Tales from the Darkside Intro & End Titles

[@TheRealBizWiz]

*_Those of us who remember this show and actually watched it, are cool as hell._*

[@ryanhollstein4164]

I have seen it on chiller because I am too young to have seen it when it first was on TV

[@Reviewer2016]

Wish I could agree since I only have passive knowledge of the series.

[@captnemerson9060]

Thank you bro I remember

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

I did both 😉

[@pauljerry7764]

Every Saturday afternoon In Philadelphia

[@jayhann1594]

scariest t.v intro ever. long live the 80's.

[@16_Swizzy]

This one was up there for scary. But I was always convinced I was gonna die when I heard the unsolved mysteries theme.

[@kinshayshafra6842]

It's a different violence now. A different darkside. It's still same crimes but done in a different smarter manner. Got to remember the 80's obviously didn't have the tech of survallence today. So people would just do whatever on the spot. Plus was more one on one physical and personal. Now it's violence done in mass groups/catching off gaurd or weapons. A lot of posers and people just trying to reenact/reinact criminals of the past with advance technology and different appearance.

[@christopherellis5213]

Yes. Hands down the scariest

[@donsmith7085]

@Too many munsters makes no damn since. Ridiculous.

[@strangeblackman3477]

THE SCARIEST!!!!

[@joseph_b319]

My mom use to watch that damm show every night at 11pm while I was TRYING to sleep. Terrified the crap of me.

[@TheTERMlNAT0R]

joseph burtulato I swear dude I have the same exact situation, my mother love this fucking show , I used to hide deep under the covers when I heard this shit from her room, and she had nerve to have the TV loud as fuck lol

[@jaychild78]

😂😂😂

[@donsmith7085]

LMAO.

[@jordanbenson7497]

Lol

[@brucekrom8197]

I used to watch this every Saturday night lol tales from the crypt & monsters too. Those were the days.

[@IFBBProCalebWalker]

Probably the scariest television intro in history.

[@cyberneticorganismskynet]

Beside Freddy

[@wangson]

100%!!!

[@SuperN1ntendoChalmers]

Whomever composed this theme is a frigging genius. This is the scariest theme I have ever heard, even after 35 years later, it creeps me out like nothing else. No horror movies, even the 1990 TFDS movie, do not scare me, but this intro ALWAYS does. Some of the episodes are utter masterpieces, so this show is way underrated.

[@KClems-nq6xn]

I was going to say the same thing. I just think about it and it gives me the chills and creeps!! 😖

[@ScreamingMoon]

You're experience the moon vibe. The location this was filmed is the source of it. I am fascinated by this road and spent many nights on it, wandering about.

[@chaosdimension6433]

"The milkman cometh" is one of the creepiest things I've ever seen

[@mikemorrisonmusic]

The credits say Donald Rubenstein and Erica Lindsay.

[@SuperN1ntendoChalmers]

@@mikemorrisonmusic If I cared enough to know, I would have looked it up just like you. You just wasted your time trying to look smart.

[@austin3185]

as a child this scared the crap out of me along with tales from the crypt my mom watched this while I was sleeping and I get up hearing that song which got me nightmares.but its a good classic.

[@251Trioxin]

Still chilling to this day

[@boilermaker81982]

It took me a very long time to actually even muster up the courage and energy to watch this intro again. It scared and traumatized the shit out of me as a kid lol. I was very relieved to see I wasn't the only person who ran out of the room or changed the channel when this show came on. There is no other show intro that I've ever seen that can make the hairs on my arms stand up and creep me out the way this intro does. It creeps me out as much today as it did 25 years ago lol.

[@Mandego]

You worded, to a tee, the exact same effect this intro had (and still has) on me. Within just mere seconds of seeing/hearing it, this has the ability to chill me to the core.

[@ivancastillosanchez975]

Im almost 30 and that creepy sounds and music got me... so scare.

[@benhamilton1156]

The ending epilogue scared more than the prologue.

[@albundy831king]

Unsolved mysteries wants a word with you

[@sethstine4698]

Yep. I remember rushing to the tv to turn the channel before the intro started(this was before remote controls). I remember, I would even sit there and watch the show alone as a child and the show itself rarely scared me. But if I saw and listened to the intro it would creep me the fuck out. I also would turn the channel before the ending credits came on. It still freaks me out...

