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THE OCCULT/SUSPENSE SERIES
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M - Z
BEAUTY & THE BEAST/CBS/1987-90
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[Voice of Ron Perlman
as Vincent the beast/man and Linda Hamilton as Catherine Chandler]
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Vincent: |
"This is where the wealthy
and the powerful rule. It is her world, a world apart from mine. Her name
is Catherine. From the moment I saw her, she captured my heart with her
beauty, her warmth and her courage. I knew then as I know now she would
change my life, forever." |
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Catherine: |
"He comes from a secret
place far below the city streets. Hiding his face from strangers, safe
from hate and harm. He brought me there to save my life. And now wherever
I go, he is with me in spirit. For we have a bond stronger than friendship
or love and although we can never be together, we will never, ever be
apart."
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BRIMSTONE/FOX/1998
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[Voices of Peter Horton
as Ezekiel Brimstone; John Glover as The Devil] |
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Brimstone: |
I was cop. Then my wife
was raped. I caught the guy that did it and I killed him. Two months later
I died and went to hell.
A hundred and thirteen of the most vile creatures escaped. |
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The Devil: |
They think they'll beat
the Devil. Nobody beats me. |
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Brimstone: |
How am I supposed to send
them back?" |
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The Devil: |
The eyes. Windows to the
soul. Destroy the eyes and they all get a one way ticket back home to
hell. But it's not hell you
should be scared of. It's loosing a second chance at life on Earth. You
got to give the Devil his due." |
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER/WB/1997-2003
[Voice of Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles, The Watcher] "In every
generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the
demons and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer."
THE CHARMINGS/ABC/1987-88
[Narrator] "Once upon a time there was a vain queen who was so jealous of
her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White that she poisoned her with an apple. But
a handsome prince came along and broke the spell. Snow White and Prince Charming
threw the wicked stepmother into a bottomless pit and lived happily ever after.
But it turns out the pit wasn't bottomless, just very deep...and now the queen
was very mad. With a spell so powerful even she couldn't control it, she put the
Charmings asleep for a thousand years. She also got herself and one dwarf.
Eventually, they woke up."
THE CLOCK/NBC/ABC/1949-52
[Voice of Larry Semon] "Sunrise and sunset, promise and fulfillment,
birth and death the whole drama of life is written in the sands of time."
THE CROW: STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN/SYN/1998-99
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[Voices of Sabine
Karsenti as Shelly Webster;
Mark Dacascos as Eric Draven]
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Shelly: |
People once believed that
when someone dies a crow carried their soul to the land of the dead. |
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Eric:
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But sometimes, something
so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul
can't rest. |
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Shelly: |
And sometimes, just
sometimes, the crow can bring the soul back and put things right. |
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Eric: |
Things can never be right.
My soul will never rest until we are together again.
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DARK SHADOWS/ABC/1966-71
[Opening lines from the first episode] "My name is Victoria Winters. My
journey is beginning-a journey that I hope will open the doors of life and link
my past with my future. A journey that will bring me to a dark place to the edge
of the sea high atop Widow's Hill; and a house called Collinwood. A world never
known, with people I've never met. People who, tonight, are still only shadows
in my mind but who will soon fill the days and nights of my tomorrow..."
DEAD LAST/WB/2001
[Narrator's voiceover] "Since the dawn of man, the amulet of Sauryn has
bestowed upon it's possessor the power to see ghosts. This power is an awesome
responsibility and it's possessors have forsaken all else to serve it faithfully
in return...Until now."
THE DEAD ZONE/USA/2002+
[Voice of Anthony Michael Hall] "I had the perfect life. Until I was in a
coma for six years. And then I woke up and found my fiancée married to another
man. My son doesn't know who I am. Everything has changed. Including me. One
touch and I can see things. Things that happened. Things that will happen. You
should see what I see."
EERIE, INDIANA/NBC/1991-92
[Voice of Omri Katz] "My name is Marshall Teller. Not too long ago, I was
living in New Jersey, just across the river from New York City. It was crowded,
polluted, and full of crime-- and I loved it. But my family wanted a better life
for my sister and me. So we moved to a place so wholesome, so squeaky-clean, you
could only find it on TV. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the
truth. Sure, my new hometown looks normal enough-- but look again. What's wrong
with this picture? The American Dream come true, right? Wrong. Nobody believes
me, but this is the center of weirdness for the entire planet: Eerie Indiana, My
Home Sweet Home. Still don't believe me? You will!"
