Nightmare Cafe

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A mysterious and mystical all-night cafe gives second chances to deserving people. It's staffed by Fay and Frank, two people who made bad choices in life and whose paths crossed with the cafe in the first episode. There's also Blackie, another enigmatic figure who has been working with the cafe longer. Together,... more »

A mysterious and mystical all-night cafe gives second chances to deserving people. It's staffed by Fay and Frank, two people who made bad choices in life and whose paths crossed with the cafe in the first episode. There's also Blackie, another enigmatic figure who has been working with the cafe longer. Together, the three use the powers over time and space that the cafe grants them to help the worthy and punish the evil, just as they themselves have been helped. First seen on a darkened dock, the cafe would eventually begin transporting itself to different locations wherever it was needed.

This 1993 effort by noted horror director Wes Craven was short-lived, canceled after only six episodes. It was Robert Englund's first role after he finished his run as Freddie Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series of motion pictures (although he would revisit that role one last time a decade later).less «

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  Nightmare Cafe is a rare TV gem with a common story for shows of it's type. A show too good to have mass appeal at the time ...more »

  Nightmare Cafe is a rare TV gem with a common story for shows of it's type. A show too good to have mass appeal at the time it aired. 1992 was just a shade too early for the era of sophisticated TV Sci-fi ushered in by "X-files" and "American Gothic." Wes Craven led the way for Cinema directors interested in daring TV. (Examples: Francis Ford Coppola's "First Wave" & James Cameron's "Dark Angel" & Jerry Bruckheimer's "CSI" to name just 3) I watched this series every time it aired on NBC, and when it left the air, I was a choosier TV viewer... I had seen how a series could be, and wasn't content to sit through pablum like "Friends" or "7th Heaven." I hope anyone who has seen "Nightmare Cafe" tells everyone they know about it and if you haven't... beg, borrow, steal, do whatever it takes to seek it out and see it at least once. If you like a daring, different show now... watch it every time it airs, it'll be gone soon (see Fox's "Profit" or "Reunion"). Email: NightmareCafe34@yahoo.com if you wanna talk more about this show or even if you just wanna see this show.less «

  Nasedo34 Last online Dec 31, 1969
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