Tales from the Darkside

Season 2

TV-14

67%

Each episode of this TV series depicts a short, strange tale...with a twist! With eerie stories vaguely reminiscent of 'The Twilight Zone,' viewers learn to appreciate that things are often not as they seem. The usual plot formula is comprised of an initial normal, mundane situation that gradually begins to get off-kilter, with suspense building up to the final, chilling, surprise conclusion.

Where to Watch Season 2

24 Episodes

The Impressionist
E1
The ImpressionistAn impressionist, "Mr. Personalities," is brought in by the government to try to help them communicate with an alien. Mr. Personalities is at first stumped but finally makes "contact." The alien departs and Mr. Personalities is depressed...until the alien returns for him.
Lifebomb
E2
LifebombThe president of a company, Ben Martin, receives the visit of the salesman Henry Harris that offers a new product, offered for free by the insurance company, to avoid his death. When he has a heart attack, he calls Henry and accepts the device, but there is a high cost to be paid.
Ring Around the Redhead
E3
Ring Around the RedheadDeath Row inmate Billy Malone tells a journalist of how he survived an earthquake and found a portal to another dimension. Out of that portal popped young Keena, whose ensuing relationship with Billy seals his fate.
Parlour Floor Front
E4
Parlour Floor FrontAfter Linda, a landlady, speaks to her tenant, Mars Gillis, who she wants to move out of the parlour floor front apartment, bad things start happening all over the apartment she and her husband live in, and suspect it's Mars's voodoo.
Halloween Candy
E5
Halloween CandyThe grumpy Mr. Killup is a disgusting old man and a sloppy father. His son Michael was raised with a grudge, but now helps his father. In the Halloween night, he buys candies for Mr. Killup to give to the children, but the old man decides to mock the children instead. But this year he taunts the wrong visitor.
The Satanic Piano
E6
The Satanic PianoPete Bancroft is a talented pianist who has lost his inspiration, but is contacted by a mysterious inventor who gives him a piano that lets him play as never before simply by thinking of the music. Bancroft is at first relieved, but soon discovers that the piano must feed on the soul of the woman he loves to retain its powers.
The Devil's Advocate
E7
The Devil's AdvocateA hate-style radio host, Mandrake, spews out venom at anyone who calls in. He soon discovers, however, after receiving calls across all of time that he is dead but that the "Boss," has kept him on since he discourages souls and make them more prone to the "Boss'" influence. Mandrake is unable to leave his broadcast booth and finds himself transforming into a demon as he has to continue broadcasting forever, and ever.
Distant Signals
E8
Distant SignalsMr. Smith is a cult follower of the failed 60's TV show MAX PARADISE and approaches Hollywood studio executives about recreating it, despite the reluctance of its now-alcoholic leading man Van Conway.
The Trouble with Mary Jane
E9
The Trouble with Mary JaneMrs. Knudsen enlists the aid of bumbling occult students Jack and Nora Mills to exorcise Aisha Candisha, the demon who is possessing her now-goat-footed daughter Mary Jane. The price? Fifty thousand dollars.
Ursa Minor
E10
Ursa MinorOn the day of her birthday, the girl Susie awakes with a teddy bear at her side on the bed, but her father Richard does not have any recollection of giving the toy to his daughter. Soon, Susie's mother Joan notes that Susie blames the teddy bear for any damage or mischief at home, irritating her. She becomes nervous with the lies that Susie is telling, but soon she learns that they are not lies.
Effect and Cause
E11
Effect and CauseThe aspirant painter Kate Collins lives in a chaotic life style, and meets frequently her friend, the school teacher David, at home. When she has an accident at the stairway of her apartment, her sister Janet helps her. One day, she finds that she has the ability to change reality and her life turns upside down.
Monsters in My Room
E12
Monsters in My RoomThe little Timmy is a sensitive boy and nerd that is very close to his mother Helen. His stepfather Biff works in a ship and rarely sees his family, and expects that Timmy likes football and other manhood habits. But Timmy finds monsters in his room, but neither Helen nor Biff believe him.
Comet Watch
E13
Comet WatchEnglebert Ames, an astronomer, is watching Hailey's Comet and is in for a shock when Sir Edmond Hailey himself arrives - he's been riding "his" comet all these years trying to elude Sarah, the woman pursuing him out of obsessed love.
Dream Girl
E14
Dream GirlThe theater director Andrea Caldwell learns that the playmate Didi, the electrician Joe D'Amico and her friend Syd Grossinger have vanished. Out of the blue, she finds all of them being humiliated by the janitor Otto Schrog, who is now a powerful man. Soon she finds that they are trapped in his dream and they need to wake him up to get rid of the situation.
A New Lease On Life
E15
A New Lease On LifeArchie Fenton moves into the St. George Apartments, where the lease has caveats: he must take out the trash every night, and he must not hang pictures on the walls. These aren't the only strange things about the St. George.
Printer's Devil
E16
Printer's DevilJunior Harman is a third-rate writer who discovers that his new agent, Mr. Kellaway, can make things happen for him. All it requires is a little blood - a few animals, the occasional bum... Junior is reluctant to go along but he soon finds he has no choice in the matter.
The Shrine
E17
The ShrineA young woman, Christine, returns home to find her mother cold and distant, and living isolated from everyone else. The woman soon discovers that her mother has summoned up...Chrissie - Christine as a young girl, before she moved away and gained a life of her own. Christine soon finds there is no way she can compete with her mother's idealized image of herself.
The Old Soft Shoe
E18
The Old Soft ShoeSalesman Chester checks into a motel and makes an off-hand pass at a woman. She rejects him, but soon another, jealous woman shows up to haunt him.
The Last Car
E19
The Last CarStacey is on her way home from college and rides the last car on a train. She is soon perplexed by the bizarre behavior of her fellow passengers, including a woman who knows her name despite the fact they've never met. Stacey soon discovers that she, and everyone else, are dead and on a one-way trip from which there is no escape.
A Choice of Dreams
E20
A Choice of DreamsA mob boss suffering from a terminal illness is visited by an odd man who claims that he has the ability to offer the dying a choice of dreams after death. The mob boss is skeptical at first and threatens to kill the man for insulting his intelligence. After some contemplation, he accepts the man's offer and subjects to his medical experimentations. At first, the boss experiences nothing but pleasant memories. However, after a few days, memories of the people he has destroyed through his evil and ruthless lifestyle begin to creep into his dreams. The mob boss reports these dreams to the man and demands that these images not recur after he dies. The man assures the mob boss that the disturbing memories are only a momentary side effect that will subside after further medical alterations. As the mob boss subjects himself to the final operation which will complete the procedure, the horrible memories become permanent, completely taking the place of the pleasant ones. Inside the mob boss's
Strange Love
E21
Strange LoveDr. Carrol visits the Alcotts and discovers that they are vampire and that wife Marie wants an escape.
The Unhappy Medium
E22
The Unhappy MediumTelevangelist Farley Bright, the founder of the Church of the Bright Tomorrow, has died recently. Three greedy relatives gather for the reading of his will. But Farley hasn't finished communicating with them yet.
Fear of Floating
E23
Fear of FloatingA hapless yokel, Arnold, runs into an Army recruiting office and asks for help, claiming to float. It turns out that he's telling the truth, but then Mr. Cooper and his pregnant daughter (pregnant by Arnold) show up and demand he do the right thing - it turns out that the more Arnold lies, the more he floats.
The Casavin Curse
E24
The Casavin CurseA family finds themselves cursed because of their great grandfather killing his wife, and the curse won't die until they all die too and there is no one else to carry on his name.