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	* Review by Tim at Cinemania.co.nz ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130209013420/http://cinemania.co.nz/review.php?id=550 link])		* Review (Darkroom) by Tim at Cinemania.co.nz ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130209013420/http://cinemania.co.nz/review.php?id=550 link])
			* Review (Nightmares) by Scott Ashlin at 1000 Misspent Hours and Counting (3/5 Stars) ([http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsn-z/nightmares1983.htm link]) - "Although I can’t call ''Nightmares'' even a minor classic in good conscience, it has plenty to offer any fan of oddball 80’s horror movies."
			* Review (Nightmares) by David Bax at Battleship Pretension ([http://battleshippretension.com/home-video-hovel-nightmares-by-david-bax/ link])- "Overall, though, Nightmares is worth a watch. The good ones are good, all four are pretty short and the worst one is at the end..."
			* Review (Nightmares) by Unkle Lancifer at Kindertrauma ([https://www.kindertrauma.com/nightmares/ link]) - "More a fun diversion than a full horror meal..."
			* Review (Nightmares) by Richard Winters at Scopophilia Movies of the 60's, 70s, 80s (2/10) ([https://scopophiliamovieblog.com/2013/10/24/nightmares-1983/ link]) - "The stories are flatly photographed with dull looking sets that have no cinematic quality to them and no business being on the big screen."

	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==

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	* Director: (various), Joseph Sargent (film)		* Director: (various), Joseph Sargent (film)
	* Writer: (various, including [[Robert Bloch]]), Christopher Crowe and Jeffrey Bloom (film)		* Writer: (various, including [[Robert Bloch]]), Christopher Crowe and Jeffrey Bloom (film)
	* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television, Universal Pictures, Christopher Crowe and Andrew Mirisch (film)		* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television; Universal Pictures, Christopher Crowe and Andrew Mirisch (film)
	* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link]), ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ehO9ivzUEQ Nightmares])		* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link]), ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ehO9ivzUEQ Nightmares])
	* IMDb page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081849/ Darkroom]), ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086014/ Nightmares])		* IMDb page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081849/ Darkroom]), ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086014/ Nightmares])

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	* Director: (various), Joseph Sargent (film)		* Director: (various), Joseph Sargent (film)
	* Writer: (various, including [[Robert Bloch]]), Christopher Crowe and Jeffrey Bloom (film)		* Writer: (various, including [[Robert Bloch]]), Christopher Crowe and Jeffrey Bloom (film)
	* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television, Universal Pictures, Christopher Crowe (film)		* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television, Universal Pictures, Christopher Crowe and Andrew Mirisch (film)
	* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link]), ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ehO9ivzUEQ Nightmares])		* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link]), ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ehO9ivzUEQ Nightmares])
	* IMDb page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081849/ Darkroom]), ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086014/ Nightmares])		* IMDb page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081849/ Darkroom]), ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086014/ Nightmares])
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	* Introduction: "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 darkness, to the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!"		* Introduction: "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 darkness, to the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!"
	* The horror host would be a sombre James Cobern working alone in a photographer's darkroom, developing and describing photographs related to the episode at hand.		* The horror host would be a sombre James Cobern working alone in a photographer's darkroom, developing and describing photographs related to the episode at hand.
	* It has been a long-held belief that the four segments of the film were initially conceived and shot for ABC's thriller anthology series ''Darkroom'', but were deemed "too intense for television". However, on the audio commentary on the 2015 Blu-ray release, executive producer Andrew Mirisch clarifies that the film actually began life as a pilot for an unnamed, unrelated, unsold, and not especially intense anthology series for NBC, before becoming a theatrical feature for Universal Pictures.		* It has been a long-held belief that the four segments of the film ''Nightmares'' were initially conceived and shot for ABC's thriller anthology series ''Darkroom'', but were deemed "too intense for television". However, on the audio commentary on the 2015 Blu-ray release, executive producer Andrew Mirisch clarifies that the film actually began life as a pilot for an unnamed, unrelated, unsold, and not especially intense anthology series for NBC, before becoming a theatrical feature for Universal Pictures.

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	"Enter a new dimension of chilling suspense... enter The Darkroom!" An anthology horror/thriller TV series in much the same spirit as ''Twilight Zone''; each week features new stories, writers, directors, and cast. The series ran for 7 episodes (16 stories) from 1981 to 1982, plus the unrelated ''Nightmares (1983 film)'' containing episodes of a similarly-themed failed anthology series that were ~~deemed~~ "too intense for television" ("Four of your worst nightmares come true!")		"Enter a new dimension of chilling suspense... enter The Darkroom!" An anthology horror/thriller TV series in much the same spirit as ''Twilight Zone''; each week features new stories, writers, directors, and cast. The series ran for 7 episodes (16 stories) from 1981 to 1982, plus the unrelated ''Nightmares (1983 film)'' containing episodes of a similarly-themed failed anthology series that were hyped as "too intense for television" ("Four of your worst nightmares come true!")

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	* (review ~~needed~~)		* Review by Tim at Cinemania.co.nz ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130209013420/http://cinemania.co.nz/review.php?id=550 link])


	==Synopsis==		==Synopsis==

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	* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television, Universal Pictures		* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television, Universal Pictures
	* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link])		* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link])
			* IMDb page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081849/ link])
			* Wikipedia page: ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkroom_(TV_series) link])

	==Ratings==		==Ratings==

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	[[Category:Film:Series_or_Serial]]		[[Category:Film:Series_or_Serial]]
	[[Category:Film:~~TentacleMonster~~]]		[[Category:Film:Anthology]]
	[[Category:Film:One-Tentacle Media]]		[[Category:Film:One-Tentacle Media]]
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	* Country/Language: US, English		* Country/Language: US, English
	* Genres/Technical: Horror, Suspense, Crime, Fantasy, Anthology		* Genres/Technical: Horror, Suspense, Crime, Fantasy, Anthology
			* Runtime: (generally formatted for a 1-hour commercial television slot)
	* Starring: (various), hosted by James Cobern		* Starring: (various), hosted by James Cobern
	* Director: (various)		* Director: (various)

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==Summary==


"Enter a new dimension of chilling suspense... enter The Darkroom!" An anthology horror/thriller TV series in much the same spirit as ''Twilight Zone''; each week features new stories, writers, directors, and cast. The series ran for 7 episodes (16 stories) from 1981 to 1982, plus a film called ''Nightmares (1983 film)'' containing episodes that were deemed too intense for television ("Four of your worst nightmares come true!")

