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"Tales from the Darkside" Family Reunion (1988)
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Edithe Swensen (writer)
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22 May 1988
(Season 4, Episode 16)
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Decent Tales from the Darkside episode.
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(Episode Credited cast) | Stephen McHattie | ... | Robert Perry |
 | Daniel Terrence Kelly | ... | Bobby |
 | Patricia Tallman | ... | Janice Perry |
| Marilyn Rockafellow | ... | Trudy |
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Tales from the Darkside: Family Reunion starts as Robert Perry (Stephen McHattie) has been on the run with his young son Bobby (Daniel Terrence Kelly) for six months, after a recent spate of gruesome murders the local community lives in fear. Every night Bobby changes into a Werewolf & only his loving father can prevent him from hurting other's & find a cure, however Bobby's mother Janice (Patricia Tallman) is desperate to find her son for an emotional is somewhat sinister family reunion...
Episode 16 from season 4 this Tales from the Darkside story originally aired in the US during May 1988, directed by special make-up effects man Tom Savini at least Family Reunion is a straight horror themed episode. The script by Edithe Swensen could have been expanded to fill a longer time slot & wouldn't have looked out of place as an episode of Tales from the Crypt (1989 - 1996), the only real problem with Family Reunion is that the title gives the twist ending away & in that sense it's a touch predictable. At only twenty odd minutes in length it moves along at a decent pace, the story has a point & actually builds up to a twist ending that isn't the most original or surprising but does round the programme off nicely enough.
Director Savini has fun with a few horror film references, Bobby is seen reading an issue of Fangoria with Day of the Dead (1985) as the cover story while there's a Creepshow (1982) poster on his wall both of which were directed by Goerge A. Romero & for which Savini provided the special make-up effects. Here there's some pretty good Werewolf make-up effects although as usual for this show there's no gore or extreme violence. The acting is alright & the cast do OK.
Family Reunion is a good solid horror themed Tales from the Darkside episode that is actually worth watching, it's nothing amazingly original or surprising but it passes twenty odd minutes harmlessly enough.