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Terror Tales

NR·2016·121m

Horror

Summary

After being abducted by a psychopath, a husband is subjected to three horrific tales of terror while his family is held captive in an attached cargo trailer.

Cast

Jennifer Runyon

Melanie (segment "Epidemic")

Lynn Lowry

Susan McKay (segment "By Proxy")

Felissa Rose

Witch (segment "Epidemic")

Helene Udy

Sonya Hamilton (segment "Epidemic")

Laurene Landon

Miss Tate (segment "Radical Video")

Ari Lehman

Edmond Blackburn (segment "Epidemic")

Jonathan Tiersten

The Sledgehammer (segment "Radical Video")

Christopher Showerman

The Driver (wraparound story)

Yan Birch

Satan

Ashley Park

Alisha Harding (segment "Radical Video")

Heath C. Heine

Police Officer (segment "By Proxy")

Josh Outzen

Grocery Delivery Guy (segment "By Proxy")

Hilarie Grace

Annoyed Customer in Line 4 (segment "Radical Video")

Vivienne Bersin

Nostalgic Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Mark Canjar

Coroner (segment "Radical Video")

Alec Ybarra

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Aeon Cruz

Nostalgic Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Josh Feldman

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Bekah Jung

Geisha Girl (segment "Epidemic")

Alaina Garland

Vickie Summers (segment "Radical Video")

Allie Escaffi

LFGR News Reporter Vera Drake (segment "Radical Video")

Olivia Crist

16th Century Villager (segment "Epidemic")

Jewel Cavazos

Samantha McKenny (segment "Radical Video")

Pam Renall

Kristen / Annoyed Customer in Line 2

Madeleine Ours

Possessed Fiancée (segment "Epidemic")

Karen E. Thomas

Dr. Pamela Myers (segment "By Proxy")

Bailey Sorrel

Maya (wraparound story)

Ella Madison

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Ben Hilzer

Blaine Moore (segment "Radical Video")

Kevin Sean Ryan

Church Show Host (segment "Epidemic")

Perry B. Anthony

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

R.J. Wagner

Tony McKay (segment "By Proxy")

Leana Lewis

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Amber Pennington

Tammy White (segment "Radical Video")

Greg Farinelli

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Thomas Fears

Pastor James (segment "Epidemic")

Daustin Harvey

Waiter (segment "Epidemic")

Andy Hankins

Lieutenant / Possessed Bum 2

Lyle DeRose

Angry Customer 2 (segment "Radical Video")

Alayna Lewis

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Paige Awtrey

Jean (segment "Epidemic")

Rick Haak

Pastor James' Dad (segment "Epidemic")

Spencer Kane

Paul Rickman (segment "By Proxy")

Lauren Lipman

16th Century Villager (segment "Epidemic")

Charlie Aligaen

Business Man (segment "Epidemic")

Amirah Lee Counts

Ray's Breakfast Girl (segment "Radical Video")

Aeona Cruz

Nostalgic Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Gretchen Pleshaw

Nostalgic Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Jimmy Lee Combs

Hank (wraparound story)

Irene Leonard

Sister Agnes (segment "Epidemic")

Natalie Salazar Waldrip

Confiding Friend Diane (segment "Epidemic")

Mia Felica

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Randy Outzen

Nostalgic Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Terrie Blaney

Bible Studier (segment "Epidemic")

J. Giordano

Michael (wraparound story)

Kyrannio Margaros

Prostitute / Ray's Nightclub Girl

Devin Douglas

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Melody Tucker

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Jon Antanios

Restaurant Patron (segment "Epidemic")

Shelly Maxwell

Joyce (segment "Epidemic")

Amanda Whipp

Police Officer 1 (segment "By Proxy")

Angie Morency

Possessed Bum 1 (segment "Epidemic")

Derick Gonzalez

Annoyed Customer in Line 1 (segment "Radical Video")

Nicki Runge

Bible Studier (segment "Epidemic")

Jain Barrett

Bubble Gum Valley Girl (segment "Radical Video")

Alex Hall

Preppy #2 (segment "Radical Video)

