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"Tales from the Darkside" The Last Car (1986)
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"Tales from the Darkside" (1984)Original Air Date:
23 February 1986 (Season 2, Episode 19)Plot:
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Definitely One of the Best Episodes of Tales of the Darkside moreCast
(Episode Credited cast) | Mary Carver | ... | Mrs. Crane |
| Louis Guss | ... | Old Man |
 | Begonya Plaza | ... | Stacey (as Begoña Plaza) |
| Scooter Stevens | ... | Boy |
| Bert Williams | ... | Conductor |
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The corpse used for the girl at the end was the thought of late in production of the episode. The Conductor's corpse was redressed in the girl's clothes and a wig. It was going to be the actual actress but they thought it was scarier for her to become a skeleton. moreFAQ
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This show haunted me for 20-plus years. I honestly could not remember what series featured this haunting episode warning one to NEVER SIT IN THE LAST CAR!! At the time, I was traveling on Amtrak up and down the Pacific Coast and after viewing this episode, refused to sit in the last car. Very reminiscent of a classic Thomas Disch story with barely a beginning and never an ending.
After 20 years of trying to find this episode, I finally watched it again this morning. Still haunting, frightening, eerie... An episode that answers few questions: Why was the last car almost empty while the rest of the cars on the train were full? Why would the conductor not come back until another passenger entered the last car? Was the girl traveling home for the Thanksgiving holidays dead? Incredible... Definitely one of the best episodes of this actually very interesting series. A true heir to the Twilight Zone.