Tales from the Crypt (1989)

Comedy · Crime · Fantasy

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?

IMDb rating: 8.0 (29,692 votes)
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): AMC+ · Philo · Shudder
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1989)

7.03 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 6.9 27 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Man Who Was Death	7.2	2,397
2	And All Through the House	7.7	2,625
3	Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone	7.3	2,045
4	Only Sin Deep	6.7	1,786
5	Lover Come Hack to Me	6.4	1,678
6	Collection Completed	6.9	1,685

Season 2 (1990)

6.93 avg 18 episodes 7.3 → 7.0 27 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dead Right	7.3	1,818
2	The Switch	7.1	1,840
3	Cutting Cards	7.5	1,763
4	'Til Death	6.7	1,410
5	Three's a Crowd	7.2	1,521
6	The Thing from the Grave	6.4	1,371
7	The Sacrifice	6.1	1,246
8	For Cryin' Out Loud	7.0	1,354
9	Four-Sided Triangle	7.0	1,383
10	The Ventriloquist's Dummy	7.6	1,509
11	Judy, You're Not Yourself Today	6.1	1,195
12	Fitting Punishment	7.0	1,269
13	Korman's Kalamity	6.8	1,217
14	Lower Berth	6.4	1,117
15	Mute Witness to Murder	6.5	1,093
16	Television Terror	7.9	1,509
17	My Brother's Keeper	7.2	1,149
18	The Secret	7.0	1,117

Season 3 (1991)

6.94 avg 14 episodes 6.3 → 8.0 29 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Loved to Death	6.3	1,158
2	Carrion Death	7.3	1,336
3	The Trap	6.9	1,203
4	Abra Cadaver	7.8	1,293
5	Top Billing	7.3	1,197
6	Dead Wait	6.6	1,060
7	The Reluctant Vampire	7.0	1,136
8	Easel Kill Ya	7.1	1,140
9	Undertaking Palor	6.6	1,018
10	Mournin' Mess	7.1	1,036
11	Split Second	7.3	1,203
12	Deadline	5.6	941
13	Spoiled	6.3	947
14	Yellow	8.0	1,429

Season 4 (1992)

6.81 avg 14 episodes 7.0 → 6.0 27 min avg

Bad finale
Rollercoaster
Mid-peak

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	None But the Lonely Heart	7.0	1,063
2	This'll Kill Ya	6.1	894
3	On a Deadman's Chest	6.4	958
4	Seance	6.4	863
5	Beauty Rest	6.8	955
6	What's Cookin'	8.2	1,387
7	The New Arrival	7.7	1,104
8	Showdown	6.3	835
9	King of the Road	6.2	969
10	Maniac at Large	6.8	911
11	Split Personality	7.4	1,083
12	Strung Along	7.3	884
13	Werewolf Concerto	6.7	926
14	Curiosity Killed	6.0	786

Season 5 (1993)

6.92 avg 13 episodes 7.9 → 6.3 27 min avg

Front-loaded
Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death of Some Salesmen	7.9	1,237
2	As Ye Sow	6.9	827
3	Forever Ambergris	7.6	981
4	Food for Thought	6.0	747
5	People Who Live in Brass Hearses	7.4	976
6	Two for the Show	7.5	869
7	House of Horror	7.2	943
8	Well Cooked Hams	6.6	759
9	Creep Course	7.4	847
10	Came the Dawn	7.1	810
11	Oil's Well That Ends Well	6.2	759
12	Half-Way Horrible	5.9	701
13	Till Death Do We Part	6.3	714

Season 6 (1994)

6.47 avg 15 episodes 7.1 → 7.4 25 min avg

Big finale
Rebound
Rollercoaster

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Let the Punishment Fit the Crime	7.1	832
2	Only Skin Deep	7.2	867
3	Whirlpool	5.3	697
4	Operation Friendship	5.7	671
5	Revenge Is the Nuts	6.2	668
6	The Bribe	6.4	675
7	The Pit	5.5	689
8	The Assassin	7.3	757
9	Staired in Horror	7.1	744
10	In the Groove	5.6	630
11	Surprise Party	6.1	622
12	Doctor of Horror	6.8	656
13	Comes the Dawn	6.6	660
14	99 & 44/100% Pure Horror	6.7	651
15	You, Murderer	7.4	824

Season 7 (1996)

5.92 avg 13 episodes 6.5 → 6.1 26 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fatal Caper	6.5	636
2	Last Respects	5.7	607
3	A Slight Case of Murder	6.1	578
4	Escape	5.5	543
5	Horror in the Night	6.4	595
6	Cold War	5.9	614
7	The Kidnapper	5.2	604
8	Report from the Grave	5.4	549
9	Smoke Wrings	5.4	570
10	About Face	6.2	536
11	Confession	6.6	539
12	Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow	5.9	518
13	The Third Pig	6.1	641