dark side

dark side (usually uncountable, plural dark sides)

1. Alternative form of darkside
   • 1989 July 14, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally...‎, spoken by Harry Burns (Billy Crystal):

     When I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.

   • 2018 September 19, Katie Rife, “Eli Roth, of All Directors, Brings Amblin Magic to the Kid-lit Horror of The House with a Clock in Its Walls”, in The A.V. Club‎, archived from the original on 26 April 2022:

     The film stumbles as its plot gets more complicated, introducing the house’s previous resident, evil warlock Isaac Izard (Kyle MacLachlan), Jonathan’s former partner-in-magic who turned to the dark side after an encounter with a demon named Azazel (Christian Calloway) during World War II.

   • 2021 September 15, Laura Martin, “How Talent Shows Became TV’s Most Bizarre Programmes”, in BBC Online‎, archived from the original on 7 December 2021:

     [P]revious finalists on the show have begun to speak out against issues they had to deal with when the cameras stopped filming. […] But just as the dark side of the genre threatened to overshadow any previous genuine highs, in 2019, buzz spread in the US around a talent show that had to be seen to be believed.