Horror History: Sunday, November 22, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Sorry, Right Number” premiered

Season 4 Episode 9

A woman receives a bizarre and frightening phone call and figures out its meaning too late. Written by Stephen King.

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Horror History: Sunday, November 15, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Seymourlama” premiered

Season 4 Episode 8

A nerdy and spoiled young boy is proclaimed the religious leader of a nation, but his parents want to know what the catch is. Written by Harvey Jacobs and Donald Wollner. Guest-starring David Gale and Divine.

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Horror History: Friday, November 13, 1987: Howling III was released in theaters

A strange race of marsupials suddenly appear in Australia. A sociologist studying these creatures falls in love with a female and she gives birth to a new race of hairy offspring.

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Horror History: Sunday, November 8, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Yattering and Jack” premiered

Season 4 Episode 7

A minor demon named The Yattering (played by a moustachio-ed midget wearing a studded dogcollar and horns) is sent by Beelzebub to corrupt a man named Jack, but according to the rules, if the Yattering touches Jack, the demon then falls under the man’s control. Complicating matters, the man refuses to believe the demon exists, though his daughter is with him when various poltergeist phenomena caused by the demon take place, including a Christmas turkey which flaps around and lands on the tip of the Xmas tree. The Yattering touches Jack by mistake and becomes the man’s servant; the man says that his mother was a witch, which is why Hell wanted him damned so badly. Like Barker’s original story, this is played for laughs. Adapted for television by Clive Barker from his short story of the same name.

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Horror History: Sunday, November 1, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Grave Robber” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 6

A pair of unscrupulous archaeologists unearth an Egyptian tomb of a prince and awaken the mummy Tapok (Arnold Stang), luring them into a game of strip poker to compete for their lives.

Written by Harvey Jacobs and Donald Wollner. Guest-starring Arnold Stang

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Horror History: Sunday, November 1, 1987: Mindkiller was released direct-to-video

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A lonely library clerk stumbles across a manuscript that he uses to develop psychic powers, which make him irresistible to women. Soon, his powers get out of control, just as they start showing up in his friends.

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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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Horror History: Sunday, September 27, 1987: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Beetles” premiered

Season 4 Episode 1

An Egyptologist ignores a sarcophagus’s warnings and unearths a curse. Written by Robert Bloch and based on his short story and guest-starring Arnold Stang.

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Horror History: Friday, September 25, 1987: From a Whisper to a Scream was released in theaters

When a reporter ventures to Oldfield, the town historian tells her of the raw evil which lurks throughout Oldfield. To prove his point, he relates four grisly tales from the town’s petrifying past.

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Horror History: Friday, September 18, 1987: Hellraiser was released in US theaters

Kirsty Cotton’s family moves into an ancestral home and is terrorized by the resurrected corpse of her uncle, who requires the flesh of innocent victims to stay alive.

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Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1987: The Outing was released in theaters

An ancient genie is released from a lamp when thieves ransack an old woman’s house. They are killed and the lamp is sent to a museum to be studied. The curator’s daughter is soon possessed by the genie and invites her friends to spend the night at the museum, along with some uninvited guests.

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Horror History: Friday, September 11, 1987: A Return to Salem’s Lot was released in theaters

A sleepy new england town harbors a community of the undead — a horde of blood-frenzied vampires who’ve kept their ghoulish identities hidden for more than 300 years.

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Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1987: Slaughterhouse was released in theaters

A crazed meat packer, Lester Bacon, takes his revenge on the Lakeside townspeople responsible for his bankruptcy. Using “Buddy”, his maniacal son, he cuts a bloody swath of death and destruction during the town’s annual “Pig Out” Festival. Can Sheriff Borden put the pieces together and save the town, his daughter, and her friends from the clutches of a madman…and Buddy!!!

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Horror History: Friday, August 28, 1987: House II: The Second Story was released in US theaters

Jesse McLaughlin’s sitting on top of the world. He’s a talented artist with a growing career and a beautiful girlfriend. And he’s moving into a magnificent house. A very special house. A house which will plunge him into an incredible adventure…one where all of his dreams, fantasies and nightmares will be realized.

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Horror History: Friday, August 14, 1987: The Monster Squad was released in theaters

Dracula, the Wolf Man, the Gill-Man, the Mummy, and the Frankenstein Monster are in hot pursuit of a mysterious amulet that will allow their return and only the movie-loving kids in the neighborhood Monster Club can stop them!

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Horror History: Friday, July 31, 1987: The Lost Boys was released in theaters

Strange events threaten an entire family when two brothers move with their divorced mother to a California town where the local teenage gang turns out to be a pack of vampires.

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Horror History: Friday, July 17, 1987: Jaws: The Revenge was released in theaters

This time–it’s personal. The Jaws saga reaches its conclusion in this thrilling fourth and final installment as the wife of police chief Brody is followed to the Bahamas by a Great White.

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Horror History: Friday, July 10, 1987: Blood Diner was released in theaters

The Namtut brothers run the most popular restaurant in town, but their delicious meals contain the byproducts of their after-hours sorcery. They are using human sacrifices to resurrect the ancient and deadly Sheeter, the goddess of blood and lust.

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