SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

matatosky Another awesome anthology of horror segments. Fans of Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt should love this one.First segment, you have Christian Slater living a pretty sweet and pretentious life, filled with Tennis sets and Cardigans. He stumbles upon Steve Buscemi's mad scientist performance and discovers that the man has a mummy enclosed in his study. The mummy breaks out, causes havoc and ultimately dismisses of anyone near it. Pretty creepy story and the ending is pretty eerie and funny at the same time. Loved it.Second segment, you have William Hickey being creepy as ever (or as always) who hires a professional hit-man to dispose of his cat, after explaining that the cat is a demon feline from hell, sent to avenge the cats that his company has tortured via experiments throughout the years. Very visually gripping and pretty terrifying as a premise, considering I really despise cats. (Seriously, they make me hostile)Third segment, James Remar is cast as a struggling artist, who after one night of drinking, encounters a murderous creature that instead of killing him, makes him swear to never acknowledge of its existence to anyone EVER. He agrees to do so, but years and years of guilt over the circumstances of that night, he reveals it to his wife with surprising results.This is what Creepshow 3 should've been but unfortunately, that title was reserved for a piece of pure crap that was made in 2006. The movie is mildly funny at times but that is to be expected in horror flicks. Acting is pretty good and convincing. The movie's lighting wasn't apparently in the budget because in a lot of night time scenes, the atmosphere is pretty dark and grainy, but then again, that may have been the intention to sell the piece as a serious effort. This one is one to watch alone, with some popcorn and the lights on, because believe me, it'll keep you on edge. A true 90s horror classic.

classicsoncall Funny how these horror anthology films all manage to include a black cat somewhere in the proceedings. I'm thinking of Vincent Price's "Tales of Terror" from 1962, and 1985's "Cat's Eye" based on a trio of Stephen King short stories. Actually, King wrote the middle story here, "Cat From Hell" with a screenplay treatment from George Romero, a couple of horror masters. No need to get into the individual stories, a fair amount of reviewers on this board have already done that. The final one of the trilogy, 'Lover's Vow' probably had the coolest twist, although if you've watched enough horror flicks you might have seen it coming. The opener is notable for featuring a handful of actors before they became well known like Christian Slater, Julianne Moore and a rather geeky and very young Steve Buscemi. The finale of the second story was rather gross in it's execution, with the titled cat from hell going to extreme lengths to pay back hit-man Halston (David Johansen) for his attempts to take him out. To say that the cat got his tongue would be bordering on the cliché, but no more so than little Timmy (Matthew Lawrence) getting the drop on Debbie Harry at the close of the wraparound story. Don't you just love happy endings?

Phil Hubbs The alternative (competitor?) to the Twilight Zone movie but not quite in the same league in my opinion. The film consists of three stories within a wrap around story told by a boy who is going to eaten by a witch of all things.First tale see's a man use a 3000 year old mummy to kill a few select people (an adaptation of a Arthur Conan Doyle short). Not a bad story and handled reasonably well with good makeup on the mummy and some bloody deaths dealt out. Big cast names in this story with Buscemi and Christian Slater and a nice ending make this tale the second best of the three.Second tale is an adaptation of a Stephen King story and the weakest of the three, an old man is sure he is cursed by a cat which is trying to kill him after it supposedly killed his sister. The reason behind this being the old mans pharmaceutical company killed many thousands of cats in testing a new drug. Pretty lame story really which isn't particularly spooky in the slightest. The cat is obviously some sort of demon which is cool and this is shown in the way it kills the hit- man who has been hired to get rid of the cat, I just think it could of been more scary or eerie basically.Third and final tale stars James Remar and is about a guy who witnesses the death of a man by a gargoyle type creature. The creature lets the witness live if he promises not to tell anyone of what he saw. Easily the best story even though its not explained too well and leaves you asking various questions by the end. Some great makeup and effects in the finale as we see a transformation similar to finale in 'The Fly' with Jeff Goldblum, really nicely done without the use of CGI, no surprise with Dick Smith being involved.Overall not as good as 'Twilight Zone: the Movie' and a bit more adult with its content, more blood 'n' gore on show and some creepy monsters lend itself to some light scares. Still two of the stories are solid and quite sinister which I'm sure fans will enjoy if you like these type of horror anthologies. The overall quality just doesn't quite match the Twilight Zone standard that raised the bar originally.6/10

view_and_review Much like Cat's Eye was a series of three short stories, Tales from the Darkside is done similarly. In this Stephen King work a boy tries to avoid being cooked and eaten by a witch by occupying her with fanciful stories.There were three total stories featuring some well known actors. Some were already established, like Rae Dawn Chong and William Hickey. Others I don't believe were as well known at the time, such as Christian Slater, Steve Buscemi, and Jullianne Moore.I thought the three stories were solidly done. I can't remember the order but the order of preference for me was: 1.) Mummy story, 1A.) Gargoyle story 3.) and a distant third was the cat story.None of the stories were very spooky or scary, in fact you could say they were somewhat comical (especially the mummy story), but they all had an intriguing premise. The three stories all wrapped into the initial story made for a good movie.