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College student Gail Aynsley, having nowhere else on her campus to take up residence, is forced to take up a room for rent in the house of Dr. Fenner, the dean of the college's veterinary school. Gail soon discovers a small closet inside her new room, which slowly creaks open when she isn't watching. Finding the inside of the closet appears decorated as a child's bedroom, as well as the fact that Fenner's daughter had died a while ago, Gail hopes to either track down the source of the disturbances, or get out of the house while she still can.

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College student Gail Aynsley, Aynsley (Roberta Weiss), having nowhere else on her campus to take up residence, is forced to take up a room for rent in the house of Dr. Fenner, Fenner (Creator/FritzWeaver), the dean of the college's veterinary school. Gail soon discovers a small closet inside her new room, which slowly creaks open when she isn't watching. Finding the inside of the closet appears decorated as a child's bedroom, as well as the fact that Fenner's daughter had died a while ago, Gail hopes to either track down the source of the disturbances, or get out of the house while she still can.



* CastingGag: Creator/FritzWeaver, who plays Dr. Fenner, previously played Dexter Stanley from "The Crate" in George Romero's film ''Film/{{Creepshow}}''. Whereas Dexter was left scrambling to get rid of a man-eating monster by any means nessecary, Fenner ''dotes'' upon a man-eating monster and treasures her with his life.

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* CastingGag: Creator/FritzWeaver, who plays Dr. Fenner, previously played Dexter Stanley from "The Crate" in George Romero's film ''Film/{{Creepshow}}''. Whereas Dexter was left scrambling to get rid of a man-eating monster by any means nessecary, necessary, Fenner ''dotes'' upon a man-eating monster and treasures her with his life.
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* FedToTheBeast: Gale is a young college student moving into the questionable Dr. Fenner's house. She's killed by a small monster living in the professor's closet, which turns out to be his daughter, and he intended to have this girl move in with him so he could feed her to his monster. The next morning, he dismisses her death and keeps it secret when her mother, worried where her daughter disappeared to, calls to find her. It's also implied that she wasn't the first victim, nor the last.

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* FedToTheBeast: Gale is a young college student moving into the questionable Dr. Fenner's house. She's killed by a small monster living in the professor's closet, which turns out to be his daughter, and he intended to have this girl move in with him so he could feed her to his monster.said daughter. The next morning, he dismisses her death and keeps it secret when her mother, worried where her daughter disappeared to, calls to find her. It's also implied that she wasn't the first victim, nor the last.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: A good chunk of the background music is resued from ''Film/{{Creepshow}}''.

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* RecycledSoundtrack: A good chunk of the background music is resued reused from ''Film/{{Creepshow}}''.

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College student Gail Aynsley takes up a room for rent in the house of Dr. Fenner, the dean of a veterinary school, when she can't find anywhere else on campus to live. Gail soon discovers a small closet inside her new room, as well as a fact that there may be something living inside it.

!!"Inside the Closet" provides examples of:

* BaitAndSwitch: Lizzie ends up clutching Fenner's leg, possibly intending to kill and eat him next. As it turns out, she's his daughter, who picks her up and carries her off to hear a bedtime story.
* DownerEnding: Gail ends up dead, her mother is left a nervous wreck, and Fenner gets away with feeding yet another victim to Lizzie.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Fenner is quite doting to his daughter, who in turn seems to truly care for him.
* FedToTheBeast: The fate of Gail, who is far from the first, nor the last, person to be lured in by Dr. Fenner and fed to his daughter.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: Dr. Denner is secretly keeping his monster daughter in a hidden space behind the small closet, and may be intentionally feeding people who rent the room to her.
* KarmaHoudini: Fenner routinely gets away with feeding people to his monstrous daughter.
* MythologyGag: The score from ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', which series producer George Romero directed, regularly enters and leaves the music at points.
* NeckSnap: How Lizzie ends up killing Gail at the end of the story.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Lizzie is a classic example, being a monster who lurks within Gail's miniature closet and under her bed that makes noises which wake her up.

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!! Inside the Closet

College student Gail Aynsley takes Aynsley, having nowhere else on her campus to take up residence, is forced to take up a room for rent in the house of Dr. Fenner, the dean of a the college's veterinary school, when she can't find anywhere else on campus to live. school. Gail soon discovers a small closet inside her new room, which slowly creaks open when she isn't watching. Finding the inside of the closet appears decorated as a child's bedroom, as well as a the fact that there may be something living inside it.

