Horror History: Friday, July 28, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Together Forever” premiered

July 28, 1989June 26, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 10

A woman can’t get past the thought that her husband is unfaithful, and it begins to rule her life.

Horror History: Saturday, July 22, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Her Finest Hour” premiered

July 22, 1989June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 9

Cheryl and Bruno are con artists who believe the world owes them something. When they face homelessness because the building they live in is about to be torn down, they find a new mark, Emilie Langlois, an old woman with a failing memory. Their goal is to take over Mrs. Langlois’ home, but they soon realize that some memories are best left forgotten.

Horror History: Friday, July 21, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Code-Liz” premiered

July 21, 1989June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 8

A jealous husband finds himself at the mercy of a computer answering service.

Horror History: Saturday, July 15, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “The Miracle of Alice Ames” premiered

July 15, 1989June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 7

A bogus preacher who has been making a living out of fake miracles and the young girls he forces into prostitution finds his livelihood threatened when a real miracle takes place and one of his girls develops the stigmata.

Horror History: Friday, July 14, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Renaissance” premiered

July 14, 1989June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 6

When the Paris underworld finds their livelihoods threatened by a developer’s plans, they take action of their own to stop it.

Horror History: Saturday, July 8, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Shadow Puppets” was released in theaters

July 8, 1989June 4, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 5

A psychologist with a twisted bent takes the wrong track with a disturbed patient and learns that sometimes it’s dangerous to play games.

Horror History: Friday, July 7, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Garter Belt” premiered

July 7, 1989June 4, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 4

A politician finds his life and his career in jeopardy when people start to find out about the dins in his past.

Horror History: Saturday, July 1, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Dark Wishes” premiered

July 1, 1989June 2, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 3

A mentally disturbed nurse concocts an elaborate plan to poison a woman so that she can steal her husband from her.

Horror History: Wednesday, June 28, 1989: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Collection Completed” premiered

June 28, 1989June 2, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 1 Episode 6

An uptight elderly man (M. Emmet Walsh) retires and soon discovers his wife’s (Audra Lindley) obsession with adopting animals into their home, leading him to use the animals for a hobby of his own.

Horror History: Wednesday, June 21, 1989: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Lover Come Hack to Me” premiered

June 21, 1989June 1, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 1 Episode 5

A newlywed couple (Amanda Plummer and Stephen Shellen) retreats to the mansion of the wife’s aunt in which the husband plans to kill her for her inheritance, but he soon learns that his wife’s family has a dark past and that the wife herself is not who she seems to be.

Horror History: Wednesday, June 14, 1989: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Only Sin Deep” premiered

June 14, 1989June 1, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 1 Episode 4

A young self-obsessed prostitute (Lea Thompson) “sells” her looks to a voodoo-dabbling pawnbroker (Britt Leach) so that she can use the money in order to snag a rich bachelor (Brett Cullen), but she soon regrets it four months later when her own face begins to shockingly and unexpectedly age at an accelerated rate.

Horror History: Saturday, June 10, 1989: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Dig That Cat… He’s Real Gone” premiered

June 10, 1989May 24, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 1 Episode 3

A carnival daredevil (Joe Pantoliano) is buried alive for his grand finale. Through flashbacks, he tells the viewers on how he was formerly a homeless man who had undergone a doctor’s experiment in order to transfer a cat’s nine lives into him. He suddenly remembers that he forgot that he only has eight lives, because the cat had to die the first time. However its too late.

Also starring Robert Wuhl.

Horror History: Saturday, June 10, 1989: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “And All Through the House” premiered

June 10, 1989May 24, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 1 Episode 2

A greedy philandering wife (Mary Ellen Trainor) kills her second husband (Marshall Bell) for his insurance money. Upon getting rid of the body, she is unexpectedly attacked by a hideous escaped mental patient (Larry Drake) dressed as Santa Claus who has been going around killing women. She soon realizes that her own young daughter is in complete danger from within the horrific situation.

Horror History: Saturday, June 10, 1989: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The Man Who Was Death” premiered

June 10, 1989January 5, 2025 4 Evil Eyes

Season 1 Episode 1

A prison executioner named Niles Talbot (William Sadler) is laid off from his job and begins administering his own style of justice to acquitted murder suspects. He gets caught and soon after that, is executed by his former colleaugues.

Also starring Gerrit Graham and Roy Brocksmith.

