ITV Corrie fans 'screaming' with terror just seconds in as Geoff makes shock comeback

Coronation Street fans were left terrified when soap villain Geoff Metcalfe made a shock return in Wednesday night's episode (August 24). The abusive husband of Yasmeen Nazir, played by Ian Bartholomew, popped up unexpectedly in creepy scenes just seconds in.

Corrie viewers saw Yasmeen, played by Shelley King, stirred from her sleep on the sofa by the sound of Stu Carpenter whistling cheerfully in the kitchen while making them a brew. Soap watchers are aware that Yasmeen had given her close friend his marching orders after finding out he served 27 years in prison for the murder of a young woman he had an affair with.

Deeply affected by the psychological torture inflicted on her by her late husband, Yasmeen has refused to listen to Stu's protests that he was wrongly convicted. And on Wednesday night, as the character became increasingly annoyed with her, he bore down on Yasmeen and yelled: "Would you like some chicken?" referring to the stomach-churning scenes when Geoff cooked and made his wife eat her beloved pet hen.

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Then came another jolt for viewers as Stu appeared to transform into sinister Geoff who reprised his mocking of Yasmeen. As the restaurant owner was woken by her grandson Zeedan, it turned out she was just having a chilling nightmare but fans were scared.

@GregDav94758992 screamed "Geoff" with a terrified face on Twitter. @mishybabez_ tweeted: "Okay Yasmeen's dream of Geoff scared me." And @Clawmaw wrote with shocked-face emojis: "Jiggle it Geoff just made a special appearance!"

@capsule_toy clearly enjoyed the shock factor, saying: "Waaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!! Welcome back @IanBartholome13 to Corrie. What a nice