Hell Toupée story
Balding accountant Murray Bernstein recently purchased a hairpiece that drove him to murder three lawyers, prompting inept defense attorney Harry Ballentine to grow fearful with his new client. Directed by: Irvin Kershner. Story by: Gail Parent & Kevin Parent.
5 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| inanimate object come to life | choice | The premise of the story is a French toupée that, for unclear reasons, is alive, vicious, and carries a hatred of lawyers. |
| legal occupation | major | The story concerns a lawyer and his quest to save the justice system from a homicidal French toupée that nurses a grudge for members of the bar. |
| murder | major | The story concerns a series of murders of lawyers carried out by various people who, it transpired, had been puppeteered by an evil hairpiece with a will of its own. |
| the art of salesmanship | minor | A toupée proprietor persuaded a reluctant customer into leaving his shop the happy wearer of a very special hairpiece. |
| unrequited love | minor | Harry's coworker made unsubtle advances on him only to be told he could not think of her as a female until crimes had been solved. |