 "Tales from the Darkside: The Movie" is considered by many fans and  Tom Savini himself to be the official "Creepshow 3". Following the  success of Stephen King and George A. Romeros Creepshow, Laurel  Entertainment (Creepshow & Creepshow 2s production company) toyed  with the idea of a Creepshow television series. After several  negotiations and changes (due to rights holders etc.), the decision  was made to change the title for the series to "Tales from the  Darkside" (to be helmed by none other than Creepshow director and  Creepshow 2 screenwriter, George A. Romero). After the series great  success, just roughly three short years after Creepshow 2 hit  theatres, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie came to fruition in  1990 as the successor to the original two Creepshow installments,  sharing many of the same crew as the Creepshow installments.