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9. Staired in Horror

Fugitive Clyde is on the lam from an angry mob. He seeks refuge in a decrepit old mansion owned by an elderly woman. Unbeknownst to Clyde, said creepy abode has an unusual curse attached to it.

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Clyde Beaudreaux ( D. B. Sweeney ) is a fugitive on the run for murder. After being chased by a mob of angry townspeople led by the town sheriff ( R. Lee Ermey ) toward a dead end near a large house, he begs for help from the house's owner, Lilian Charbonnet ( Rachel Ticotin ), a seemingly senile old woman. Once he is let inside, the sheriff tells Lilian, through the door, that Clyde is wanted for the killing of a shopkeeper, but Lilian does not tell him that Clyde is inside. Once the sheriff leaves, Clyde discovers that Lilian has suddenly become younger when after going upstairs, where she reveals that her jealous husband put a curse on the house's staircase, aging any man and de-aging any woman that travels up it.

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