Darkroom (1981)
Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Each 60-minute episode featured two or more stories of varying length with a new story and a new cast, but each of the episode wraparound segments was hosted by James Coburn. Among the performers who appeared on the series were Steve Allen, Esther Rolle, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, David Carradine, Billy Crystal, and June Lockhart.
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Episode 1 - Closed Circuit
Release Date: 1981-11-27A TV newsman (Robert Webber) finds he is being replaced -- by his projected image.
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Episode 2 - Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right Back
Release Date: 1981-11-27A man (Lawrence Pressman) discovers his child's crystal radio is receiving clear broadcasts -- from 1942.
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Episode 3 - The Bogeyman Will Get You
Release Date: 1981-12-04A teenager (Quinn Cummings) believes she's discovered a vampire (Randolph Powell).
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Episode 4 - Uncle George
Release Date: 1981-12-04A poor couple (Claude Akins, June Lockhart) try to find someone to pose as their late uncle, whose pension they can't afford to lose.
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Episode 5 - Needlepoint
Release Date: 1981-12-11A woman (Esther Rolle) uses voodoo to avenge her granddaughter's death.
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Episode 6 - Siege of 31 August
Release Date: 1981-12-11A farmer (Ronny Cox) is tormented by his memories of war when his son's toy soldiers come to life.
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Episode 7 - A Quiet Funeral
Release Date: 1981-12-18A quiet funeral is the setting for a double-crossed forger's revenge.
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Episode 8 - Make Up
Release Date: 1981-12-18A magic makeup case transforms a loser (Billy Crystal) into a winner.
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Episode 9 - The Partnership
Release Date: 1981-12-25An old man's eerie partnership allows him to live well in a crumbling town.
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Episode 10 - Daisies
Release Date: 1981-12-25A filandering botanist develops a machine that reads the thoughts of daisies. His wife, finding out from the daisies about the affair with his assistant, shoots him to death.
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Episode 11 - Catnip
Release Date: 1981-12-25A ruthless young man (Cyril O'Reilly) is stalked by a demonic black cat.
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Episode 12 - Lost in Translation
Release Date: 1982-01-08An archaeology professor (Andrew Prine) seeks power over others through a magic formula.
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Episode 13 - Guillotine
Release Date: 1982-01-08A 19th-century Frenchwoman tries to save her lover from the guillotine.
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Episode 14 - Exit Line
Release Date: 1982-01-15An aspiring actor (Stan Shaw) takes revenge on an acerbic critic (Samantha Eggar).
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Episode 15 - Who's There?
Release Date: 1982-01-15A husband (Michael Lembeck) sets a trap for his unfaithful wife (Dianne Kay).
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Episode 16 - The Rarest of Wines
Release Date: 1982-01-15Son (Henry Polic II) is unhappy about what he received in the will of his recently deceased mother.