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Amazing Stories (1985)
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The Main Attraction
A big-mouth high school football player is magnetized by a fallen meteorite. He goes to school and discovers that someone else has also been magnetized.
Alamo Jobe
A young messenger during the fight of the Alamo is transported to 1980's San Antonio.
Mummy, Daddy
An actor, Harold, who stars in a mummy film finds himself in serious trouble from frightened people when he leaves the set in full costume to reach his pregnant wife who is about to give birth. Unfortunately, matters become even more complicated when a local mummy, Ra Amin Kamin, comes to life and starts trying to kill harold. In the end, Harold gets to the hospital in time and Ra Amin Kamin finds himself the new star of the movie...
The Mission
During World War II, men in a 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. The belly gunner is saved when cartoon wheels appear under the plane and allow it to land.
The Amazing Falsworth
While blindfolded, a psychic performer realizes that someone in the audience wants to commit murder. Frightened, he calls the police, and the detective shows up to investigate. Unfortunately, the detective was at the psychic's show.
Fine Tuning
A teenager, Andy, is working on a science project to intercept distant television signals and inadvertently ties into a series of alien broadcasts - the aliens have copied old b&w TV shows such as "I Love Lucy." Andy and his friends tune in on a newscast saying three alien explorers are travelling to Earth on an expedition to meet their inspiration. Andy and his friends find the aliens, who easily stand out. Andy and the others take the three aliens on a tour of Hollywood, but they are disappointed to find that they can't bring anyone (such as Milton Berle) back with them. Finally Andy digs up some aging vaudeville entertainers from a retirement home who are glad to go back with the aliens and entertainment them they way they enjoy.
Mr. Magic
A magician named Lou has become too old to perform his slight of hand magic. Much to his embarrassment when he attempts his tricks, the cards slip out of his hands. Lou buys a deck of cards from a mysterious magic store. His performance latter that day is amazing. The cards fly over the audience doing spectacular tricks. He again becomes well known for his card tricks. One night, however, he gets angry and accidently rips one of the magic cards. He decides to retire. His final act is simply thanking his audience. As he leaves, however, he uses the cards to perform one last trick. The cards fly in the air and spell out "Good Bye".
Guilt Trip
The emotion Guilt feels overworked. He takes a vacation cruise and falls for the emotion Love.
Remote Control Man
A henpecked man finds comfort in a unique television and remote control that brings television characters to life.
Santa '85
A little boy helps Santa escape from jail when he is arrested while delivering presents.
Vanessa in the Garden
Byron Sullivan is an artist whose wife Vanessa dies in a horrible accident. After her death, he destroys all his paintings of her. He turns to the bottle. One night he finds one last picture of his wife entitled "Vanessa in the Garden". He tries to burn it but fails. He passes out, but is awakened by his wife's singing. He sees Vanessa outside in the garden and sees that in the painting there is only an outline where Vanessa should be. He tries to go to her but she vanishes. Later he sees Vanessa again in a different pose. He remembers the he has kept is a another painting of her in that pose. He decides to paint a picture of Vanessa again, but this time he adds himself. When Vanessa appears, she and Byron are able to talk. Byron begins to paint other pictures. He has find out a way for his wife to live.
The Sitter
Two young boys manage to scare away every sitter in town, until they meet one who uses voodoo to settle them down.
No Day at the Beach
During World War II, Arnold is the whipping boy and the butt of all the jokes of his platoon. During an amphibious assault in Italy, however, everyone sees Arnie make a spectacular attack that helps win the battle. Later, the platoon celebrate Arnold even though no one knows where he is. They later discover that he never made it off the boat. He died on the beach at the beginning of the battle.
One For the Road
During the Depression, a group of bar patrons take out an insurance policy on a old alcoholic named Malloy. They hope that he will drink himself to death. The give him plenty to drink in hope of giving him alcohol poisoning. After several weeks of failure, they decide to poison him with kerosene and the rat poison. Malloy keeps getting back up for another drink. Eventually they take Malloy to a bridge and throw him off. A police man sees them and they are all arrested. Later, at the bar Malloy arrives asking for another drink.
