The show was about a store of magical stuff and the guy who ran it had to fetch all the cursed things that somehow got away from them.
Does anybody remember the backstory? Every time I try to remember, I get it mixed up with Buffy The Vampire Slayer in my head.
How 80s was that show?
The back story was that an evil antique store owner had sold his soul to Satan, who in turn cursed all the antiques that were sold in the shop. After the old man died, his niece and nephew (played by really bad actors) had to find and reclaim all the cursed objects before they could harm their owners.
It was hard to see the connection to the movie series too. Which was what the producers were playing on.
Halfway decent show though.
I loved that show.
The original owner of the antique store sold his soul to the devil and had to sell cursed antiques. He died and left the store to his niece and nephew (cousins, not siblings). They had to retrieve the cursed curios.
This site has an episode guide.
Thanks for the link Ela.
I was trying hard to remember what happened when the cousins went back in time. And what happened to the girl with the mirror. Then I thought perhaps the mirror was from Tales From The Dark Side.
Geez, I watched way too much freaky TV in the '80s.
I remember that show! I loved it - watched it faithfully. I wish some channel would bring it back. I miss it.
I’ve seen it a couple of times on Sci-Fi. The ones I remember:
-An evil doll that made the little girl hurt others (or else the doll did it, I can’t remember)
-A cursed scarecrow
-Some kind of amulet that made a Nazi come back from the dead. The Nazi had been appointed as Hitler’s heir. The old guy who worked at the shop had killed this Nazi while escaping from a POW camp during WWII, (strangling him with barbed wire!) and this Nazi reinvented himself as a Nationalist, far-rightest who never came right out and claimed to be a Nazi/KKK/David Duke kind of guy, and then had his own radio show.
It WAS an incredibly bad show…but much like Dark Shadows (which was better written, at least!), was strangely entertaining.
But then, I like those spooky, ghosts, supernatural type stories. (No, I don’t believe in that crap, I just like the stories)
I loved that show! Wow, did I love that show!
I especially loved making up antiques and powers that were tons more creative than the ones on the show. And this in junior high, even, before I even knew what fanfic was, or that it even existed outside my own little world. 
Ah, the memories.
Did I mention I loved that show?
Hell yes, I loved that show too. A couple more memorable cursed objects:
A wood chipper that turns human bodies into money, with more money coming out when more “worthy” people are fed in. At the end, the person who’s been using the wood chipper is killed by being fed into it himself, and nothing comes out but blood.
A hypnotist’s charm (“Mesmer’s Bauble”, I think) that grants wishes to someone who uses it to hypnotize people into killing themselves. The guy who uses it is obsessed with a female pop singer, and he uses it to get close to her, then to become her lover, and finally to actually become her.
Featuring a pre-“Just Shoot Me” Enrico Colantoni as the owner.
One of the better repeat villains was Colm Feore, who proved his horror chops to a wider audience in “Storm of the Century.”
I was happy with any episode that delivered an artifact more complicated than ‘You kill somebody, then the object does its thing.’
Diving Lantern- It will always reveal sunken treasure, as long as you kill the diver who brings it up.
Scalpel(belonged to Jack the Ripper)- Kill somebody with it and any operation performed will be a success
Make Up Kit (belonged to John Wilkes Boothe)- Human blood will open it. Blood applied with the sponges and brushes inside will temporarily cure any deformity.
Glove- It will heal any disease or injury. The glove can’t be removed until an increased version of the disease/injury is inflicted on somebody.
Championship Ring From Fixed World Series- Putting it on somebody’s finger will kill them. The jewel in the ring will then show the outcome of a sports event.
Magic Lantern- The name is from an old kind of slide projector. Put in an old slide and kill somebody, the image will become a gateway to that time and place. Kill somebody else and a portal back to your own time will open.
Violin- A razor could extend from the bow. Kill somebody with it and you’re temporarily able to play.
A Cradle From The Titanic- If your baby is critically ill, just put them in this cradle. Then, kill seven people so that they die in water and your baby will live.
A Wheelchair-Allows the occupant to project their consciousness and kill. When they’ve killed enough, they’ll be able to walk again.
OTTOMH My favorite was the demon returning home to the shop episode. It doesn’t follow the standard formula at all.
Also good was the diving lantern episode. They get the lantern early in the episode. The man follows them back to the shop and the bulk of the episode is about him trying to get it back.
That’s not hard… the title. -And that’s about it I’m afraid (speaking as a fan of the movie series).
I thought that redhead actress Robey was pretty cute.
I was hoping someone would mention Robey sigh
The movie-TV show tie-in- the evil shop owner’s last name was Vorhees.
I thought his last name was Vendredi, (French for Friday – oooooh! scary!)
It was.
I thought she was far more than ‘cute’.
Zebra, you should check this site out:
http://www.louiserobey.com/
I liked the wheelchair episode and the episode with the guy who boosted his intelligence with the spinal-fluid-stealin’-machine (i.e., the trefinator).
If you live in Canada, Scream Television shows it every weekday at 10am, 11am, 6pm and 7pm.
How’s that for a blast?