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- DirectorBob BalabanStarsBarnard HughesI.M. HobsonMax WrightTown miser Gideon Hackles spends Halloween hiding IOU's in his house, which he then rigs as haunted and invites local kids to search for the IOU's so he can scare them. This year, he gets his comeuppance.
- 1983–198822mTV-146.4 (515)TV EpisodeDirectorJohn HarrisonStarsKeenan WynnGeorge PetrieMichael FreemanWily millionaire Duncan Williams engages his longtime acquaintance Jack Blaine in a cat & mouse game ... by offering Jack one million dollars for his mortal soul.
- DirectorJames Steven SadwithStarsDanny AielloTom NoonanRobert WeilBookie Tom Vale never refuses a bet. Bettor Bill Lacey only bets long shots and beats impossible odds each time. Lacey's latest bet is that Vale will die of natural causes by 8:00 am tomorrow.
- DirectorTom SaviniStarsFritz WeaverRoberta WeissPaul SparerWhat is scurrying around inside the closet of the upstairs room that grad student Gail Aynsley rents from veterinary school dean Dr. Fenner? Gail doesn't know, but she is determined to find out and Dr Fenner isn't telling.
- 1983–198820mTV-147.1 (567)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael GornickStarsBruce DavisonKaren ShalloPatrick PiccininniStruggling writer Richard Hagstrom receives an upgraded computer from his computer-whiz nephew Jonathan right before Jonathan dies in an accident. Thanks to Jonathan, this word processor has the power to grant any wish that Richard desires.
- 1983–198821mTV-147.3 (561)TV EpisodeDirectorGerald CottsStarsEddie BrackenBill McCutcheonTresa HughesJodie and his mum are grief-stricken by the passing away of Jodie's grandfather, but they soon find themselves with a lot more to be upset about when he gets determined not to stay dead.
- DirectorTheodore GershunyStarsDorothy LymanCarmen MathewsTeri KeaneSoft-hearted Catherine makes a living as a tarot card reader but faces a crisis of conscience in the process.
- DirectorTerence CahalanStarsCarol KaneBud CortEd KenneyWarlock Abe North and hairdresser Anne MacColl do battle over a winning lottery ticket.
- DirectorRichard FriedmanStarsJean MarshPaul SparerJoan Matlin's an English actress living in a NYC sublet. She's unable to get any rest - being constantly annoyed by the sound of a ringing phone from the apartment next door.
- DirectorTimna RanonStarsRichard RomanusSam AndersonHoward DaytonChain smoker Frank Bigalow is imprisoned in a simulacrum of his apartment, then forced to quit smoking and punished each time he lights up.
- DirectorArmand MastroianniStarsChuck McCannBobby Di CiccoJack AndreozziNightclub impressionist Spiffy Remo is blackmailed into helping the government establish communication with Hoffgosh, a seemingly hostile alien who holds the secret to nuclear fusion.
- DirectorRichard FriedmanStarsAdolph CaesarRosetta LeNoireDonna BullockAfter Linda, a landlady, speaks to her tenant, Mars Gillis, who she wants to move out of the parlour floor front apartment, bad things start happening all over the apartment she and her husband live in, and suspect it's Mars's voodoo.
- DirectorTom SaviniStarsRoy PooleTim ChoateDavid K. VarneyNasty old Mr Killup uses Halloween to taunt kids. This year, he's in for a surprise, from which even his long-suffering son Michael cannot save him.
- 1983–198822mTV-145.9 (283)TV EpisodeDirectorT.J. CastronovoStarsPhyllis DillerLawrence TierneyAnita DanglerMrs. Knudsen enlists the aid of bumbling occult students Jack and Nora Mills to exorcise Aisha Candisha, the demon who is possessing her now-goat-footed daughter Mary Jane. The price? Fifty thousand dollars.
- DirectorTheodore GershunyStarsMarilyn JonesTimothy CarhartJamie OharRichard and Joan's birthday gift for their daughter Susie is a large stuffed teddy bear ... or is it?
- DirectorJames Steven SadwithStarsGreg MullaveySeth GreenBeth McDonaldBiff doesn't understand children well and winds up at odds with his new wife Helen's young son Timmy, whose life is already complicated by the monsters that Timmy finds in his bedroom.
- DirectorJohn StrysikStarsBegonya PlazaMary CarverLouis GussA pretty university student named Stacey (Begona Plaza) waits to board a train that will take her home for Thanksgiving. However Stacey soon discovers there is something unusual and terrifying about the last car of this train.
- DirectorGerald CottsStarsAbe VigodaDavid ChandlerRalph MonacoMobster Jake Corelli has terminal cancer. A stranger promises him his choice of dreams and power over death. The price is ten million dollars.
