Season 2

Season • Apr 21, 1990–Jul 31, 1990

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. S2E1 - Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards

    Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards

    73 min • Apr 21, 1990 (36 years ago)

    A gold digging waitress goes to a fortune teller who predicts that by the end of the day her boss will fire her and she will land a new job. When the prediction becomes reality, she goes back for more. The fortune teller predicts that she will marry a man who will inherit a fortune then die. She gets the money first and when she tells her husband to kiss off, he stabs her to death and ends up in the hot seat.An elderly millionaire asks a plastic surgeon to give him the body of a younger man to win the girl of his dreams.Two rival long time gamblers meet up in a small town to have one last duel.

  2. S2E2 - 'Til Death

    'Til Death

    27 min • Apr 24, 1990 (36 years ago)

    An unscrupulous plantation owner looks to raise some cash to develop a worthless plot of inherited land by wooing a beautiful heiress to an island and using voodoo to make her his wife.

  3. S2E3 - Three's a Crowd

    Three's a Crowd

    28 min • May 1, 1990 (36 years ago)

    For their tenth anniversary, a couple heads down to a cabin owned by their friend. When she and her friend start sneaking around the husband gets jealous and assumes that they are having an affair.

  4. S2E4 - The Thing From The Grave

    The Thing From The Grave

    22 min • May 8, 1990 (36 years ago)

    A young photographer falls in love with a supermodel who is being mistreated by her boyfriend. When the lover finds out about them, he kills the photographer and plans to kill her but he finds out that you can't destroy love even when it's dead.

  5. S2E5 - The Sacrifice

    The Sacrifice

    28 min • May 15, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Reed is a hotshot insurance agent who decides to kill his stubborn boss and marry his wife. The plan works until Reed's boss who happens to be Gloria's ex-husband arrives with pictures he has taken of the murder and blackmails Reed.

  6. S2E6 - For Cryin' Out Loud

    For Cryin' Out Loud

    28 min • May 22, 1990 (36 years ago)

    A rock promoter has been hearing voices inside his head for the past years. His doctor explains it to be too much time in the music biz. But when he tries to steal money at an Iggy Pop concert he learns the voices to be none other than his conscience. His banker shows up one night trying to blackmail him but he bumps her off. His conscience gets on his back so much that he blurts out her murder and goes to the hot seat to shut his conscience up for good.

  7. S2E7 - Four-Sided Triangle

    Four-Sided Triangle

    29 min • May 29, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Mary Jo is a young slave girl on a farm. One day while escaping to the fields she has a vision that a scarecrow comes to save her from the cruel couple. When her master discovers the identity of her new boyfriend, he decides to disguise himself as the man in straw.

  8. S2E8 - The Ventriloquist's Dummy

    The Ventriloquist's Dummy

    24 min • Jun 5, 1990 (36 years ago)

    A ventriloquist seeks out his old hero, Ingels, who he always admired. He soon meets up with his ventriloquist dummy Morty and discovers a shocking secret.

  9. S2E9 - Judy, You're Not Yourself Today

    Judy, You're Not Yourself Today

    29 min • Jun 12, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Donald and Judy are a couple who find themselves in a game of witchcraft. When a mysterious woman convinces Judy to try on a magical necklace, the old woman switches their souls. Soon Donald realizes that something is wrong. He tricks the witch into thinking that Judy has cancer and they switch back. Then Donald kills the witch and buries her. Years later, she comes back and this time she's got a special surprise for him.

  10. S2E10 - Fitting Punishment

    Fitting Punishment

    27 min • Jun 19, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Bobby is an orphaned teenager who goes to live with his uncle Ezra. Ezra is a mortuary director who is very grumpy. One day he decides to fill his new casket by killing Bobby. Bobby is too tall to fit in it so he cuts off his feet but he soon regrets it.

  11. S2E11 - Korman's Kalamity

    Korman's Kalamity

    28 min • Jun 26, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Jim Korman is a cartoonist for Tales From The Crypt. He has talent for creating horrible creatures - they are all inspired by his harassing wife. Little does he know that his creations are coming to life and creating havoc. A female detective pursues the creator and suddenly falls for him. Korman decides to finally take his wife out of the picture.

  12. S2E12 - Lower Berth

    Lower Berth

    26 min • Jul 3, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Enoch is a two-faced man at a sideshow carnival. One day a new attraction arrives—a 4 century old mummy. When the owner learns that the mummy is not only ripped off but cursed, he swipes the jewels off the mummy but soon he regrets it.This episode also features the birth of The Cryptkeeper.

  13. S2E13 - Mute Witness to Murder

    Mute Witness to Murder

    26 min • Jul 10, 1990 (36 years ago)

    A woman witnesses a man slaughter his wife. The man lives across the street from her. When her husband calls their doctor, she's even more horrorfied to learn that the doctor is also the killer.

  14. S2E14 - Television Terror

    Television Terror

    22 min • Jul 17, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Horton Rivers is an arrogant television tabloid host. He is trying to get big ratings and decides to take his crew through a haunted house. The house is rumored to be haunted by an old woman who killed a number of men. Soon strange things start happening. Someone or something is stalking Horton and his camera crew. The ratings could take him to the top or to the bottom.

  15. S2E15 - My Brother's Keeper

    My Brother's Keeper

    25 min • Jul 24, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Siamese twins, the timid and kind-hearted Frank and the other, reckless and sadistic Eddie, must make a decision on whether or not to allow an experimental surgery to have them separated, even though one of them doesn't want to be split from the other.

  16. S2E16 - The Secret

    The Secret

    26 min • Jul 31, 1990 (36 years ago)

    Theodore is a 12 year old orphan who gets adopted by an unusual couple who lock him up in the attic. They are always working and he never gets to go and have some fun. Little does he know that his new parents harbor a dark secret. Little do they know he harbors a secret of his own.