Amazing Stories (1985) s01e19 Episode Script
Mirror, Mirror
And here's the cover of Scream Dreams, and a striking one by Jordan Manmouth, of course.
I couldn't help noticing.
This is interesting.
People out there, many of them while they were watching that clip, were a little offended by your film.
And I have to say, in all honesty, that I find some of the current horror films a little disgusting for its own sake.
And yet, I noticed one thing, you were smiling.
I wondered if maybe you get pleasure out of their displeasure.
Well, I think the whole point of this work is to disturb and excite people.
So, it doesn't bother you if some people are a little repulsed and feel that maybe they should issue airsick bags with tickets to your movie? But you have to remember that the movies are literal.
They can't be anything else.
What you see is what you get.
That said, I think the zombies were wonderful.
There was a great, uh- There was a great decapitation in the scene just before the one that you saw.
Go nice with my potato salad.
Mm-hmm.
But I must say that I thought they went a little overboard in the love scenes.
L-I think sex should be a private thing.
Don't you? Well, obviously the audience applauds when they hear something funny.
Well, I- I guess they can get all that other stuff at home, can't they? Anyway, we will, uh, be back with Jordan Manmouth shortly, after a brief message or two, so stay with us.
A very good show, Mr.
Manmouth.
Thank you.
Don't those creepy stories ever scare you? No, I'm not scared by them.
I wish I could be.
That stuff really doesn't get to you, huh? It sure gets to me.
I'll tell you.
It's the live ones you gotta worry about, not the dead ones.
Agents, ex-wives, journalists- those are the people that scare me.
Well, here we are, sir.
I hate publicity tours.
May I give you a hand, sir? That's all right.
You can go on home now.
Thank you.
What the hell are you doing here? I'm sorry, Mr.
Manmouth.
I know you, don't I? I must've fallen asleep.
This is the fourth time you've done something like this.
Yeah, it is.
I was thinking- I was thinking maybe you could sign my book.
No, I will not sign your book.
This is my home.
You're trespassing here! I really am your biggest fan in the world.
I've got every edition of all your books.
Hardcover and paperback.
I got some-some really rare- rare editions too.
And I truly love them.
And I was- You're a writer too, aren't you? And you'd like me to read your stuff.
I don't do business out of my own home.
I'll give you one piece of advice.
Learn to type! You look great.
Get the hell outta here, kid! Get away from my home, or I'll call the cops! Hello.
Hi, Karen, it's me.
Can you come over? I need some help here.
This is Karen.
I can't get to the phone right now, but please, please, don't hang up.
Leave a message so I'll know I didn't waste $200 on this machine.
It's Jordan.
Please call as soon as you can.
Aaah! You have reached the police department.
All of our lines are busy now.
Please hold.
All calls are being answered in order.
Dang it.
You have reached the police department.
All of our lines are busy now.
Please hold.
All calls are being answered in order.
You have reached the police department.
All of our lines are busy now.
Please hold.
All calls are being answered in order.
Help! Hey, come back here! Help me! Help me! What are you doing? Where are you going? He's trying to kill me! He wanted to strangle me! Come on.
Let's go.
Take it easy.
Calm down.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Take it easy.
What's going on? Can you move your car? He's gone.
Look.
You have to park your car.
You can't leave it sitting there.
It's blocking traffic.
I'm telling you.
Somebody's trying to kill me.
I'm not gonna tell you one more time.
No! Break 'em! Break 'em! Get a cop! Get a cop! Break 'em! Break 'em! Break 'em! Get a cop! Gimme some money, pal.
Leave me alone.
What'd you say? Are you deaf? Did you hear what I said to you? I said gimme some money.
Stay the hell away from me! - These are friends of mine.
- Come on! - Come on! - All right, Manmouth, Jordan.
Let's go.
Can't take you anywhere.
Okay, let me get this straight.
Someone's trying to kill you, but you only see him in the mirror.
When you turn around, he's gone.
I think I liked the plot to your second novel better, where the girl keeps seeing the rotting corpse of her uncle every time she makes love to her husband.
This is not a book, Karen.
This is real.
Is that the one? That one, among others.
There's nothing here, Jordan.
Just me.
Over and over and over.
Come on.
Come on.
Jordan, come on.
Come on, Jordan.
"Oh, I never get scared.
" "Nothing ever scares me.
