Directed by Robert Zemeckis and written A L Katz and Gilbert Adler, this episode is about criminal Lou Spinelli (Robert Sacchi) has gotten plastic surgery from Dr. Oscar Charles (John Lithgow) to look like Humphrey Bogart and has gone legitimate. He’s fallen in love with his assistant Erica (Sherilyn Fenn), but when his ex-wife Betty (Isabella Rossellini) comes back, things get bad all over again.

“Hello. How are you? I’m Fearest Gump. Hi. Care for a shock-olate? You sure? Mummy always said: “Life is like a box of shock-olates. You never know what you’re gonna get. Sometimes you get a fudge-scream, sometimes you get no-guts.” Know what else mummy said? She said: “Scary is as scary does.” Which brings to mind the man in tonight’s terror tale. He’s just dying to get out of the mess he’s in… literally! It’s a little piece of horrid candy I call: “You, Murderer.””

This episode has early CGI to add Bogart’s face.

There are a lot of twists and turns here and Zemeckis comes back from producing to direct an episode as season 6 comes to an end. There are so many twists and turns with Lou comatose and perhaps dead for so much of it.

This story comes from Shock SuspenStories #14. It was written by Otto Binder with and drawn by Bernie Krigstein.