Original title
Darkroom
Released
11/27/1981
Origin country
US
Genre
Drama
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
1
Number of episodes
16
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.
A TV newsman (Robert Webber) finds he is being replaced -- by his projected image.
A man (Lawrence Pressman) discovers his child's crystal radio is receiving clear broadcasts -- from 1942.
A teenager (Quinn Cummings) believes she's discovered a vampire (Randolph Powell).
A poor couple (Claude Akins, June Lockhart) try to find someone to pose as their late uncle, whose pension they can't afford to lose.
A woman (Esther Rolle) uses voodoo to avenge her granddaughter's death.
A farmer (Ronny Cox) is tormented by his memories of war when his son's toy soldiers come to life.
A quiet funeral is the setting for a double-crossed forger's revenge.
A magic makeup case transforms a loser (Billy Crystal) into a winner.
An old man's eerie partnership allows him to live well in a crumbling town.
A 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.
A ruthless young man (Cyril O'Reilly) is stalked by a demonic black cat.
An archaeology professor (Andrew Prine) seeks power over others through a magic formula.
A 19th-century Frenchwoman tries to save her lover from the guillotine.
An aspiring actor (Stan Shaw) takes revenge on an acerbic critic (Samantha Eggar).
A husband (Michael Lembeck) sets a trap for his unfaithful wife (Dianne Kay).
Son (Henry Polic II) is unhappy about what he received in the will of his recently deceased mother.
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