Welcome to Late Night Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past! On Fridays, I will be reviewing Freddy’s Nightmares, a horror anthology show which ran in syndication from 1988 to 1990. The entire series can be found on Tubi!

Leave the pets alone.

Episode 2.8 “Bloodlines”

(Dir by James Quinn, originally aired on November 26th, 1989)

Woody Burton (Marc Alaimo) breaks out of prison and heads home to try to retrieve some money he stole.  The house is occupied by his bitter son, Jack (Chris Nash) and his delusional wife, Joyce (Sheree North).  Woody tries to bury his son alive but fortunately, Jack has his gun with him and shoots his father dead.

The episode then jumps forward in time.  Jack is now married to Maggie (Ruth de Sosa).  Maggie and Jack have “adopted” a daughter named Patty (Irina Cashen).  Because Jack had a criminal record, they couldn’t legally adopt so Jack paid a baby broker.  Now, Maggie worries that Patty might be possessed by the devil.  About 10 minutes into the second story, the family’s cat was killed for a cheap shock and I stopped watching.

From what I saw, this was a pretty crappy episode.  The first half was thoroughly unpleasant and didn’t even have any supernatural elements.  The second half was a dull Omen rip-off that killed a defenseless house pet.

Yes, I stopped watching when the cat died.  I had seen enough.