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.
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'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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 🎃✌️
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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.
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.
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...❤
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.
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 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. :)
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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!?😂👌
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.
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.
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
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
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!
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. 🖤
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.
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!!!
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.
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???
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.
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.
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?????
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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 .😊
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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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 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.
I absolutely LOVED these anthology shows when I was a kid!
I love them now as an adult!
MONSTERS and Tales From the Darkside had great opening title intros.
Ohhh I miss Monsters👹 ❤💯
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.
Omg you just took me back to my childhood. You have no idea how I would stay up to see these shows.
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.
All of these offered something great. It was awesome to have such a variety of shows back then.
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.
The 80’s ruled
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!
Takes from the Dark Side credits creeped me out.💀☠️Loved that show.
Thanks for the Video 😀
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 🎃✌️
Can I say the intro visuals and music are completely on point for the 80s. Bravo!
Another great video. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to Psycho II. Underrated sequel.
Thank you!
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.
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!
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 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 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 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
Ahh awesome 💯
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.
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.
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!
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
Night gallery!
I love tales from the crypt, I have the whole series on dvd, another great video Tyler, I look forward to these every week
Hammer House of Horror and Tales From The Crypt are my faves.
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 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
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.
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...❤
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 loved Tales From the Crypt. I wish Max would put the entire series on streaming
They were always hit or miss. Every one of these shows. Gen X , imo, grew up in the greatest decades up until internet.
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.
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 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 LOVED this! Brought back so many memories
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?
Tales from the Crypts Cryptkeeper has a Christmas CD too called Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas
Tales From The Darkside was my favorite as a kid because the intro music was so damn creepy.
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.
Man, I never knew The Hitchhiker was a Horror Anthology series.😮 I'll see if it's on Peacock.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Loved Tales from the Darkside and Night Gallery
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.
Sooo nostalgic. I remember the reboot of The Twilight Zone was must see TV in my house. Amazing Stories was good also.
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!
❤ I love this series on here
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!?😂👌
Tales from the crypt and Amazing Stories are the best
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.
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.
Awesome love tales from the crypt
Tales from the crypt was my fav
I did't see it as a kid but I love Tails from the darkside.
All of these shows need to comeback the hitchiker all of them
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.
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
I miss the 80s they were the best of times.
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
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!
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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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.
I love this channel.
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?🧟🐺🧛♀👻
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.
Tales of the Crypt is my favorite anthology series my favorite episode is What's cooking
I checked out The Shadow Man, it was pretty good and one I must've missed.
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???
Love the theme music for “It Came From The 80’s”. Unfortunately, it’s not available on iTunes.
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.
80.s Horror is the best 😈👍
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.
Love it.
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?????
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.
Ray Bradbury Theater
I wish Laurel entertainment would re-release the complete series of Monsters, it's a literal nightmare to acquire now. Ebay prices are insane.
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.
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.
The Hitchhikers too
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.
Did you know: That Tales From The Darkside was conceived as Creepshow The Series?
Creepshow was perfect.
Oops. Maybe I missed something but I don't recall Tales of the Unexpected being mentioned. It's a British show that ran from 1979 to 1988.
Damn, how do I get this Shawn Knippelberg banger?