[Variation on Opening narration] "My name is Marshall Teller. I knew my
new hometown was going to be different from where I grew up in New Jersey, but
this is ridiculous. Nobody believes but Eerie, Indiana is the center of
weirdness for the entire planet. Item: Elvis lives on my paper route." [Elvis
Speaks] 'Thank you little paper boy' [Marshall continues] "Item: Bigfoot eats
out of my trash. Even man's best friend is eerie. Still don't believe me? You
will."
FOREVER KNIGHT/CBS/SYN/1992-96
[Voice of Nigel Bennett as LaCroix, the master vampire] "He was brought
across in 1228, preyed on humans for their blood. Now he wants to be mortal
again. Repay society for his sins...to emerge from his world of darkness, from
his endless, forever night."
FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE SERIES/FOX/1987-90
[Narrator] "Lewis Vendridi made a deal with the devil...to sell cursed
antiques, but he broke the pact and it cost his soul. Now his niece Micki and
her cousin Ryan have inherited the store...and with it the curse. Now they must
get everything back...and the real terror begins."
FRIGHT NIGHT/Channel 9/KHY-TV, Los Angeles/1970s
[Narrator] "Good evening and welcome again to a twin bill of horror
affair with your host...SEYMOUR...Master of the Macabre, epitome of evil, the
most sinister man to crawl on the face of the earth."
GARGOYLES/SYN/ABC/1994-95
[Voice of Keith David as Goliath] "One thousand years ago, superstition
and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was
the age of gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night, We were betrayed by the
humans we had sworn to protect, Frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand
years. Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken And we live again! We are the
defenders of the night. We are Gargoyles!"
GHOST STORIES/SYN/1997-98
[Voice of Rip Torn] "Come with me to a place of wondrous contradictions.
A place that is silent and unstirring yet restless and alive. A place of untold
peace and boundless dread. Come with me into the very cradle of darkness where
those who dwell, dwell alone."
THE GHOSTS OF MOTLEY HALL/ITV/1976-77
[Narration] "There has been an Uproar at Motley Hall since the days of
Queen Elizabeth the First. And although the dust now lies thick on its historic
floors and weeds choke its once-fine gardens, there are Uproars still at Motley
Hall. The house imposing, grand, decaying, unused, is not yet quite empty.
There are five Ghosts in Motley Hall. The oldest is Bodkin, an Elizabethan Fool
employed by Motleys first owner, Sir Richard Uproar. Bodkin eventually died of
flu, the result of being thrown in the lily-pond by Sir Richard, and he has
haunted Motley with his bad jokes ever since. There is the White Lady, the
mystery of Motley. A conventional sort of ghost, she goes in for wailing and
moaning now and again, but she can usually be cheered up by Fanny—Sir
Francis—Uproar, a dashing if rather dim eighteenth century Uproar who died of a
fatal combination of drink and dueling. General Sir George Uproar is the
noisiest of the lot. A soldier of the nineteenth century, he was the backbone of
the British Army until he fell down stairs and broke his neck. And finally there
is young Matt, a stable lad of the Regency period, and the only one of Motley's
ghosts who is able to leave the house and rove freely in the grounds. Matt is
the eyes and ears of Motley Hall, warning the other ghosts when danger
threatens—be it demolition, redevelopment, or new house owners who know nothing
of ghosts and their ways. Like residents of some lonely guest house, the ghosts
of Motley Hall, each from a different era in the house's history, are compelled
to get along with each other as best they might, and try somehow to keep the
twentieth century away from their doorstep, that they might remain undisturbed
as the sole occupants of their ancestral Motley Hall home."
THE GIRL WITH SOMETHING EXTRA/NBC/1973-74
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[Voices of John
Davidson & Sally Field as
newlyweds John and Sally Burton]
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John: |
Let me get this straight,
you can read everybody's mind? |
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Sally: |
Of course not. Just some
people. |
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John: |
What people? |
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Sally: |
Well, some people more of
the time, and then some people some of the time, and a few people, most of
the time. |
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John:
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What category do I fall
into? |
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Sally: |
The last one? |
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John: |
[Astonished] Most of the
time? |
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Sally: |
[Softly] Yeah.
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HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD/SYN/1980s
[Voice of John Carradine] "They're coming...they're coming back--There's
no escape! The horrors from Hollywood's past have returned. Forgotten skeletons
from long-locked closets and dusty film vaults... Delightful tales of the
macabre... unsettling visions ...Ghost of Hollywood's past walk once again! It's
not a dream...it's not a nightmare...It's HAUNTED HOLLYWOOD!"
LIGHTS OUT/NBC/1949-52
[The program opened with a pair of spooky eyes; bloody hand reaching for the
light switch; an eerie laugh; and the words] "Lights out everybody!"
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