Weirdest/Most Confusing Episodes Of T.F.T.C.?

Deadline. Mainly due to the ending.

The Pit
The Kidnapper
Showdown

I have no idea what the point of any of those episodes is supposed to be. To me they just seem like a bunch of random footage rather than a coherent story.

Horror In The Night is definitely a big 10 on the Richter scale for weirdness.

An episode I found very confusing was Werewolf Concerto.I had no idea what was going on...

Always thought "Lover Come Hack to Me" was pretty weird.

"Let the Punishment Fit the Crime"

Food for Thought by far. I've heard so many theories about what was going on.


And so Governor Devlin, because even the cost of freedom can be too high, I REFUSE your pardon!

I'm watching all the episodes listed on this thread. I'll keep adding after every episode.


Horror in the Night, watched it for the first time in 20 years. It's a fairly "logical" haunting story. The woman died in a place similar to The Overlook from The Shining or she was so evil herself that her death turned it into one. She could be trapped there in death or it's her only window back to Earth from hell. She is either a ghost, demon or some hybrid(succubus-type being).

A less supernatural explanation is he knew exactly what he was doing and always knew it was empty. He may have gone there to hide out after stealing from his boss assuming no one would find him. He meant to recover but ended hallucinating from loss of blood maybe even infection. Basically what we saw was a dying dream. That could work if not for one major plot hole if that were true. He was only found because a woman called his boss and gave him up.

I think it's a combination of both. He was influenced or subconsciously went back to that room since he knew exactly where it was. As an otherworldly being she didn't need a phone to make a call. She haunted him until his boss and partner could arrive since she can't physically do anything herself. She used her own death to stop him from snapping out of the haunting which he almost does a few times. It's a woman getting revenge against a man TFTC-style.


Report from the Grave was interesting, I'd never seen it. I'm familiar with the male and female leads from other horror related properties. I found this one to be a little confusing mostly because of the last few seconds. So for the most part the story is straight forward. It's title sounds like a TFTC inspired series. I was so sure and not weird'd out until the heart on the glass.

I have to say this story felt like it had lots of changes made and some keys scenes cut or altered. There is apparently a dimension humans are connected to directly in death. It seems if you are capable you can create your own "space" within that dimension. Ghost are either using a door or window. Terror at Night and most TFTC ghost are using windows. That's why the have trouble interacting in the physical world. This is about ghosts using a door. You are still dead but there is no difference because you are now a native to a different dimension.

The killer was a scientist way ahead of his time and eveything was some kind of gambit once he realized the means for him to return existed again. The man was tricked into making a portal and possibly to commit suicide. When we see the killer with the woman in the man's "dream" he has a lab with a better version of the portal. We see dead women in tubes with machines everywhere. When the man wakes up he sees flies give him the missing piece of the equation for the machine. We later find out it came from the killer. The woman he saw was not the one he knew. She says that she isn't real, it would explain her lack of fear of eternal torture, her confusion when she arrives through the portal, her remembering what she really is after they have sex and the fact she could feel the killer. Since the avatar used real memories she had real feelings. The man can't remember how to make the portal because he never really knew, it was borrowed knowledge. The killer tricks the man into suicide so he won't figure out how to actually open the portal and do anything against the killer. The last few seconds give good support to this. The heart was on the outside and washed away, that's the last scene. I'm pretty postive the line the friend says about both of them fighting demons was added to not give it a completely downer ending. The friend thought the man went insane. It's strangley sentimental for someone that thought the whole thing was made up. The killer wanted a door but was content using a big window.....for now.

Deadline is confusing for no reason. I hadn't seen it since middle school. I'm a fan of Jon Polito and felt bad for his character. I'm trying to find a way to analyze this but there isn't enough information. I don't understand why he's in a straight jacket with his suit on in the middle of a room. He doesn't come off as crazy and I have no idea how he got caught and was found to be insane. There seems to be a lot of story missing. I wish I could say more about this episode. An unreliable narrator taken up to eleven.....maybe?

The Pit is one of my favorites I don't remember the last time I saw it. I was surprised, this was a Christmas episode that advertises the Christmas album. I've been a musician and martial artist most of my life so I appreciate and respect the cast. I'm HUGE fan of Mark Dacascos. Stoney Jackson as a martial artist and Wayne Newton as an amoral promoter was unexpected and very different at the time. Still is to This day. The type of fighting they were doing is what's horrific. It was a play on old school UFC and what could happen if it escalated. That was a concern at one time. Crippling, killing, weapons, a ring with obstacles, level changes and electrified fences while being paid is very TFTC. Especially, the twist at the end. Knowning the twist gives perspective to the conversation between the two male leads before the reveal. It is weird because the deathmatch at the end is being televised internationally and legally. Two rivals are ready to take their careers to the next level.....at any cost.


The weirdest/confusing ones for me are Death Becomes Her(in a good way, funny and full of existential body horror) and Bordello of Blood(The end is a big wtf? A downer ending to an over the top comedic story.)

After throwing a machete through a guys chest, "Stick around!"- Dutch (Predator)