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Season 1 (1989-90)




Episode #1: "And All Through the House..."


Directed By:
Robert Zemeckis

Teleplay By:
Fred Dekker

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror

Starring:
Mary Ellen Trainor, Larry Drake, Lindsay Whitney Barry, Marshall Bell.

Synopsis:

It's Christmas Eve and almost everyone is in the holiday spirit. One
adulterous housewife, however, has an ax to grind with her husband,
and, in fact, uses an ax to put him in his place. Meanwhile, her young
daughter is anxiously waiting upstairs for the jolly visitor from the
North Pole. Santa is coming to town, but so is a dangerous lunatic who
escaped from the nearby institution.



Episode #2: "The Man Who Was Death"


Directed By:
Tom Holland

Teleplay By:
Michael McDowell

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt #17 (Reprint #1, 1992)

Starring:
Bill Sadler, David Wohl, J.W. Smith, Dani Minnick, Gerrit Graham.

Synopsis:

Niles Talbot is an executioner who finds himself out of work after the
death penalty is repealed. When he sees criminals literally getting
away with murder, Talbot goes on a mission to prove that crime doesn't
pay. The only problem is that freelance executions are illegal.


Episode #3: "Dig That Cat.....He's Real Gone"


Directed By:
Richard Donner

Teleplay By:
Terry Black, from the story originally published
by William M. Gaines in the comic magazine
entitled "The Haunt of Fear."

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Joe Pantoliano. Robert Wuhl, Gustav Vintas, Kathleen York.

Synopsis:

"Have you ever heard that old saying that a cat has nine lives?" asks
mad scientist Dr. Manfred, who convinces a bum named Ulric that there
actually is something in the cat's brain that defies death. Manfred
promises to perform an intricate operation that will give Ulric nine
lives, the next best thing to being immortal. They turn the experiment
into a profit-making machine, as "Ulric the Undying" is able to
survive everything from a shooting gallery to an electrocution. The
crowds keep coming, but can Ulric count on fame forever?


Episode #4: "Lover Come Hack to Me"


Directed By:
Tom Holland

Teleplay By:
Michael McDowell

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Haunt of Fear

Starring:
Amanda Plummer, Stephen Shellen. Richard Eden and Lisa Figus.

Synopsis:

Honeymooners Peggy and Charles wind up at a country mansion when their
Mercedes breaks down. All signs point to a very romantic evening,
until the couple is visited by a phantom...and not one from the opera!
Charles soon discovers a skeleton in Peggy's closet. Talk about your
mother-in-law problems -- her mother makes a surprise visit.
Unfortunately, she's a ghost with murder on her mind.


Episode #5: "...Only Sin Deep"


Directed By:
Howard Deutch

Teleplay By:
Fred Dekker

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror

Starring:
Lea Thompson, Britt Leech, Pamella D'Pella and Pamela Gordon.

Synopsis:

Drop-dead beauty Sylvia Vane wants to give up her profession - the
world's oldest. She robs a pimp of his gold jewelry and goes to the
local pawnshop. An aging pawnbroker instead offers young Sylvia
,000 to pawn her beauty. Sylvia is thrilled and leaves the strange
pawnshop with money in her pocket. She gets dressed to kill and hooks
her bait, handsome bachelor, Ronnie Price. But soon, mirror, mirror on
the wall, casts a pall: Sylvia is aging at an abnormal rate. Beauty
may only be skin deep, but Sylvia will do anything to save a face!


Episode #6: "Collection Completed"



Directed By:
Mary Lambert

Teleplay By:
David Arnott and A. Whitney Brown, Jr. and
Battle Davis & Randolph Davis

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #14

Starring:
M. Emmett Walsh and Audra Lindley.

Synopsis:

When Jonas retires from his job and finally has time to spend at home,
he discovers that his wife lavishes too much attention on her pets. So
Jonas takes up a bizarre new hobby - taxidermy. The family cat doesn't
like it one bit. But, Anita gets revenge and finds a way to bring the
family back together.



Season 2 (1990-91)




Episode #7: "Cutting Cards"


Directed By:
Walter Hill

Teleplay By:
Mae Woods & Walter Hill

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt

Starring:
Lance Henriksen and Kevin Tighe.

Synopsis:

Longtime rival gamblers meet up in a small-town car hall. Agreeing
that the town isn't big enough for the two of them, they decide to let
fate decide who must leave. After a game of Russian roulette fails to
settle the score, they play a few hands of high-stakes "chop poker."


Episode #8: "The Thing from the Grave"


Directed By:
Fred Dekker

Teleplay By:
Fred Dekker

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt

Starring:
Kyle Secor, Terri Hatcher and Miguel Ferrer.

