Tập
Tales from the Darkside: Episode 12
Tóm tắt
A fake fortuneteller, Caterina, soon finds that every fortune she tells comes true...but she can only predict gruesome and horrific ends for her customers. She soon discovers that another cursed fortuneteller slipped her a cursed pack of cards, and Caterina can only get rid of them by giving them to another fake. She does so by slipping into another fortuneteller's parlor, asking for a fortune, and slipping her the cursed deck. Unfortunately the first fortune the new cursee reads is of Caterina's death...which rapidly comes true.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Tales from the Darkside
- Mùa
- Mùa 1
- Tập
- Tập 12
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1985-01-27
- Thời lượng
- 23 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 12 là tập 12 trong Season 1 của Tales from the Darkside. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1985-01-27. Thời lượng là 23 min.
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