" "I wish I could get scared.
" Don't.
Jordan, look.
Look.
No! There's nothing there, Jordan! - It's him! He's in the mirror! - There's nothing in the mirror! Shh, shh, shh.
Shh.
Are you all right? No! I'm going crazy, Karen.
All right.
Shh.
Oh.
How can I help? How can I help? Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Okay.
Okay.
Better? How about some coffee? Hi.
We're here for theJordan Manmouth interview.
Oh, excuse me.
I'm sorry.
I beg your pardon? I'm sorry we're late, but this won't take very long.
Maybe about an hour.
Oh, hi, Jordan.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Traffic was terrible.
I'm so sorry we're late.
Today's not a very good day to do an interview.
I wanna thank you for your time today.
You know, I am a very, very big fan of yours.
I love scary stories.
We're sorry for barging in on you.
Hello.
I am Mel Gillis, producer of Hollywood Dateline.
I'm not really- How you doing? Could we do this some other time? Oh, I promise we'll be out of your hair in 30 minutes.
Forty-five minutes tops.
Cross my heart.
Mare, I am looking at this room, which I love, This guy is very fast.
But I think maybe we oughta shoot it outside.
No, no, this is great.
It's the horror writer at home.
You really are going to have to reschedule this.
Mr.
Manmouth isn't up to this.
- He's sick.
- We're gonna shoot it in here.
Ready.
I'm fascinated by your first book, Wives For Dinner.
It's an incredible story.
And some people have suggested that perhaps even your first- No! Get out of here! Get out of here! I told you he was sick! Just get out! Get out! I told you.
Get out of here! Get out! Get out of here! Did you get the footage- Jordan? Jordan? Come on.
Jordan, come on.
Come on.
Let's get you undressed.
Keep your eyes closed.
I want you to take this, these pills.
There you go.
Come on.
Sleep tonight, and then tomorrow we'll go see the doctor.
You'll stay with me tonight, won't you? Mm-hmm.
I love you, Karen.
I love you too.
I'm really sorry about all of the- Shh.
You go to sleep.
It'll all be better tomorrow.
I know.
- No! - Jordan? Jordan, stop! Stop, Jordan! Jordan, no! Stop! Stop it, Jordan!
I couldn't help noticing.
This is interesting.
People out there, many of them while they were watching that clip, were a little offended by your film.
And I have to say, in all honesty, that I find some of the current horror films a little disgusting for its own sake.
And yet, I noticed one thing, you were smiling.
I wondered if maybe you get pleasure out of their displeasure.
Well, I think the whole point of this work is to disturb and excite people.
So, it doesn't bother you if some people are a little repulsed and feel that maybe they should issue airsick bags with tickets to your movie? But you have to remember that the movies are literal.
They can't be anything else.
What you see is what you get.
That said, I think the zombies were wonderful.
There was a great, uh- There was a great decapitation in the scene just before the one that you saw.
Go nice with my potato salad.
Mm-hmm.
But I must say that I thought they went a little overboard in the love scenes.
L-I think sex should be a private thing.
Don't you? Well, obviously the audience applauds when they hear something funny.
Well, I- I guess they can get all that other stuff at home, can't they? Anyway, we will, uh, be back with Jordan Manmouth shortly, after a brief message or two, so stay with us.
A very good show, Mr.
Manmouth.
Thank you.
Don't those creepy stories ever scare you? No, I'm not scared by them.
I wish I could be.
That stuff really doesn't get to you, huh? It sure gets to me.
I'll tell you.
It's the live ones you gotta worry about, not the dead ones.
Agents, ex-wives, journalists- those are the people that scare me.
Well, here we are, sir.
I hate publicity tours.
May I give you a hand, sir? That's all right.
You can go on home now.
Thank you.
What the hell are you doing here? I'm sorry, Mr.
Manmouth.
I know you, don't I? I must've fallen asleep.
This is the fourth time you've done something like this.
Yeah, it is.
I was thinking- I was thinking maybe you could sign my book.
No, I will not sign your book.
This is my home.
You're trespassing here! I really am your biggest fan in the world.
I've got every edition of all your books.
Hardcover and paperback.
I got some-some really rare- rare editions too.
And I truly love them.
And I was- You're a writer too, aren't you? And you'd like me to read your stuff.
I don't do business out of my own home.
