Tales from the Darkside (1984)

Episode Overview

Title: The Voodoo Tenant Plot: A woman grows alarmed upon learning that the man renting a room in their home practices voodoo. Despite his kind demeanor, she perceives him as a menacing presence. Her husband, however, views the tenant as an eccentric but harmless individual, leading to tension between the couple. Determined to rid herself of him, she devises a plan. Following a tragic miscarriage and the mysterious death of their cat, she blames the tenant’s supposed black magic. Stricken with guilt, the tenant takes his own life. When her husband confronts her about the events, dark truths surface, revealing her culpability in the tragedies. Repulsed, he leaves her. Later that night, unsettling sounds echo from the stairs, waking her from sleep...