Tales from the Crypt

Season 1

Season 1

Season • Jun 10, 1989–Jun 28, 1989

Tales of horror 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.

  1. S1E1 - The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone

    The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone

    76 min • Jun 10, 1989 (37 years ago)

    A prison executioner loses his vocation when the state abolishes the death penalty. Unable to transition to civilian life, he begins hunting acquitted criminals to administer his own brand of high voltage street justice in the shadows. After killing her husband on Christmas eve, an adulterous woman is attacked by an escaped ax-wielding maniac in a Santa suit looking for someone naughty or nice. Carnival star Ulric the Undying, buried alive, recalls his nine-lives transplant—and suddenly fears he's lost count.

  2. S1E2 - Only Sin Deep

    Only Sin Deep

    28 min • Jun 14, 1989 (37 years ago)

    A young, narcissistic prostitute named Sylvia Vane sells her beauty to a pawnbroker in hopes of landing a rich husband, only to discover the price was more than she bargained for.

  3. S1E3 - Lover Come Hack to Me

    Lover Come Hack to Me

    29 min • Jun 21, 1989 (37 years ago)

    Charles marries Peggy but only for her money, planning to kill her and make it look like an accident. One night, things change when her dead mother pays a visit and Peggy shows Charles her own family tradition.

  4. S1E4 - Collection Completed

    Collection Completed

    28 min • Jun 28, 1989 (37 years ago)

    After 47 year of tool sales, Jonas has finally found some time to relax and take a break. Or so he thinks. After he returns from his work, he finds out that his wife has been taking in stray animals. He decides to take up a new hobby...taxidermy.