I'll give you one piece of advice.
Learn to type! You look great.
Get the hell outta here, kid! Get away from my home, or I'll call the cops! Hello.
Hi, Karen, it's me.
Can you come over? I need some help here.
This is Karen.
I can't get to the phone right now, but please, please, don't hang up.
Leave a message so I'll know I didn't waste $200 on this machine.
It's Jordan.
Please call as soon as you can.
Aaah! You have reached the police department.
All of our lines are busy now.
Please hold.
All calls are being answered in order.
Dang it.
You have reached the police department.
All of our lines are busy now.
Please hold.
All calls are being answered in order.
You have reached the police department.
All of our lines are busy now.
Please hold.
All calls are being answered in order.
Help! Hey, come back here! Help me! Help me! What are you doing? Where are you going? He's trying to kill me! He wanted to strangle me! Come on.
Let's go.
Take it easy.
Calm down.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Take it easy.
What's going on? Can you move your car? He's gone.
Look.
You have to park your car.
You can't leave it sitting there.
It's blocking traffic.
I'm telling you.
Somebody's trying to kill me.
I'm not gonna tell you one more time.
No! Break 'em! Break 'em! Get a cop! Get a cop! Break 'em! Break 'em! Break 'em! Get a cop! Gimme some money, pal.
Leave me alone.
What'd you say? Are you deaf? Did you hear what I said to you? I said gimme some money.
Stay the hell away from me! - These are friends of mine.
- Come on! - Come on! - All right, Manmouth, Jordan.
Let's go.
Can't take you anywhere.
Okay, let me get this straight.
Someone's trying to kill you, but you only see him in the mirror.
When you turn around, he's gone.
I think I liked the plot to your second novel better, where the girl keeps seeing the rotting corpse of her uncle every time she makes love to her husband.
This is not a book, Karen.
This is real.
Is that the one? That one, among others.
There's nothing here, Jordan.
Just me.
Over and over and over.
Come on.
Come on.
Jordan, come on.
Come on, Jordan.
"Oh, I never get scared.
" "Nothing ever scares me.
" "I wish I could get scared.
" Don't.
Jordan, look.
Look.
No! There's nothing there, Jordan! - It's him! He's in the mirror! - There's nothing in the mirror! Shh, shh, shh.
Shh.
Are you all right? No! I'm going crazy, Karen.
All right.
Shh.
Oh.
How can I help? How can I help? Shh.
Shh.
Shh.
Okay.
Okay.
Better? How about some coffee? Hi.
We're here for theJordan Manmouth interview.
Oh, excuse me.
I'm sorry.
I beg your pardon? I'm sorry we're late, but this won't take very long.
Maybe about an hour.
Oh, hi, Jordan.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Traffic was terrible.
I'm so sorry we're late.
Today's not a very good day to do an interview.
I wanna thank you for your time today.
You know, I am a very, very big fan of yours.
I love scary stories.
We're sorry for barging in on you.
Hello.
I am Mel Gillis, producer of Hollywood Dateline.
I'm not really- How you doing? Could we do this some other time? Oh, I promise we'll be out of your hair in 30 minutes.
Forty-five minutes tops.
Cross my heart.
Mare, I am looking at this room, which I love, This guy is very fast.
But I think maybe we oughta shoot it outside.
No, no, this is great.
It's the horror writer at home.
You really are going to have to reschedule this.
Mr.
Manmouth isn't up to this.
- He's sick.
- We're gonna shoot it in here.
Ready.
I'm fascinated by your first book, Wives For Dinner.
It's an incredible story.
And some people have suggested that perhaps even your first- No! Get out of here! Get out of here! I told you he was sick! Just get out! Get out! I told you.
Get out of here! Get out! Get out of here! Did you get the footage- Jordan? Jordan? Come on.
Jordan, come on.
Come on.
Let's get you undressed.
Keep your eyes closed.
I want you to take this, these pills.
There you go.
Come on.
Sleep tonight, and then tomorrow we'll go see the doctor.
You'll stay with me tonight, won't you? Mm-hmm.
I love you, Karen.
I love you too.
I'm really sorry about all of the- Shh.
You go to sleep.
It'll all be better tomorrow.
I know.
- No! - Jordan? Jordan, stop! Stop, Jordan! Jordan, no! Stop! Stop it, Jordan!