"Nightmare Cafe" (1992) TV series

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Creators:

Thomas Baum
Wes Craven
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

29 January 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Frank Nolan and Fay Peronivic find themselves in a mysterious all-night cafe following a brush with death - but they soon learn that they did...

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Penance | Ghost | Diner

Cast

Jack Coleman	...	Frank Nolan (6 episodes, 1992)
Lindsay Frost	...	Fay Peronivic (6 episodes, 1992)
Robert Englund	...	Blackie (3 episodes, 1992)

Series Directed by
Armand Mastroianni		(2 episodes, 1992)
Wes Craven		(unknown episodes)
Christopher Leitch		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Thomas Baum		(unknown episodes)
Bruce Cameron		(unknown episodes)
Wes Craven		(unknown episodes)
John Leekley		(unknown episodes)
Barry Pullman		(unknown episodes)
Christopher Stone		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Wes Craven	....	executive producer (unknown episodes, 1992)
Thomas Baum	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Ronald Colby	....	co-producer / line producer (unknown episodes)
Joseph Patrick Finn	....	coordinating producer (unknown episodes)
John Leekley	....	supervising producer (unknown episodes)
Marianne Maddalena	....	producer / senior producer (unknown episodes)
Bruce A. Pobjoy	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Richard S. Kaufman		(unknown episodes)
J. Peter Robinson		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Rodney Charters		(unknown episodes)
Mark Irwin		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Richard Francis-Bruce		(unknown episodes)
Patrick Lussier		(unknown episodes)
Brad Rines		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Gary M. Zuckerbrod		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Richard Wilcox		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Peter Lando		(unknown episodes)
Marti Wright		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Susan De Laval		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Julie McHaffie	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)
Connie Parker	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Sydney Silvert	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Andrew Gonzales	....	post-production executive (6 episodes, 1992)
Joseph Patrick Finn	....	unit production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Millar	....	second unit director (6 episodes, 1992)
Anthony Atkins	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Morgan Beggs	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Tom Braidwood	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Tim Sereda	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Barbara Anne Bock	....	storyboard artist (6 episodes, 1992)
Wayne McLaughlin	....	property master (5 episodes, 1992)
Jim Geddes	....	construction coordinator (unknown episodes)
Doug Hardwick	....	construction coordinator (unknown episodes)
Bryan Korenberg	....	property master (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Vince Renaud	....	sound effects editor (6 episodes, 1992)
Kerry Uchida	....	adr recordist / bg editor / ... (6 episodes, 1992)
Bill W. Benton	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Jacqueline Cristianini	....	sound supervisor (unknown episodes)
Lars Ekstrom	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Mike Gardner	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Dean Giammarco	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor (unknown episodes)
Daryl Powell	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Bill Sheppard	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
John J. Stephens	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
David Gauthier	....	special effects coordinator (unknown episodes)
William H. Orr	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Bill Millar	....	special visual effects (6 episodes, 1992)
Don Greenberg	....	visual effects editor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
David Jacox	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Jacob Rupp	....	stunt coordinator / stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dillard Brinson	....	key grip (unknown episodes)
Al Campbell	....	key grip (unknown episodes)
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Stephen Jackson	....	chief lighting technician (unknown episodes)
Klaus Melchior	....	video playback coordinator (unknown episodes)
Kim Olsen	....	best boy grip (unknown episodes)
Larry Portmann	....	clapper loader: "a" camera (unknown episodes)
Rod Pridy	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Don Saari	....	chief lighting technician (unknown episodes)
John Sanderson	....	video playback coordinator (unknown episodes)
Attila Szalay	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
A.J. Vesak	....	camera operator: "b" camera (unknown episodes)
Peter F. Woeste	....	photographer: second unit (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Trish Robinson	....	casting: Canada (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Susan Stella	....	wardrobe supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Stein Myhrstad	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Doug Oke	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Ron Yoshida	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Bunny Andrews	....	music editor (unknown episodes)
Hal Beckett	....	composer: additional music / music editor (unknown episodes)
Richard S. Kaufman	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Transportation Department
Donna Christiano	....	transportation coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Laurie McLay	....	assistant to producer (6 episodes, 1992)
Jean Bereziuk	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Jonathan Craven	....	creative consultant (unknown episodes)
Jeffrey Fenner	....	assistant to producer (unknown episodes)
Wendy Lewis	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Byron MacDonald	....	head accountant (unknown episodes)
Anita Meehan-Truelove	....	assistant to producer (unknown episodes)
Chris Parker	....	assistant to producer (unknown episodes)
Todd Pittson	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Carol Schafer	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Barbara Ann Schoemaker	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Peter Spears	....	creative consultant / developer (unknown episodes)
Tracy Young	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• MGM Television
• Wes Craven Films

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1992) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Other Companies

• Gastown Post and Transfer  post-production services
• Stuart Atkins Casting  casting: Canadian

Runtime:

60 min (6 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

MGM Television

Quotes:

[opening sequence for all but first episode]
Blackie: Touch that remote and you die!
[image jumps three times as if someone changing channels, but it's the same show]
Blackie: Now that I've got your attention, here's the deal. See those two people? That's Frank, and that's Fay. Strangers when they met, turns out they've got a lot in common. Both died on the same night, both ended up in the same body of water, and both took refuge in the same all-night cafe...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Seinfeld: The Pitch (#4.3)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Where or When

"Touch that remote, and you die."

The tv-series Nightmare Cafe was one of my favourite shows when I saw it by mistake one saturday night. Great characters and one of my at the time favourite actors, Robert Englund as a mentor figure helping the dead man and woman to help other lost souls. Funny, imaginative and with this nice everyday halloween scare to it. But not totally satisfying, mostly because the possibilities are not explored enough. Except for that Nightmare Cafe is one fine treat.