Stephen King already had a pre-existing relationship with Tales From The Darkside, as Season 1 featured an adaptation of his story “ The Word Processor Of The Gods,” and he personally penned the Season 4 episode “Sorry, Right Number.” Tales From The Darkside: The Movie felt from the get-go like a perfect vehicle for a new big screen take on King, and only making things more comfortable was the fact that John Harrison was hired to direct – having been both the first assistant director and composer on Creepshow, and the director of “Sorry, Right Number.” Instead, the production used the “Cat From Hell” script that Romero had already penned, and included it in between McDowell’s chapters. 249' and a riff on Japanese folklore called “Lover’s Vow” – no extra work was necessary to create a third. Romero’s anthology television series Tales From The Darkside was deemed popular enough to inspire the creation of a feature film iteration, and while screenwriter Michael McDowell penned two of the segments – an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Lot No. The former never ended up finding its way in front of cameras, but the latter found new life from a new home a couple years later.

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