Tales from the Darkside Season 4
01. Beetles
An Egyptologist working on a sarcophogus ignores a curse and meets a horrific fate when he ignores it.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Rod McCary
Arthur Hartley
Sirri Murad
Hammid Bey
Donald MacKechnie
Detective Richards
Colm Meaney
Constable
Angelo Grisanti
Bert
Neil Kinsella
Sid
Robert Bloch
Writer
Frank De Palma
Director
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Director of Photography
Greg Schorer
Editor
02. Mary, Mary
A woman who lives with mannequins because she is unable to deal with real people gets a rude awakening.
Jule Selbo
Writer
Jule Selbo
Writer
Katarina Wittich
Director
Steven Ross
Director of Photography
Kristina Boden
Editor
03. The Spirit Photographer
Despite the discouragement of his friend, a middle-aged photographer, Algernon, tries to captures spirits on film.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Frank Hamilton
Algernon Colesbury
Richard Clarke
Harry Bainbridge
Terres Unsoeld
Lenore
Mark Patrick Carducci
Writer
Brian Thomas Jones
Writer
Bill Travis
Director
Robert Draper
Director of Photography
Scott Vickrey
Editor
Brian Q. Kelley
Editor
04. The Moth
Sybil, a woman on the verge of death, is obsessed with the thought that after she dies her soul will dwell within a moth, and she begs her mother to hold the moth until she can be restored to life.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Michael McDowell
Writer
Jeffrey Wolf
Director
05. No Strings
A mobster who has finally defeated his old rival hires a reluctant puppeteer to string up his rival and make it dance for him. The mobster is unaware that puppet and puppeteer both have agendas of their own...
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Barry Dennen
Aldo D
T.J. Castronovo
Eddie Minelli
Cameron Milzer
Tiffany
Bradley Fisher
Nicky
Derek Loughran
Don Paulie's Corpse
John Marzilli
Motu (voice)
T.J. Castronovo
Eddie Minelli
David Odell
Writer
David Odell
Director
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Director of Photography
Greg Schorer
Editor
06. The Grave Robber
In this comedic episode, two treasure hunters discover a lost Egyptian tomb and accidentally revive a mummy. The mummy, Tapok, doesn't try to strangle them, but rather challenges the male explorer to a game of strip poker. The explorer loses, and with each piece of clothing he loses he takes on more of Tapok's wrappings until finally Tapok transfers his curse and leaves with the other explorer.
07. The Yattering and Jack
A normal, everyday, plain-as-day man, Jack Polo, lives a normal, everyday life...despite the fact that strange poltergeist-like events occur around him. He seems oblivious to everything bad around him. We soon realize that a small demon, a Yattering, has been sent to torment him because his mother was a witch. The Yattering's boss tells him he can do anything he wants as long as he doesn't touch Jack. Jack's daughter comes to visit, and she is surprised at both the host of strange occurrences (including an animated Christmas turkey) that occur, and her father's increasingly strident attempts to deny anything amiss. His motto: ""Que Sara Sara"". Finally, driven out of its mind with desperation, the Yattering touches Jack...which makes him his willing servant. Jack knew of the demon's plans all along, and that he hoped to trick it into touching him. Now he is safe from Hell's revenge, and has a new servant in the process.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Antony Carbone
Jack Polo
Phil Fondacaro
The Yattering
Thomas Newman
Beelzebub
Danielle Brisebois
Amanda Polo
08. Seymourlama
Much to his parents' frustration, a spoiled young boy, Seymour, is declared the High Lama by a group of monks.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
09. Sorry, Right Number
Katie receives a mysterious phone call from a woman warning about her husband's death...but he isn't dead yet. Katie ignores the phone call, and her husband dies. At the funeral, a despairing Katie calls up herself...and finds herself talking to...herself. She tries to warn her past self, despite knowing that it won't do any good, then collapses in despair.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Deborah Harmon
Katie Weiderman
Arthur Taxier
Bill Weiderman
Rhonda Dotson
Dawn
Katherine Britton
Polly
Brandon Stewart
Jeff
Nicole Huntington
Connie
Catherine Battistone
Phone (voice)
Stephen King
Writer
John Harrison
Director
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Director of Photography
Seth Gaven
Editor
10. Payment Overdue
Michael, a heartless collection agent, finds out that Jeanette doesn't quite understand the rules of going into debt, and has some unpleasant problems as a result.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Maura Swanson
Jeanette Simpson
Lewis Arlt
Michael Nelson
Wanda De Jesus
Telephone (voice)
Richard Benner
Writer
John Drury
Director
Robert Draper
Director of Photography
Kristina Boden
Editor
11. Love Hungry
Betsy, an overweight woman, receives an anonymous package with an earpiece that will supposedly help her diet. It transmits the "voices" of her food as is being eaten, but Betsy still has problems and the next gift is a pair of glasses that let her "see" her food as well...