[@AldenRDavis]

1:03 - "The darkside is always there, waiting for us to enter - waiting to enter us. Until next time, try to enjoy the daylight."

[@rachel2840]

Man...that just shakes your core doesnt it?? Lol

[@elianaosorioorozco8482]

J: "...of wacky beliefs to be reality, BUT... but not as bright, clearly". Where exactly did the narrator want to go by saying so? What was his creatively human standpoint with regards to that otherworldly intro and melody? Any smart comment coming in? Ty.

[@DethronerX]

@@elianaosorioorozco8482“Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But, there is, unseen by most, an Underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit, a Dark side.”

[@energicko]

1:21 Tribune Entertainment identification *not* CBS Studios (for those of us old enough to remember) always did it for me! ...it meant time turn off WGN channel 9.

[@charlestonbowman1022]

Hell yeah me and my aunt watch this all the time it scares the shit everytime she asks is our show on tales from the darkside is underrated scary

[@Soya22181]

Until next time try to enjoy the daylight

[@ManorHQ]

Gotta love Paul Sparer's (narrator) enunciation of "but" and "dark side" and "enjoy the daylight." Really adds malevolence to it. Something I can appreciate while listening at high "Scanners" volume.. -TPC

[@ItsAlohaMonday]

MANOR YEEESSS! BUT...that was good work!

[@elianaosorioorozco8482]

J: an otherworldly and certainly subliminal message of some fancy kind. Ain't it? Peace out.

[@TheRetroWoman80]

That "but" is highly dramatic...and I love it.

[@JFreese]

One time whenever I was a child I was asleep “Tales from the darkside” came on tv and I could hear the theme song in my sleep. I remember hearing it perfectly. After that followed a horrific nightmare. Not sure what it was but it haunted me as a child. Truly terrifying! Took me forever to even watch the show because of it. I own the show on DVD now and so it’s nostalgic every time I hear those words.

[@allirogorilla]

Miss the show. Was a favorite. Brings back some good nostalgia

[@jtblcksheep3376]

Who would’ve thought that a simple 1980’s synthesizer could perform a scare chord that can genuinely scare you right to your core.

[@zombiefulci3301]

Look up Faces of Death opening theme, that will scare you far worse

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Yes! Also the scary grass, scary trees, scary shade. Oh no, a farmhouse!! That theme was awesome. If I was the only one up though...could not move from my viewing seat because of the whatever was under the couch.

[@christinamartinez8132]

This show always scared the "SHIT" out of me! I would haul ass to the couch, so my Mom wouldn't shut the lamp light off on me, when I heard that creepy intro starting up. I got chills up my spine every time I watched that show. To this day, I still get freaked out. I ❤ this show!

[@CringeComedyTV]

This and Friday the 13th the series :)

[@robbiemiller5800]

Those 2 n Tales from the crypt, Twight Zone

[@Kayla-zq9po]

Yeah I feel chills too when I hear this, I could feel my adrenaline pumping, I used to run to my room when this came on TV. I was about 4 yrs old at the time.

[@romeocorgan9575]

This intro is timeless haha

[@djronnieraver4398]

Love this 80s late night anthology series. Own the complete series DVD collection and still get chills everytime I see the haunting intro and end titles with the classic narration by the late Paul Sparer.

[@erictaylor1770]

DJ Ronnie Raver George A Romero... The director of the movie Night of the Living Dead produce this show...

[@shawneldridge9312]

This series need to be put back on the air. comet channel should start playing this. we all love this & we want this back on 📺

[@TheRealBizWiz]

@usanatv2007sentertainmentinc. Which networked picked this up?

[@damin9913]

Why this is so relaxing but scary at the same time

[@Scudamore13]

eerie and soothing , takes me back ♡

[@brandblouse-moore2035]

I always enjoyed the juxtaposition of quaint, rural, settings & the foreboding opening.

