The Rise of TV Horror Anthologies (80's Horror Memories Ep 19)
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The 80s gave us some of our most iconic television series. But something unique about 80s TV was how it fed horror fans. Get ready to find out how the size of the screen doesn't change the volume of the scream, as we take a look back at the decade that gave us some of the best horror TV anthologies on 80s Horror Memories.
Written By: Jessica Dwyer
Narrated By: Tyler Nichols
Edited By: Juan Jimenez
Produced by: Berge Garabedian, John Fallon
Co Produced: Mike Conway
Executive Produced by: Berge Garabedian
Score By: Shawn Knippelberg
Special Guests: Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw III), Greg Nicotero (Creepshow)
SERIES SYNOPSIS: It’s been over 40 years that the decade that shaped the horror movie industry began and having lived through most of those years personally, we at JoBlo/Arrow in the Head have decided to create a 10-part documentary series in which not only cover every nook and cranny of the biggest horror themes from 1980 to 1989 but also what was happening in the world at the time. Join us as we walk down Horror Memory Lane!
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Best TV Era ever..🤘❤️🔥
well said
The opening sequence of tales from the darkside gave me the creeps as a kid and set the perfect mood. It is iconic. I also loved Friday the 13th the series and consider it to be sort of a prototype for the xfiles in that it centered around the adventures of a cast of main characters that you actually cared about.
Tales From the Crypt is my personal favorite even if the Crypt Keeper's jump scare in the opening got me every time, but I love them all.
Been binging T.F.T.C. on you YT thee past 4days 💯💪💪💪💪
It's a fantastic show.
Watching it currently
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My fav anthology series was Friday the 13th . I loved how every episode was about a diff cursed object an the 3 people had to try and hunt it down and lock it up . I Always loved the tales from the crypt show as well . I remember recording it on my sisters vhs player late at night and then watching the tape when I got home .😊
I absolutely LOVED these anthology shows when I was a kid!
I love them now as an adult!
Let me tell you, as a kid/teen who didn't have cable until the last year of the decade, horror anthologies played in our house every week. My favorites were Tales from the Darkside, Tales from the Crypt (when I could catch it), Freddy's Nightmares, and thanks for including it, Monsters. They offer good thrills and chills that stuck with me. Thanks again for this series.
MONSTERS and Tales From the Darkside had great opening title intros.
The 80’s ruled
I remember being 5. My twin brother and I, sneaking to the living room at midnight to quietly watch Tales from the darkside and a few years later Monsters. Both shows aired on KTLA 5.
I was born in 88 so I only grew up watching Tales from the crypt and I loved it,but discovered the other anthologies and grew to love them just as much.
My favorite episode from Amazing Stories is the episode with the MUMMY! I adore it and enjoy it every time I have watched it. Such a treat and delight with great comedic moments.
My family had a copy of the episode on VHS for years that I must have watched thousands of times. Even though I haven't seen it in decades, it's still stuck in my memory. It had some horror elements with a bit of some dark humor to it, too. Just thinking about it takes me back to being a kid in the 80s.
"The Shadow Man" episode the 1980s "Twilight Zone" revival truly surprised me with it's twist(ed) ending! The most memorable episode for me.
@12:00 "Hammer House of Horror"! Thank you for squeezing that one in. I discovered that during the pandemic on Tubi or one of the other second tier streamers. Love the first episode.
Omg you just took me back to my childhood. You have no idea how I would stay up to see these shows.
Takes from the Dark Side credits creeped me out.💀☠️Loved that show.
Every Sunday I tell myself “I’m gonna get my machete and hockey mask and head to the nearest camp” but every Monday you put out another great new episode and I tell myself “let’s just see how this week goes”. Here’s hoping you don’t miss a Monday and here’s hoping the algorithms have a sense of humor!
I'm rewatching Tales from the Darkside RIGHT NOW! When i was a kid, I had to turn the channel when the intro came on and turn back when it was over. TOO SCARY!!
Ok, you are like the fifth person I have seen in these comments mentioning that, and it freaked me out, too. Something about the music intro gave me this totally creeped out feeling, and to this day, I don't know why. I could watch the show, but I would bury my head and cover my ears when I heard that intro come on. It's nice to know that it wasn't just me who felt that way back then. Makes me wonder why it had that effect on so many people in the first place.
I love horror anthology TV show's. Tale's from the crypt is probably my favorite but some other favorite anthologies of mine are tale's from the darkside, twilight zone, creepshow, the outer limit's, monster's, cabinet of curiosities, fear itself and master's of horror.
