Tales from the Crypt: Season 2

1990 · 16 episodes · ★ 6.4

What Season 2 of Tales from the Crypt

The second season of Tales from the Crypt aired from April 21, 1990 to August 31, 1990, with a total of 18 episodes.

16episodes

Apr 21, 1990premiered

Jul 31, 1990latest episode

7.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 2 Episodes

2x01 Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards
Apr 21, 1990 · 73 min · ★ 6.7
A gold digging waitress goes to a fortune teller who predicts that by the end of the day her boss will fire her and she will land a new job. When the prediction becomes reality, she goes back for more. The fortune teller predicts that she will marry a man who will inherit a fortune then die. She gets the money first and when she tells her husband to kiss off, he stabs her to death and ends up in the hot seat.An elderly millionaire asks a plastic surgeon to give him the body of a younger man to win the girl of his dreams.Two rival long time gamblers meet up in a small town to have one last duel.
Directing: Walter Hill, Howard Deutch · Writing: Walter Hill, Richard Tuggle, Michael Taav · Starring: William Hickey, John Towey, Kate Hodge, Kelly Preston
2x02 'Til Death
Apr 24, 1990 · 27 min · ★ 6.3
An unscrupulous plantation owner looks to raise some cash to develop a worthless plot of inherited land by wooing a beautiful heiress to an island and using voodoo to make her his wife.
Directing: Chris Walas · Writing: Jeri Barchilon · Starring: Aubrey Morris, Janet Hubert, D.W. Moffett, Pamela Gien
2x03 Three's a Crowd
May 1, 1990 · 28 min · ★ 6.8
For their tenth anniversary, a couple heads down to a cabin owned by their friend. When she and her friend start sneaking around the husband gets jealous and assumes that they are having an affair.
Directing: David Burton Morris · Writing: Annie Willette, Kim Steven Ketelsen, David Burton Morris · Starring: Gavan O'Herlihy, Ruth de Sosa, Paul Lieber, Dante D'Andre
2x04 The Thing From The Grave
May 8, 1990 · 22 min · ★ 5.5
A young photographer falls in love with a supermodel who is being mistreated by her boyfriend. When the lover finds out about them, he kills the photographer and plans to kill her but he finds out that you can't destroy love even when it's dead.
Directing: Fred Dekker · Writing: Fred Dekker · Starring: Laird Macintosh, Miguel Ferrer, Kyle Secor, Teri Hatcher
2x05 The Sacrifice
May 15, 1990 · 28 min · ★ 5.9
Reed is a hotshot insurance agent who decides to kill his stubborn boss and marry his wife. The plan works until Reed's boss who happens to be Gloria's ex-husband arrives with pictures he has taken of the murder and blackmails Reed.
Directing: Richard Greenberg · Writing: Ross Thomas · Starring: Kim Delaney, Kevin Kilner, Don Hood, Willie C. Carpenter
2x06 For Cryin' Out Loud
May 22, 1990 · 28 min · ★ 6.1
A rock promoter has been hearing voices inside his head for the past years. His doctor explains it to be too much time in the music biz. But when he tries to steal money at an Iggy Pop concert he learns the voices to be none other than his conscience. His banker shows up one night trying to blackmail him but he bumps her off. His conscience gets on his back so much that he blurts out her murder and goes to the hot seat to shut his conscience up for good.
Directing: Jeffrey Price · Writing: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman · Starring: Lee Arenberg, Frank Infante, Iggy Pop, Katey Sagal
2x07 Four-Sided Triangle
May 29, 1990 · 29 min · ★ 5.7
Mary Jo is a young slave girl on a farm. One day while escaping to the fields she has a vision that a scarecrow comes to save her from the cruel couple. When her master discovers the identity of her new boyfriend, he decides to disguise himself as the man in straw.
Directing: Tom Holland · Writing: Tom Holland, James Tugend · Starring: Patricia Arquette, Chelcie Ross, Susan Blommaert
2x08 The Ventriloquist's Dummy
Jun 5, 1990 · 24 min · ★ 7.3
A ventriloquist seeks out his old hero, Ingels, who he always admired. He soon meets up with his ventriloquist dummy Morty and discovers a shocking secret.
