I remember watching “Tales From The Crypt” re-runs as a kid, Tuesday nights at prime time on FOX, and then Saturday nights after MadTv (1995) . Around this time, I started collecting the VHS compilation tapes until I had all of the volumes (they did not absorb all of the episodes of the series) . Then the re-runs came aid on the Sci-Fi channel, and now they are nowhere to be found on basic cable. So, I am very glad that Warner Bros. is finally releasing all the “Tales From The Crypt” seasons on dvd.
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Another colossal season of HBO’s “Tales From The Crypt”. There was not a season (1-7) that was the best, each season had mammoth episodes and even the episodes that were not spacious were well worth watching….
My individual episode rating system:
4 out of 4 stars is tremendous
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3 1/2 out of 4 stars is very reliable
3 out of 4 stars is good/enjoyable
2 1/2 out of 4 stars is okay/fair/decent/not abominable
2 out of 4 stars is not very grand
1 1/2 out of 4 stars is bad
1 out of 4 stars is bad
TALES FROM THE CRYPT SEASON FOUR (1992)
Episode 39: None But The Lonely Heart ***1/2 Starring Treat Williams, Frances Sternhagen, Henry Gibson, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tom Hanks, Constance Pfieffer, Don Perry, Edward Penn, Louise Fitch, Gracia Lee; written by Donald Longtooth, directed by Tom Hanks
A sneaky man is obsessed with wedding rich older women then killing them. His business partner fears that he will be caught soon. He finds himself in hot water when he starts getting threatening notes, so he kills off those he suspects and soon realizes the meaning of the saying revenge is sweet.
Episode 40: This’ll End Ya ** Starring Dylan McDermot, Sonia Braga, Cleavon Limited, Ricky Aiello, Scott Williamson; written by Gilbert Adler and A L Katz, directed by Robert Longo
A man walks into the police department dragging a monotonous body. He tells the officers that he is tiresome, and the man he dragged in killed him. He then tells them his yarn to advance only regain the ghastly surprise that awaits him.
Episode 41: On A Deadman’s Chest *** Starring Tia Carerre, Paul Hipp, Steve Jones, Dwight “Heavy D” Myers, Sherrie Rose, Gregg Allman, Yul Vasquez, Don Michaelson, Ricahrd Danielson, Karen Kalensky; written by Larry Wilson, directed by William Friedken
A rocker fights with his manager. His groupie girlfriend shows him a special tattoo and convinces him to salvage one at the set she got hers. The tattoo has a describe of a dragon but with a cartoon face that looks like Scarlett. He tries to win the tattoo, but it keeps coming befriend. Eventually it drives him to execute Scarlett.
Episode 42: Seance ***1/2 Starring Cathy Moriarty, Ben Base, John Vernon, Ellen Crawford, Tim Ahern, Lupe Ontiveros, G.F. Smith; written by Harry Anderson, directed by Gary Fleder
Two con artists pose as mediums determine to employ a man named Chalmers as their next victim. The woman seduces Chalmers, and the man takes pictures of them together in bed. Then Chalmers finds out about their contrivance, and he is killed in an accident. The con artists survey that Chalmer’s wife is blind. They determine to pull off a groundless seance on his wife to net Chalmer’s money. The notion works but not the plan they expected it to.
Episode 43: Beauty Rest *** Starring Mimi Rogers, Kathy Ireland, Jennifer Rubin, Robert Trebor, Buck Henry, Micahel Wiseman, Anders Hove, Marcia Pecci; written by Donald Longtooth, directed by Stephen Hopkins
An obsessed wannabe model grows bloody red with envy when her roommate lands a fragment she notion she was going to salvage. She forces her roommate to overdose and steps in to win her residence in a beauty contest that she was spot up to secure. She becomes the target of another jealous model and kills her too. Now, there’s no one in her blueprint, and she is crowned, but she soon discovers something unpleasant about the talent explain.
Episode 44: What’s Cookin’ **** Starring Christopher Reeve, Bess Armstrong, Judd Nelson, Art LeFleur, Meat Loaf, Jeannette Lewis, Helen Nasillski; written by A L Katz and Gilbert Adler, directed by Gilbert Adler
Fred and Erma contain a squid café and accumulate themselves in anxiety because their business is failing and their landlord has evicted them. That is until one of the employees benefit them to abet meat - people in particular. Suddenly, business is booming, and the cops are closing in.
Episode 45: The Current Arrival **** Starring David Warner, Twiggy Lawsen, Joan Severence, Zelda Rubinstein, Robert Patrick; written by Ron Finley, directed by Peter Medak
An arrogant radio child psychologist is obsessed with proving to his manager that he is the best. He gets a modern patient, a woman and her daughter. When he goes to her house, he assumes that the daughter is the woman’s imaginary friend. He learns that her daughter died years ago, but her mother’s appreciate keeps her alive.
