Sylvia Vane (Tales from the Crypt)

Sylvia Vane (Lea Thompson) is the protagonist villain of the in the 1989 "Tales from the Crypt" episode "Only Sin Deep".

Sylvia Vane is a conceited prostitute. One night after robbing a pimp of his Jewlery she goes to a pawnshop, to get some money but instead the owner offers her to buy her beauty for $10,000. At first, she doesn't take him seriously, but decides to take his offer anyway. She sells her beauty and lands herself a handsome bachelor. Four Months later she finds herself aging very quickly. Realizing that it all started when she went to the pawnshop, she heads back to the pawnshop to get her youth back and returns the 10 Grand. Unfortunately, she had missed the deadline by one day and she threatens to shoot him and demands to know how much it'll take. Upon being told it's now $100,000 she heads back to her boyfriend's apartment to get as much jewelry, which all together is worth more than $100,000. Her boyfriend discovers her and is unable to recognize her due to her new face and calls the police, but she shoots him dead and heads to the pawnshop to get her beauty back, only to discover in horror that she is wanted for her boyfriend's murder as the phone was off the hook when she killed him, and the police traced the call then found her fingerprints on the gun.

Trivia[]

Lea Thompson later appeared on Law & Order: SVU as villainess Michele Osborne.
The episode was based on the story of the same name in the 1954 comic book "The Haunt of Fear #24". Sylvia Vane is named Lorna Vanson in this version, but her role, motive and fate are very similar.