One thing I learned in later years, and have come to respect as a fan of the original, was how the 80's Twilight Zone series had the showrunners right a 25 year wrong done to a masterful writer.
Turns out, A GAME OF POOL, a great episode featuring Jack Klugman and Johnathan Winters, had its ending altered. Much to the chagrin of George Clayton Johnson, who wrote the teleplay for A GAME OF POOL.
SPOILERS: the early 60's original saw Jessie beat Fats Brown, only to find himself in the same position in his own afterlife. Having his soul go back down to Earth whenever some youngster wished to prove his prowess at the pool hall.
In the 80's revival, Jessie lost the game to Fats. The ingenious twist being that despite losing to Fats, he got to stay alive. Living with the shame of losing to a legend. This was the ending Johnson originally penned. Never found out why they went with the ending they did for the 60's version. Just appreciated that the showrunners of the revival filmed the original ending for the remake...❤
All of these offered something great. It was awesome to have such a variety of shows back then.
I was born in '92 and although I loved watching the nightmare on elm streets and friday the 13th movies, I never saw the anthologies as a kid. Tales from the Crypt was my go to. Television Terror and Easel Kill Ya are super nostalgic when I watch them now.
Man, The Shadow man was such a good Twilight Zone episode. Gramma was another favorite of mine. Loved the 80s Twilight Zone
I would have to say Tales from the Crypt is my favorite but the Hitchhiker made me fall in love the 80's anthology horror series that aired back then. Tyler thank you for doing this 80's horror memories. I really enjoy looking forward to watching this series everyweek of my childhood in the 80's and appreciate you bro!!! 80's 🎃✌️
Hello, I just came across your channel and I must say your videos are incredible! May I ask where did you get the music for 3:15, that song is phenomenal! Did you make it?
They were always hit or miss. Every one of these shows. Gen X , imo, grew up in the greatest decades up until internet.
I was born in 84 but wish it was 74 only so i could appreciate everything the 80s had to offer😢😢. I only remember bits and pieces of these anthologies
Love the use of the classic CBS special presentation intro. I can still feel the excitement that I felt back then when I see it now. Big time nostalgia with that.
Glad you enjoyed it!
MAN, I miss anthology shows! (yes, even the non-horror ones) And this is all the more reason to give a shout-out to all the local-access cable channels that keep these shows alive, like Comet! =D
one of the best eps to date! Always wanted to delve back into the 80s anthologies, especially Freddie’s Nightmares. One can only hope some of these get a 4k remaster one of these days.
I love Horror Anthology series. Monsters, Tales From the Crypt, Twilight Zone 85, and Freddy's Nightmares are my favorites from the 80s.
The Friday the 13th one was ok.
Can I say the intro visuals and music are completely on point for the 80s. Bravo!
We need another period like this, where horror anthologies rule the airwaves!! I remember several of these. The Amazing Stories episode discussed on here, go to the head of the class, i remember seeing that when i was only 3 years old!! It's one of my earliest memories, & i just remember it scaring the crap outta me!! I also remember the '85 Twilight Zone reboot, & the Hitchcock presents reboot. I only saw the first season of the Hitchcock presents reboot, that aired on one of the major networks, i forget which one. At the time, i thought that the opening retro footage of Hitchcock himself, was current footage, but i remember my mom always reassuring me that he was already dead. I never knew of the existence of Freddy's Nightmares or Monsters, until i discovered them on Chiller, in the late 2000s. I definitely remember Tales From the Crypt in its original run. Sadly, i also missed out on Bradbury's Theater, in its original run, & only remember seeing one episode, in the '90s, Mars is Heaven. So when i stumbled upon the entire series, at Walmart, i grabbed it, oyt of curiousity, & ended up loving the series. I now own RBT, Amazing Stories, & Tales From the Darkside, all on home video! I've been trying to get my hands on Freddy's Nightmares, as well.
Thanks for the Video 😀
Love the work! Would love to see a breakdown of troma and loyd Kaufman's impact on horror. The toxic avenger set the standard for over the top 80s b movie schlocky greatness!
Night gallery!
Another great video. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to Psycho II. Underrated sequel.
Thank you!
The 80’s Twilight Zone episode that scared me the most was the one with ending scene with the giant spider in the elevator. I haven’t seen it since it showed on tv back then, the image of the spider and the flashlight with blood dripping at the bottom of the elevator shaft will stay with me forever.
