William M. Gaines
Director
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Season 1
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?
Released June 10, 1989
Episode 30 min
17+
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Production Companies: Tales From The Crypt Holdings, EC Comics, HBO, Geffen Pictures
Network: HBO
Country: United States
Languages:
English
7.2
S1E1 - The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone
Niles Talbot moved from the country to the big city to get a job as an electrian but ended up as an executioner. His trouble begins when he's suddenly uemployed and decides to take the law into his own hands.
On Christmas Eve, a woman slaughters her husband and learns that she's on Santa's naughty list when an escaped maniac dressed as Santa Claus shows up at her doorstep with a special present for her.
A bum named Ulric is given the chance of a lifetime when a scientist puts the gland of a cat inside his body. Soon Ulric becomes the main attraction at a sideshow.
June 10, 1989, midnight
6.4
S1E2 - Only Sin Deep
A call girl goes to a pawnshop to rob him of his jewelry. Instead the owner offers her 10,000 dollars for her beauty. She sells her beauty and lands a new job but discovers she is aging very fast.
June 14, 1989, midnight
5.6
S1E3 - Lover Come Hack to Me
Charles marries Peggy but only for her money, planning to kill her and make it look like an accident. One night, things change when her dead mother pays a visit and Peggy shows Charles her own family tradition.
June 21, 1989, midnight
6.6
S1E4 - Collection Completed
After 47 year of tool sales, Jonas has finally found some time to relax and take a break. Or so he thinks. After he returns from his work, he finds out that his wife has been taking in stray animals. He decides to take up a new hobby...taxidermy.
June 28, 1989, midnight
Network: HBO
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 2490 min.
Released: June 10, 1989
Last Air Date: July 19, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-MA / 17+
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