Series

Tales from the Crypt 1989

Created by William M. Gaines, Steven Dodd

  • Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • 7 seasons
  • 81 episodes
  • Ended
  • TV-MA

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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Nostalgic, plot-driven, spare and unpretentious.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • sparerichly built
  • unpretentiousprestige
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