Anthology shows are great. I do believe that all of the 80's anthology shows were mentioned here. It's nice to see some lesser known shows being mentioned.
I loved staying up late with my mom watching Tales from the darkside and Monsters. The intro to tales scared the hell out of me as a child and still gives me the heebie jeebies today.
I literally just bought a complete series collection of Tales from the Dark Side!
I do too!! I have it on DVD. I watch on my portable dvd player
Its Tales From The Crypt for me! 🤘🏾😈💯 i stayed up late just to watch it. Plus my mom wouldnt let me watch it so i had to wait till she fell asleep. It was worth the wait! 🤘🏾thanks for the vid. Keep it up maan!
I need to go back and watch all these! I know I missed a lot of these shows. Amazing Stories was such a good show.
I loved Tales From the Crypt. I wish Max would put the entire series on streaming
I love tales from the crypt, I have the whole series on dvd, another great video Tyler, I look forward to these every week
TALES FROM THE CRYPT, TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, FREDDY'S NIGHTMARE'S THE TWILIGHT ZONE REBOOT, MONSTERS, AMAZING STORIES AND FRIDAY THE 13 THE SERIES HORROR ANTHOLOGIES ON TV IN THE 80'S SOUNDED BEAUTIFUL. I WAS BORN IN 1987 AND I DIDN'T GET CABLE UNTIL '95/96 I REMEMBER WATCHING TALES FROM THE CRYPT IN SYNDICATION WITH ALL THE GOOD STUFF CUT OUT. NOW I HAVE ALL SEVEN SEASONS OF TALES OF THE CRYPT ON DVD UNCUT AND UNCENSORED.
So many excellent anthologies! I didn't catch many of them due to being broke and not having a tv until much later. I hope I can find this somewhere.
Mad props for giving "The hitchhiker" sometime👌 there was one show I think it was the early 90s or 80s and I think it was either on Showtime, or Cinemax. I think it was called "Phantasms" the intro was a shot of a purple colored storm clouds and they quoted Edgar Allan Poe with the "dream within a dream" line. I had one episode on tape and I think it had Megan Tilly, or her sister playing a vampire who befriends a young daughter of a well-to-do aristocrat plantation or something. I would love to track down that series.. If I even got the name right!?😂👌
Man, I never knew The Hitchhiker was a Horror Anthology series.😮 I'll see if it's on Peacock.
Amazing Tales was a favorite since I was only 10 years old in 86 but Tales from the Crypt would be recorded on VHS and played over and over. Really surprised to see a;; the anthologies I missed because I was either too young or the local cable provider didnt carry them.
i remember alot of these..i used to watch monsters tales from the darkside..twilight zone freddy's nightmares and at times when i was over a friend's house tales from the crypt..loved all of them. :)
I remember catching a few episodes of “Tales From the Dark Side” late at night. The only one I remember is the Christian Slater one where he has to get his zombie grandfather to sneeze so he will die again. I remember his nose in the handkerchief. Pretty creepy for a 6-7 year old. I love the movie as well. Man, this takes me back. “Tales from the Crypt” was family time for us back then.
I also recommend the early-‘70s British movie adaptations of Tales From the Crypt. The first one featured Ralph Richardson, one of the biggest Shakespearean stage actors of his era, as the Crypt Keeper! The second movie, titled “The Vault of Horror,” had one of its story adaptations starring Tom Baker, shortly before he became Doctor Who.
I'm 49 and loved ALL of these shows. Everything that was horror. I'm still a horror addict. I didn't care for Amazing Stories. Monsters was hit or miss. I really loved the Werewolf TV series. I know. It's not an anthology.
Btw, Dark Room was on ABC, not NBC.
My favorites of the titles you covered have to be the TLes From The.... anthology series. Darkside and Crypt were both amazing. One of the best from Darkside has to be Word Processor Of The Gods. A harried husband and father received an old school computer from his nephew just before the kid's untimely death. A great story that can appeal to anyone who thinks about opportunity missed. I believe Stephen King wrote it.
Sooo nostalgic. I remember the reboot of The Twilight Zone was must see TV in my house. Amazing Stories was good also.
Hammer House of Horror and Tales From The Crypt are my faves.
This was great! Best video I've seen on this channel in a while. Really sums up this special period in time so well. I love anthology horror more than anything else still to this day.
