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3. Whirlpool

Struggling comic book artist Rolanda gets fired from her job by her mean and demanding boss Vern. However, Rolanda finds herself experiencing the events of this one fateful day over and over again with some changes, but the same dismal results.

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In a rather repetitive tale, Rolanda ( Rita Rudner ), a struggling artist for Tales from the Crypt, ends up being berated and fired by her boss, Vern ( Richard Lewis ), after presenting a particularly awful story. She returns to the office later that night and kills Vern in a drunken rage. After she is caught and gunned down by police when leaving the scene, only to wake up in her bed as if nothing has happened, Rolanda discovers that she is caught in a time loop, destined to relive the same day and the same tragic outcome over and over again, no matter how many times she tries to prevent it. Also starring Blake Clark.

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