!!"Inside
Fenner's daughter had died a while ago, Gail hopes to either track down the Closet" provides examples of:

source of the disturbances, or get out of the house while she still can.

!! Tropes:
* BaitAndSwitch: Lizzie ends up clutching Fenner's leg, possibly intending to kill and eat him next. As it turns out, she's his daughter, who and Fenner picks her up and carries her off to hear a bedtime story.
* CastingGag: Creator/FritzWeaver, who plays Dr. Fenner, previously played Dexter Stanley from "The Crate" in George Romero's film ''Film/{{Creepshow}}''. Whereas Dexter was left scrambling to get rid of a man-eating monster by any means nessecary, Fenner ''dotes'' upon a man-eating monster and treasures her with his life.
* DownerEnding: Gail ends up dead, her mother is left a nervous wreck, and Dr. Fenner gets away with feeding yet another victim to Lizzie.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Fenner is quite doting to his monstrous daughter, who in turn seems to truly care for him.
* FedToTheBeast: Gale is a young college student moving into the questionable Dr. Fenner's house. She's killed by a small monster living in the professor's closet, which turns out to be his daughter, and he intended to have this girl move in with him so he could feed her to his monster. The fate of Gail, who is far from next morning, he dismisses her death and keeps it secret when her mother, worried where her daughter disappeared to, calls to find her. It's also implied that she wasn't the first, first victim, nor the last, person to be lured in by Dr. last.
* KarmaHoudini:
Fenner and fed routinely gets away with feeding people to his daughter.
monstrous daughter, and Gail is his latest statistic.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: Dr. Denner is Fenner secretly keeping keeps his monster of a daughter in a hidden space behind the a small closet, and may be intentionally feeding feeds people who rent the room said closet is in to her.
* KarmaHoudini: Fenner routinely gets away with feeding people to his monstrous daughter.
* MythologyGag: The score soundtrack from ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'' (specifically from "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" and "Something to Tide You Over"), which series producer George Romero directed, regularly enters and leaves the music at points.
background music. There's also the above-mentioned CastingGag.
* NeckSnap: How Lizzie ends up killing Gail, before dragging her corpse into her room to do God knows what to her.
* NothingIsScarier: We last see
Gail at having her neck broken by Lizzie, who takes her corpse back into the end closet with her. Who knows what she plans to do with her.
* RecycledSoundtrack: A good chunk
of the story.
background music is resued from ''Film/{{Creepshow}}''.
* TaxidermyTerror: All sorts of stuffed and mounted animals are present throughout Fenner's house, all of them in highly threatening poses and expressions.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Lizzie Gail discovers, to her horror, that the noises she keeps hearing at night in the room she's renting from Dr. Fenner is a classic example, being a small monster who lurks within Gail's miniature closet and under her bed that makes noises which wake her up.proceeds to murder her. The ending further reveals that said monster is his daughter, and he lures people into said room so they can become food for her.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Fenner is quite doting to his daughter, who in turn seems to truly care for him.
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* MadwomanInTheAttic: Dr. Denner is secretly keeping his monster daughter in a hidden space behind the small closet, and may be intentionally feeding people who rent the room to her.
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College student Gail Aynsley takes up a room for rent in the house of Dr. Fenner, the dean of a veterinary school, when she can't find anywhere else on campus to live. Gail soon discovers a small closet inside her new room, as well as a fact that there may be something living inside it.

!!"Inside the Closet" provides examples of:

* BaitAndSwitch: Lizzie ends up clutching Fenner's leg, possibly intending to kill and eat him next. As it turns out, she's his daughter, who picks her up and carries her off to hear a bedtime story.
* DownerEnding: Gail ends up dead, her mother is left a nervous wreck, and Fenner gets away with feeding yet another victim to Lizzie.
* FedToTheBeast: The fate of Gail, who is far from the first, nor the last, person to be lured in by Dr. Fenner and fed to his daughter.
* KarmaHoudini: Fenner routinely gets away with feeding people to his monstrous daughter.
* MythologyGag: The score from ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', which series producer George Romero directed, regularly enters and leaves the music at points.
* NeckSnap: How Lizzie ends up killing Gail at the end of the story.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Lizzie is a classic example, being a monster who lurks within Gail's miniature closet and under her bed that makes noises which wake her up.

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