Synopsis:

An idyllic love affair between a photographer and a gorgeous model
comes to an end when an old friend emerges to kill off his rival. Can
the photographer protect his love from harm - after death?


Episode #9: "Til Death"


Directed By:
Chris Walas

Teleplay By:
Jeri Barchilon

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror

Starring:
D.W. Moffett, Pamela Glen.

Synopsis:

An unscrupulous plantation owner uses a voodoo potion to snare a rich
heiress - but he soon finds out there's no way to turn off the spell.


Episode #10: "Three's a Crowd"


Directed By:
David Burton Morris

Teleplay By:
Kim Ketelsen and Annie Willette and David
Burton Morris

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SuspenStories

Starring:
Gavan O'Herlihy, Rosa Desosa and Paul Lieber.

Synopsis:

A down-on-their-luck couple celebrate their tenth anniversary at the
lush Pacific Island lodge of a rich friend. But the party takes a
nasty turn when the husband commits a faux pas that takes all the fun
out of a big surprise.


Episode #11: "The Sacrifice"


Directed By:
Richard Greenberg

Teleplay By:
Ross Thomas

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SuspenStories

Starring:
Kevin Kilner, Kim Delaney and Michael
Ironside.

Synopsis:

A slick insurance agent engineers a plot to kill off a wealthy tycoon
and marry his beautiful wife. The plan seems flawless until the
agent's boss comes into the picture with photographs of the crime. To
avoid being turned in to the police, the agent agrees to share the
beautiful wife with the boss -- until the torment becomes too great.


Episode #12: "Dead Right"


Directed By:
Howard Deutch

Teleplay By:
Andy Wolk.

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SuspenStories #8 (Reprint #6, 1974)

Starring:
Demi Moore, Jeffrey Tambor.

Synopsis:

A gold-digging waitress marries a fat, unsightly man when a fortune
teller tells her he will inherit millions and die. After three
horrible months of marriage. she receives a big surprise.


Episode #13: "The Switch"


Directed By:
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Teleplay By:
Richard Tuggle and Michael Taav

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt

Starring:
William Hickey, Rick Rossovich and Kelly
Preston.

Synopsis:

An elderly millionaire spends his fortune to trade bodies with a much
younger man, all to win the affections of a beautiful woman. Only
then does he discover what she really wants.


Episode #14: "For Cryin' Out Loud"


Directed By:
Jeffrey Price

Teleplay By:
Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SupenStories

Starring:
Lee Arenberg, Katey Sagal and Sam Kinison.

Synopsis:

A shady show-biz promoter hosts a benefit concert starring rock 'n'
roll great Iggy Pop. But who will really benefit from the deal?


Episode #15: "Four-Sided Triangle"


Directed By:
Tom Holland

Teleplay By:
James Tugend and Tom Holland

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SupenStories #12

Starring:
Patricia Arquette, Chelcie Ross and Susan J.
Blommaert.

Synopsis:

A beautiful young farmhand is held prisoner at an isolated farm by a
middle-aged lout and his polio-stricken wife. Apparently going mad,
the girl claims a scarecrow in the cornfield is her lover. When the
farmer disguises himself as the scarecrow to make love to the girl,
his trick works all too well.


Episode #16: "The Ventriloquist's Dummy"


Directed By:
Richard Donner

Teleplay By:
Frank Darabont

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt

Starring:
Bob "Bobcat" Goldthwait, Don Rickles.

Synopsis:

A young man tracks down his childhood idol, "the world's greatest
ventriloquist", in hopes of receiving advice and encouragement.
Despite learning the retired master's horrible secret, the eager
student is still willing to accept the old man's "helping hand."


Episode #17: "Judy You're Not Yourself Today"


Directed By:
Randa Haines

Teleplay By:
Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt

Starring:
Carol Kane and Brian Kerwin.

Synopsis:

Judy and Donald are a slightly eccentric California couple. After a
strange old woman takes control of Judy's body, can Donald tell which
is his love and which is the witch?


Episode #18: "Punishment"


Directed By:
Jack Sholder

Teleplay By:
Jonathan Kahn & Michael Kahn and Don Mancini


Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror

Starring:
Moses Gunn, Jon Clair.

Synopsis:

A miserly funeral home director robs his corpses of gold fillings
while using water in place of costly embalming fluid. When his
orphaned 16- year-old nephew unexpectedly shows up one day, he offers
the boy room and board in exchange for labor - testing out a new
coffin!


Episode #19: "Korman's Kalamity"


Directed By:
Rowdy Herrington

Teleplay By:
Terry Black

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt #15

Starring:
Harry Anderson, Cynthia Gibb and Colleen Camp.

