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Tales from the Crypt

1989 Ended

8.0/10 1,033 votes

ComedyMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy

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?

Created by:: William M. Gaines, Steven Dodd
Cast:: John Kassir
Language:: English
Country:: United States of America
Network:: HBO

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E01

Episode 1

★ 7.1

The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone

1989-06-10 · 76m

A prison executioner loses his vocation when the state abolishes the death penalty. Unable to transition to civilian life, he begins hunting acquitted criminals to administer his own brand of high voltage street justice in the shadows. After killing her husband on Christmas eve, an adulterous woman is attacked by an escaped ax-wielding maniac in a Santa suit looking for someone naughty or nice. Carnival star Ulric the Undying, buried alive, recalls his nine-lives transplant—and suddenly fears he's lost count.

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E02

Episode 2

★ 6.1

Only Sin Deep

1989-06-14 · 28m

A young, narcissistic prostitute named Sylvia Vane sells her beauty to a pawnbroker in hopes of landing a rich husband, only to discover the price was more than she bargained for.

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E03

Episode 3

★ 5.9

Lover Come Hack to Me

1989-06-21 · 29m

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.

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E04

Episode 4

★ 6.4

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1989-06-28 · 28m

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.

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