Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: June 10, 1989
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 81
Networks: HBO
Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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Tales from the Crypt(1989)
Comeback King
This show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.

Dead-On Humor and Horror.

TMDB Rating: 7.9 (941 votes)

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?

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Season 1

4 episodes • 1989Avg: 6.4Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone	Jun 10, 1989	7.2
2	Only Sin Deep	Jun 14, 1989	6.4
3	Lover Come Hack to Me	Jun 21, 1989	5.6
4	Collection Completed	Jun 28, 1989	6.6

Season 2

16 episodes • 1990Avg: 6.5Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards	Apr 21, 1990	6.7
2	'Til Death	Apr 24, 1990	6.5
3	Three's a Crowd	May 1, 1990	6.6
4	The Thing From The Grave	May 8, 1990	5.4
5	The Sacrifice	May 15, 1990	5.9
6	For Cryin' Out Loud	May 22, 1990	5.9
7	Four-Sided Triangle	May 29, 1990	5.6
8	The Ventriloquist's Dummy	Jun 5, 1990	7.6
9	Judy, You're Not Yourself Today	Jun 12, 1990	5.9
10	Fitting Punishment	Jun 19, 1990	6.3
11	Korman's Kalamity	Jun 26, 1990	6.8
12	Lower Berth	Jul 3, 1990	6.3
13	Mute Witness to Murder	Jul 10, 1990	6.5
14	Television Terror	Jul 17, 1990	8.2
15	My Brother's Keeper	Jul 24, 1990	7.7
16	The Secret	Jul 31, 1990	6.0

Season 3

12 episodes • 1991Avg: 5.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Loved to Death / Carrion Death / The Trap	Jun 15, 1991	5.3
2	Abra Cadaver	Jun 19, 1991	5.5
3	Top Billing	Jun 26, 1991	6.8
4	Dead Wait	Jul 3, 1991	5.2
5	The Reluctant Vampire	Jul 10, 1991	6.3
6	Easel Kill Ya	Jul 17, 1991	6.0
7	Undertaking Palor	Jul 24, 1991	6.5
8	Mournin' Mess	Jul 31, 1991	5.5
9	Split Second	Aug 7, 1991	4.7
10	Deadline	Aug 14, 1991	3.8
11	Spoiled	Aug 21, 1991	4.3
12	Yellow	Aug 28, 1991	8.5

Season 4

12 episodes • 1992Avg: 5.9

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	None But the Lonely Heart / This'll Kill Ya / On a Deadman's Chest	Jun 27, 1992	6.4
2	Seance	Jul 4, 1992	5.1
3	Beauty Rest	Jul 11, 1992	6.3
4	What's Cookin'	Jul 22, 1992	8.4
5	The New Arrival	Jul 25, 1992	7.5
6	Showdown	Aug 1, 1992	7.0
7	King of the Road	Aug 8, 1992	5.2
8	Maniac At Large	Aug 19, 1992	4.7
9	Split Personality	Aug 26, 1992	5.2
10	Strung Along	Sep 2, 1992	4.7
11	Werewolf Concerto	Sep 9, 1992	5.8
12	Curiosity Killed	Sep 16, 1992	4.3

Season 5

11 episodes • 1993Avg: 6.2

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Death of Some Salesmen / As Ye Sow / Forever Ambergris	Oct 2, 1993	6.2
2	Food for Thought	Oct 6, 1993	5.0
3	People Who Live in Brass Hearses	Oct 13, 1993	7.4
4	Two for the Show	Oct 20, 1993	5.3
5	House of Horror	Oct 27, 1993	6.8
6	Well Cooked Hams	Nov 3, 1993	5.8
7	Creep Course	Nov 10, 1993	7.5
8	Came the Dawn	Nov 17, 1993	7.3
9	Oil's Well That Ends Well	Nov 24, 1993	5.8
10	Half-Way Horrible	Dec 1, 1993	5.4
11	Till Death Do We Part	Dec 8, 1993	6.0

Season 6

13 episodes • 1994Avg: 5.3

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Let the Punishment Fit the Crime / Only Skin Deep / Whirlpool	Oct 31, 1994	7.3
2	Operation Friendship	Nov 9, 1994	3.7
3	Revenge Is the Nuts	Nov 16, 1994	6.2
4	The Bribe	Nov 23, 1994	4.3
5	The Pit	Nov 30, 1994	4.3
6	The Assassin	Dec 7, 1994	6.5
7	Staired in Horror	Dec 14, 1994	6.0
8	In the Groove	Dec 21, 1994	4.0
9	Surprise Party	Dec 28, 1994	6.3
10	Doctor of Horror	Jan 4, 1995	5.5
11	Comes the Dawn	Jan 11, 1995	4.7
12	99 & 44/100% Pure Horror	Jan 18, 1995	4.9
13	You, Murderer	Jan 25, 1995	5.3

Season 7

13 episodes • 1996Avg: 5.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Fatal Caper	Apr 19, 1996	6.6
2	Last Respects	Apr 26, 1996	5.8
3	A Slight Case of Murder	May 3, 1996	6.1
4	Escape	May 17, 1996	5.9
5	Horror in the Night	May 24, 1996	6.9
6	Cold War	May 31, 1996	6.6
7	The Kidnapper	Jun 7, 1996	5.0
8	Report from the Grave	Jun 14, 1996	5.5
9	Smoke Wrings	Jun 21, 1996	5.1
10	About Face	Jun 28, 1996	4.9
11	Confession	Jul 5, 1996	7.4
12	Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow	Jul 12, 1996	4.7
13	The Third Pig	Jul 19, 1996	4.5

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