Horror History: Saturday, April 29, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “In Living Colour” premiered

April 29, 1989April 30, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 2

After photographer Eric Coleman takes pictures of an elderly woman’s suicide, he takes on a new assistant named Madeleine, who may have a deeper connection to the dead woman than he could ever guess.

Horror History: Saturday, April 22, 1989: “The Hitchhiker” episode “The Martyr” premiered

April 22, 1989April 22, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 5 Episode 1

Deirdre manipulates Jacques into killing her wealthy older husband for her after getting his attention by pretending to be blind, but soon realises that things don’t work out the way she planned when Jacques will not go away.

Horror History: Sunday, July 24, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” final episode “Basher Malone” premiered

July 24, 1988June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 20

A religious wrestler and his mother contend against a crooked fight manager, played by Vic Tayback, who holds ties to a devilish opponent. Written by Peter O’Keefe.

Horror History: Sunday, July 17, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Barter” premiered

July 17, 1988June 19, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 19

A parody of I Love Lucy, an alien comes to a family’s door asking for ammonia and hilarity ensues. Written by Jule Selbo

Horror History: Sunday, July 10, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Hush” premiered

July 10, 1988June 11, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 18

A child innocently builds a device that eats sound in order to make his mother happy, but soon loses control of the creepy machine (which silences things by sucking out their energy and killing them).

Based on a story by Zenna Henderson, adapted by John Harrison (under the name John Sutherland).

Horror History: Sunday, June 19, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Going Native” premiered

June 19, 1988June 1, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 17

An alien visitor studies human nature as a photographer.

Written and directed by Ted Gershuny (who, the following year, collaborated with Tommy Lee Wallace on the script for Drew Barrymore’s movie Far From Home)

Horror History: Sunday, May 22, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Family Reunion” premiered

May 22, 1988May 22, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 16

A man guards his sick son closely and has sole custody, while the boy’s worried mother desperately wants to be reunited with her child. Its later revealed the mother is a werewolf, and their son inherited her lycanthropy; she kills the father to reunite with her son, who has been unable to control his changes.

Written by Edithe Swensen, directed by Tom Savini, and guest-starring Patricia Tallman.

Horror History: Sunday, May 15, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Do Not Open This Box” premiered

May 15, 1988May 15, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 15

Charlie is a sweet-natured but unsuccessful inventor. His wife Ruth (an acid-tongued opportunist who sorely regrets her choice of spouse, and who is openly jealous of their well-to-do neighbor) takes advantage of a deliveryman’s generosity, after the latter expresses his need for a mistakenly delivered item with the title warning inscribed on it. When it becomes evident that Ruth has no intention of returning the box, our deliveryman reveals his true identity. It doesn’t help that Ruth has already opened the apparently empty box…or that the box in fact contained something which, literally, money cannot buy.

Written by Franco Amurri and directed by Jodie Foster and guest-starring Eileen Heckart.

Horror History: Sunday, May 8, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Cutty Black Sow” premiered

May 8, 1988May 8, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 14

On Halloween, a boy is warned by his dying great-grandmother about the Cutty Black Sow, a Celtic demon that steals the souls of those who die on All Hallow’s Eve, and tries to prevent it from getting hers.

Based on a story by Thomas F. Monteleone, adapted by Michael McDowell and guest-starring Paula Trueman.

Horror History: Sunday, May 1, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Apprentice” premiered

May 1, 1988May 1, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 13

A woman goes to work for a museum and is transported to the past and forced to work as a near-slave.

Written by Ellen Sandhaus. Guest-starring Haviland Morris and Wayne Tippit.

Horror History: Sunday, February 28, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Deal” premiered

February 28, 1988February 28, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 12

A screenwriter makes a deal with Satan.

Written by Granville Burgess and Allen Coulter. Guest-starring Bradley Whitford.

Horror History: Sunday, February 21, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Love Hungry” premiered

February 21, 1988February 21, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 11

An overweight woman goes to drastic measures to lose weight, but finds herself even more attached to her food than ever before.

Based on the short story “Food for Thought” by Roberts Gannaway. Written and directed by John Strysik, co-written by Jule Selbo.

Horror History: Sunday, February 14, 1988: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Payment Overdue” was released in theaters

February 14, 1988February 14, 2024 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 10

A heartless debt collection agent is harassed by a delinquent client from beyond the grave.

Written by Dick Benner.

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

November 22, 1987November 21, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

Season 4 Episode 9

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

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

November 15, 1987November 15, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

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.

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

November 1, 1987November 2, 2023 4 Evil Eyes

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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