Nightmare Classics poster

TV series · 1989

Nightmare Classics

First aired 13 August 1989 Sci-Fi & Fantasy TMDB ↗

An anthology series featuring adaptations of well-known horror stories, produced by Shelley Duvall. Following the success of her two previous anthology series – Faerie Tale Theatre and Tall Tales & Legends – both of which were aimed at the elementary-school audience, Duvall attempted to branch out to the teenage and adult audience with Nightmare Classics.

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John Doolittle
as Doctor
41
Armelia McQueen
as Miss Hodgett
37
Meg Tilly
as Carmilla
29
C. Thomas Howell
as Jenner Brading
22
Laura Dern
as Rebecca Laymon
22
Ione Skye
as Marie
18
Balthazar Getty
as Miles
14
Michael Harris
as Quint
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Everyone else (8) ↓
Roy Dotrice
as Leo
66
David Hemmings
as Mister Harley
47
Linda Hunt
as Narrator
44
Anthony Andrews
as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde
41
Nicholas Guest
as Dr. Morley
38
Amy Irving
as The Governess
35
John Stockwell
as Malcom Barrington
28
Daphne Zuniga
as Irene Marlowe
26
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