Amazing Stories

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1. Ghost Train

29 Sep 1985 · 25m

Ohpa Globe is happy to see his son's new house, but when he sees that the home is built on ghost train tracks, he changes his focus. To his family's chagrin, he is convinced it is his destiny to die in those cornfields, to board a train he inadvertently caused to crash 75 years ago! He tells his nine-year old grandson he still has his ticket for the old "Highball Express", and that arriving train will careen through their house!

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2. The Main Attraction

6 Oct 1985 · 25m

Big Man on Campus Brad Bender has no problem attracting people to his charms. But when a meteorite crashes in his neighborhood, his magnetism gets even stronger, sometimes attracting the wrong people... and things.

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3. Alamo Jobe

20 Oct 1985 · 25m

During the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836, 15-year-old messenger Jobe H. Farnum is about to be killed. He is transported forward in time to San Antonio in 1985. The 1980s prove to be too much for Jobe to handle.

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4. Mummy Daddy

27 Oct 1985 · 25m

An actor who's playing a mummy in a horror film learns that his wife has gone into labor and rushes to be with her – without removing his costume.

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5. The Mission

3 Nov 1985 · 47m

During World War II, men in an air force bomber are caught in a no win scenario when their belly gunner (an amateur artist) is trapped in his seat and the plane has no wheels for landing.

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6. The Amazing Falsworth

5 Nov 1985 · 25m

A psychic showman realizes that during a performance that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate.

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7. Fine Tuning

10 Nov 1985 · 25m

Three high-school kids build an antenna that can catch signals from outer space. They learn that the aliens are big fans of 1950s American television and are coming to Hollywood to meet some of their favorite Earth stars.

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8. Mr. Magic

17 Nov 1985 · 25m

A fading illusionist has a last shot at greatness thanks to a deck of magic playing cards.

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9. Guilt Trip

1 Dec 1985 · 25m

The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.

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10. Remote Control Man

8 Dec 1985 · 25m

A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television set that bring lifelike images to him.

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11. Santa '85

15 Dec 1985 · 25m

A little boy helps Santa when the legendary man is thrown in jail while delivering presents.

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12. Vanessa in the Garden

29 Dec 1985 · 25m

When an artist is devastated by the death of his wife, he finds a way for her to live on in his painting.

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13. The Sitter

5 Jan 1986 · 25m

Two young boys get the best of every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.

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14. No Day at the Beach

12 Jan 1986 · 25m

A GI tries to be a hero during an amphibious assault in Italy during World War II.

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15. One For the Road

19 Jan 1986 · 25m

During the Depression, several bar patrons hope to get insurance money by tricking a man into signing a policy with the hope that he will drink himself to death.

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16. Gather Ye Acorns

2 Feb 1986 · 25m

On the advice from a mysterious little man, an 18-year-old boy begins to collect rare comics and toys. When he sells them as an old man, he gains wealth and happiness.

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17. Boo!

16 Feb 1986 · 25m

Ghosts in an attic try to get rid of a couple who move into their house.

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18. Dorothy and Ben

2 Mar 1986 · 25m

After 40 years in a coma, Ben Dumpfy awakens and discovers that he can communicate with a seven-year-old girl who is in a coma after a bike accident.

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19. Mirror, Mirror

9 Mar 1986 · 25m

A popular horror novelist is terrorized by a strange figure in his bathroom mirror.

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20. Secret Cinema

6 Apr 1986 · 25m

Young everyday woman Jane becomes convinced that someone is recording and influencing her everyday life and that she's become the unwilling star of a secret cinema.

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21. Hell Toupee

13 Apr 1986 · 25m

Defense attorney Harry Ballentine is understandably nervous when his client is mild-mannered accountant Murray Bernstein - who after investing in a strange toupee had felt compelled to murder the first lawyer he saw. Harry goes after it.

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22. The Doll

4 May 1986 · 25m

The lonely, loveless life of a shy bachelor takes an astounding turn when he buys a special doll, exquisitely hand-crafted by a mysterious German toymaker. He tries to track down the woman who modeled for it.

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23. One For the Books

11 May 1986 · 25m

An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught at the school - until a shocking event changes everything.

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24. Grandpa's Ghost

25 May 1986 · 25m

Edwin's grandpa died in his sleep last night. So why is the old man still hanging around the apartment, playing the piano and swapping stories with Edwin's grandma?