Der amerikanische Autor und Produzent Peter S. (Mord ist ihr Hobby) produzierte mit Universal Television diese auf Suspense- und Okkultgeschichten basierende, ursprünglich 16-teilige Serie (1981-1982), die von Genre- und TV-erfahrenen Regisseuren wie Rick Rosenthal, Curtis Harrington,Jeffry Bloom und Paul Lynch so stimmungs- wie unheilvoll umgesetzt wurden...
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Episode 1
A TV newsman (Robert Webber) finds he is being replaced -- by his projected image.
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Episode 2
A man (Lawrence Pressman) discovers his child's crystal radio is receiving clear broadcasts -- from 1942.
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Episode 3
A teenager (Quinn Cummings) believes she's discovered a vampire (Randolph Powell).
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Episode 4
A poor couple (Claude Akins, June Lockhart) try to find someone to pose as their late uncle, whose pension they can't afford to lose.
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Episode 5
A woman (Esther Rolle) uses voodoo to avenge her granddaughter's death.
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Episode 6
A farmer (Ronny Cox) is tormented by his memories of war when his son's toy soldiers come to life.
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Episode 7
A quiet funeral is the setting for a double-crossed forger's revenge.
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Episode 8
A magic makeup case transforms a loser (Billy Crystal) into a winner.
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Episode 9
An old man's eerie partnership allows him to live well in a crumbling town.
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Episode 10
A filandering botanist develops a machine that reads the thoughts of daisies. His wife, finding out from the daisies about the affair with his assistant, shoots him to death.
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Episode 11
A ruthless young man (Cyril O'Reilly) is stalked by a demonic black cat.
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Episode 12
An archaeology professor (Andrew Prine) seeks power over others through a magic formula.
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Episode 13
A 19th-century Frenchwoman tries to save her lover from the guillotine.
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Episode 14
An aspiring actor (Stan Shaw) takes revenge on an acerbic critic (Samantha Eggar).
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Episode 15
A husband (Michael Lembeck) sets a trap for his unfaithful wife (Dianne Kay).
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Episode 16
Son (Henry Polic II) is unhappy about what he received in the will of his recently deceased mother.