Episode

Tales from the Darkside: A Serpent's Tooth

Name: Tales from the Darkside: A Serpent's Tooth
Released: 1986-11-16
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Paul Sparer, Catherine Battistone, John Marzilli, Neil Kinsella, Alison Sweeney

Tales from the DarksideSeason 31986-11-16

Overview

A kibbitzing mother, Pearl, warns her unlistening family but her warnings start to come true.

Details

Series: Tales from the Darkside
Season: Season 3
Episode: Episode 8
Air date: 1986-11-16
Runtime: 22 min

Episode context

A Serpent's Tooth is Episode 8 in Season 3 of Tales from the Darkside. It aired on 1986-11-16. The runtime is 22 min.

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Episode 7: Heretic 1986-11-09 | 22 min A rich art collector buys a stolen painting from a thief. The painting portrays a man before the Spanish Inquisition. The collector, Harte, is soon visited by a mysterious man who begs him to repent of his sins and give up the wrongfully-gained picture. Harte ignores the warnings and finds himself sucked into the painting where he is to be tortured as a sinner and heretic. He recants to the Inquisitor, who lets him go. Once out of the painting, Harte refuses to give it up, and receives a personal visit from the Inquisitor in the real world. The thief returns to take the picture, and Harte is nowhere to be found...in this world.

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