Episodic film inspired by the television series Tales from the Darkside, A leap of faith Italy.
A witch, along the lines of the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale, keeps a little boy chained up and then cooks him. The little boy tries to cheer her up by reading stories from a book.
In Lot 249, inspired by a story by Doyle, a college student takes revenge for a wrong he suffered with a mummy brought back to life.
A classic and sympathetic story between nerds and bullies.
Follows Cat from Hell Based on a short story by King and scripted by Matheson. A pharmaceutical impresario hires a hit man to kill a black cat who has been gradually slaughtering his family. The hitman is initially skeptical, but $100,000 is a nice paycheck and is enough to convince him...Bad and somewhat splattering episode, especially in the finale.
He concludes Lover's Vow, the best of the film.
An artist, after being liquidated by his agent, is nearly killed by a gargoyle. The creature, however, spares him on one specific condition.
Soon after, he meets a black woman who will change his life for the better. But one day the artist decides to...
The ending of this episode is intuitable, but it still has its nice effect. However, it recalls a forgotten Japanese horror exposé from 1964: Kwaidan.
Mocking ending to the story - frame.
Overall satisfactory anthology.
Review by Zick