==Details==

* Release Date: 1981-1983
* Country/Language: US, English
* Genres/Technical: Horror, Suspense, Crime, Fantasy, Anthology
* Starring: (various), hosted by James Cobern
* Director: (various)
* Writer: (various, including [[Robert Bloch]])
* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television, Universal Pictures
* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link])

==Ratings==
===[http://www.mpaa.org/film-ratings/ MPAA Ratings]===

* Rated: (not rated) (equivalent of a TV-PG for Violence and mild Adult Content)

===Tentacle Ratings===
A rough [[Tentacle Ratings|measure]] of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
* S____ (One Tentacle: Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)

This anthology horror series really didn't last long enough to do much that might be considered "Lovecraftian". The Episode 5 story "The Partnership" features a man who makes a sinister bargain with a standard-issue [[Tentacle Monster]], followed by an Episode 5 story "Catnip" featuring a confrontation by a witch's familiar and a thug.

''Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''

===Reviews===

Review Links:
* (review needed)

==Synopsis==

Episodes that may be of interest to fans of "Lovecraftian" film:
* "Episode 5, The Partnership" (Episode 1x5) - An old man's eerie partnership allows him to live well in a crumbling town.

==Notes==

===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===

* Introduction: "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 darkness, to the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!"
* The horror host would be a sombre James Cobern working alone in a photographer's darkroom, developing and describing photographs related to the episode at hand.

===Associated Mythos Elements===
* TO DO
* race: [[Tentacle Monster]]
* race: [[Witch]]

===Keeper Notes===



[[Category:Film:General]]
[[Category:Film:Series_or_Serial]]
[[Category:Film:TentacleMonster]]
[[Category:Film:One-Tentacle Media]]
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	"Enter a new dimension of chilling suspense... enter The Darkroom!" An anthology horror/thriller TV series in much the same spirit as ''Twilight Zone''; each week features new stories, writers, directors, and cast. The series ran for 7 episodes (16 stories) from 1981 to 1982, plus ~~a film called~~ ''Nightmares (1983 film)'' containing episodes that were deemed too intense for television ("Four of your worst nightmares come true!")		"Enter a new dimension of chilling suspense... enter The Darkroom!" An anthology horror/thriller TV series in much the same spirit as ''Twilight Zone''; each week features new stories, writers, directors, and cast. The series ran for 7 episodes (16 stories) from 1981 to 1982, plus the unrelated ''Nightmares (1983 film)'' containing episodes of a similarly-themed failed anthology series that were deemed "too intense for television" ("Four of your worst nightmares come true!")


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	* Runtime: (generally formatted for a 1-hour commercial television slot)		* Runtime: (generally formatted for a 1-hour commercial television slot)
	* Starring: (various), hosted by James Cobern		* Starring: (various), hosted by James Cobern
	* Director: (various)		* Director: (various), Joseph Sargent (film)
	* Writer: (various, including [[Robert Bloch]])		* Writer: (various, including [[Robert Bloch]]), Christopher Crowe and Jeffrey Bloom (film)
	* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television, Universal Pictures		* Producer/Production Co: ABC, Universal Television, Universal Pictures, Christopher Crowe (film)
	* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link])		* View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEviu7T2NI link]), ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ehO9ivzUEQ Nightmares])
	* IMDb page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081849/ ~~link~~])		* IMDb page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081849/ Darkroom]), ([https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086014/ Nightmares])
	* Wikipedia page: ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkroom_(TV_series) link])		* Wikipedia page: ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkroom_(TV_series) link])

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	Episodes that may be of interest to fans of "Lovecraftian" film:		Episodes that may be of interest to fans of "Lovecraftian" film:
	* "Episode 5, The Partnership" (Episode 1x5) - An old man's eerie partnership allows him to live well in a crumbling town.		* "Episode 5, The Partnership" (Episode 1x5) - An old man's eerie partnership allows him to live well in a crumbling town.
			* ''Nightmares'' - an urban legend about a serial killer in your car; a video gamer meets the Bishop of Battle at an arcade; priest [[Lance Henrickson]] has a spiritual battle with a demonic pickup truck; a family is tormented by a giant rat....


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	===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===		===Comments, Trivia, Dedication===
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	* Introduction: "~~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 darkness, to the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!"		* Introduction: "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 darkness, to the terror that awaits you in the Darkroom!"
	* The horror host would be a sombre James Cobern working alone in a photographer's darkroom, developing and describing photographs related to the episode at hand.		* The horror host would be a sombre James Cobern working alone in a photographer's darkroom, developing and describing photographs related to the episode at hand.
			* It has been a long-held belief that the four segments of the film were initially conceived and shot for ABC's thriller anthology series ''Darkroom'', but were deemed "too intense for television". However, on the audio commentary on the 2015 Blu-ray release, executive producer Andrew Mirisch clarifies that the film actually began life as a pilot for an unnamed, unrelated, unsold, and not especially intense anthology series for NBC, before becoming a theatrical feature for Universal Pictures.