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TV series

Tales from the Crypt

1989NR7 seasons8.0 / 10

Dead-on humor and horror.

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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Checked Jul 22, 2026

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Synopsis

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?

Season 2 episodes

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Episode 1

Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards

1h 13m6.6 / 10

A gold digging waitress goes to a fortune teller who predicts that by the end of the day her boss will fire her and she will land a new job. When the prediction becomes reality, she goes back for more. The fortune teller predicts that she will marry a man who will inherit a fortune then die. She gets the money first and when she tells her husband to kiss off, he stabs her to death and ends up in the hot seat. An elderly millionaire asks a plastic surgeon to give him the body of a younger man to win the girl of his dreams. Two rival long time gamblers meet up in a small town to have one last duel.

Episode credits

Directed by Howard Deutch, Walter Hill, Arnold SchwarzeneggerWritten by Walter Hill, Richard Tuggle, Michael Taav, Andy Wolk, Mae WoodsGuest stars William Hickey, John Towey, Kate Hodge, Kelly Preston, Christopher Lawford, Demi Moore, Kevin Tighe, Troy Evans

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Episode 2

'Til Death

27m6.4 / 10

An unscrupulous plantation owner looks to raise some cash to develop a worthless plot of inherited land by wooing a beautiful heiress to an island and using voodoo to make her his wife.

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Directed by Chris WalasWritten by Jeri BarchilonGuest stars Aubrey Morris, Janet Hubert, D.W. Moffett, Pamela Gien, Jeris Poindexter, Charles Hutchins

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Episode 3

Three's a Crowd

28m6.7 / 10

For their tenth anniversary, a couple heads down to a cabin owned by their friend. When she and her friend start sneaking around the husband gets jealous and assumes that they are having an affair.

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Directed by David Burton MorrisWritten by Annie Willette, Kim Steven Ketelsen, David Burton MorrisGuest stars Gavan O'Herlihy, Ruth de Sosa, Paul Lieber, Dante D'Andre

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Episode 4

The Thing From The Grave

22m5.4 / 10

A young photographer falls in love with a supermodel who is being mistreated by her boyfriend. When the lover finds out about them, he kills the photographer and plans to kill her but he finds out that you can't destroy love even when it's dead.

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Directed by Fred DekkerWritten by Fred DekkerGuest stars Laird Macintosh, Miguel Ferrer, Kyle Secor, Teri Hatcher, Cindy Riegel

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Episode 5

The Sacrifice

28m5.8 / 10

Reed is a hotshot insurance agent who decides to kill his stubborn boss and marry his wife. The plan works until Reed's boss who happens to be Gloria's ex-husband arrives with pictures he has taken of the murder and blackmails Reed.

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Directed by Richard GreenbergWritten by Ross ThomasGuest stars Kim Delaney, Kevin Kilner, Don Hood, Willie C. Carpenter, Deborah Packer, Dana Craig, Michael Ironside

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Episode 6

For Cryin' Out Loud

28m6.1 / 10

A rock promoter has been hearing voices inside his head for the past years. His doctor explains it to be too much time in the music biz. But when he tries to steal money at an Iggy Pop concert he learns the voices to be none other than his conscience. His banker shows up one night trying to blackmail him but he bumps her off. His conscience gets on his back so much that he blurts out her murder and goes to the hot seat to shut his conscience up for good.

Episode credits

Directed by Jeffrey PriceWritten by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. SeamanGuest stars Lee Arenberg, Frank Infante, Iggy Pop, Katey Sagal, Sam Kinison, Mark Lowenthal, John Lafayette, Al White

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Episode 7

Four-Sided Triangle

29m5.7 / 10

Mary Jo is a young slave girl on a farm. One day while escaping to the fields she has a vision that a scarecrow comes to save her from the cruel couple. When her master discovers the identity of her new boyfriend, he decides to disguise himself as the man in straw.

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Directed by Tom HollandWritten by Tom Holland, James TugendGuest stars Patricia Arquette, Chelcie Ross, Susan Blommaert

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Episode 8

The Ventriloquist's Dummy

24m7.3 / 10

A ventriloquist seeks out his old hero, Ingels, who he always admired. He soon meets up with his ventriloquist dummy Morty and discovers a shocking secret.

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Directed by Richard DonnerWritten by Frank DarabontGuest stars Steve Susskind, Don Rickles, Bobcat Goldthwait, Shelley Taylor Morgan, Symie Dahut, April Clawson, Joycee Katz, Courtney Mellinger

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Episode 9

Judy, You're Not Yourself Today

29m5.9 / 10

Donald and Judy are a couple who find themselves in a game of witchcraft. When a mysterious woman convinces Judy to try on a magical necklace, the old woman switches their souls. Soon Donald realizes that something is wrong. He tricks the witch into thinking that Judy has cancer and they switch back. Then Donald kills the witch and buries her. Years later, she comes back and this time she's got a special surprise for him.

