Tales From The Crypt (TV Series 1989-1996) Review

Tales from the crypt is a television show that ran from 1989-1996. The show is based around horror themes, suspense, and dark comedy. The host of the show is known as the crypt keeper. He is a skeleton puppet of the show that provides a brief plot introduction as to what is going to happen in the episode to follow. The show does not follow continuation. Each episode is a stand alone. The tales told by the crypt keeper often revolve around greed, lust, revenge, murder, and jealousy. Most of the episodes conclude with a twist at the end of the show. The downside to this is after a while you can figure out what the ending is going to be. So the mass suspense built up throughout the episode is ruined. There are some episodes that can be pretty boring and have minimum to no plot to it. Others might have a stronger cast of colorful characters. One of my favorite episode from this show is season 5 episode 1 titled “Death Of Some Salesman”. It features a charismatic salesman that con unsuspecting people out of burial rights. His luck turns for worse overtime when he knocks on the wrong door. I don’t want to spoil the rest of the episode for you, but you should definitely watch it.

 

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