Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

80^%

User
Score

8.0/10

Dead-On Humor and Horror.

Overview

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

William M. Gaines

Creator

Steven Dodd

Creator

Top Billed Cast

John Kassir

Crypt Keeper (voice), Larry, Narrator (voice)

Cam Clarke

Dudley (voice) / Bailiff (voice), Mr. Byrd's Puppet (uncredited), Ronald (voice) (uncredited)

Miguel Ferrer

Mitch Bruckner, Hitman (uncredited) (segment "As Ye Sow"), Gary

Sherrie Rose

Molly (segment "Only Skin Deep"), Vendetta (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")

Marshall Bell

Husband (segment "And All Through the House"), Rock (segment "Forever Ambergris")

Joe Pantoliano

Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone"), Casino Dealer (uncredited)

Lance Henriksen

Reno Crevice (segment "Cutting Cards"), Sgt. Ripper

Michael Ironside

Sergeant Burrows, Jerry

Larry Drake

Santa (segment "And All Through the House"), Tobias

William Sadler

Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death"), The Grim Reaper

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Reviews

A review by RottenPop

Written on May 10, 2017

**The Man That Was Death**
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**5 Stars**

> Aww, poor little fellas. When I think of their childhood, all those cute little maggots hahahahaha. Our story is about a man with nobler ambitions. He likes to kill human pests and he does it in front of an audience. Now that's entertainment hahahaha. So hang onto your hats kiddies, this one's a real shocker.

Niles Talbot (William Sadler) is a pr...

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A review by KDawg39

Written on June 28, 2020

Since Brandon covered episode one, I'll cover episode two!

S01E02 _"And All Through the House"_

Source: _Vault of Horror_

Written by: Fred Dekker

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis (_Back to the Future_, _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_)

Original Air Date: June 10, 1989

Plot: A greedy philandering wife (Mary Ellen Trainor) kills her second husband (Marshall Bell) for his insurance money. Upon...

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A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 12, 2023

This was one of those shows that SHOULD come back.

American Horror Story tires to do it, only on a much larger scale with a new story each season that is supposed to be connected in a grandiose way...and that is fine but...

Tales From the Crypt just offered a new and unique story each week, written and directed and acted by some very talented people. Some are science fiction, some were weste...

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