- DirectorTheodore GershunyStarsHarsh NayyarMarcia CrossPatrick KilpatrickA doctor makes a house call and finds his patients are vampires
- DirectorFrank De PalmaStarsJoe CorteseCatherine ParksScott LincolnBeautiful Gina Casavin claims to be under the spell of a decades-old family curse, because everyone with whom she falls in love dies mysteriously.
- DirectorMichael GornickStarsWilliam HickeyKevin O'ConnorEd FrenchNewspaperman Bragg debunks charlatans as a way of "staying sane." His latest quarry is the obscure circus of Dr. Nis. When Bragg visits, Dr. Nis tries to prove its authenticity.
- DirectorBill TravisStarsCraig WassonTandy CronynLarry PineSam Hummel notices eerie parallels between events in the life of his own family, and events in the lives of his daughter Audrey's dolls, the Geezenstacks.
- DirectorKarl EpsteinStarsMargaret O'BrienTheresa SaldanaPaul EidingOn her wedding night, a young bride learns a secret about the women in her family.
- DirectorJohn HarrisonStarsMabel KingLarry ManettiVernon WashingtonElderly cookie baker Ruby Cuzzins teams up with ad exec Henry Hogan to profit from her baking skills with a plan that includes greed, spousal abuse, and voodoo.
- DirectorMichael McDowellStarsE.G. MarshallMargaret KlenckSky BerdahlOn Christmas Eve, a father ends his two children's boredom by holding them spellbound with a scary story about a fearsome beast known as the Grither.
- DirectorRichard BlackburnStarsSofia Landon GeierGary MajchrazakYolanda ChildressJimmy James is playing his saxophone in the New York City subway when he meets an enigmatic woman named May Dusa, who claims to suffer amnesia and to have caused several accidental deaths.
- DirectorJohn StrysikStarsRobert ForsterSeymour CasselShannon WilcoxRuth Cooley is curious as to the reason why her husband Garry leaves unusual written requests in their mailbox for the mail carrier to fulfill.
- 1983–198823mTV-146.5 (213)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank De PalmaStarsJeff ConawayRoy DotriceJillie MackHack horror writer Peter Prentice receives an offer from Vampire Count Jeffrey Draco: nine hundred years of authentic vampire stories to use as material - in exchange for sanctuary in Peter's home.
- DirectorJohn LewisStarsDavid GrohJane SummerhaysEarl HindmanHarry Carson suffers a heart attack and dies in a hotel room, prompting an angel and a devil to battle each other for possession of Harry's soul.
- DirectorFrank De PalmaStarsRod McCarySirri MuradDonald MacKechnieArchaeologist Arthur Hartley is accused of stealing expensive artifacts from a museum, is warned of a curse that befalls those who touch the artifacts, but won't be stopped in his quest for wealth.
- DirectorJeff SchiroStarsArnold StangPolly DraperDaren KellyTwo archaeologists turned grave robbers are forced to play strip poker with an angry mummy that protects the tomb they broke into.
- DirectorRichard GlassStarsHuckleberry FoxPaula TruemanMary GriffinYoung Jamie receives, and takes seriously, a deathbed warning from his great-grandmother to guard against the legendary Cutty Black Sow.
- DirectorJodie FosterStarsEileen HeckartWilliam LeMassenaRichard B. ShullCharles is a meek inventor living with his greedy nagging wife Rose. The mail brings them a misdirected box saying "Do Not Open This Box". Then the postman comes looking for it and says there will be Hell to pay if he doesn't get it back.
- DirectorDavid OdellStarsT.J. CastronovoBarry DennenCameron MilzerMobster Eddie Minelli plans a private performance by a famous puppeteer, but with a ghoulish new puppet: the bloody remains of Don Paulie, the man Eddie has just murdered.
- DirectorJeffrey WolfStarsDebbie HarryJane ManningPaul SparerDying Sybil uses her last hours on Earth to curse her enemies and plan for the afterlife, much to the chagrin of her mother.
- 1983–198822mTV-146.3 (248)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid OdellStarsPhil FondacaroAntony CarboneTom NewmanHappy-go-lucky salesman Jack Polo receives a yuletide visit from the 3.5-foot-tall Yattering, a snarling horned demon that wants to claim Jack's soul.
- DirectorTom SaviniStarsStephen McHattieDaniel Terrence KellyPatricia TallmanJanice Perry claims that her husband Robert has kidnapped their son Bobby, but Robert maintains that the boy needs to be cured of an illness. After all, Bobby hasn't been himself lately.
- DirectorJohn LewisStarsLori CardilleDavid HaywardCarol LevyDr. David McCall is cheating on his emotionally unstable wife Emily, who is visited by the specter of Florence Bravo, who murdered her own adulterous husband.
- DirectorJohn HarrisonStarsJoe E. TataCarmine CaridiBrioni FarrellA corrupt business man is offered a top position in Hell by the devil.