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 (30,582 votes)
Seasons: 7
Streaming (US): AMC+ · YouTube TV · Philo · Shudder · Spectrum On Demand
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 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	2,621
2	And All Through the House	7.7	2,819
3	Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone	7.3	2,219
4	Only Sin Deep	6.7	1,949
5	Lover Come Hack to Me	6.4	1,835
6	Collection Completed	6.9	1,834

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	1,969
2	The Switch	7.1	1,975
3	Cutting Cards	7.5	1,902
4	'Til Death	6.7	1,521
5	Three's a Crowd	7.2	1,639
6	The Thing from the Grave	6.4	1,476
7	The Sacrifice	6.1	1,340
8	For Cryin' Out Loud	7.0	1,459
9	Four-Sided Triangle	7.0	1,490
10	The Ventriloquist's Dummy	7.6	1,639
11	Judy, You're Not Yourself Today	6.1	1,301
12	Fitting Punishment	7.0	1,380
13	Korman's Kalamity	6.8	1,322
14	Lower Berth	6.5	1,207
15	Mute Witness to Murder	6.4	1,187
16	Television Terror	7.9	1,620
17	My Brother's Keeper	7.3	1,247
18	The Secret	7.0	1,209

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	1,258
2	Carrion Death	7.3	1,443
3	The Trap	6.9	1,307
4	Abra Cadaver	7.8	1,395
5	Top Billing	7.4	1,294
6	Dead Wait	6.6	1,153
7	The Reluctant Vampire	7.0	1,228
8	Easel Kill Ya	7.1	1,222
9	Undertaking Palor	6.6	1,097
10	Mournin' Mess	7.1	1,116
11	Split Second	7.3	1,290
12	Deadline	5.6	1,017
13	Spoiled	6.3	1,017
14	Yellow	8.0	1,521

Season 4 (1992)

6.80 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	1,146
2	This'll Kill Ya	6.1	980
3	On a Deadman's Chest	6.4	1,036
4	Seance	6.4	934
5	Beauty Rest	6.8	1,027
6	What's Cookin'	8.2	1,468
7	The New Arrival	7.7	1,181
8	Showdown	6.3	902
9	King of the Road	6.2	1,050
10	Maniac at Large	6.8	978
11	Split Personality	7.4	1,168
12	Strung Along	7.2	950
13	Werewolf Concerto	6.7	994
14	Curiosity Killed	6.0	847

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	1,337
2	As Ye Sow	6.8	895
3	Forever Ambergris	7.6	1,066
4	Food for Thought	6.1	809
5	People Who Live in Brass Hearses	7.4	1,044
6	Two for the Show	7.5	931
7	House of Horror	7.2	1,011
8	Well Cooked Hams	6.6	821
9	Creep Course	7.4	919
10	Came the Dawn	7.1	878
11	Oil's Well That Ends Well	6.2	817
12	Half-Way Horrible	5.9	759
13	Till Death Do We Part	6.3	773

Season 6 (1994)

6.47 avg 15 episodes 7.1 → 7.4 25 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Let the Punishment Fit the Crime	7.1	901
2	Only Skin Deep	7.2	935
3	Whirlpool	5.3	754
4	Operation Friendship	5.6	725
5	Revenge Is the Nuts	6.2	721
6	The Bribe	6.4	729
7	The Pit	5.5	738
8	The Assassin	7.4	808
9	Staired in Horror	7.1	790
10	In the Groove	5.6	676
11	Surprise Party	6.1	673
12	Doctor of Horror	6.8	706
13	Comes the Dawn	6.6	710
14	99 & 44/100% Pure Horror	6.7	698
15	You, Murderer	7.4	882

Season 7 (1996)

5.89 avg 13 episodes 6.5 → 6.0 26 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Fatal Caper	6.5	682
2	Last Respects	5.7	650
3	A Slight Case of Murder	6.1	620
4	Escape	5.5	580
5	Horror in the Night	6.3	640
6	Cold War	5.8	660
7	The Kidnapper	5.2	641
8	Report from the Grave	5.4	584
9	Smoke Wrings	5.4	604
10	About Face	6.2	568
11	Confession	6.6	572
12	Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow	5.9	547
13	The Third Pig	6.0	679

Tales from the Crypt (1989)

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