Tales from the Crypt: Season 1
1989 · 4 episodes · ★ 6.4
What Season 1 of Tales from the Crypt
A corpse hosts this horror anthology that aired on HBO. The Crypt Keeper introduces each episode, describes the most gruesome details of every story, and mocks anyone who listens. Each tale adapts a story published by EC Comics in the 1950s, with new characters and settings. The series, created by William M. Gaines and Steven Dodd, aims to revive the horror genre. In the first, after the death penalty is abolished, a vengeful prison guard quits his job and dishes out his own brand of justice. In the second, a prostitute shares her beauty with a moneylender, who warns her she has four months to change his mind. Then, a newlywed couple moves into the aunt's house, and a retiree discovers his wife's love for animals and channels it into a new hobby.
Season 1 Episodes
1x01 The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone
A prison executioner loses his vocation when the state abolishes the death penalty. Unable to transition to civilian life, he begins hunting acquitted criminals to administer his own brand of high voltage street justice in the shadows. After killing her husband on Christmas eve, an adulterous woman is attacked by an escaped ax-wielding maniac in a Santa suit looking for someone naughty or nice. Carnival star Ulric the Undying, buried alive, recalls his nine-lives transplant—and suddenly fears he's lost count.
Directing: Richard Donner, Walter Hill · Writing: Walter Hill, Robert Reneau, Fred Dekker · Starring: Joe Pantoliano, Mimi Kennedy, Mary Ellen Trainor, Michael Bower
1x02 Only Sin Deep
A young, narcissistic prostitute named Sylvia Vane sells her beauty to a pawnbroker in hopes of landing a rich husband, only to discover the price was more than she bargained for.
Directing: Howard Deutch · Writing: Fred Dekker · Starring: Lea Thompson, Britt Leach, Brett Cullen, Matthew Faison
1x03 Lover Come Hack to Me
Charles marries Peggy but only for her money, planning to kill her and make it look like an accident. One night, things change when her dead mother pays a visit and Peggy shows Charles her own family tradition.
Directing: Tom Holland · Writing: Michael McDowell · Starring: Richard Eden, Amanda Plummer, Lisa Figus, Stephen Shellen
1x04 Collection Completed Season Finale
After 47 year of tool sales, Jonas has finally found some time to relax and take a break. Or so he thinks. After he returns from his work, he finds out that his wife has been taking in stray animals. He decides to take up a new hobby...taxidermy.
Directing: Mary Lambert · Writing: A. Whitney Brown · Starring: M. Emmet Walsh, Audra Lindley, Martin Garner
Season 1 Cast
Richard EdenAllenEpisode 1
Michael BowerJunior (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")Episode 1
Audra LindleyAnitaEpisode 1
Britt LeachPawnbrokerEpisode 1
Robert WuhlBarker (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")Episode 1
Gerrit GrahamTheodore Carne (segment "The Man Who Was Death")Episode 1
Matthew FaisonDoctorEpisode 1
Roy BrocksmithVic (segment "The Man Who Was Death")Episode 1
Burke ByrnesCopEpisode 1
Dani MinnickCynthia Baldwin (segment "The Man Who Was Death")Episode 1
Kathleen YorkCoralee (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")Episode 1
Gustav VintasDr. Emil Manfred (segment "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone")Episode 1
Patti YasutakeNewscaster #2 (segment "The Man Who Was Death")Episode 1All Seasons
Season 21990 · 16 ep. · ★ 6.4
Season 31991 · 12 ep. · ★ 5.7
Season 41992 · 12 ep. · ★ 5.7
Season 51993 · 11 ep. · ★ 6.0
Season 61994 · 13 ep. · ★ 5.6
Season 71996 · 13 ep. · ★ 5.7Where to Watch Season 1 of Tales from the Crypt
It is currently not available on the major streaming platforms.
Frequently Asked Questions
How Many Episodes Does Season 1 of Tales from the Crypt Have?
Season 1 of Tales from the Crypt has 4 episodes.
When Did Season 1 of Tales from the Crypt Premiere?
Released June 10, 1989.
Where to Watch Tales from the Crypt Season 1?
Currently not available on the major subscription platforms (availability may vary by country).
What is the best episode of Season 1?
According to the audience score on TMDB, episode 1x01, «The Man Who Was Death / And All Through the House / Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone», with a 7.1.