❤ I love this series on here
Loved Tales from the Darkside and Night Gallery
I LOVED this! Brought back so many memories
Tales From The Darkside was my favorite as a kid because the intro music was so damn creepy.
80.s Horror is the best 😈👍
In the uk the only way to catch these was to either hire them on vhs or from about 1987 late night tv on ITV (Late Night Late). I would look daily to check the tv guide to see what i could set the video to record. Some favourites of mine were Twilight Zone, Hitchcock presents, friday 13th the series, outer limits as well as non anthologhy series like V, nick night and werewolf.
We were deprived of most of the rest mentioned but luckily ive seen them in the last 10years as they ran everyday on the horror channel.
Thanks for another awesome episode! Really brought back some great memories when I'd watch many of these as a kid/pre-teen. Numerous gems from these shows! Can't wait 'till the next one!
Awesome love tales from the crypt
Tales from the crypt and Amazing Stories are the best
Secrets of the Cryptkeepers Haunted House wasn't a cartoon. It was a game show. Tales From The Crypt also had an audio series in the early 2000s which served as an 8th season of the TV series with Kassir returning to voice the Cryptkeeper and the Elfman score at the start of each episode.
I love anthology horror shows, they are so fun. The one that obviously got me hooked was Tales from the Crypt since i still remember it was a Friday night, my dad brought dinner and was watching the episode that has Demi Moore in it...funny how both Moore and Willis appear in different anthology shows.
Btw does cartoons count? Obviously The Simpsons with Treehouse of Horror but we also had a few with Regular Show called Terror tales of the Park and Gravity Falls with Little Gift Shop of Horrors
I discovered the original The Twilight Zone on the local UHF station and Ray Bradbury short stories in the library when I was really young and right from the beginning Tales From The Darkside was such a great successor/continuation of those for me. The great thing about the true anthology series was that if an episode didn't work that was okay--there'd be a completely different one coming soon.
We picked up a DVD copy of Friday the 13th: the Series a year or so ago & it has proven itself a *perfect* diversion from the epic shitshow around us nowadays. It's just clever enough & just hokey enough to offer both compelling narratives as well as an endearing kitsch factor.
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All of these shows need to comeback the hitchiker all of them
I love this channel.
I just watched Freddy's Nightmares while it was on Tubi in the last year. Such a fun series. So many good episodes, but my favorite was the 2 parter 'Bloodlines' & 'Do you know where your kids are?' And because each episode had 2 stories already it meant this was a 4 parter (20 mins each) and each part kept getting better and better.
There was Genre bias on television too with critics dismissing the quality of the storytelling because it was attached to a horror movie icon.
I barely remember Freddie's nightmares I was in kindergarten when it was on but I remember the nightmares it gave me.
Tales from the Crypts Cryptkeeper has a Christmas CD too called Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas
Tales from the crypt was my fav
My mom let me watch Freddy's Nightmares when I was super little. I think that might be why I like the actual Nightmare on Elm Street movies so much. She had second thoughts about it after a while!
This is almost overwhelming. Seeing some of these clips has stirred up some old memories, that I didn’t know were there. Some of my favourite shows and it was right when i was getting into horror. Good job, Joblo
Friday the 13th: The Series premiered the year before Freddy’s Nightmares.
Yes but it had nothing to do with F13 the movies and it also wasn't an anthology.
@@JessicaDwyerQuite true, despite a lost opportunity that would have led to the 2 franchises being connected.
Story goes that the final season of FT13 was supposed to have had several more episodes. One of them would have included Jason's hockey mask as a cursed object from the Curio shop!
@@JoseMorales-lw5nt yep I heard that rumor too. Sadly they went with retro aging Ryan and the poor new guy that no one remembers name. Johnny? I loved F13 the series tho. It fed my Canadian actor love and had Nigel Bennett playing an undead Nazi who became a right wing radio host.
Ray Bradbury Theater
Tales of the Crypt is my favorite anthology series my favorite episode is What's cooking
I did't see it as a kid but I love Tails from the darkside.
Love it.
Tales From the Crypt is the GOAT of Tv anthology horror, I really dug Tales From the Darkside too but it’s low budget was evident in its later seasons.
Freddy’s Nightmares might be the most frustrating anthology series ever, cause it wouldn’t have taken much to make it good. The problems with the episodes were things often didn’t make sense. And they’d have two stories that are loosely connected that also didn’t line up.