Episode 46: Showdown *1/2 Starring David Morse, Monty Bass, Mel Coleman, Paul T. Murray, Tommy Townsend, Grant Gelt, Roderick Cook, Thomas F. Duffy; written by Frank Darabont, directed by Richard Donner
A gunman is being chased down by another quickdrawing gunslinger in an conventional abandoned western town. The gunman wins the duel, but he soon learns a novel meaning to the phrase “ghost town” as the spirit of all his victims arrive encourage to haunt him.
Episode 47: King Of The Road ***1/2 Starring Raymond J. Barry, Brad Pitt, Michelle Bronson, Jack Kehler, Alva L. Petway, Michelle Johnson; written by J. Randal Johnson, directed by Tom Holland
A gallant streak racer challenges a cop who primitive to be a racer. When the cop refuses, the racer decides to produce him change his mind by kidnapping his teenage daughter. The cop proves that he hasn’t lost his talent by tricking him to change his course.
Episode 48: Maniac At Broad **** Starring Blythe Danner, Salome Jens, Christopher Williams III, Adam Ant, Obba Babatunde, Dion Basco, Laurie Franks, Irwin Keyes, Harper Rosiman; written by Mae Woods, directed by John Frankenheimer
A worried library clerk is obsessed with a serial killer, fearing that she will be the next victim. She thinks that the boss, the security guard, and the patron all might be the killer.
Episode 49: Split Personality **** Starring Joe Pesci, Kristen Amber Citron, Jacqueline Alexandra Citron, Burt Young, Troy Evans, Heidi Thomas, Michael Klastorin, Reginald Hunter, Bill Cho Lee; written by Fred Dekker, directed by Joel Silver
Stetson is a conman who likes to date twins. He finds himself in the arms of twin sisters and creates of twin of his hold, pretending to be his acquire brother. He weds both of them and decides to knock them off, but these twins fraction and fragment alike.
Episode 50: Strung Along *** Starring Donald O’Conner, Patricia Charbonneau, Zach Gillian, Tom Dugan, Lisle Wilson; written by Yale Udoff and Kevin Yagher, directed by Kevin Yagher
An aging puppeteer gets a current assistant. When he learns that his wife has a boyfriend, the assistant promises he will do something about it. The puppeteer spends most of his time with his accepted puppet Koko. When he discovers that his assistant is his wife’s lover, the two form him contemplate that Koko has gone on a murderous rampage.
Episode 51: Werewolf Concerto *** Starring Timmothy Dalton, Beverly D’Angelo, Reginald VelJohnson, Lela Rochon, Dennis Farina, Charles Fleisher, Wolfgang Puck, Jason Iorg, Marci Simon, Walter Gotell, Andre Bustanoby; written by Scott Nimerfro, directed by Steve Perry
A man is killed outside the woods of a hotel. His death is suspected to be the work of a werewolf. The manager says that there is a werewolf hunter at the hotel who will deal with the dilemma.
Episode 52: Curiosity Killed *** Starring Margot Kidder, Kevin McCarthy, J.A. Preston, Madge Sinclair, Marshall Teague, Constance Wiggins; written by Stanley Ralph Ross, directed by Elliot Silverstein
On a camping scuttle, a man asks his friend to support a youth potion away from his wife, but she suspects that they are trying to demolish her.
Special Features:
- Commentary on “What’s Cookin’? ” by the Crypt Keeper, writer Alan Katz & series choricler Digby Diehl
- Stars of Season 4 montage hosted by the Crypt Keeper
Season Four of “Tales From The Crypt” is another grand edition to one of television’s best series.
The fourth season of Tales From the Crypt was another fantastically ghoulish season of anxiety vignettes based on the classic EC terror comics. As before, season four features a bevy of talent in front of and tedious the camera, beginning with the Tom Hanks directed “None But the Lonely Heart”, which stars Treat Williams as a paranoid killer who fears that someone is out to win him. The titanic William Friedkin directs “On a Dreary Man’s Chest” which stars Tia Carerre as a groupie who convinces her rocker savor toy to win a tattoo, and at what a cost! Stephen Hopkins offers up another entry in the series, with “Beauty Rest” which stars Mimi Rogers as an aging wanna-be model who goes to enormous lengths to find herself a station in a beauty pagent, and she gets worthy, remarkable more than she bargained for. David Warner stars as a radio child psychologist in the “The Original Arrival”, called in to a special case, and well, let’s fair say that this is no ordinary child. Richard Donner and Frank Darabont team up for “Showdown”, as a murderous cowboy learns a unique definition for the word ghost town, and a young Brad Pitt makes a memorable appearance in “King of the Road”, as a sail racer blackmailing a weak racer turned cop into one last journey, at any designate. Season four features three classic episodes as well, including “What’s Cooking” in which a drifter (Judd Nelson) changes the lives of husband and wife diner owners (Christopher Reeve, Bess Armstrong) by helping them build something original on the menu, the Joel Silver directed “Split Personality” which stars Joe Pesci as a con artist working a pair of twins, and the season closing “Curiousity Killed” which stars Margot Kidder as an elderly, nagging wife who believes her husband is trying to end her, but learns something else even more startling instead. All in all, season four of Tales From the Crypt is yet another grand season of fun frights, and impartial like the previous volumes, this is a must possess for fans of the series.
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