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Nightmare Cafe
.	Nightmare Cafe Created by: Wes Craven and Thomas Baum Starring: Jack Coleman, Lindsay Frost, Carie- Anne Moss, David S. Davis, Angela Bassett and Robert Englund Genre: Mystery / Thriller Runtime: 60 minutes Year: 1992 Tagline: Three souls caught between this world and the next, proudly serving mankind with hot coffee and second chances 24 hours a day. .

Plot

Nightmare Cafe tells the story of Frank Nolan, played by Jack Coleman and Fay Peronovic, played by Lindsay Frost. Frank and Fay discover that they both died, but are now being given a second change. They become the cook and the waitress in the Nightmare Cafe, owned by the mysterious Blackie, played by Robert Englund. Now, as the cook and the waitress, Frank and Fay take this second change and try to make everything that went wrong in their first life better this time.

Robert's character is Blackie, the owner of the Nightmare Cafe. Blackie is a mysterious guy and a master of disguise, who very often smokes a big cigar. Blackie is dead, just like Frank and Fay and has incredible powers, like traveling instantaneously from one place to another. According to Robert, Blackie probably died in the 1920's, telling from his clothes.

'The Twilight Zone meets Cheers', that's how creator Wes Craven often refers to the show. Craven and Thomas Baum created the show, which was first aired in January 1992 on NBC and actors such as Don S. Davis, Angela Bassett and Carrie-Anne Moss had small roles in the series. But even though the show had great actors and a couple of die hard fans, the ratings were very low and the show got cancelled after only six episodes.
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Trivia

Robert plays the role of Blackie.

Actor Lochlyn Munro can be seen in one of the episodes as a character named Ralston. Munro and Robert were also seen together in the 2003 horrorfilm Freddy vs Jason.

Despite the name and the fact that both Wes Craven and Robert are involved, this show has nothing to do with Wes Craven's 1984 horrorfilm A Nightmare on Elm Street, as many people believe.
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Quotes

"Touch that remote and you die! Now that I've got your attention, here's the deal. See those two people? That's Frank, and that's Fay. Strangers when they met, turns out they've got a lot in common. Both died on the same night, both ended up in the same body of water, and both took refuge in the same all-night cafe. Me, I run the place. Name's Blackie. Been here from the beginning. Now, I know I said Frank and Fay were dead, but the cafe needed a new cook and waitress, so it gave them a second chance at life. They do their job, they get to stick around and help unsuspecting customers turn their lives around. 'Course, anything can happen to those who wander in - their worst nightmares, or their forbidden dreams. Yeah, it all happens here...in this little place we call the Nightmare Cafe!"
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