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Darkroom

TV·1981–1982·1 season, 16 episodes·ABC·Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama·1h·Created by Peter S. Fischer

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'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.

Cast

Episodes by season

Season0116Episodes1981–82AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Darkroom S01E01Closed CircuitNovember 27, 1981Aging TV newsman Greg Conway discovers that he's being replaced by a computer-generated simulation that perfectly replicates his appearance
  2. S01E02Darkroom S01E02Stay Tuned, We'll Be Right BackNovember 27, 1981Charlie 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 ye
  3. S01E03Darkroom S01E03The Bogeyman Will Get YouDecember 4, 1981Horror obsessed teenager DiDi convinces her sister that an old acquaintance is a vampire.
  4. S01E04Darkroom S01E04Uncle GeorgeDecember 4, 1981When their Uncle George dies, Bert and Margo Haskell convince a homeless man to pose as their late relative in order to keep receiving his p
  5. S01E05Darkroom S01E05NeedlepointDecember 11, 1981A pimp takes advantage of a young woman whose grandmother uses old-time voodoo magic to get her revenge.
  6. S01E06Darkroom S01E06Siege of 31 AugustDecember 11, 1981After buying his son a military playset, a Vietnam veteran-turned-farmer keeps hearing sounds of war in the night and discovers that his son
  7. S01E07Darkroom S01E07A Quiet FuneralDecember 18, 1981A 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.
  8. S01E08Darkroom S01E08Make-UpDecember 18, 1981Down-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 ch
  9. S01E09Darkroom S01E09The PartnershipDecember 25, 1981As part of a strange partnership, an old man lures travelers to an old abandoned funhouse.
  10. S01E10Darkroom S01E10DaisiesDecember 25, 1981Filandering botanist Dr. John Michaelson develops a machine that can read the thoughts of daisies.
  11. S01E11Darkroom S01E11CatnipDecember 25, 1981After accidentally killing an old woman said to be a witch, troublemaker Ronnie is stalked by her black cat.
  12. S01E12Darkroom S01E12Lost in TranslationJanuary 8, 1982Archaeologist Dr. Paul Hudson hires a translator to decode an ancient Egyptian scroll.
  13. S01E13GuillotineJanuary 8, 1982A 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 execut
  14. S01E14Darkroom S01E14Exit LineJanuary 15, 1982Actor Dan Burroughs tries desperately to convince highly influential critic Miss Alexis St. Clair to revise her negative opinion about his p
  15. S01E15Darkroom S01E15Who's There?January 15, 1982Barry 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.
  16. S01E16Darkroom S01E16The Rarest of WinesJanuary 15, 1982Following the death of his mother, Frederick inherits her old house and its contents, while his sister Pamela inherits the company, much to

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