List of Tales from the Crypt Episodes
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The following is a list of episodes for the television series Tales from the Crypt, which aired from 1989–1996 for seven seasons. There were a total of 93 episodes and three feature-length films.
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Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 6 | June 10, 1989 | June 28, 1989 | |
| 2 | 18 | April 21, 1990 | July 31, 1990 | |
| 3 | 14 | June 15, 1991 | August 28, 1991 | |
| 4 | 14 | June 27, 1992 | September 16, 1992 | |
| 5 | 13 | October 2, 1993 | December 8, 1993 | |
| 6 | 15 | October 31, 1994 | January 25, 1995 | |
| 7 | 13 | April 19, 1996 | July 19, 1996 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (1989)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Source | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Man Who Was Death" | Crypt of Terror #17 (#1) | Walter Hill | Robert Reneau and Walter Hill | June 10, 1989 |
| Niles Talbot (William Sadler), a prison executioner, is laid off from his job when the local government abolishes the death penalty. He becomes a vigilante, administering his own style of justice to acquitted murder suspects.
Also starring Gerrit Graham and Roy Brocksmith. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "And All Through the House" | Vault of Horror #35 (#24) | Robert Zemeckis | Fred Dekker | June 10, 1989 |
| A greedy, philandering wife named Elizabeth (Mary Ellen Trainor) kills her second husband (Marshall Bell) for his insurance money. Upon getting rid of the body, she is unexpectedly attacked by an escaped mental patient (Larry Drake) dressed as Santa Claus who has been going around killing women. She soon realizes that her young daughter may be the psychotic Santa's next victim. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Dig That Cat… He's Real Gone" | Haunt of Fear #21 | Richard Donner | Terry Black | June 10, 1989 |
| A carnival daredevil known as Ulric the Undying (Joe Pantoliano) is buried alive for his grand finale. Through a series of flashbacks, he tells the viewers how he was formerly a homeless vagrant who had undergone a doctor's experiment in order to transfer a cat's gland into his brain, giving him its nine lives and the ability of resurrection. However, during his final stunt, he suddenly remembers that he may have miscounted just how many lives he has left.
Also starring Robert Wuhl. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Only Sin Deep" | Haunt of Fear #24 | Howard Deutch | Fred Dekker | June 14, 1989 |
| Sylvia Vane (Lea Thompson), a young, narcissistic prostitute, "sells" her looks to a voodoo-dabbling pawnbroker (Britt Leach) so that she can use the money in order to snag a rich bachelor (Brett Cullen), but she soon regrets it when her own face begins to shockingly and unexpectedly age at an accelerated rate. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Lover Come Hack to Me" | Haunt of Fear #19 | Tom Holland | Michael McDowell | June 21, 1989 |
| Peggy and Charles (Amanda Plummer and Stephen Shellen) are a newlywed couple who, after a car accident, end up settling for the night inside the mansion of Peggy's aunt. While inside, Charles plans to kill Peggy for her inheritance, but he soon learns that Peggy's family has a dark past, and that Peggy herself is not who she seems to be. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Collection Completed" | Vault of Horror #25 (#14) | Mary Lambert | Battle Davis & Randolph Davis and A. Whitney Brown | June 28, 1989 |
| An uptight elderly man named Jonas (M. Emmet Walsh) is forced into retirement, and soon discovers his wife Anita's (Audra Lindley) obsession with adopting animals into their home, leading him to use the animals for a hobby of his own. | ||||||
Season 2 (1990)
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Season 3 (1991)
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Season 4 (1992)
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Season 5 (1993)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Source | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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Season 6 (1994–95)
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Season 7 (1996)
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