Cali Kemper

Swooning Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Lee Lopez

Officer Rodriguez (segment "Radical Video")

Alec O'Non

Preppy #1 (segment "Radical Video")

Richard Taylor

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Jamie Lamé

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

John Wolter

Susan McKay fan (segment "By Proxy")

Brett Shafer

Detective Ray Stevens (segment "Radical Video")

Austin Graham

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Luka Bakata

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Philip Lamé

Soccer Coach (segment "By Proxy")

Jacob Thomas Brooks

Doctor Donaldson (segment "By Proxy")

Alayna Smith

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Peggy Lapp

Nostalgic Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Erica Lapp

Nostalgic Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Nalanie Martinez

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Chad Michael Brown

Bible Studier (segment "Epidemic")

Kit Kelly

16th Century Villager (segment "Epidemic")

Ember Runge

Jean's Baby (segment "Epidemic")

Sheri Danette

Angry Customer 1 (segment "Radical Video")

Miranda Byers

Tiffany Moore (segment "Radical Video")

Chris Medved

16th Century Villager (segment "Epidemic")

Jonathan Lindenmuth

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Stephanie Coleman

Susan McKay fan (segment "By Proxy")

Rebecca Sullivan Milligan

16th Century Villager (segment "Epidemic")

Mark Lapp

Mullet Man (segment "Radical Video")

Matt Block

The Ink Demon (segment "By Proxy")

Christopher Heath

Annoyed Customer in Line 3 (segment "Radical Video")

Shane Graham

Soccer Kid (segment "By Proxy")

Chelsey Shernaman

Vera Drake (segment "By Proxy")

Maya Grace

Sarah Gustafsson (segment "Radical Video")

David Henderson

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Zack Beins

Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Ana Bersin

Molly (segment "Radical Video")

Chris Walter

Restaurant Patron (segment "Epidemic")

Elizabeth Fitter

Allie DeMoy (segment "Radical Video")

Jackson Combs

Baby Trevor (segment "By Proxy")

J. Jim Hayes

Bible Studier (segment "Epidemic")

Carmine DePaulo

Nostalgic Video Store Customer (segment "Radical Video")

Veronica Moser

Nasty Scat Lady

Crew

Director

Jimmy Lee Combs

Reviews

TheVidiot

July 1, 2022

One of the aspects I most enjoy about horror anthologies is that they are like fighters who know they can't go the distance. Instead of a long drawn out match they attack with a flurry of blows from the bell; going for a K.O. As fast as one match is over the next one starts. What if the film makers think they have twelve rounds in them? Full of themselves they know they can go the distance. But like the tales they tell, it is all make believe.

An unnamed lunatic (Christopher Showerman) has taken a family hostage at gunpoint. The mother and daughter are tied up in a booby trapped trailer attached to a pick up truck. Dear old dad rides shotgun as the crazed driver passes the miles by telling three alleged tales of terror. There's no point to any of the stories being told. None of it relates in any manner to the captive audience and his predicament. The lunatic just likes to hear the sound of his own voice. Yes, we have a wrap around story.

And our three tales. Tales that are so uninteresting, dragged out and poorly edited that they aren't worth mentioning. I was fast forwarding like a fiend only to seemingly end up where I started. That's how poorly written and edited this film is. Minutes pass where nothing happens. There's no back story. No character study. No depth. Only actors milling about cheap sets and locations spouting inane dialogue.

Did I mention this thing runs two hours?

The only plus that kept me from turning off TERROR TALES and watching a blank screen instead is the cast. Some how the film makers were able to rope in actors we horror fiends grew up watching; Felissa Rose (SLEEPAWAY CAMP), Lynn Lowry (THE CRAZIES), Ari Lehman (FRIDAY THE 13TH), and Laurene Landon (MANIAC COP). Fill in the remaining characters with working class actors with extensive credits and on paper TERROR TALES should have been worth a watch. Sadly, no.

Stay away. Do not watch. Avoid like the plague. Achtung! Boredom ahead.

Does anyone want to buy a copy of this on DVD for cheap?