Tales from the Darkside - Season 3 Episode 1 The Circus
A skeptical journalist travels on assignment to a sideshow. Seated in a small theatre, he is greeted by a perverse caretaker/M.C. who promises (in seemingly generic fashion) to unearth strange, horrible, and presumably fake creatures. The journalist nevertheless feels disgusted when he sees a demonic vampire devour an actual lamb. He chastizes the caretaker for endorsing such horrific "entertainment". However, when fully realizing that these are actual CREATURES, the startled journalist attempts to flee the circus and unknowingly retreats into the arms of the vampire. The caretaker subsequently transforms him into a new exhibit, currently on display for the faithful flock of sideshow attendants who DELIGHT in being frightened.
Year: 1988
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Country: United States of America
Studio: Syndication
Director: George A. Romero
Cast: Paul Sparer
First Air Date: Sep 30, 1984
Last Air date: Jul 23, 1988
Season: 4 Season
Episode: 89 Episode
Runtime: 20 minutes
IMDb: 7.20/10 by 79.00 users
Popularity: 51.294
Language: English
Keyword : anthology, horror anthology
Episode
The Circus
I Can't Help Saying Goodbye
The Bitterest Pill
Florence Bravo
The Geezenstacks
Black Widows
Heretic
A Serpent's Tooth
Baker's Dozen
Deliver Us from Goodness
Seasons of Belief
Miss May Dusa
The Milkman Cometh
My Ghostwriter: The Vampire
My Own Place
Red Leader
Everybody Needs a Little Love
Auld Acquaintances
The Social Climber
The Swap
Let the Games Begin
The Enormous Radio