Tales From The Crypt

1989 • HBO
4.7
693 reviews
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Season 5 episodes (13)

1 Death of Some Salesmen
10/2/93
Season-only
A sneaky cemetery plot salesman has a talent for killing people after he sells them phony tombstones. When he finds new victims, he soon learns they have a fortune buried in their cellar, but he never counted on their hatred for salesmen.
2 As Ye Sow
10/2/93
Season-only
Thinking his wife is cheating on him, a jealous husband hires a detective and is lead to believe she is having an affair with the local priest.
3 Forever Ambergris
10/2/93
Season-only
After playing second fiddle to an up-and-coming photographer, a seasoned but washed-up combat photographer cooks up a deadly scheme to take him out and get his gorgeous wife.
4 Food for Thought
10/6/93
Season-only
A heartless freak show clown, being taught how to read minds by his beautiful mind-reading wife, goes off the deep end when he finds out she is in love with the show's fire-eater.
5 People Who Live in Brass Hearses
10/13/93
Season-only
A smalltime criminal with the help of his slow-witted brother is out for revenge on the town's ice cream man who sent him to prison years earlier. When they attempt to rob the ice cream warehouse they end up getting a double scoop of surprise.
6 Two for the Show
10/20/93
Season-only
A game of cat and mouse takes place on a train between a murdering husband and a curious cop who seemingly isn't without his own marital troubles.
7 House of Horror
10/27/93
Season-only
Fraternity pledges are challenged to get to the top floor of a "haunted" house as frat brothers and sorority girl's watch from outside, but strange things happen as each pledge attempt to make their way up.
8 Well Cooked Hams
11/3/93
Season-only
After murdering his mentor, an untalented magician seeks something new to spice up his act, when he comes across "The Box of Death" he finds out the true meaning of it's name first hand.
9 Creep Course
11/10/93
Season-only
A young bookworm is tricked by the school jock and their Egyptologist professor into becoming a virgin sacrifice for a long preserved mummy.
10 Came the Dawn
11/17/93
Season-only
A seemingly timid man picks up a suspicious female hitchhiker and takes her to his cabin where she discovers there's more to him than meets the eye.
11 Oil's Well That Ends Well
11/24/93
Season-only
A con artist and his girlfriend plan their next caper by tricking some southern boys into thinking there is oil underneath a cemetery.
12 Half-Way Horrible
12/1/93
Season-only
A murderous two-faced businessman about to debut a new preservative discovers that all his key partners are being murdered and the killer may be closer to him than he thinks.
13 Till Death Do We Part
12/8/93
Season-only
A young stud involved with a female mob boss begins an affair with a young waitress and when he gets caught and is ordered to kill her, all may or may not be what it seems to be.

About this show

Based on the legendary and gruesome EC Comics, this horror anthology featured stories of murder, the supernatural, gore and humor and always had a twist ending of sorts. Some of Hollywood's biggest names took part, either working in front or behind the camera. Hosting duties fell to everyone's favorite decaying corpse, the Cryptkeeper.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
693 reviews
David Wolfman
November 26, 2014
Ive always loved this show since i was a little kid (however i wouldnt really recommend this to kids, its a very adult tv show, ive just always loved horror). Tongue-in-cheek and ironic horror at its finest...creepy and spooky...its all here.
26 people found this review helpful
Valerie G
September 18, 2014
Been watching since my parents said I was old enougg. Even have the collector crypt keeper doll that talks. He IS THE BEST IN SCARE!!
Jessica Gray
October 21, 2014
Watching this show really takes me back to my childhood. My grandmother and I used to watch this show together every Thursday night. I bet I have seen every episode and I still love watching them. They will never get old.
83 people found this review helpful