TV series
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?
Streaming, rental and purchase options
Checked Sep 2, 2026
Tales from the Crypt is available to stream on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, DirecTV On Demand, Philo, Prime Video, Shudder, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube TV, The Roku Channel, and Tubi in United States. You can also buy it from Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
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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Episode 1
Two adult brothers come to blows over the the fortune of their wealthy father, whose interests are protected by a lovely young woman with questionable loyalties.
Directed by Bob HoskinsWritten by Gilbert Adler, A L Katz, Colman deKayGuest stars Natasha Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Greg Wise, James Saxon, Leslie Phillips, Kimberley Cowell
Episode 2
Three bickering sisters left in charge of their late father's struggling curiosity shop come into possession of a cursed monkey's paw, and try to use it to their advantage - with deadly results.
Directed by Freddie FrancisWritten by Scott NimerfroGuest stars Dulcie Gray, Julie Cox, Emma Samms, Kerry Fox, Michael Denison, Peter Waddington, Molly Weir, Roger Brierley
Episode 3
A game of cat and mouse ensues between a female mystery novelist and her jealous former husband when he accuses her of having a love affair with her nosy neighbor's son.
Directed by Brian HelgelandWritten by Brian HelgelandGuest stars Patrick Barlow, Elizabeth Spriggs, Christopher Cazenove, Francesca Annis
Episode 4
A traitor in the second World War is restricted to a prison camp and one of the men he betrayed is transported to the camp and promises to reveal his identity.
Directed by Peter MacDonaldWritten by Gilbert Adler, A L KatzGuest stars Al Hunter Ashton, Martin Kemp, Roy Dotrice, Murray McArthur, Nickolas Grace, Nick Reding, Lucy Bayler, Chris Armstrong
Episode 5
A double-crossing jewel thief is shot and hides out in a hotel where he starts to hallucinate about a mysterious beautiful woman.
Directed by Russell MulcahyWritten by John HarrisonGuest stars Elizabeth McGovern, Ronan Vibert, Edward Tudor-Pole, James Wilby, Peter Guinness
Episode 6
After losing their friend Cutter in a botched robbery, Ford and Cammy, a wild young Londoner crime couple, split up and Cammy finds a new lover, Jimmy. Jealous, Ford shoots him and the trio discovers something shocking about one another.
Directed by Andrew MorahanWritten by Scott NimerfroGuest stars Colin Salmon, Jane Horrocks, John Salthouse, Ewan McGregor, Willie Ross, Alan Liu, Nigel Fan
Episode 7
A young man takes in a pregnant woman and falls in love with her but becomes jealous when her baby is born so he sets out to get rid of the kid forever.
Directed by James H. SpencerWritten by Scott Nimerfro, John HarrisonGuest stars Julia Sawalha, Serena Gordon, Steve Coogan, Tim Stern, Matthew Scurfield, Gerry Crampton
Episode 8
A scientist named Elliot invents a way to read memories of the dead. To test the device, Elliot and his girlfriend Arianne break into the crypt of a dead serial killer.
Directed by William MaloneWritten by William MaloneGuest stars Roger Ashton-Griffiths, James Frain, Siobhan Flynn, Jonathan Firth, Gordon Peters, Julian Kerridge
Episode 9
A young man with a strange device is hired onto an advertising company by an esteemed executive--but what the exec doesn't know is that the young man is in cahoots with her enraged ex-partner who is out for revenge.
Directed by Mandie FletcherWritten by Lisa SandovalGuest stars Daniel Craig, Ute Lemper, Gayle Hunnicutt, Denis Lawson, Tres Hanley, Julian Kerridge, Chris Stanton
Episode 10
A sleazy minister in Victorian England gets a nasty surprise when he discovers he previously fathered twin daughters.
Directed by Thomas E. SandersWritten by Gilbert Adler, A L Katz, Larry WilsonGuest stars Finty Williams, Anthony Andrews, Anna Friel, Pip Torrens, Imelda Staunton, Paddy Navin, Emma Bird, Lone Madsen
Episode 11
Evans, a sly horror screenwriter suspected in a series of grisly murders of women whose heads were taken by the killer as trophies is interrogated by Jack Lynch, a clever hardboiled homicide detective whom every cop idolizes.
Directed by Peter HewittWritten by Scott NimerfroGuest stars Ciarán Hinds, Alun Armstrong, Suzy Eddie Izzard, John Benfield, Ashley Artus, Mark Spalding
Episode 12
A greedy safe cracker with a slight hearing loss gets entangled in a game between a mobster and his beautiful, exotic wife and ends up getting the auditory system he could only dream of. But there's a price.
Directed by Christopher HartWritten by Ed TapiaGuest stars Richard Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Phil Davis, Robert Lindsay, David Gant
Episode 13
In this cartoon version of the Three Little Pigs story, Dudly, the smart pig, is framed for the murders of his brothers and sentenced to death. But, his brothers' spirits help him seek revenge on the wolf.
Directed by Patrick A. Ventura, Bill KoppWritten by Bill KoppGuest stars Cam Clarke, Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Charlie Adler, Corey Burton, Jim Cummings, John Kassir
Episode information updated Sep 18, 2026
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")
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