Gather Ye Acorns
An 18-year old boy named Jonathan is told be a mysterious little man to never throw anything away. He listens to the little man and doesn't throw anything away. After fifty years of doing this he grows depressed because he has nothing to show for his life. He lives in a shack surrounded by old "junk": mainly toys and comics. He decides to commit suicide and drives off with a carload of his belongings. As he stops to get gas a woman notices an antique mug in his car. She offers him a enormous sum for it. Jonathan begins to sell the rest of his collection and becomes a wealthy man in his old age.
Boo!
Two Ghosts try to get rid of an annoying couple that move into their house.
Dorothy and Ben
After forty years in a coma Ben Dumfee with the amazing ablity to communicate with little girl who is in a come after a boke accident. He warns the girl not to go with a little boy. He says that he will go instead. He collapses and dies. The little girl awakens from her coma and ask about Ben.
Mirror, Mirror
A popular horror novelist named Jordan Manmouth is haunted by terrorized by a mysterious phantom that appears in mirror reflections. Ultimately, he becomes the phantom and kills himself.
Secret Cinema
A young woman named Jane believes that people are secretly filming her life. She realizes she is corrects when she finds a movie theater showing something called "Secret Cinema".
Hell Toupee
A new toupee causes a man to feel an urge to kill the first lawyer he sees. The toupee was made from the hair of a French murderess who paid all her money to a crooked lawyer.
The Doll
A lonely bachelor is fascinated by a doll he bought for his niece. He discovers that it was made in the image of a schoolteacher named Mary Dickinson. When he visits her, she reveals that she too owns a doll, but this one is in his image.
One For the Books
An elderly janitor named Fred gains the ability to gain knowledge from the books that surround him.
Grandpa's Ghost
A man tries to reconcile his grandmother with the death of his grandfather. He impersonates his grandfather and takes his grandmother on a recreation of their first date.
The Wedding Ring
A worker at a wax museum needs an anniversery gift for his wife. He decides to steal a ring off one of the wax statues where he works. He takes a ring off a statue of "The Black Widow": a woman who killed three of her husbands. When his mild-mannered wife puts it on she becomes a femme fatale. She tries to kill him, but he manages to get the ring off before any harm could be done.
Miscalculation
A high school student searching for a date accidently spills chemicals on a magazine and conjures up a dog. He tries desperately to create a beautiful woman, but things go terribly wrong.
Magic Saturday
A grandfather temporarily exchanges bodies with his grandson named Marky so that he can relive his youth on the baseball field. While the man enjoys reliving his childood, the boy discovers his grandfather's old body is dying. They act quickly to switch everything back.
Welcome to My Nightmare
A boy named Harry is obsessed with horror movies. He also has a crush on the girl next door. After he embarrasses himself at the dinner table, he runs away and wishes that his life was as good as the movies. He suddenly finds himself in the film Psycho. He is at the Bates Motel and is Marion Crane. He finds himself in the shower and when he is about to be stabbed he returns to reality and is thankful that life is not like the movies.
You Gotta Believe Me
A man has dream of a plane crashing outside his home. He tries to convince others of his premonition. But fails. He manages to prevent the accident by stopping a drunk private pilot from moving his plane onto the wrong runway.
The Greibble
A mother throws away a boys favorite comic book named, "The Greibble". Suddenly, she encounters the creature and must stop t from eating everything in her home.
Life on Death Row
An death rown inmate named Eric David Peterson is struck by lightning. He is given miraculous healing powers. He cures the warden's daughter of blindness but is still sent to the electric chair. He dies, but the people he has healed lay their hands on him and bring him back to life.
Go to the Head of the Class
A teacher's bizarre discipline causes two students to seek revenge with a spell culled from a rock song played backwards. Unfortunately something goes wrong when they cast the spell. When they attempt another spell to fix the problem they accidently remove the head of their teacher.
