Split Personality story

tftc1989e4x11 · 1992-08-26

Small-time swindler Vic Stetson ends up experiencing car trouble outside a bizarrely designed mansion. Letting himself inside so he can use the phone, he meets the mansion's occupants: reclusive twin sisters April and June Blair. After learning that they are worth a combined $2 billion, Vic creates Jack, a twin brother of his own, so he can trick both twins into dating and marrying him in a plot to steal their combined inheritance. However, Vic soon gets a nasty surprise when he discovers that the twins harbor a dark and dangerous secret. Directed by: Joel Silver. Story by: Fred Dekker.

15 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 9 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
con artistry choice The bigamist Vic tricked April and June into marrying him in a plot to steal their combined $2 billion inheritance. Vic also swindled the black jack playing old man in the casino.
bigamy major Vic contrived to commit bigamy in order to get his hands on a two billion dollar fortune.
greed for riches major The bigamist Vic tricked April and June into marrying him in a plot to steal their combined $2 billion inheritance. Marrying just one and getting half wasn't enough.
identical twins major The wealthy identical twins April and June Blair fell victim to a swindler's bigamist designs.
sister and sister major The wealthy identical twins April and June Blair fell victim to a swindler's bigamist designs.
spouse murder major The story culminated with April and June collaborating in cutting their mutual, bigamist, husband down the middle with a chainsaw. This way they'd get a half each, and wouldn't have to share.
clairvoyance minor Vic feigned to have some sort of extraordinary perception that told him the next card up would be a two.
gambling minor The old man at the black jack table tried to renege on bet.
helping a stranger in need minor The swindler Vic feigned to take compassion on an old man who claimed to have mistakenly bet the money to pay for his boy's operation on a hand of black jack. But this was just a prelude to scamming him.
living corpse minor The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver.