The BEST episodes directed by John Strysik

A New Lease on Life
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7.37
53 votes

#1 - A New Lease on Life

Tales from the Darkside - Season 2 - Episode 15

A man is overjoyed to find a nice apartment with all the modern conveniences at an incredibly cheap price. The eccentric landlady asks nothing more than for the man to provide her with plenty of garbage for the disposal unit. The man is puzzled when the walls ooze blood after he attempts to hang a picture with a nail and hammer. He is further disturbed when the floor shakes as he hears an ominous roar bellow throughout the building complex. He soon realizes that the building itself is a living entity that survives on the trash created by the tenants. Angered by the situation, the man fills a garbage bag full of household cleaners with the intent of poisoning the entity. He throws the bag into the disposal unit and the creature begins to roar. Suddenly, the landlady confronts the man with her two sons and they throw the man into the disposal, providing the beast with a full course meal.

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The Last Car
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6.97
29 votes

#2 - The Last Car

Tales from the Darkside - Season 2 - Episode 19

Stacey is on her way home from college and rides the last car on a train. She is soon perplexed by the bizarre behavior of her fellow passengers, including a woman who knows her name despite the fact they've never met. Stacey soon discovers that she, and everyone else, are dead and on a one-way trip from which there is no escape.

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The Milkman Cometh
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6.86
21 votes

#3 - The Milkman Cometh

Tales from the Darkside - Season 3 - Episode 13

A man, Garry, hears from his neighbor a bizarre tale of how the unseen neighborhood milkman grants wishes to anyone who leaves their request in the empty bottles to be picked up. Garry tries it for himself and soon finds his every wish granted. His final wish is for a daughter, and his curiosity is too great and he tries to confront the milkman. Garry gets a glimpse of a deformed mutant creature before it disapepars and then realizes exactly how the ""milkman"" will fulfill his wish - by impregnating his wife.

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I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
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6.65
23 votes

#4 - I Can't Help Saying Goodbye

Tales from the Darkside - Season 3 - Episode 2

A young girl develops a talent for seeing the fate of those about to die and develops the habit of saying ""Goodbye"" to them when she does, and her family grows increasingly upset as a result.

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Anniversary Dinner
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6.53
73 votes

#5 - Anniversary Dinner

Tales from the Darkside - Season 1 - Episode 13

A young girl fleeing her boyfriend finds herself in a small country home with a genial older couple. They take pity on her and invite her in, and even invite her to their special anniversary dinner. After getting her set up in the hot tub with plenty of wine, they start pouring vegetables in. As she passes out, the girl realizes exactly how the couple will be having her for dinner.

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Love Hungry
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6.48
23 votes

#6 - Love Hungry

Tales from the Darkside - Season 4 - Episode 11

Betsy, an overweight woman, receives an anonymous package with an earpiece that will supposedly help her diet. It transmits the ""voices"" of her food as is being eaten, but Betsy still has problems and the next gift is a pair of glasses that let her ""see"" her food as well...

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Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites
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6.38
8 votes

#7 - Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites

Monsters - Season 3 - Episode 8

Two teenagers think the barber shop across the street may be a secret meeting place for town vampires.

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