My first apartment only had basic cable. Back then, old back heavy tv. Hbo only and at 10pm, everybody had to be quiet for tales from the crypt.1992. I was happy. 1 bedroom for 500 $ in california. Fast food was still cheap. Cheap gas and video stores.
Love the theme music for “It Came From The 80’s”. Unfortunately, it’s not available on iTunes.
When I was 10 years old I would sneak downstairs in my house and watch Tales From the Crypt or Tales From the Darkside. Monsters also made a huge impression on me. Later in life I would appreciate the classics, Twilight Zone and Hitchcock.
I checked out The Shadow Man, it was pretty good and one I must've missed.
I have the entire Tales From the Darkside series and introduced my fiancé to them! Trick or Treat is hands down one of the scariest anthology episodes ever!!!
@hannahsings19 Do you have the movie as well?🧟🐺🧛♀👻
Thank you for sharing this!!! I loved each and every one of these shows!!! 🤩🎥🍿👽❣️🩸🧟♂️
Wasn't there another one with Robert England called The Diner, or Midnight Diner???
I remember watching an episode of Friday the 13th thinking it was a regular anthology series and getting confused about who these characters they kept cutting to were.
I watched all of these growing up (still do thanks to a local channel called Comet ) loved Tales from the crypt have all episodes on vhs but I would have to say the one show that started it all was Hammer house of Horror ❤. Tales movie was cool also.."You promised you wouldn't tell!!" ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Yeah, except that was from Tales From The Darkside the movie. I know because I own it on DVD. You are talking about the final story with James Remar and Rae Dawn Chong in it. The creature effects on that film still hold up pretty well today.
@@anthonymerchant2597 I know. It was that is why I said ALL. ❤️
@moondra3481 OK, sorry about the misunderstanding. I just saw you talking about Tales From The Crypt, so when you wrote Tales movie, I thought you meant like Demon Knight or Bordello of Blood.
@@anthonymerchant2597 oh no worries❤️ I just checked the schedule for Comet and oooh it's tales from the dark side this weekend yay. ( they usually have their mini marathons on the weekends) I just love that intro music.
@moondra3481 I had to cover my ears whenever I heard that music intro as a kid because it gave me the creeps. Apparently, I'm not the only one that intro had that effect on either. It's weird to me now that music could get that response for so many people. I can't think of another piece of music that I know of that could give such an unsettling feeling to me. I loved the show, but that music could give me the shivers even when I heard it used in the commercials.
Prime played Freddy's Nightmares all Oct and i think i watched every episode. Still watch Tales from the Crypt. Today's anthologies don't compare
I wish Laurel entertainment would re-release the complete series of Monsters, it's a literal nightmare to acquire now. Ebay prices are insane.
I'm surprised you didn't mention 'Friday the 13th: the Series'. Sure, it was controversial, but still worth mentioning. =)
Because it wasn't an 80s show, it came out in the early 90s. He will probably cover that along with The Outer Limits when he makes a video on the 90s.
@@anthonymerchant2597 Well, when did it begin? Because I seem to recall that 'Tales From The Crypt' was a 90s show, but apparently not... =\
@@BuckarooBanzai84 Tales From The Crypt came out in 1989 as was mentioned in this video. After I looked it up, your right, Friday The 13th The Series came out before Tales From The Crypt, in 1987. I just remembered watching it in the early 90s.
@@anthonymerchant2597 Well, there you go. It's a bit odd to me too. Thank you for saving me the trouble of looking it up though. =)
Everyone in Demon Knight was bad ass!
Anyone remember a show where a teen is running from something slow moving and he runs to his house and tells parents (on the second story window) to get out of the house and maybe the mom with the baby is too scared and just stays there and he has to flee b/c the monster is getting closer? I also remember men maybe cops telling the girl to stay in the car and when they come back her head rolls out the car??? Maybe the monster is a statue or scarecrow?????
I’ve always enjoyed “Friday The 13th: The Series”( I know it’s not an anthology show, it was more like X-Files before there was an X-Files) and “Freddy’s Nightmares” when I couldn’t get to the video store for whatever new horror movies that were available that week.
Wasn't there a couple episodes of the "Friday the 13th" series that had David Cronenberg directing?
Creepshow was perfect.
Did you know: That Tales From The Darkside was conceived as Creepshow The Series?
Actually, the short lived series DARKROOM, aired on ABC, not NBC. The only episode I watched of that show was the Vietnam vet being terrorized by his kid's toy soldiers.