[@carolmcloughlin2859]

This is a classic it scared the life out of us as kids 😂 still chilling to hear it again... I'd sleep with the lights on in my room as a child 😂... Paul Sparer has a frightening voice.. great actor.. this whole thing is disturbing and very eerie the trees the farm house the river and the fields... all look really sinister.. but brilliantly done.. it's really haunting..thank God I live in an estate.. I couldn't live in the country with no other houses near me I'd be terrified 😂 imagining things.. like the banshee running down the street screaming.. I forgot my underwear ahhhhhhhhhh 😂😂 love your videos ❤️

[@abueloorgulloso]

Maaaaaan, I remember how creepy this intro & ending credts were growing up! Especially watching it alone in the dark! It still kinda gives me the Willies😨 lol!

[@TheRealBizWiz]

*_This intro is art, and captures a deeply unsettling and sinister energy._* _With the limited editing tools available at the time, they nailed it…_ _The grass, the bridge at __00:10__ are somehow disturbing._ _- The factory scene at __00:25__ has always been draining to watch. That specific scene, and the way it’s shot captures utter exhaustion and confusion. Almost as if you are dehydrated and overheated; and you cannot find help. Like you’ve been walking in the heat for hours, and your mind is spinning._ _At __*_00:39_* _we’re reminded that we live in our colorful world. Then the frame flips to surprisingly clear and colorful scene._ _At_ *_00:45_* _everything goes dark. Very, very good stuff. The background music sets it all off too._

[@MrSoopSA]

It’s the presence of large shadows in the background or foreground with those shots that create those feelings.

[@TheRealBizWiz]

@@MrSoopSA Most definitely now that you mention it. Someone put alot of work into it, and glad there are others besides me who appreciate this intro.

[@eleazarruoch576]

@@MrSoopSA no signs of people or animals in broad daylight. Plus it make you feel like there is something else there that you can't see something that absolutely sees you.

[@carolmcloughlin2859]

@@eleazarruoch576 your comment has just freaked me out I'll have to leave the lamp on tonight.. great classic.. takes me back love the 80s..😂😂 mind the Boogeyman..

[@eleazarruoch576]

@@carolmcloughlin2859 Glad to help. 😂😂😂

[@marlanaferro1481]

In the 90s, SciFi had TFTD re-runs from 11pm to midnight, EST. I rented a high-ranch in a wooded area around a lake. The lower level had double sliding glass doors and the windows were long, almost floor to ceiling - of course, there were no blinds on either. The series itself wasn't scary, but the opening and closing sequence always got me, especially at that place in time.

[@courte28]

Still scary as hell

[@daminmancejin]

i know right we got the best tv show ever todays tv show aint shit

[@petercharleskrug]

Funny thing though, some episodes weren't even horror-related. ("Mookie And Pookie" and "Distant Signals", to name just a couple.)

[@annalouise3251]

i remember watching this show along with Monsters and Tales From The Crypt. Ahhhhhh good times

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

peter krug That’s just like “The Twilight Zone” there were a number of episodes that weren’t terror in it. Tales from the Darkside to me wasn’t scary but it had A LOT of good episodes.

[@hostilegraveyard2849]

@@a.b.sproductionsllc THE OUTER LIMITS. 'nuff said.

[@manuelvasquez5461]

Enjoyed watching this show late night on Saturdays with my mom and older brother. Great memories

[@shannarowell7381]

Used to watch it on Monday nites when I was a teenager. Loved it along with my mom. We enjoyed it. Scared my aunt who lived across the road from us.

[@SantaBarbaraBiking]

Who knew that landscapes could be this terrifying?

[@jackrobinson8226]

I cannot watch this without getting chills over my whole body!

[@GeorgeNadaYT]

As a child I would sleep over at a friend's house and his older sister would put this show on to scare us. I remember another friend left for his home in the middle of the night, I touched his pillow and it was completely drenched in sweat. 😂

[@brooklynbabe7896]

Mine too Hun

[@SorrySock8435]

Such a horrifying intro and outro as a kid and that little CBS ending at the end made me feel much more relieved and when it went to something else normal like the news I felt relieved!

[@Strato13]

I always felt the scariest, creepiest places where those picturesque places like what’s shown in the intro. As a kid, when we’d go cross country camping, the places that were beautiful by day, were down right creepy at night. Many a times, my cousins, brothers, and sisters would all travel in the mobile trailer, and from the comfort of our blankets, would talk about how scary the country side of America was.

