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''Tales from the Darkside'' was an American anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero; it debuted in 1983. Similar to ''Amazing Stories'', ''The Twilight Zone'', ''Night Gallery'', ''The Outer Limits'', ''Tales from the Crypt'', and ''Monsters''. Each episode was an individual short story that often 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. ==Series== The moderate success of George A. Romero's horror anthology film ''Creepshow'' led to initial inquiries about the possibilities of a ''Creepshow'' series. Because Warner Brothers owned certain aspects of ''Creepshow'', Laurel Entertainment, which produced the film, opted to take their potential series into a similar, yet separate, direction, including changing the name to ''Tales from the Darkside''. The new name reflected ''Creepshows focus, that of a live-action EC-based horror comic book of the 1950s like ''Tales from the Crypt'' or ''The Vault of Horror'', though the series would not carry the trappings of a comic as ''Creepshow'' did. Some episodes of the series were written by or adapted from the works of famous authors. Stephen King's short stories "Word Processor of the Gods" and "Sorry, Right Number" were amongst them. Works by Frederik Pohl, Harlan Ellison, Clive Barker, Michael Bishop, Robert Bloch, John Cheever, Michael McDowell and Fredric Brown were also featured. After wrapping, ''Tales from the Darkside'' was succeeded by ''Monsters'' in 1988, a similarly-styled syndicated weekly horror anthology also produced by Laurel and longtime Romero associate Richard P. Rubinstein. The series was followed by ''Tales from the Darkside: The Movie'' in 1990. Stephen King also contributed a short story to this film, "The Cat From Hell". The film starred Deborah Harry, Christian Slater, William Hickey, Steve Buscemi, and Julianne Moore (the first three had previously appeared in episodes of the TV series). Tom Savini has called this film "The real ''Creepshow 3''". The series was originally syndicated weekly by Tribune Broadcasting, with most stations airing it after midnight. After ending production, it was picked up by LBS Communications for barter-based syndication (with the exception of the episode ''The Apprentice'', and a few reruns of earlier episodes) which were distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures. Worldvision Enterprises later became the series' distributor, and the rights currently are held by Worldvision successor CBS Television Distribution. On November 17, 2008, CBS Home Entertainment (distributed by Paramount) announced the first season of Tales from the Darkside would be released on DVD February 10, 2009 complete with audio commentary by producer George Romero on the episode "Trick or Treat". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tales from the Darkside」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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