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5 unusual facts about Tales from the Crypt


Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Cryptkeeper, a 1993 animated TV series based on the Tales of the Crypt movies and comics

Demon Knight, also known as Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, a 1995 film starring Billy Zane, William Sadler and Jada Pinkett Smith that acted as a spin-off from the television series

Tales from the Crib, the first full-length album by Canadian punk band d.b.s., release in 1995

Bordello of Blood, also known as Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood, a 1996 film starring Dennis Miller, Erika Eleniak, Angie Everhart and Corey Feldman based on the television series

West End Games

Its current and past product lines include Paranoia, Torg, Shatterzone, Men In Black, DC Universe, Star Wars, The World of Indiana Jones, Junta, Necroscope, Tales from the Crypt, Bloodshadows, and Metabarons.


Brenda Bakke

Bakke is best known for her roles as Lana Turner in L.A. Confidential, Michelle Rodham Huddleston in Hot Shots! Part Deux, where she plays a spoof on Sharon Stone's character (Catherine Tramell) from Basic Instinct, Cordelia the prostitute in Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight and Captain Linda Gilder in Under Siege 2.

Clifford Earl

He has also appeared in the films The Haunted House of Horror (1969), Tales from the Crypt (1972) and The Sea Wolves (1980).

James Romberger

His efforts for commercial comics publishers include work for Marvel Comics’s Epic Illustrated, Image Comics' NYC Mech, Paradox Press' Big Book series and Papercutz' Tales from the Crypt.

Joe Renzetti

Renzetti also scored; Fatso, Elvis, Vice Squad, Poltergeist III, an episode of Tales from the Crypt, Child's Play, and Wired Angel.

Kevin Yagher

Yagher's other credits include Tales from the Crypt, and Child's Play, where he met his wife, Catherine Hicks.

Ramón Menéndez

He has also worked in episodic television, directing episodes Tales from the Crypt and Perversions of Science, in 1994 and 1997, respectively.

Rodman Flender

Flender's directing credits include the feature films The Unborn, Idle Hands and the documentary Let Them Eat Rock as well as episodes of many television shows, including The Office, Ugly Betty, The O.C., Dawson's Creek, Tales from the Crypt and Gilmore Girls.

Steven Hughes

Inspired by EC comics such as Tales from the Crypt, and especially EC artist Wally Wood, Hughes began as an artist for various titles from Aircel.


see also

Perversions of Science

The format of Perversions of Science is very similar to Tales From The Crypt, the show was introduced by a sexualized female robot named Chrome (voiced by Maureen Teefy) and then an individual episode would start.

Todd Holland

His episodic work spans the gamut of genres from Twin Peaks and My So-Called Life to Shameless, and from Tales from the Crypt to Friends and 30 Rock.

Tommy Vicini

Several of Vicini's post Hamburglar credits include Playing the Crypt Keeper in the Tales from the Crypt film Demon Knight, Star Trek: Insurrection.