"The Milkman Cometh" is a strange & bizarre episode from the Classic 80s Horror series "Tales from the Dark Side" & it's a very memorable one.
First off we have one of the greatest underrated actors in cinema history the great ROBERT FORSTER!!! i love the cool calm dude, I've been a huge fan since his resurrection in Tarantino's MASTERPIECE "Jackie Brown" back in 1997, he's a fantastic actor with a rugged blue collar charm & a no-nonsense attitude, he's always great on screen & enriched anything he starred in no matter how small his role may have been!!!!
Here he's a struggling family man who needs money to support his family & he hears about a mysterious stranger that is "The Milkman" who not only brings the milk but can also bring you whatever you want!!! He's sort of a strange genie in a way, you leave him a note & your wish comes true.
But because this is the tales from the Darkside universe everything has a sinister twist to it.
This is great little Gem of an episode, it's one of the more bizarre & unique stories of the series, it's got a weird creepiness to it & it's mostly set during the very early hrs of the morning when the milkman strikes!!!
The music is fun in a very typical so cheesy 80s way, there's some dark humour as always but it's actually a darker more sinister episode.
The great Robert Forster gives another solid performance & raises the episode content to a richer piece among the series, a great memorable striking episode in a fantastic series