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''a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... '''A DARKSIDE'''."''|'''[[Opening Narration]]'''}}
''Tales from the Darkside'' is an anthology TV series from [[The Eighties]] produced by George A. Romero. Similar to ''[[
Also had [[The Movie]].
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* [[Affably Evil]]: The couple in "Anniversary Dinner" who {{spoiler|kill and then [[I'm a Humanitarian|eat their guest]].}} They continue acting like sane people while doing so.
* [[Aliens Steal Cable]]: "Distant Signals"
* [[And I Must Scream]]: The end of "A Choice of Dreams" has a [[Asshole Victim|mobster's]] brain [[Brain In
** The end of "Levitation". Just imagine... having the levitation trick done on you... {{spoiler|only for the magician to have a heart attack, and can't bring you down... and prevent you from floating into the sky...}}
* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Timmy's dad from "Monster In My Room."}}
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* [[Creepy Doll]] / [[The Doll Episode]]: "The Geezenstacks." The dolls themselves don't do anything, but the [[Uncanny Valley]] is in full effect.
* [[Cruel Twist Ending]]: HOO boy...
* [[Deal
* [[Does Not Like Men]]: Florence Bravo, from the episode of the same name.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: A hallmark of various supernatural beings on the series, but more so with a certain episode. "Halloween Candy" is a story about a rather grumpy old man who refuses to give out candy on Halloween. He is frightened to death by a malevolent being that he refused to give candy to. I know he wasn't exactly the nicest guy, but wow, killing someone for not giving candy?
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** In [[The Movie]], the "Cat From Hell" not only goes after some people who made millions on a drug that was fatally tested on thousands of cats, but also a servant who merely happened to work for them.
*** Your milage may vary. Some may feel like it was justified.
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Expy]]: One episode centers around a small family obviously themed after the family from ''[[I Love Lucy]]''.
* [[Going Native]]: In fact, the episode was called ''Going Native'', about an alien disguised as a human doing research on earth culture but finding herself experiencing more emotions uncommon to her people.
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