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Tales from the Darkside

198420m / epDrama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

First aired

September 30, 1984

7.2

TMDB Score

72% match · 97 votes

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S01 · E08

The Word Processor of the Gods

Season 1 · Nov 25, 1984 · 23m

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E01▶

The New Man

Sep 30, 1984 · 23m

E02▶

I'll Give You a Million

Oct 7, 1984 · 23m

E03▶

Pain Killer

Oct 14, 1984 · 23m

E04▶

The Odds

Oct 21, 1984 · 23m

E05▶

Mookie and Pookie

Nov 4, 1984 · 23m

E06▶

Slippage

Nov 11, 1984 · 23m

E07▶

Inside the Closet

Nov 18, 1984 · 23m

E08Playing

The Word Processor of the Gods

Nov 25, 1984 · 23m

E09▶

A Case of the Stubborns

Dec 2, 1984 · 23m

E10▶

Djinn, No Chaser

Jan 13, 1985 · 23m

E11▶

All a Clone by the Telephone

Jan 20, 1985 · 23m

E12▶

In the Cards

Jan 27, 1985 · 23m

E13▶

Anniversary Dinner

Feb 3, 1985 · 23m

E14▶

Snip, Snip

Feb 10, 1985 · 23m

E15▶

Answer Me

Feb 17, 1985 · 23m

E16▶

The Tear Collector

Feb 24, 1985 · 23m

E17▶

Madness Room

May 5, 1985 · 23m

E18▶

If the Shoes Fit...

May 12, 1985 · 23m

E19▶

Levitation

May 19, 1985 · 23m

E20▶

It All Comes Out in the Wash

May 26, 1985 · 23m

E21▶

Bigalow's Last Smoke

Jun 9, 1985 · 23m

E22▶

Grandma's Last Wish

Jun 16, 1985 · 23m

E23▶

The False Prophet

Aug 4, 1985 · 23m

Richard Hagstrom is dismayed with the way life has treated him (a rude son, a shrewish wife). His nephew Jonathan gives him a birthday present: a homemade word processor. Hagstrom soon discovers that anything he types into the processor becomes real, and no one but him knows the difference. He begins with simple experiments, but then wipes out his son from existence. Even his wife is unaware of the changes. As the machine overheats into self-destruction, Hagstrom types in one last story: he makes sure that he and Jonathan's mother married and that Jonathan was his son. As the word processor destroys itself, Hagstrom's final wish becomes reality.

About the Series

DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Synopsis

Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.

CreatorGeorge A. Romero