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 (29,994 votes)
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): AMC+ · Philo · Shudder
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

John Kassir Crypt Keeper (voice)

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	2,468
2	And All Through the House	7.7	2,686
3	Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone	7.3	2,104
4	Only Sin Deep	6.7	1,844
5	Lover Come Hack to Me	6.4	1,737
6	Collection Completed	6.9	1,737

Season 2 (1990)

6.94 avg 18 episodes 7.3 → 7.0 27 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dead Right	7.3	1,874
2	The Switch	7.1	1,885
3	Cutting Cards	7.5	1,815
4	'Til Death	6.7	1,447
5	Three's a Crowd	7.2	1,565
6	The Thing from the Grave	6.4	1,411
7	The Sacrifice	6.1	1,281
8	For Cryin' Out Loud	7.0	1,391
9	Four-Sided Triangle	7.1	1,428
10	The Ventriloquist's Dummy	7.6	1,563
11	Judy, You're Not Yourself Today	6.1	1,242
12	Fitting Punishment	7.0	1,317
13	Korman's Kalamity	6.8	1,263
14	Lower Berth	6.4	1,156
15	Mute Witness to Murder	6.5	1,137
16	Television Terror	7.9	1,563
17	My Brother's Keeper	7.3	1,201
18	The Secret	7.0	1,162

Season 3 (1991)

6.95 avg 14 episodes 6.3 → 8.0 29 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Loved to Death	6.3	1,207
2	Carrion Death	7.3	1,385
3	The Trap	6.9	1,253
4	Abra Cadaver	7.8	1,339
5	Top Billing	7.4	1,245
6	Dead Wait	6.6	1,103
7	The Reluctant Vampire	7.0	1,180
8	Easel Kill Ya	7.1	1,184
9	Undertaking Palor	6.6	1,060
10	Mournin' Mess	7.1	1,077
11	Split Second	7.3	1,245
12	Deadline	5.6	978
13	Spoiled	6.3	983
14	Yellow	8.0	1,470

Season 4 (1992)

6.81 avg 14 episodes 7.0 → 6.0 27 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	None But the Lonely Heart	7.0	1,104
2	This'll Kill Ya	6.1	935
3	On a Deadman's Chest	6.4	997
4	Seance	6.4	897
5	Beauty Rest	6.8	990
6	What's Cookin'	8.2	1,415
7	The New Arrival	7.7	1,136
8	Showdown	6.3	865
9	King of the Road	6.2	1,001
10	Maniac at Large	6.8	940
11	Split Personality	7.4	1,119
12	Strung Along	7.3	914
13	Werewolf Concerto	6.7	953
14	Curiosity Killed	6.0	812

Season 5 (1993)

6.92 avg 13 episodes 7.9 → 6.3 27 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death of Some Salesmen	7.9	1,279
2	As Ye Sow	6.9	856
3	Forever Ambergris	7.6	1,016
4	Food for Thought	6.0	772
5	People Who Live in Brass Hearses	7.4	1,001
6	Two for the Show	7.5	895
7	House of Horror	7.2	973
8	Well Cooked Hams	6.6	789
9	Creep Course	7.4	880
10	Came the Dawn	7.1	845
11	Oil's Well That Ends Well	6.2	785
12	Half-Way Horrible	5.9	725
13	Till Death Do We Part	6.3	741

Season 6 (1994)

6.45 avg 15 episodes 7.1 → 7.3 25 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Let the Punishment Fit the Crime	7.1	855
2	Only Skin Deep	7.2	894
3	Whirlpool	5.3	714
4	Operation Friendship	5.6	688
5	Revenge Is the Nuts	6.2	686
6	The Bribe	6.4	695
7	The Pit	5.5	709
8	The Assassin	7.3	778
9	Staired in Horror	7.1	764
10	In the Groove	5.6	647
11	Surprise Party	6.1	643
12	Doctor of Horror	6.8	676
13	Comes the Dawn	6.6	679
14	99 & 44/100% Pure Horror	6.7	669
15	You, Murderer	7.3	843

Season 7 (1996)

5.91 avg 13 episodes 6.5 → 6.0 26 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fatal Caper	6.5	651
2	Last Respects	5.7	621
3	A Slight Case of Murder	6.1	595
4	Escape	5.5	556
5	Horror in the Night	6.4	612
6	Cold War	5.9	628
7	The Kidnapper	5.2	616
8	Report from the Grave	5.4	563
9	Smoke Wrings	5.4	581
10	About Face	6.2	548
11	Confession	6.6	552
12	Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow	5.9	528
13	The Third Pig	6.0	656

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

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