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Sharon Madden
Betsy Cowland
Larry Gelman
Elmo Shroud
Diana Hale
Landlady
John Romo
Delivery Man
Catherine Battistone
Voice-Over (voice)
Neil Kinsella
Voice-Over (voice)
Jule Selbo
Writer
Roberts Gannaway
Story
Jule Selbo
Writer
John Strysik
Director
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Director of Photography
Greg Schorer
Editor
Brian Q. Kelley
Editor
12. The Deal
Screenwriter Tom Dash unwittingly makes a deal with the Devil and finds he must get out of it by finding a new victim or offer up his soul.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Robert Costanzo
Vincent Dessari
Elyssa Paternoster
Cassie Smith
Kristine Greco
Vincent's Secretary
Jon Jacobs
Jerome (voice)
Granville Burgess
Writer
Allen Coulter
Writer
T.J. Castronovo
Director
T.J. Castronovo
Director
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Director of Photography
Dov Gottesfeld
Editor
13. The Apprentice
Jane is hired by a Puritan museum but ends up mysteriously going back in time where she is forced to work as a near slave in the past.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Wayne Tippit
Magistrate Thomas Branford
Katherine Elizabeth Neuman
Jane Branford
Gary Lahti
Peter
Ellen Sandhaus
Writer
Eleanor Gaver
Director
Steven Ross
Director of Photography
Bill Pankow
Editor
Brian Q. Kelley
Editor
14. The Cutty Black Sow
On her deathbed, Jamie's great grandmother tells him the tale of a Celtic demon, the Cutty Black Sow, that comes to claim the soul of anyone dying that night, and Jamie vows to protect her soul from the beast.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Huckleberry Fox
Jamie
Paula Trueman
Great Grandma
Mary Griffin
Gloria
Timothy Landfield
Father
Sharon Ullrick
Mother
Michael McDowell
Writer
Thomas F. Monteleone
Story
Richard Glass
Director
Robert Liiv
Director of Photography
Bill Pankow
Editor
15. Do Not Open This Box
An aged inventor and his wife come into possession of a box marked "Do not open this box." The wife opens it and finds it empty. The next day a man comes to claim the box and the lady makes up a story about losing the box. The man begins giving them nice things in exchange for eventually getting the box back. The couple begin living the sweet life thanks to the stranger but when they finally give the box back, the man tells them that it contained a human soul - since the box was opened the soul has escaped and now the man needs a replacement.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Eileen Heckart
Rose Pennywell
William LeMassena
Charles Pennywell
Fay Gold
Clarissa Sanderson
Franco Amurri
Writer
Bob Balaban
Writer
Jodie Foster
Director
Steven Ross
Director of Photography
Scott Vickrey
Editor
16. Family Reunion
Janice, a young mother, swears to a social worker, Trudy, that her husband Robert kidnapped their son Bobby six months ago and she hasn't seen either of them since. Trudy agrees to find the father and son, but discovers that everything isn't what she was led to believe.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Stephen McHattie
Robert Perry
Daniel Terrence Kelly
Bobby
Marilyn Rockafellow
Trudy
Edithe Swensen
Writer
Tom Savini
Director
Robert Draper
Director of Photography
Scott Vickrey
Editor
17. Going Native
An alien is sent to Earth to study the nature and behavior of human beings. The alien, who resembles a normal Earth female, meticulously studies photographs of still life from large cities, simultaneously fascinated with and disgusted by the disarray and degeneration depicted in the pictures. The alien joins a therapeutic support group in an effort to better understand the seemingly contradictory humans. As she develops personal relationships with each group member, she begins to further understand the origin of and reasons for the behavior of humans, albeit from an outside observer's vantage point. The other members of the group see the alien as distant and detached, a condition that they assume is rooted in a self-denial complex. As the alien speaks at one of the group meetings, she suddenly realizes that she has been experiencing the exact same feelings as the humans that she has been studying. She has become human-like through assimilation, trapped within the emotional shell of ano
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Kim Greist
Claire
John Aprea
Lee
Cynthia David
Amy
Richard Kuhlman
Mark
Pamela Kenny
Janine
Andrew Weiner
Story
Theodore Gershuny
Teleplay
Andrew Weiner
Director
Gideon Porath
Director of Photography
Seth Gaven
Editor
18. Hush
A babysitter is called in to take care of a sick boy. As a game, the two make up a pretend creature out of household parts, one that eats sounds. The creature comes to life, sucking the sound and the life out of everything in the house. The two try to evade it, but the boy's uncontrollable coughing gives him away. The creature then becomes sensitive enough to the girl's heartbeat to find and kill her too, then goes out into the world for more "food"".
John Harrison
Writer
Zenna Henderson
Story
Allen Coulter
Director
Lloyd Freidus
Director of Photography
Scott Vickrey
Editor
19. Barter
A mother tries to get a reprieve from her noisy drums-practicing son by making a deal with an ammonia-seeking alien.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Jack Carter
Klaatzu
Jill Jaress
Ruthie
Michael Santiago
Nicky
Miguel Alamo
Little Nicky
Jule Selbo
Writer
Jule Selbo
Writer
Christopher T. Welch
Director
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Director of Photography
Frank De Palma
Editor
20. Basher Malone
A wrestler seeking one great opponent finds himself tricked into fighting a demon from Hell.
Paul Sparer
Narrator
Marie Denn
Ma Malone
Marlene Casamento
Ursula
Steve Strong
Basher Malone
Scott St. James
Announcer
Magic Schwarz
Trog
Jack 'Wildman' Armstrong
Lockjaw Lukasig
Gregory Uhland
Hurt wrestler
Peter O'Keefe
Writer
Anthony Santa Croce
Director
Michael Cardone
Director of Photography
Greg Schorer
Editor