A frightening journey into the unknown awaits an Earthbound scout ship when it comes across an alien spacecraft of enormous proportions. Further investigation reveals a roomful of glass coffins containing the bodies of frozen creatures. A terrifying nightmare begins when these life-hungry aliens arise and target the Earth as their new feeding ground. Directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist).
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Horror History: Sunday, June 16, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Grandma’s Last Wish” premiered
An elderly woman makes one request of her unsympathetic family, who want to put her in a nursing home against her will.
Written by Jule Selbo.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, June 16, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Grandma’s Last Wish” premiered”Horror History: Friday, June 14, 1985: The Stuff was released in theaters
Americans start acting strangely after eating an alien ice cream called “The Stuff.”
Read more “Horror History: Friday, June 14, 1985: The Stuff was released in theaters”Horror History: Sunday, June 9, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Bigalow’s Last Smoke” premiered
Season 1 Episode 21
Mr. Bigalow wakes up in a replica of his apartment, overseen by an addiction counselor who will allow him to leave only if he quits smoking.
Written by Michael McDowell.
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Season 1 Episode 20
A laundromat offers to wash away the sins of its clients.
Written by Harvey Jacobs.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, May 26, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “It All Comes Out in the Wash” premiered”Horror History: Wednesday, May 22, 1985: Wes Craven’s Chiller debuted on television
Corporate exec Miles Creighton dies, and is cryogenically frozen in the hopes that he can be revived. 10 years later, the procedure is a success, and Miles returns–without his soul.
Read more “Horror History: Wednesday, May 22, 1985: Wes Craven’s Chiller debuted on television”Horror History: Sunday, May 19, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Levitation” premiered
Season 1 Episode 19
A teenager goads a once-famous magician into performing his greatest feat of levitation, with disastrous results.
Based on a short story by Joseph Payne Brennan and adapted by David Gerrold.
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Season 1 Episode 18
Politician Bo Gumbs checks into a hotel to prepare for a speech. After he tells the hotel wait staff that politics is all showmanship, they help him prepare for his best show ever.
Co-Written by Armand Mastoianni and David Gerrold, directed by Mastroianni, starring Dick Shawn.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, May 12, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “If the Shoes Fit…” premiered”Horror History: Sunday, May 5, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Madness Room” premiered
Season 1 Episode 17
A wife and her friend plot to scare a rich man to death in the cursed “Madness Room.”
Written by Thomas Epperson and guest-starring Stuart Whitman.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, May 5, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Madness Room” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, April 27, 1985: Creature was released in theaters
Two crews from competing corporations are sent to Titan (Saturn’s largest moon) to retrieve canisters containing the remains of ancient beings. One by one, the scientists are overcome by a horrifying Creature – a parasite which takes over their bodies.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, April 27, 1985: Creature was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 19, 1985: The Company of Wolves was released in US theaters
A teenage girl in a country manor falls asleep while reading a magazine, and has a disturbing dream involving wolves prowling the woods below her bedroom window.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 19, 1985: The Company of Wolves was released in US theaters”Horror History: Friday, April 12, 1985: Cat’s Eye was released in theaters
Stephen King, the modern master of horror, offers up two terrifying tales from his bestselling book “Night Shift,” and an all-new tale written especially for this movie.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, April 12, 1985: Cat’s Eye was released in theaters”Horror History: Tuesday, April 9, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Murderous Feelings” premiered
Season 2 Episode 10
Dr. Peter Milne, an unethical psychiatrist, abuses his position to manipulate a female patient. His mind-bending medical practices only intensify her psychosis as she can no longer distinguish reality from dreams. When he finally has her act out her dreams, Dr. Milne finds himself the victim of her murderous feelings.
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Season 2 Episode 9
Kay Mason is the abusive owner of a dressmaking sweatshop. One day she is cursed by an angry worker who exclaims that she will be paid back by the devil for her actions. When Kay hires a mysterious stranger to do some odd jobs around the house, she doesn’t realize that she has hired a devil in disguise.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, March 26, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Hired Help” premiered”Horror History: Tuesday, March 12, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Man at the Window” premiered
Season 2 Episode 8
Ex-addict and screenwriter Arthur Brown steals the life and words of Diane Hampton. Diane is struggling to maintain her marriage with her abusive jealous husband John and to keep the affair with her female lover Catherine a secret. Arthur tips John off about Diane’s affair and soon finds himself the target of John’s anger.
Read more “Horror History: Tuesday, March 12, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Man at the Window” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, March 2, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “A Time For Rifles” premiered
Season 2 Episode 7
Lew Bridgeman and Joe Caldwell are Vietnam vets and best friends. But when Joe has an affair with Rae, Lew finds out and a night of deer hunting turns deadly.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, March 2, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “A Time For Rifles” premiered”Horror History: Sunday, February 24, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Tear Collector” premiered
Season 1 Episode 16
A young woman who can’t stop crying meets a man who collects tears.
Written by Geoffrey Loftus and John Drimmer and guest-starring Jessica Harper and Victor Garber.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, February 24, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “The Tear Collector” premiered”Horror History: Sunday, February 17, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Answer Me” premiered
Season 1 Episode 15
A ringing telephone with a life of its own bothers a woman in the room next door.
Written by Michael McDowell.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, February 17, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Answer Me” premiered”Horror History: Saturday, February 16, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Videodate” premiered
Season 2 Episode 6
Jack Rhodes is a salesman who wears many disguises to get what he wants: women. One day, he gets a video letter from a mysterious woman, Barbara, who challenges him to meet her. She plays him like a fiddle and takes advantage of him. Now the tables are turned and he can’t escape, not even with his life.
Read more “Horror History: Saturday, February 16, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Videodate” premiered”Horror History: Sunday, February 10, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Snip, Snip” premiered
Season 1 Episode 14
Confident that he is about to win the lottery, a man studying the black arts quits his job, only to find out that he has lost to a woman.
Written by Howard Smith and Tom Allan. Guest starring Carol Kane.
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Season 1 Episode 13
An elderly couple take in a girl escaping from her boyfriend, just in time for their 25th anniversary dinner. Unfortunately, the couple plans on serving a very specific-and revolting-dish…
Story by D.J. Pass, adapted by James Houghton. Guest starring Alice Ghostley.
Read more “Horror History: Sunday, February 3, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Anniversary Dinner” premiered”Horror History: Tuesday, January 29, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “Petty Thieves” premiered
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”Horror History: Sunday, January 27, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “In the Cards” 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.
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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”Horror History: Friday, January 18, 1985: Ghoulies was released in theaters
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”Horror History: Tuesday, January 15, 1985: “The Hitchhiker” episode “And If We Dream” premiered
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”Horror History: Sunday, January 13, 1985: “Tales From The Darkside” episode “Djinn, No Chaser” 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”Horror History: Friday, January 4, 1985: Too Scared to Scream was released in theaters
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”Horror History: Friday, December 21, 1984: Don’t Open till Christmas was released in theaters
Somebody with very little Christmas spirit is killing anyone in a Santa suit one London holiday season, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits an annual tradition.
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 21, 1984: Don’t Open till Christmas was released in theaters”Horror History: Friday, December 7, 1984: The Initiation was released in theaters
A long-buried family secret comes back to haunt the present, and a sorority ceremony becomes a real hell night for Kelly Fairchild (Daphne Zuniga of “One Tree Hill” and “Melrose Place”).
Read more “Horror History: Friday, December 7, 1984: The Initiation was released in theaters”