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    Drama TV Shows - 1990s 6 Mins Read

    Perversions of Science

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    This science fiction/horror anthology – a spin-off from Tales From The Crypt (1989 – 1996) – ran for just ten episodes on cable channel HBO in 1997. Episodes were based on the Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and Incredible Science Fiction comic books by EC Comics.

    Episodes were introduced by a computer-generated cybernetic female seductress named Chrome (voiced by Maureen Teefy), who accessed story files from her breastplate.

    Chrome also concluded each episode with a comment about the story, usually laced with sexual innuendo and not-so-veiled double entendres (“Perfection like mine doesn’t come easy. Of course, I don’t like it when things come easy”).

    Chrome (voice)
    Maureen Teefy


    Dream of Doom

    40-year-old divorced but childless English professor Arthur Bristol (Keith Carradine) cannot wake from his dreams.

    Each time he awakes, he finds himself in yet another dream, frequently featuring a topless Lolita Davidovich.

    Arthur Bristol
    Keith Carradine
    Doctor/Arthur’s Wife/Arthur’s Daughter/Hooker
    Lolita Davidovich
    Receptionist/Arthur’s Wife/Student/Stripper
    Gretchen Palmer
    Paul Danko
    Adam Arkin


    Anatomy Lesson

    Billy Rabe (Jeremy London), the psychotic son of small-town coroner Stan Rabe (Jim Metzler), has the desire to kill, but a strange bearded man (Jeff Fahey) always interferes with his plans.

    On his eighteenth birthday, Billy decides to finally take down the mysterious stranger.

    Billy Rabe
    Jeremy London
    Bearded Man
    Jeff Fahey
    Mrs Rabe
    Joanna Gleason
    Stan Rabe
    Jim Metzler
    Linda
    Devon Odessa
    Little Billy Rabe
    Justin Chapman


    Boxed In


    A space pilot (Kevin Pollak) has spent years in an eroding fighter with a female android named Emmy (Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst).

    He has kept his promise to be faithful to his fiance, loopy space cadet Dulcine (Melanie Shatner), who is also the daughter of a pompous Admiral (played by Melanie’s real-life father, William Shatner).

    When he finally gets to see her, he discovers the Admiral has fitted her with an electronic chastity belt.

    So the pilot finally gives in and decides to have sex with his android, Emmy, instead.

    William Shatner also directed the episode.

    Emmy
    Heather Elizabeth Parkhurst
    Pilot
    Kevin Pollak
    Dulcine
    Melanie Shatner
    Admiral Kornfeld
    William Shatner


    The Exile

    Set in the future, a sadistic amoral scientist (Jeffrey Combs of Re-Animator fame) who turns into a serial killer in his impurity-purging experiments is arrested and tried.

    Brilliant psychiatrist Dr Nordhoff (David Warner) attempts to rehabilitate the prisoner – dubbed 50557 – who is also coached by 40132 (Ron Perlman), a successfully rehabilitated murderer himself, who is waiting to be placed back into a society he is now ready for.

    Unfortunately, 50557 kills him too and is sentenced to be “exiled” from the world.

    As 50557 is transferred down to the surface of the exile planet, a technician asks: “What about the inhabitants of the planet?”. Dr Nordhoff replies: “Oh, I wouldn’t worry. He’s just one man. How much damage could he possibly do?”

    You can probably guess the rest.

    50557
    Jeffrey Combs
    Dr Nordhoff
    David Warner
    40132
    Ron Perlman
    Investigator
    Brian Brophy
    Judge
    Jeff Corey
    Lupita
    Craig Olsen
    Coopersmith
    Jae Woo Lee
    Adolf Hitler
    Christopher John Fields


    Given the Heir

    Lisa Gerou (Yancy Butler) reshapes her body to perfection. She then participates in an experiment where she is sent ten years into the past where she meets Nick Boyer (William McNamara), a man also obsessed with perfection.

    Unfortunately, he fails to understand the situation, and things go very wrong as the phrase, “Go fuck yourself” takes on a whole new meaning.

    Lisa Gerou
    Yancy Butler
    Nick Boyer
    William McNamara
    William Tilbrook
    David Leisure
    Dr Mueller
    Paul Williams


    Planely Possible

    Grieving widower Walter (George Newbern) volunteers to be the subject of an experiment by an ex-NASA scientist (Vincent Schiavelli) where he will be sent to other planes of existence where his murdered wife, Ruth (Elizabeth Berkley) may still be alive. The other realities turn out to be the stuff of nightmares.

    Famous psychologist and advice columnist Dr Joyce Brothers co-starred.

    Walter
    George Newbern
    Scientist
    Vincent Schiavelli
    Therapist Bethany Wolf
    Dr Joyce Brothers
    Ruth
    Elizabeth Berkley
    Gwen
    Nicole DeLaina


    Panic

    In the 1930s, Bob (Jason Lee) and John (Jamie Kennedy) are among a number of people at a Halloween costume party trying to deal with the panic caused by the infamous radio broadcast of the Orson Welles Mercury Theatre production of The War of the Worlds.

    All hell breaks loose, and people start turning up dead.

    Spaceman Bob
    Jason Lee
    Spaceman John
    Jamie Kennedy
    Becky
    Laraine Newman
    Farmer
    Harvey Korman
    Farmer’s Wife
    Edie McClurg
    Carson Walls
    Chris Sarandon
    Bed Sheet Ghost
    Bryce Ingman
    Cheerleader
    Tracy Middendorf
    Gorilla
    Steve Monroe
    Vampiress
    Kira Reed Lorsch


    Snap Ending

    The captain (Jennifer Hetrick) of a small spaceship and her mixed-gender crew (Wil Wheaton, Sean Astin and Kathleen Wilhoite) have trouble controlling their anxieties when they are sent to study a new planet.

    Their ship detects an unknown viral infection and activates lockdown mode – which also starts the self-destruct sequence.

    Captain
    Jennifer Hetrick
    Bryan
    Wil Wheaton
    Taylor
    Sean Astin
    Paula
    Kathleen Wilhoite
    Ship’s computer (voice)
    Deborah Carlisle


    Ultimate Weapon

    Shapeshifting aliens assume a human form (Paolo Seganti) in order to mate with young Earth housewife Lou Ann Solomon (Heather Langenkamp), who is also dealing with her moody husband, Matt (Mitchell Whitfield), her drunk girlfriends Selena and Tess (Kim Myers and Maria Cina), and her visiting parents (Jennifer Darling and Steve Kahan).

    Lou Ann Solomon
    Heather Langenkamp
    Matt Solomon
    Mitchell Whitfield
    Mike Calderone
    Paolo Seganti
    Selena
    Kim Myers
    Tess
    Maria Cina
    Lou’s Mother
    Jennifer Darling
    Lou’s Father
    Steve Kahan


    The People’s Choice

    In the near future, a suburban family (Patrick Cassidy and Maxine Bahns) gets caught between groups of warring robots.

    When one of their robots is damaged every night, a robot repairman suggests that they buy a new one: a red, white, and blue patriot.

    Barry Williams (Greg from The Brady Bunch) co-starred.

    Todd Sorensen
    Patrick Cassidy
    Betty Sorensen
    Maxine Bahns
    Neighbour
    Barry Williams
    Gorn
    Richard Riehle
    Jenna Sorensen
    Olivia Hack
    Nanna
    Betty Murphy
    Glenda 6
    Katherine Gaskin
    Liberty 1
    Roger W. Morrissey
    Alien #1
    Debbie Lee Carrington
    Alien #2
    Gary Friedkin


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