Nightmare Cafe (TV Series)

Nightmare Cafe (1992)

Robert Englund: Blackie

Quotes 

• [breaking the fourth wall] 

  Blackie : Do you believe in second chances? It's human nature, isn't it? But for a second chance, would you face your worst nightmare, the very thing that frightens you most or drove you to the brink of disaster? Would you then? See those good folks?

  [cut to Frank and Fay entering the café] 

  Blackie : Well, they're about to get a second chance and you know what? I bet they blow it.

  [the neon sign next to the door buzzes and flickers, changing from "All Night Cafe" to read "Nightmare Cafe"] 

• [Frank is watching Fay's nightmare reveal itself on a television screen] 

  Blackie : We open for business yet?

  Frank Nolan : No. Yes. We will be. Come back later.

  Blackie : Naw. I think I'll stick around for a while.

  Blackie : [breaking the fourth wall]  This ought to be interesting.

• Frank Nolan : You want to bet? I'm betting on Fay.

  Blackie : Aw, she's history.

  Frank Nolan : Says who?

  Blackie : Says all your worldly assets or a buck - whichever turns out to be more.

  Frank Nolan : You're on.

• [yelling at the TV screen] 

  Frank Nolan : Fay! Turn around!

  Blackie : I don't think she can hear you, pal.

  Frank Nolan : [softly]  Fay, I wish I could be there for you.

  [Frank disappears] 

  Blackie : Damn!

  Blackie : [breaking the fourth wall]  Of all the things he could have said. Beginner's luck!

• Blackie : You bet on her. She's not betting on herself.

  Frank Nolan : You watch!

  Blackie : No... you watch and pay attention. This is the guy that cold-cocked you at the chemical plant and had you dumped in the bay - and this is the clown that Fay's in love with. Only trouble is, she doesn't know anything about him.

• Fay Peronivic : But we're both still dead.

  Blackie : Oh, such a negative word. The first time you jumped in despair. The second time you jumped because you wanted to live.

  Fay Peronivic : Big difference it made.

  Blackie : Well, you're here aren't you?

  Fay Peronivic : Then we're alive?

  Blackie : Courtesy of the café. It gave you a second chance. You did the right thing. Good for you; good for the café... especially since it had a couple of job openings. Made a difference in your lives - now you get to make a difference in other people's lives. Here, everybody gets a second chance!

• [opens the café's door to reveal the Earth shining in the distance] 

  Blackie : They're out there, buckaroos. Good or bad, dead or alive, we get 'em all. In they wander, never suspecting this place is anything out of the ordinary, never knowing what secrets lie beyond the doors... and you have been selected to help them - and maybe learn something about yourselves along the way.

  Fay Peronivic : Selected by... who?

  Blackie : Let's just say a higher authority and leave it at that.

• Frank Nolan : What about you?

  Fay Peronivic : Yeahhh. Who are you anyway?

  Blackie : Aw, I'm just some guy who bet you wouldn't do the right thing... but you did.

  Frank Nolan : So you lost.

  Blackie : I lost on you, but wait till the customers start coming.

  Frank Nolan : When does that happen?

  Blackie : Oh, any time now. They come in, they get a cup of coffee, a couple eggs maybe and then, whatever they've got comin'. Could be a wish, a second chance or, if they deserve it, they're own worst nightmare.

• [last lines] 

  [a knock at the café door startles Fay and Frank] 

  Blackie : Relax. It's just your first customer.

  Cafe Customer : Hi. You open?

  Frank Nolan : Yeah. Yeah, sure we're open! Come on in.