[@ScreamingMoon]

The dark emergy on this road is immense, especially at night. I suspect that is why it was chosen to film the intro. A friend and I have discussed our might travels on this road for over 20 years. Linn run, near Ligonier, PA.

[@Strato13]

@ScreamingMoon Really? Is this road full of dark energy? I'm not surprised.. Is it in PENN? I heard the bridge is in some wooded area of NY?

[@ScreamingMoon]

@Strato13 Correct. Just energy in general. Yeah, not the bridge, but the other parts. The area is called Linn Run which is near a small town called Ligonier, Pennsylvania.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

Ah, pre-Internet entertainment at its creepiest! As a kid from The Bronx growing up during the 80's and 90's, this was hands down #1A on all time scariest TV openings. #1B? Why, Tales from The Crypt, of course! I put them in that order because Darkside used to air on WPIX Ch. 11 in NYC back then. So I could always tune in, where as Crypt came along just as my neighborhood got cable service. My family was able to afford cable service, a luxury younger generations laugh at now. But I was privileged to have watched both series during their original runs! 🌎🇵🇷😎

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

Que bonita bandera 🤙🏼🇵🇷❤

[@jermainejackson541]

I have always loved this show. My Mother & I would watch it all the time

[@BaneMcDeath]

"Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But... there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... a Darkside." "The Darkside is always there waiting for us to enter; waiting to enter us. Until next time, try to enjoy the daylight."

[@smithgdwg]

Intro was creepy than any of the episodes.

[@ZootWorld1]

What about "Inside The Closet"?

[@ItsAlohaMonday]

Greg Smith haha yup

[@jenniferr9624]

@@ZootWorld1 That episode and "The Cutty Black Sow" terrified me.

[@parr40]

This was frightening to me as a kid, 10 years old & I was terrified

[@damienalexishammons9533]

I love this theme,it's so damn chilling,the rural areas remind me of Preston and Okmulgee Oklahoma the back roads.

[@kardariuskannon8477]

Best horror sitcom show of the 80's.

[@rgat5150]

I ordered the entire series on DVD. THis show brings back memories of my teen years.

[@shutupdonnie8096]

Horror of my childhood. Nothing like laying in bed hearing this and being too scared to get up and change it. Ahhhhh memories.

[@peachycosplay4353]

This show was my shit!!! Kids these days don't know real scary shows..Long live the 80's baby!

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

This, Monsters, Are you afraid of the dark.

[@trollingisasport]

I play this for my son every night when I'm putting him to sleep.

[@Monkeyland03]

LOL Really?! What do you think of the episode Case Of The Stubborns?

[@AceCorr]

@@josellebolden578 He is being sarcastic. Of course no dad would do that.

[@mightygalvatron9911]

My favorite episode was that one with the lady on the train saying tunnel and zombies or something. Long time ago. Lol

[@gamma21285]

When I was a kid this music would scare the hell out of me

[@gamma21285]

Lol I know it send chills down your spine.

[@ryonson3455]

It gave me a lonely, lost and empty feeling that I found captivating as a child.

[@momixalot]

Thats a perfect way of describing it!

[@timesnewlogan1174]

That humming noise always comes to mind when I see or hear something scary. Then my eyes start watering uncontrollably...

[@ryonson3455]

Never research,"The Deep Web. Never ever download "tor"!

[@battlestarmarc]

Great show 80s style.

[@sweetwaterfarmhouse1074]

The intro gave me the creeps. Especially the bridge!!!!! My mom watched this every Sunday night. “Anniversary dinner” was the scariest one.

[@jasonsterling4129]

Makes the simple sceneries, frightening

[@joeylo3543]

childhood with dad. The good days

[@emikolve86]

JoeyLo you and me both

[@josephcebelinski1968]

Yes... Sunday night...

[@smoke703]

I thought I was about to face my fears after watching this intro again after so many years... Now I'm scared to go throw the trash 😂

[@bfan82]

honestly, to this day, the eeriest thing to show on screen

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

Even after such good competition before and after its time, such as Tales of the Crypt, Twilight Zone, and Night Gallery. I'm sure I've forgotten some others.

