First viewed : Summer 1990
This was another late night Friday item on ITV but rather more interesting than The Highwayman. Sharing only the producer with the long-running slasher franchise of the same name, the US / Canadian series concerned a pair of young cousins who inherit an antiques shop from an evil occultist uncle and have to track down a series of cursed objects sold from the shop that would otherwise wreak havoc. They were aided in their quests by an old business associate of their uncle who knew the provenance of the objects, a helpful device to explain the premise to the audience.
My viewing of this too was interrupted by post-pub lapses in consciousness but I was usually awake enough to appreciate the charms of Micki, played by Canadian actress Louise Robey ( mysteriously referred to by her surname only in the credits ) who was big of hair and disdainful of bra.
The series' three season-run was already over in the US and it has been overshadowed by a subsequent series featuring a M/F pair of paranormal investigators though I'd take Robey over Gillian Anderson any day.
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