Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
While the Twilight Zone–like anthology series Tales from the Darkside, which ran in syndication from 1983–88 and was created by George A. Romero shortly after making a killing with Creepshow, provided a fair amount of chills and thrills, it’s the 1990 movie version that (for me, anyway) has left the larger imprint.
Behind the Veil of the Vale
So many of us talk about winter as though it were this vampire with ice in its veins. We blame it for our lethargy and depression, complaining we can’t go anywhere, as if Jack Frost had locked us inside our homes, where we’re forced to make like Bob Cratchit and coerce every degree of heat from a potbellied stove that isn’t up to the task. But if only it were spring!