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Directed by Randa HainesWritten by Scott NimerfroGuest stars Carol Kane, Todd Field, Brian Kerwin, Frances Bay, David Dunard, Shari Stagliano Maier

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Episode 10

Fitting Punishment

27m6.5 / 10

Bobby is an orphaned teenager who goes to live with his uncle Ezra. Ezra is a mortuary director who is very grumpy. One day he decides to fill his new casket by killing Bobby. Bobby is too tall to fit in it so he cuts off his feet but he soon regrets it.

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Directed by Jack SholderWritten by Michael Alan Kahn, Jonathan David Kahn, Don ManciniGuest stars Moses Gunn, Al Fann, Jon Clair, Teddy Wilson, Nick LaTour, Joanne Jackson

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Episode 11

Korman's Kalamity

28m6.5 / 10

Jim Korman is a cartoonist for Tales From The Crypt. He has talent for creating horrible creatures - they are all inspired by his harassing wife. Little does he know that his creations are coming to life and creating havoc. A female detective pursues the creator and suddenly falls for him. Korman decides to finally take his wife out of the picture.

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Directed by Rowdy HerringtonWritten by Terry BlackGuest stars Colleen Camp, Cynthia Gibb, Richard Schiff, Tom Woodruff Jr., Harry Anderson, Austin Straus, Lance Davis, Abel Franco

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Episode 12

Lower Berth

26m5.9 / 10

Enoch is a two-faced man at a sideshow carnival. One day a new attraction arrives—a 4 century old mummy. When the owner learns that the mummy is not only ripped off but cursed, he swipes the jewels off the mummy but soon he regrets it. This episode also features the birth of The Cryptkeeper.

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Directed by Kevin YagherWritten by Fred DekkerGuest stars Stefan Gierasch, Mark Rolston, Lewis Arquette, Jeff Yagher, Cindy Riegel, Alex Prager, Kenneth White

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Episode 13

Mute Witness to Murder

26m6.2 / 10

A woman witnesses a man slaughter his wife. The man lives across the street from her. When her husband calls their doctor, she's even more horrorfied to learn that the doctor is also the killer.

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Directed by Jim SimpsonWritten by Nancy DoyneGuest stars Patricia Clarkson, Richard Thomas, Reed Birney, Kristine Nielsen, Rose Weaver, Diane Peterson, Christopher Durang

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Episode 14

Television Terror

22m7.6 / 10

Horton Rivers is an arrogant television tabloid host. He is trying to get big ratings and decides to take his crew through a haunted house. The house is rumored to be haunted by an old woman who killed a number of men. Soon strange things start happening. Someone or something is stalking Horton and his camera crew. The ratings could take him to the top or to the bottom.

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Directed by Charlie PicerniWritten by Randall Jahnson, G.J. PrussGuest stars Morton Downey, Jr., Warren Burton, Victor Paul, Michael Harris, Dorothy Parke, Peter Van Norden, Ami Rothschild, Candace Savalas

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Episode 15

My Brother's Keeper

25m7.1 / 10

Siamese twins, the timid and kind-hearted Frank and the other, reckless and sadistic Eddie, must make a decision on whether or not to allow an experimental surgery to have them separated, even though one of them doesn't want to be split from the other.

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Directed by Peter S. SeamanWritten by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. SeamanGuest stars Jessica Harper, Jonathan Stark, Timothy Stack, Ron Orbach, Valerie Bickford, Charles Stransky, Connie Johnson, Trixie Hall

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Episode 16

The Secret

26m5.9 / 10finale

Theodore is a 12 year old orphan who gets adopted by an unusual couple who lock him up in the attic. They are always working and he never gets to go and have some fun. Little does he know that his new parents harbor a dark secret. Little do they know he harbors a secret of his own.

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Directed by J. Michael RivaWritten by Doug RonningGuest stars William Frankfather, Grace Zabriskie, Larry Drake, Mike Simmrin, Gary Schwartz, Georgann Johnson, Stella Hall, Nicolas Ostrogovich

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Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026

More about Tales from the Crypt

Cast

John KassirCrypt Keeper (voice)
Michelle JohnsonLiz Kelly-Dixon
Sugar Ray LeonardGravedigger (segment "None But the Lonely Heart")
Ben CrossBenjamin A. Polosky
Madge SinclairLucille
Al Hunter AshtonSgt. Cornwall
Roger Ashton-GriffithsValdemar Tymrak
Yvonne De CarloMrs. Jones (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")

Credits

Created by
William M. Gaines, Steven Dodd

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
81
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • HBOUnited States
  • Tales From The Crypt Holdings
  • EC Comics
  • HBOUnited States
  • Geffen PicturesUnited States

Themes

anthologybased on comiccoffindark comedydark fantasygothic horrorhorrorhorror anthology