TV series
Tales from the Crypt
Overview
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Details
- First air date
- 1989-06-10
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 7 seasons
- Episodes
- 81 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Network
- HBO
- Production
- Tales From The Crypt Holdings, EC Comics, HBO, Geffen Pictures
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Kassir as Crypt Keeper (voice)
- Cam Clarke as Dudley (voice) / Bailiff (voice)
- Miguel Ferrer as Mitch Bruckner
- Sherrie Rose as Vendetta (segment "On a Deadman's Chest")
- Marshall Bell as Rock (segment "Forever Ambergris")
- Joe Pantoliano as Ulric (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")
- Lance Henriksen as Sgt. Ripper
- Michael Ironside as Jerry
- Larry Drake as Santa (segment "And All Through the House")
- William Sadler as Niles Talbot (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
- Mark Lowenthal as Doctor
- Troy Evans as Al (segment "Dead Right")
Creators and crew
- William M. Gaines - Creator
- Steven Dodd - Creator
- Walter Hill - Executive Producer
- Richard Donner - Executive Producer
- Joel Silver - Executive Producer
- David Giler - Executive Producer
Seasons
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