Thanksgiving
Nora and her father Calvin are farmers who are digging a well for water. The two lower a flashlight on a rope down the hole. Suddenly something pulls on the rope. When they pull it up, they see that the flashlight has been replaced with a gold ingot. Calvin goes to town with it while Nora sends down another package to the "hole people" containing ham and a dictionary. When she pulls it back up she receives gold and jewels and a note thanking her, saying the 'ham' was very tasty, and asking for more things. She sends down chicken and gets even more gold. Calvin returns in a tow truck. On a tow cable, he sends down a container filled with flashlights. When he pulls it up, he discovers they have been destroyed. Calvin is upset and decides to go down into the hole. He gets a gun and puts on a gas mask and army suit. He lowers himself down and tells Nora to bring him up after 10 minutes. Nora brings him up but all that comes up is the suit, stuffed with gold and jewelry and coins. There is also a note thanking her for the 'turkey'.
The Pumpkin Competition
Elma is an old woman who is tired of losing a pumpkin competition. She buys a special growth formula from an agricultural professor and grows an enormous pumpkin. With much difficulty she gets the pumpkin to the competition. There she discovers that she was not the only woman that the professor sold his formula to.
What If...?
Jonah Kelly's parents do not pay him any attention. He often asks people whether they want a little boy. One day he meets a pregnant woman outside a toy store. He asks her if she wants a little boy. She answers that she does and that she hopes it will be just like him. Jonah then meets a mysterious crossing guard. Later, the pregnant woman is in the hospital giving birth. She has a boy. The doctor removes his mask and reveals himself to be the crossing guard.
The Eternal Mind
A dying scientist volunteers to be the first person to merge with a computer. He asks to be deleted when he sees his wife and cannot touch her.
Lane Change
Charlene Benton is facing a divorce and is driving out of town on a deserted highway. She picks up a woman hitchhiking and is confronted with images from her past and images from her possible future.
Blue Man Down
Police officer Duncan Moore blames himself after his partner is killed in a robbery. He gets a new partner in a woman named Patti O'Neill. Patti helps Duncan apprehend the murderer of his partner. Later Duncan discovers that Patti O'Neill died in a drug bust 12 years ago. Her partner blamed himself for her death and committed suicide.
The 21 Inch Sun
A television writer named Billy Burliss is given an opportunity to write for a popular sitcom. He tries to write a script and fails. Later he discovers a fully typed script on his desk. He presents it to the producer as his work. Later, Billy discovers that his house plant which grew under the light of a television set wrote it. He names it "Lucy". He throws a party and puts Lucy on the window sill. She is knocked over by a cat and shatters. He gives Lucy a burial, but later discovers seedlings coming up from her grave. He takes the seedlings and opens up his own production company.
The Family Dog
In an animated episode, the antics of a family are seen through the point of view of the family dog.
Gershwin's Trunk
A broadway lyricist named Gillespie seeks inspiration for a musical piece by contacting the spirit of George Gershwin through a psychic named Sister Teresa.
Such Interesting Neighbors
The Lewise family believes that their new neighbors the Hellenbecks are from outer space. The couple and their only child are strange, and seem to have little or no knowledge of 20th century customs and behaviors. Soon strange things begin happening and a strange heat-seeking device tries to kill the Lewises. The Hellenbecks reveal they are from the future, and came back in time to have a naturally-born child (which is forbidden in their future). Together the two families manage to defeat a killer-android and the Hellenbecks depart rather then endanger their newfound friends.
Without Diana
A father on a picnic with his wife loses his daughter Diana on an egg hunt. She gets lost and simply vanishes. Forty years later his wife his dying and he prays for her to be well. He hears a knock at the door and is shocked to see his daughter Diane, unaged after forty years. She convinces her father to allow her to take her mother with her.
Moving Day
A teenager is told by his parents that they are moving. He becomes depressed when he thinks he must say goodbye to his only friend a girl at his school. Later his parents tell him that he and his family are really aliens and that they are moving back to their home planet billions of miles away. He goes to his friend and tells her he is an alien, she doesn't believe him. He leaves and his family begins to move. Their family and other families that were also staying on earth arrive on a ship. There he meets his friend who tells him that she just found out she was an alien as well.
Miss Stardust
An alien threatens to destroy the earth unless a beauty pageant promoter allows entrants from other planets to participate. When he does, the alien is disturbed by the poor reaction his interplanetary contestants get. Everyone finds them disgusting. He threatens to destroy the Earth if one of his contestants does not win. The promoter agrees but figures a way out. He says that the winner will get a date with Mr. Universe. The aliens, disgusted by the human form, agree to bow out of the pageant.