Frances (Judy Landers) and Priscilla Packard (Audrey Landers) are the main antagonists in the 1983 episode "Split Decision" for the TV series "The Hitchhiker".
The twin sisters were potential clients of realtor Jake McElhaney (Jackson Davies) who is in danger of losing his job. Priscilla phoned Jake with plans to sell their home. Jake met Frances outside the house while she was planting flowers. After being shown inside the home, Frances left to change into something more comfortable. At this time, Jake met Priscilla, and still not realizing that there were twin sisters, mistook them until they appeared together. It was revealed that their father was a famous magician and showed them a number of his old tricks and devices, including a working guillotine. The two girls appeared in their showgirl/magician assistant outfits.
The sisters also revealed that they had trouble sharing things, though they came up with a solution, to divide things in half. They further evidenced this fact with a doll that their daddy cut in half for them.
Later in the show, Jake showed potential houses to each of the sisters. Priscilla was shown the first one, and seduced Jake by stripping off her blouse and skirt to reveal lingerie. During Frances' showing, she pulled off a disappearing act before pouncing on him with lingerie and having sex with him.
The sisters continued to be conflicted with selling the house, in that they had a hard time sharing anything, including Jake. They had Jake pose with them for a photo, which ended up being connected to a large blade. Upon the flash of the camera, the blade swept own and cut Jake in half, killing him. As the narration closed the episode, the evil sisters spread Jake's remains over their gardens and admired their creation.
Trivia[]
- Judy Landers appeared as Ms. Xenobia in the 1989 comedy sci-fi film "Dr. Alien".
- The story for this episode is based on "Split Personality", the first tale inside of the 1953 comic book "The Vault of Horror #30". Differences include the twins being named Amy and Suzan Blair, as well as the protagonist being a con-man who pretends to be twin brothers himself in order to marry the sisters and get their entire fortune. A more faithful adaptation to this version of the story was done via HBO's "Tales from the Crypt".