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Darkroom

“Enter a New Dimension of Chilling Suspense ... Enter the Darkroom”

7.21981Ended1 season

Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDrama

'You're in a house. Maybe your own... maybe one you've never seen before. You feel it. Something evil. You run, but there's no escape... nowhere to turn. You feel something beckoning you... drawing you into the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!' Darkroom is an American horror/thriller anthology broadcast on ABC from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. Similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery, each hour-long episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a different story and a different cast, but James Coburn hosts all the wraparound segments.

About the series

'You're in a house. Maybe your own... maybe one you've never seen before. You feel it. Something evil. You run, but there's no escape... nowhere to turn. You feel something beckoning you... drawing you into the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!' Darkroom is an American horror/thriller anthology broadcast on ABC from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. Similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery, each hour-long episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a different story and a different cast, but James Coburn hosts all the wraparound segments.

Created by: Peter S. Fischer
Network: ABC
Episodes: 16

Choose your chapter

Episodes

Season

Episode 1

Closed Circuit

1981-11-27 60 min

Aging TV newsman Greg Conway discovers that he's being replaced by a computer-generated simulation that perfectly replicates his appearance and behavior.

Episode 2

Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back

1981-11-27 60 min

Charlie Miller discovers that his crystal radio is in contact with the German U-boat that sunk the ship his father died on during WWII 30 years ago. Should he change the course of history and save his father?

Episode 3

The Bogeyman Will Get You

1981-12-04 60 min

Horror obsessed teenager DiDi convinces her sister that an old acquaintance is a vampire.

Episode 4

Uncle George

1981-12-04 60 min

When their Uncle George dies, Bert and Margo Haskell convince a homeless man to pose as their late relative in order to keep receiving his pension checks.

Episode 5

Needlepoint

1981-12-11 60 min

A pimp takes advantage of a young woman whose grandmother uses old-time voodoo magic to get her revenge.

Episode 6

Siege of 31 August

1981-12-11 60 min

After buying his son a military playset, a Vietnam veteran-turned-farmer keeps hearing sounds of war in the night and discovers that his son's toy soldiers are alive.

Episode 7

A Quiet Funeral

1981-12-18 60 min

A gangster is in for an unwelcome surprise when he attends the funeral of his ex-partner, a forger who he robbed and left for dead.

Episode 8

Make-Up

1981-12-18 60 min

Down-and-out Paddy buys a makeup case from an actor's widow, who claims that when the makeup is applied, its wearer instantly becomes the character. When Paddy puts on the makeup, he becomes whatever character is inscribed on the container. So he sets out to get back at the bookie who owes him.

Episode 9

The Partnership

1981-12-25 60 min

As part of a strange partnership, an old man lures travelers to an old abandoned funhouse.

Episode 10

Daisies

1981-12-25 60 min

Filandering botanist Dr. John Michaelson develops a machine that can read the thoughts of daisies.

Episode 11

Catnip

1981-12-25 60 min

After accidentally killing an old woman said to be a witch, troublemaker Ronnie is stalked by her black cat.

Episode 12

Lost in Translation

1982-01-08 60 min

Archaeologist Dr. Paul Hudson hires a translator to decode an ancient Egyptian scroll.

13

Episode 13

Guillotine

1982-01-08 60 min

A 19th-century Frenchman is aided by his lover to exploit a loophole in the law when he is sentenced to die by guillotine. Should the executioner die on the day of the execution, the prisoner will walk free.

Episode 14

Exit Line

1982-01-15 60 min

Actor Dan Burroughs tries desperately to convince highly influential critic Miss Alexis St. Clair to revise her negative opinion about his performance.

Episode 15

Who's There?

1982-01-15 60 min

Barry finds his upstairs neighbor Steve waiting in the dark with a gun for his wife, who he thinks is cheating on him, to come home.

Episode 16

The Rarest of Wines

1982-01-15 60 min

Following the death of his mother, Frederick inherits her old house and its contents, while his sister Pamela inherits the company, much to Frederick's displeasure.

Cast

James Coburn

James Coburn

Host

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