkman Cometh” premiered”After murdering his entire family, a man remarries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, January 23, 1987: The Stepfather was released in theaters”Season 3 Episode 12
A woman who has no memory of her past befriends a saxophone player and slowly uncovers the truth behind the deaths she’s accidentally caused everywhere she’s been. Written and directed by Richard Blackburn.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, January 18, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Miss May Dusa” premiered”Season 3 Episode 11
Two rowdy kids who don’t believe in Santa Claus demand a story during Christmas, and their mean parents decide to tell them a different kind of Christmas story, a horrific tale of the monstrous “Grither.”
Written and directed by Michael McDowell, story by Michael Bishop and guest-starring E.G. Marshall and Jenna Von Oy.
Read more “Horror History: Monday, December 29, 1986: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Seasons of Belief” premiered”A skid-row florist’s “mean green mother” of a monster plant is the center of “the looniest, nuttiest, most outrageous movie musical comedy in years”.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 19, 1986: Little Shop of Horrors was released in theaters”Readin’, writin’ and radiation! When the nuclear power plant next door springs a leak, the students of Tromaville High begin mutating into psycho-punk freaks!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 12, 1986: Class of Nuke ‘Em High was released in theaters”Season 3 Episode 10
A saintly woman tires of her goodness and seeks a fall from grace. Story by Suzette Haden Elgin, written by Jule Selbo.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, November 30, 1986: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Deliver Us From Goodness” premiered”A babysitting uncle tells his charges three horror stories–about a killer witch, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and a story about “Goldi Lox” and the three bears.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 28, 1986: Deadtime Stories was released in theaters”Season 3 Episode 9
A voodoo witch opens a bakery, sells magic cookies and partners up with an unscrupulous advertising agent. Written by George A. Romero and guest-starring Mabel King.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, November 23, 1986: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Baker’s Dozen” premiered”Jake is killed by neighborhood thugs, and returns as a mystical figure (The Wraith) to gain revenge. Starring Charlie Sheen and Randy Quaid.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 21, 1986: The Wraith was released in theaters”Season 3 Episode 8
A controlling mother is given the title item by a friend, causing her warnings and metaphors to come true. This forces her children to obey her; her son studies to be a dentist, while her daughter is forced to dress in outdated and feminine styled clothes. After she accidentally turns her daughter’s boyfriend into a slice of bread, her children snap at her. The episode ends with the mother now a pilar of salt after saying to be turned into one if she was a terrible mother. Written by Edithe Swensen and guest-starring Renee Taylor.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, November 16, 1986: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “A Serpent’s Tooth” premiered”Marty has arranged a special reunion for all his high school “friends.” The prom queen, the jock, the class clown, the rebel, and a few select others have been invited… and it’s going to be a gala of gore!
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 14, 1986: Slaughter High was released in theaters”A motley group of comic-book monsters begins attacking and killing some San Francisco teens. One of the teens escapes and recruits her boyfriend, and another student with a video camera, to help her fight the monsters.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, November 14, 1986: Neon Maniacs was released in theaters”Season 3 Episode 7
A thief sells a stolen painting from the Spanish Inquisition to a wealthy art collector, who soon regrets his purchase when he discovers the world within the painting. Written by Edithe Swensen.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, November 9, 1986: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Heretic” premiered”Season 3 Episode 6
On her wedding night, a young woman discovers the reason for her mother’s mysterious reclusiveness and a dark family secret.
Written by Michael McDowell and guest-starring Theresa Saldana.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, November 2, 1986: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Black Widows” premiered”
