Tales from the Crypt (1989 - 1996)

Country of Origin: USA
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1989 - 1996
Number of Seasons:
Total Number of Episodes:
Average Episode Running Times:
Format:
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound:

See individual episodes for credits

PLOT SUMMARY

An anthology of short horror stories introduced by The Cryptkeeper.

SEASON ONE (1989)
The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone (10 June 1989)
Only Sin Deep (14 June 1989)
Lover Come Hack To Me (21 June 1989)
Collection Completed (28 June 1989)

SEASON TWO (1990)
Dead Right (21 April 1990)
The Switch (21 April 1990)
Cutting Cards (21 April 1990)
'Til Death (24 April 1990)
Three's a Crowd (1 May 1990)
The Thing From The Grave (8 May 1990)
The Sacrifice (15 May 1990)
For Cryin' Out Loud (22 May 1990)
Four-Sided Triangle (29 May 1990)
The Ventriloquist's Dummy (5 June 1990)
Judy, You're Not Yourself Today (12 June 1990)
Fitting Punishment (19 June 1990)
Korman's Kalamity (26 June 1990)
Lower Berth (3 July 1990)
Mute Witness to Murder (10 July 1990)
Television Terror (17 July 1990)
My Brother's Keeper (24 July 1990)
The Secret (31 July 1990)

SEASON THREE (1991)
The Trap (15 June 1991)
Loved to Death (15 June 1991)
Carrion Death (15 June 1991)
Abra Cadaver (19 June 1991)
Top Billing (26 June 1991)
Dead Wait (3 July 1991)
The Reluctant Vampire (10 July 1991)
Easel Kill Ya (17 July 1991)
Undertaking Palor (24 July 1991)
Mournin' Mess (31 July 1991)
Split Second (7 August 1991)
Deadline (14 August 1991)
Spoiled (21 August 1991)
Yellow (28 August 1991)

SEASON FOUR (1992)
None but the Lonely Heart (27 June 1992)
This'll Kill Ya (27 June 1992)
On a Deadman's Chest (27 June 1992)
Seance (4 July 1992)
Beauty Rest (11 July 1992)
What's Cookin' (22 July 1992)
The New Arrival (25 July 1992)
Showdown (1 August 1992)
King of the Road (8 August 1992)
Maniac At Large (19 August 1992)
Split Personality (26 August 1992)
Strung Along (2 September 1992)
Werewolf Concerto (9 September 1992)
Curiosity Killed (16 September 1992)

SEASON FIVE (1993)
Death of Some Salesmen (2 October 1993)
As Ye Sow (2 October 1993)
Forever Ambergris (2 October 1993)
Food for Thought (6 October 1993)
People Who Live in Brass Hearses (13 October 1993)
Two for the Show (20 October 1993)
House of Horror (27 October 1993)
Well Cooked Hams (3 November 1993)
Creep Course (10 November 1993)
Came the Dawn (17 November 1993)
Oil's Well That Ends Well (24 November 1993)
Half-Way Horrible (1 December 1993)
Till Death Do We Part (8 December 1993)

SEASON SIX (1994 - 1995)
Let the Punishment Fit the Crime (31 October 1994)
Only Skin Deep (31 October 1994)
Whirlpool (31 October 1994)
Operation Friendship (9 November 1994)
Revenge Is the Nuts (16 November 1994)
The Bribe (23 November 1994)
The Pit (30 November 1994)
The Assassin (7 December 1994)
Staired in Horror (14 December 1994)
In the Groove (21 December 1994)
Surprise Party (28 December 1994)
Doctor of Horror (4 January 1995)
Comes the Dawn (11 January 1995)
99 & 44/100% Pure Horror (18 January 1995)
You, Murderer (25 January 1995)

SEASON SEVEN (1996)
Fatal Caper (19 April 1996)
Last Respects (26 April 1996)
A Slight Case of Murder (3 May 1996)
Escape (17 May 1996)
Horror in the Night (24 May 1996)
Cold War (31 May 1996)
Kidnapper (7 June 1996)
Report from the Grave (14 June 1996)
Smoke Wrings (21 June 1996)
About Face (28 June 1996)
Confession (5 July 1996)
Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow (12 July 1996)
The Third Pig (19 July 1996)

1990
Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (William Hickey) – nominated (for The Switch)

1991
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Golden Reel Award Best Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Television (Gerry Lentz) - winner

Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Young Actor in a Cable Special (Mike Simmrin) - nominated

1992
Casting Society of America, USA
Artios Best Casting for TV, Dramatic Episodic (Vicki Huff) - nominated

Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series (Todd Masters, Michael Spatola) – nominated (for Yellow)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Kirk Douglas) - nominated

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing: Television Episodic: Effects and Foley (Patrick M. Griffith) – winner (for Yellow)

1993
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Golden Reel Award Best Sound Editing: Television Episodic: Effects and Foley (Patrick M. Griffith) – winner (for Séance)

1994
American Cinema Editors, USA (Eddies)
Best Edited Half Hour Series for Television (Stephen Lovejoy) – winner (for People Who Live in Brass Hearses)
Best Edited Half Hour Series for Television (Stephen Lovejoy) – nominated (for The Lipreader)

Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Tim Curry) – nominated (for Death of Some Salesman)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Series (Warden Neil) – nominated (for Well Cooked Hams)
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Series (Todd Masters, Donna-Lou Henderson, Nanette Moore, Scott Wheeler) – nominated (for Well Cooked Hams)

Young Artist Awards, USA
Best Youth Actor Guest Starring in a Television Show (Raushan Hammond) - nominated

1995
Emmy Awards, USA
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Series (Warden Neil) – nominated (for Whirlpool)

1996
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Regular Series' (Rick Bota) – nominated (for You Murderer)

SEQUELS
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993)
Demon Knight (1995)
Bordello of Blood (1996)
Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House (1997)
Perversions of Science (1997)

SEE ALSO
Tales from the Crapper (2002)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Terrors From the Clit (1998)

MAGAZINES

Bild & Bubbla no.151 (December 2000) pp.102-106 (Sweden)
Article (by David Haglund)

KEYWORDS

anthologies, comic into television

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009