Tales from the Crypt (1989)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Steven Dodd
Creator
Barry Josephson
Producer / Producer / Co-Producer
Charles Skouras III
Producer
Robert Zemeckis
Producer / Director
David Giler
Executive Producer
Walter Hill
Executive Producer / Director / Screenplay
Danny Elfman
Theme Song Performance
John Kassir
Crypt Keeper (voice) / Crypt Keeper (voice) / Larry / Narrator (voice)
Frank Darabont
Screenplay / Writer
April Clawson
Singer
Dick Beebe
Screenplay
Joycee Katz
Mrs. Goldman
Andrew Kevin Walker
Screenplay
Courtney Mellinger
Young Billy
Robert Reneau
Screenplay
Jacqueline Jacobs
Wife
James Tolkan
Sgt. McClaine
Richard Tuggle
Screenplay
Eric Mettner
Butch
Jeri Barchilon
Screenplay
Shel Willens
Screenplay
Michael J. Fox
Prosecutor / Director
Yale Udoff
Writer
Artis Phillips Jr.
News Vendor
Jim Birge
Screenplay
Stanley Ralph Ross
Screenplay
Diane Peterson
Mrs. Trask
Jonathan David Kahn
Screenplay
Alva L. Petway
Dispatcher
Kim Steven Ketelsen
Screenplay
Christopher Durang
Dolores' Husband
Tom Lyons
Screenplay
Ruth de Sosa
Della
G.J. Pruss
Screenplay
Paul Lieber
Alan
Lisa Sandoval
Screenplay
Dante D'Andre
Alvarez
Scott Rosenberg
Screenplay
Kate Benton
Waitress
F.J. O'Neil
Priest
Steve Picerni
Man on Staircase
Ted Grossman
Weird Old Man with Camera
Ron Orbach
Doctor
Valerie Bickford
Dominatrix
Charles Stransky
Detective
Connie Johnson
Attractive Nurse / Screenplay
Trixie Hall
Bimbette
Georgann Johnson
Miss Hagstead
Stella Hall
Miss Heather
Nicolas Ostrogovich
Joey
Jordan Metzner
Orphan
David Hemmings
Mr. Stronham
Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Parker
Carroll Baker
Mother Paloma
Carlos Lacámara
Paolo
Tim Ahern
Detective / Uncle Salty
Tony Sales
Bass Player
Shari Stagliano Maier
Corpse
Lucinda Weist
Kelly
Constance Pfeifer
Elizabeth
Louise Lewis
Woman
Constance Wiggins
Selma / Nurse
Don Michaelson
Dr. Roberts
Richard Danielson
Drummer
Wayne Grace
Fire Chief
Rick Garcia
Augusto King
Joseph C. Fowler
Sportscaster
Clare Hoak
Josie
Michele Landry
Emma
Hank Azaria
Richard
Kaitlyn Walker
Little Girl
Darin Heames
Tom
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 10, 1989
StatusEnded
Seasons7
Episodes93
Running Time25m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
Wiki.
Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series, which ran for seven seasons on the premium cable channel HBO from June 10, 1989, to July 19, 1996. The show's title is based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name, published by William Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein. Most of the program's episodes are based on stories that originally appeared in that comic or other EC Comics of the time, The Haunt of Fear, The Vault of Horror, Crime SuspenStories, Shock SuspenStories, and Two-Fisted Tales.
The series is hosted by the Cryptkeeper, a wisecracking corpse performed by several puppeteers and voiced by John Kassir. Filmmakers Richard Donner, David Giler, Walter Hill, Joel Silver, and Robert Zemeckis formed the show's team of executive producers.
Because it was aired on HBO, a premium cable television channel, Tales from the Crypt did not have to be censored by the standards and practices of most networks. As a result, HBO allowed the series to include content that had not appeared in most television series up to that time, such as graphic violence, profanity, sexual activity, and nudity. Reruns of the series were still subsequently edited for basic cable, broadcast syndication, and when the broadcast networks Fox and CBS re-aired episodes in the late 1990s. While the series began production in the United States, the final season was primarily filmed in the UK, resulting in episodes revolving around British characters.