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77
IMDb 1487
8.0
/28278/
Trakt
79
/883/
TMDb
79
/894/
Tomatoes
82
/39/
Popcorn
90
Metacritic
56
/9/

Network: HBO
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 3024 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-MA

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Season 1 (June 10, 1989, midnight)

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?


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Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Season 1 (June 10, 1989, midnight)

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?

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction

Keywords: tmdb.based-on-comic, tmdb.anthology, tmdb.horror-anthology, tmdb.puppet, tmdb.horror, tmdb.gothic-horror, tmdb.dark-fantasy + 61 more, tmdb.supernatural-power, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.anthology, imdb.irony, imdb.surprise-ending, imdb.reference-to-tombstone-arizona, imdb.gothic-horror, imdb.monster, imdb.ghoul, imdb.making-a-pun, imdb.puntastic, imdb.gallows-humor, imdb.bad-pun, imdb.unkillable, imdb.horror-anthology, imdb.puppet, imdb.usa-horror-host, imdb.usa-male-horror-host, imdb.male-horror-host, imdb.skeleton-horror-host, imdb.psychotronic-series, imdb.1980s, imdb.1990s, imdb.surrealism, imdb.gothic, imdb.ec-comics, imdb.famous-opening-theme, imdb.grindhouse-series, imdb.cult-favorite, imdb.fear, imdb.female-rear-nudity, imdb.supernatural-horror, imdb.crypt, imdb.crypt-keeper, imdb.horror-host, imdb.four-word-title, imdb.villain, imdb.introduction, imdb.egoism, imdb.death, imdb.scheme, imdb.tragedy-turned-into-comedy, imdb.gross-out, imdb.mythical-creature, imdb.narcissism, imdb.pun, imdb.cult-tv, imdb.terror, imdb.blood, imdb.macabre, imdb.murder, imdb.based-on-comic-book, awards.emmy-award-nominated, tmdb.coffin, tmdb.puppeteer, tmdb.crypt-keeper, tmdb.nudity, imdb.plot-twist, imdb.reference-to-arizona, imdb.gore, imdb.mutilation

Network: HBO

Country: United States
Languages: English

77
IMDb 1487
8.0
/28278/
Trakt
79
/883/
TMDb
79
/894/
Tomatoes
82
/39/
Popcorn
90
Metacritic
56
/9/
Steven Dodd
Steven Dodd
Director
William M. Gaines
William M. Gaines
Director
John Kassir
John Kassir
Crypt Keeper (voice)
Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
Roy Brocksmith
Roy Brocksmith
Marshall Bell
Marshall Bell
Sherrie Rose
Sherrie Rose
Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen
Miguel Ferrer
Miguel Ferrer
Nickolas Grace
Nickolas Grace

June 10, 1989, midnight 7.3

S1E1 - The Man Who Was Death

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.
June 10, 1989, midnight 8.2

S1E2 - And All Through the House

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.
June 10, 1989, midnight 8.1

S1E3 - Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone

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 14, 1989, midnight 6.4

S1E4 - 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 21, 1989, midnight 5.9

S1E5 - 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 28, 1989, midnight 6.4

S1E6 - 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.
Network: HBO
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 3024 min.
Released: June 11, 1989
Last Air Date: July 19, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-MA / 17+

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