
Tales from the Darkside is a movie directed by John Harrison in 1990 and based on the book The Cat from Hell by Stephen King, first published in 1977. The movie features Deborah Harry, David Forrester, Matthew Lawrence, James Remar, Christian Slater, Robert Sedgwick, and others.
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Storyline
Three short movies, bound together by a fourth tale in which the other three stories are read. The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a “cat from Hell” who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses a bizarre killing and promises never to tell what he saw, and the “in-between” bit is the story of a woman preparing to cook her newspaper boy for supper.
Movie vs Book

Year
1990
Minutes
93
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb
Movie
Tales from the Darkside
Original title: Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Director: John Harrison
Country: USA
Year: 1990
Length: 1h33m
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Year
1977
Pages
20
Book Rate
7.28
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Book
The Cat from Hell
Author: Stephen King
Country: USA
First published in: 1977
Length: 20 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Just After Sunset
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Stephen King is a phenomenon. Dozens of his stories have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books.
“The book is so rich. There are so many fantastic details, but in order to preserve and have the time to bring that to the screen, we had to make important choices.”
DENIS VILLENEUVE (Filmmaker, Scriptwriter)


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