[@kharlieb.428]

👑😍📺😍👑 Omg Saturday nights WASN'T Saturday night to me & my cousin Mia without watching this & Monsters. This intro 🎶🎼 & it's pictures ALWAYS COMFORTED ME AS A KID. I 💘 it & STILL DO. Seeing the FARM🚜, THE WOODS🌳🌿, THE GREEN GRASS 🌱 & THE RIVER 🌅 WAS SOOTHING TO ME. I ALWAYS WONDERED where was that 🚗 going we could see driving RIGHT before TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE appeared 💭😕💭 💞📺💞

[@rsears78]

Every Saturday night. Loved it

[@bobcharley7592]

Really enjoy this series a lot,the intro and ending are both great at giving an eerie vibe to each episode.

[@Shadowmarktiger]

This show should be on Netflix and Hulu!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cheowesley860]

When I was younger, this theme song gave me the creeps! Especially since this always came in after midnight right when I was about to go to sleep!

[@johnnyappleseed6302]

this is literally my child hood show

[@Monkeyland03]

+Michael Haggerty You watched this when it first came on CBS?

[@johnnyappleseed6302]

No there was a lot of rerun when I was 5-8 and I just remembered it

[@Monkeyland03]

+Michael Haggerty Did you watch the movie also? It came out in 1990.

[@shawneldridge231]

: } this is one show that i will never for get at all + that creepy song that would give you chills. wish it so would come back on tv

[@shawneldridge231]

like for real here, this needs to come back to tv a.s.a.p. we all miss it and want it back on now

[@shawneldridge9476]

Please put this show back on tv + when i heard this theme , i knew what time it was. Great show this is

[@theboogeyman5753]

I remember watching this very video late one night in my living room while everyone else was out. The lights were off and I was appreciating just how eerie the theme is, until our damned old ass tv cracked, and scared the life out of me. I didn't realize they did that until recently, so I just got the hell out of that room lol.

[@bigc11100]

Lol

[@juniorsandoval9624]

This theme music was nightmare fuel back in the 80s. Still is....

[@RebecaLawrence-w6e]

I am happy to be a part of the team. That grew up with this show. Love the intro and the ending. Try to enjoy the day light. Good scary fun. Take me back to the good old days.

[@cajunkeels]

Tales from the Crypt’s older brother.

[@rhiannajx]

i’m 16 now but i will always remember this from my mum and i sat on the couch every night when i was 5, just found the dvd for the movie version but the intro wasn’t in it so im playing the intro to feel the nostalgia ❤️❤️

[@TheRealJaneSeymour]

I still remember watching reruns of this with my Mom in the early 2000s as a kid (she watched it in the 80s-90s as a teen/young adult) i'm nearly 21 now and still love this show. Great memories👍

[@janesmith7676]

Wow you go back so far! (Yeah right.)

[@tuberoyful]

I was 8 years old and I will never forget this show!

[@AaronDurr]

The heart beats in recording dub in the intro Durr Burger

[@thebrutaljudge9883]

Thank you so much for posting this !!…..brings great memories !

[@Divyne718]

This show had me under the covers when I was little. Soon as this theme music came on I was frightened. Scariest shit I ever heard

[@petercharleskrug]

My own personal top 10 favorite Darkside episodes: 1.Word Processor Of The Gods 2.The Impressionist 3.Ring Around The Redhead 4.Monsters In My Room 5.Comet Watch 6.Strange Love 7.Black Widows 8.Let The Games Begin 9.Sorry, Right Number 10.Family Reunion

[@Plattencautious745]

Bought chills to my spine at 8 years old

[@OddHoursDetroit]

I used to have to plug my ears and close my eyes during the intro and credits!

[@stevethomas74]

Definitely holds up as a sublimely creepy opening credit sequence. Even to this day decades after I saw this on TV, those chords.....ehhhhh! o_O

[@NemoUberKitty]

I agree!!

[@stevethomas74]

NemoUberKitty Of course you do because you're awesome

[@NemoUberKitty]

I totally agree!

