Tales from the Darkside: Red Leader is set in New York in the office of ruthless real estate developer Alex Hayes (Joe E. Tata) where he is visited by his dead partner Jake Kay (Carmine Caridi) who now exists in hell but he wants more & ask's Alex for the files which proves his criminal activities, unfortunately for Jake the files also incriminate Alex so he refuses to hand them over. Then the main man himself the Devil turns up...
Episode 16 from season 3 this Tales from the Darkside story originally aired in the US during February 1987, directed by John Sutherland one has to say that Red Leader is yet another poor Tales from the Darkside episode that just feels so pointless & surreal. The script by Edithe Swensen is just strange & doesn't make a whole lot of sense, I just don't understand what people see in these odd pointless little episodes. When Tales from the Darksides concentrates on being a horror it's good but when it is as unfocused & an uneven mix of bizarre ideas as Red Leader I just don't like it at all, even at a short twenty minute duration this bored me.
Like many Tales from the Darkside episodes Red Leader is set entirely in one single location with the minimum of actor's. This episode isn't scary, there aren't any special effects to speak of & I don't really know what sort of audience Red Leader was aimed at. Actor Joe E. Tata went on to appear in no less than 238 episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 - 2000) & I am happy to say that I haven't seen a single one of them.
Red Leader is yet another Tales from the Darkside episode that I have to admit I didn't like at all, the strange mix of clichéd ideas & themes just didn't do anything for me.
Episode 16 from season 3 this Tales from the Darkside story originally aired in the US during February 1987, directed by John Sutherland one has to say that Red Leader is yet another poor Tales from the Darkside episode that just feels so pointless & surreal. The script by Edithe Swensen is just strange & doesn't make a whole lot of sense, I just don't understand what people see in these odd pointless little episodes. When Tales from the Darksides concentrates on being a horror it's good but when it is as unfocused & an uneven mix of bizarre ideas as Red Leader I just don't like it at all, even at a short twenty minute duration this bored me.
Like many Tales from the Darkside episodes Red Leader is set entirely in one single location with the minimum of actor's. This episode isn't scary, there aren't any special effects to speak of & I don't really know what sort of audience Red Leader was aimed at. Actor Joe E. Tata went on to appear in no less than 238 episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990 - 2000) & I am happy to say that I haven't seen a single one of them.
Red Leader is yet another Tales from the Darkside episode that I have to admit I didn't like at all, the strange mix of clichéd ideas & themes just didn't do anything for me.