Nightmare Café
In Ottawa in 1938, Wanda steps into a café where shadows turn into nightmares. Caught between dream and reality, she is confronted with an inescapable truth. "Too late... the truth reaches me."
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Nightmare Cafe is an American science-fiction television series which aired on NBC for an abridged first season from January to April 1992. While the overall tone of the program was that of a mystical fantasy, it frequently incorporated elements of dark humor, horror, and even outright comedy. A total of six episodes were produced before low ratings led to its cancellation. Nightmare Cafe broadly concerns the inhabitants of the titular otherworldly café: mysterious proprietor Blackie, sarcastic but good-hearted cook Frank, and insecure yet gutsy waitress Fay. During the show's limited run, the origins of the café were never revealed, but it has the power to materialize in any location, and seems to be sentient on some level (in one episode, it refuses to allow Frank to enter until he apologizes to it). The café is usually situated by a waterfront; when it changes its location, its inhabitants realize that they are about to be given a mission. 1 "Pilot" 2 "Dying Well is the Best Revenge" 3 "Fay & Ivy" 4 "The Heart of the Mystery" 5 "Sanctuary for a Child" 6 "Aliens Ate My Lunch"
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- Frida Symons-Swann
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