Directing: Richard Donner · Writing: Frank Darabont · Starring: Steve Susskind, Don Rickles, Bobcat Goldthwait, Shelley Taylor Morgan
2x09 Judy, You're Not Yourself Today
Jun 12, 1990 · 29 min · ★ 5.9
Donald and Judy are a couple who find themselves in a game of witchcraft. When a mysterious woman convinces Judy to try on a magical necklace, the old woman switches their souls. Soon Donald realizes that something is wrong. He tricks the witch into thinking that Judy has cancer and they switch back. Then Donald kills the witch and buries her. Years later, she comes back and this time she's got a special surprise for him.
Directing: Randa Haines · Writing: Scott Nimerfro · Starring: Carol Kane, Todd Field, Brian Kerwin, Frances Bay
2x10 Fitting Punishment
Jun 19, 1990 · 27 min · ★ 6.5
Bobby is an orphaned teenager who goes to live with his uncle Ezra. Ezra is a mortuary director who is very grumpy. One day he decides to fill his new casket by killing Bobby. Bobby is too tall to fit in it so he cuts off his feet but he soon regrets it.
Directing: Jack Sholder · Writing: Michael Alan Kahn, Jonathan David Kahn, Don Mancini · Starring: Moses Gunn, Al Fann, Jon Clair, Teddy Wilson
2x11 Korman's Kalamity
Jun 26, 1990 · 28 min · ★ 6.5
Jim Korman is a cartoonist for Tales From The Crypt. He has talent for creating horrible creatures - they are all inspired by his harassing wife. Little does he know that his creations are coming to life and creating havoc. A female detective pursues the creator and suddenly falls for him. Korman decides to finally take his wife out of the picture.
Directing: Rowdy Herrington · Writing: Terry Black · Starring: Colleen Camp, Cynthia Gibb, Richard Schiff, Tom Woodruff Jr.
2x12 Lower Berth
Jul 3, 1990 · 26 min · ★ 5.9
Enoch is a two-faced man at a sideshow carnival. One day a new attraction arrives—a 4 century old mummy. When the owner learns that the mummy is not only ripped off but cursed, he swipes the jewels off the mummy but soon he regrets it.This episode also features the birth of The Cryptkeeper.
Directing: Kevin Yagher · Writing: Fred Dekker · Starring: Stefan Gierasch, Mark Rolston, Lewis Arquette, Jeff Yagher
2x13 Mute Witness to Murder
Jul 10, 1990 · 26 min · ★ 6.2
A woman witnesses a man slaughter his wife. The man lives across the street from her. When her husband calls their doctor, she's even more horrorfied to learn that the doctor is also the killer.
Directing: Jim Simpson · Writing: Nancy Doyne · Starring: Patricia Clarkson, Richard Thomas, Reed Birney, Kristine Nielsen
2x14 Television Terror
Jul 17, 1990 · 22 min · ★ 7.6
Horton Rivers is an arrogant television tabloid host. He is trying to get big ratings and decides to take his crew through a haunted house. The house is rumored to be haunted by an old woman who killed a number of men. Soon strange things start happening. Someone or something is stalking Horton and his camera crew. The ratings could take him to the top or to the bottom.
Directing: Charlie Picerni · Writing: Randall Jahnson, G.J. Pruss · Starring: Morton Downey, Jr., Warren Burton, Victor Paul, Michael Harris
2x15 My Brother's Keeper
Jul 24, 1990 · 25 min · ★ 7.1
Siamese twins, the timid and kind-hearted Frank and the other, reckless and sadistic Eddie, must make a decision on whether or not to allow an experimental surgery to have them separated, even though one of them doesn't want to be split from the other.
Directing: Peter S. Seaman · Writing: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman · Starring: Jessica Harper, Jonathan Stark, Timothy Stack, Ron Orbach
2x16 The Secret Season Finale
Jul 31, 1990 · 26 min · ★ 5.9
Theodore is a 12 year old orphan who gets adopted by an unusual couple who lock him up in the attic. They are always working and he never gets to go and have some fun. Little does he know that his new parents harbor a dark secret. Little do they know he harbors a secret of his own.
Directing: J. Michael Riva · Writing: Doug Ronning · Starring: William Frankfather, Grace Zabriskie, Larry Drake, Mike Simmrin