Tales from the Crypt (1989)★ 7.9/10
- Comedy
- Crime
- Fantasy
- Horror
- Mystery
- Thriller
Directed by: Russell Mulcahy, Elliot Silverstein, Robert Zemeckis, Richard Donner, Tom Holland
Written by: Steven Dodd, William M. Gaines, Scott Nimerfro, Gilbert Adler, A L Katz
"Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary "Crypt Keeper", a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.
- Original title
- Tales from the Crypt
- Storyline
- "Tales from the Crypt" was a 1989 horror story anthology series with half-hour stories with many themes, including; horror, twists, black-magic, and science fiction Introduced by "The Crypt Keeper." A cross between "The Twilight Zone" (1959) and modern horror movies. Not suitable for the very young or squeamish.
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 30,884
- Companies
- Home Box Office (HBO), Tales From The Crypt Holdings, Rainboworld Entertainment, Channel 4, Image Entertainment, TV Tokyo, VPS Video, Warner Bros. Television, BBC Lionheart Television, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Pioneer LDC, BBC Video, ERA Home Entertainment, France 4, King Video, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Malo Video, New World Pictures, Republic Pictures, Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT), ABC Video, Media Rings Home Video, RTL2, Sat.1, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), HBO Video, WJBK-TV, Channel 2 Detroit, Warner Home Video, Cuatro, SubTV, WME Home Entertainment
- Release dates
- US June 10, 1989
- NL January 1, 1990
- JP July 10, 1990
- GB September 2, 1990
- FR May 7, 1993
- AU July 18, 1994
- BR November 22, 1994
- DE December 10, 1995
- HR December 22, 1996
- IT October 4, 1997
- SI May 31, 1998
- SE January 23, 2003
- CA July 12, 2005
- MX May 27, 2008
- SG October 12, 2010
- PL January 19, 2015
- ES July 21, 2016