[@elianaosorioorozco8482]

J: to me, that intro comprises an implicit, abstract and incredibly subliminal otherworldliness. Ain't it? Peace.

[@maIwaldron]

Just shots of the country side, BUT... still so creepy. Because we know, there's a DARK SIDE.

[@Soya22181]

This intro and outro is the realist and truest I ever heard...

[@WynnWynn-gl3fk]

The intro alone scared the crap out of me as a little kid and never watched it.

[@jordanw.97]

Makes The Tales From The Crypt Opening seem like the opening of Ducktales. This is still creepy and it didn’t even try hard to be scary .

[@vader540is]

I love this, growing up, it was my fav

[@Monkeyland03]

Love 'Case Of The Stubborns'?

[@marlanaferro1481]

Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality, But, there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit .... a darkside. The darkside is always there, waiting for us to enter, waiting to enter us. Until next time, try to enjoy the daylight.

[@Viva4Loca]

The narrator sound like the guy from forensic files

[@shawneldridge9312]

would love to see this out on a blu-ray disc box set & to buy it at Barnes & Nobles.i miss this series big time, o my goodness do I ever. This series rocks

[@Alan-qe6jr]

I used to think that the Twilight Zone theme was scary until I heard this!

[@droth1031]

The only 80s theme song that inspired more nightmares than this was Unsolved Mysteries

[@teflon_da1]

The theme music was scarier than the show lol

[@michaela.mccracken4461]

Man lives in a sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But there is unseen by most, an underworld. A place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit. A DarkSide!

[@nucliosis]

love it. miss it. wish I can relive those nights as a kid

[@The_Real_DCT]

well the complete series is on DVD along with Friday the 13th the series and Monsters(which is actually Tales from the Darkside season 5-7 they changed the show title as they found advertisers were more willing to buy Ad time on a new show then one in it's fifth season) I just got my copy for 20 bucks all four seasons on twelve discs

[@nucliosis]

where is it available?

[@The_Real_DCT]

Amazon, Walmart's, BJs are a few places that I saw it

[@The_Real_DCT]

Darkside should be easy enough to find as CBS video just re released it in a smaller boxset this very month

[@elmshawn]

Spooky & awesome

[@rexyumul7824]

I remember dis when I was a just ah Kid, the 80s Will Alwaysz Hold Its Own👑

[@LunaKittyfox]

I didn’t grow up in the 80’s but I do remember this show from when I was younger. I was really disturbed by the intro. Just something about the music is just really creepy.

[@appidydafoo]

Lovely, thank you 🖤

[@epark0314]

Many a day I would pretend to be sick so I could stay home. I would spend all day watching this on the Sci Fi channel.

[@jonathan75801]

This is quite scary, especially at night.

[@ManMonkey600]

It didn't help that this show came on WPIX 11 on weekends very late on Saturday nights. Usually like 1130P or 12A. I remember waking up hearing it play as my Mom watched it in the living room. Let's just say I wouldn't move out of bed until daylight came the next day.

[@HeroQuestFans]

creeped me out then, still does... daring you to watch and remember!

[@Yarncandybycherie]

As an adult I am scared to watch this alone. The music gives me goosebumps.

[@arabiusarad2546]

Me too

[@AceCorr]

The actual episodes aren't even scary! Only a little tiny bit scary, it's just the intro and closing themes that are VERY scary. Imagine if you heard this on TV when you are only 5 years old all alone in the house!

[@razor198042]

This intro always scared the hell out of me growing up, yet kept me glued to watching the show, we had it good with entertainment then

[@wolfkin71]

That intro scared the shit out of me as a little kid .

[@allamericananti-christ666]

I used to get so pumped when I was little & I'd hear this intro! "Oh, boy! Tales from the Dark Side is on!" & I'd park my little self in front of the TV. This was when I was really little so I was at the mercy of what my parents watched a lot, before I had a TV. When I'd hear this intro, I'd come running. Now, on the opposite end of the TV theme song spectrum was M.A.S.H.. I couldn't stand that damn show & my parents loved it. Whenever I'd hear that do, do, do, do- do, do, do, do & I'd look up & see that freakin helicopter- aaaarrggghh!!! 😆