Episode
Monsters: Hostile Takeover
Overview
A greedy Wall Street banker tries to apply Reagan's voodoo economics literally — by selling his soul to the Devil through a voodoo priestess to become rich and powerful.
Details
- Series
- Monsters
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 1991-02-24
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Hostile Takeover is Episode 22 in Season 3 of Monsters. It aired on 1991-02-24. The runtime is 22 min.
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