Synopsis:

A cartoonist for "Tales From the Crypt" discovers his macabre
illustrations come to life and commit deadly acts. A policewoman
investigating the murders falls in love with the married artist, but
their romance won't blossom until he draws one last sketch of his
wife.


Episode #20: "Lower Berth"


Directed By:
Kevin Yagher

Teleplay By:
Fred Dekker

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Stefan Gierasch, Jeff Yagher, Lewis Arquette.

Synopsis:

The unscrupulous owner of a travelling sideshow learns that his
horribly mutated attraction, Enoch, The Two-Faced Man, is suffering
from a terminal illness. When a mysterious stranger offers him a
stolen Egyptian mummy with a golden curse around her neck, the circus
impresario finds himself waist-deep in trouble - while Enoch is free
to mate with the 4000-year-old cutie!


Episode #21: "Mute Witness to Murder"


Directed By:
James Simpson

Teleplay By:
Nancy Doyne

Adapted From EC Comic:
Crypt of Terror #18 (Reprint Tales From the Crypt #2, 1992)

Starring:
Richard Thomas, Patricia Clarkson.

Synopsis:

A respected doctor cruelly kills his wife, and another woman witnesses
the murder - but can do nothing since the shock of the incident has
left her mute. Committed to a sanitarium by the very same doctor, the
woman struggles to regain her voice, and exact vengeance on the
despicable M.D.


Episode #22: "Television Terror"


Directed By:
Charles Picemi

Teleplay By:
Greg Pruss

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Morton Downey, Jr.

Synopsis:

A sensationalistic TV talk show host tries to score mega-ratings by
taking viewers inside a "haunted house" where an old woman killed a
dozen victims and then disappeared. Alone with the cameras - and a
bevy of ghosts his crew can't see - the host soon realizes ratings
aren't everything.


Episode #23: "My Brother's Keeper"


Directed By:
Peter S. Seaman

Teleplay By:
Peter S. Seaman and Jeffrey Price

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Timothy Stack, Jonathan Stark, Jessica
Harper.

Synopsis:

Siamese twins prove that they are exactly alike when one of them
commits a murder.


Episode #24: "The Secret"


Directed By:
Michael Riva

Teleplay By:
Doug Ronning

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Haunt of Fear #24

Starring:
Grace Zabriskie and Larry Drake.

Synopsis:

A 12-year-old orphan is adopted by a rich but eccentric couple who
bring him home to an opulent mansion and give him everything he could
possibly want -- except the freedom to come and go as he pleases. Soon
the boy learns that his new parents harbor a dark secret -- one almost
as terrifying as his own!



Season 3 (1991-92)




Episode #25: "The Trap"


Directed By:
Michael J. Fox

Teleplay By:
Scott Alexander

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SuspenStories

Starring:
Bruce McGill, Teri Garr, Bruno Kirby, Carroll
Baker and Michael J. Fox.

Synopsis:

A debt-ridden loser schemes to bilk the insurance company by faking
his death with help of his wife and brother, who's a coroner. Little
does he know they have a plan of their own!


Episode #26: "Abra Cadaver"


Directed By:
Steven Hopkins

Teleplay By:
Jim Birge

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt

Starring:
Beau Bridges, Tony Goldwyn.

Synopsis:

A brilliant doctor suffers a debilitating heart attack when his
brother pulls a macabre practical joke. Twelve years later, he turns
the tables with a bizarre chemical experiment designed to put his
"life after death" theory to the test.



Episode #27: "Mournin' Mess"


Directed By:
Manny Coto

Teleplay By:
Manny Coto

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt #22

Starring:
Steven Weber, Vincent Shiavelli.

Synopsis:

Steven Weber stars as a newspaper reporter who gets a tip that could
help him break the mystery of the "homeless killer" stalking the city.


Episode #28: "Top Billing"


Directed By:
Todd Holland

Teleplay By:
Myles Berkowitz

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Jon Lovitz, Bruce Boxleitner, John Astin, Sandra
Bernhard, Louise Fletcher, Paul Benedict and
Kimmy Robertson.

Synopsis:

A starving actor will do anything to land the lead role in a
production of "Hamlet." When his one-time friend wins the part on the
strength of his looks, the frustrated would-be star goes out of his
skull and resorts to desperate measures.


Episode #29: "Loved to Death"


Directed By:
Tom Mankewiecz

Teleplay By:
Joe Minion and John Mankewiecz

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Andrew McCarthy, Mariel Hemingway.

Synopsis:

A young man finds himself hopelessly in love with a girl who doesn't
know he exists. He gives her a love potion, and as a result, she falls
in love with him, and her relentless passion drives him crazy. He
tries to poison her, but accidentally drinks it himself and dies. She
commits suicide to be with him for eternity.


Episode #30: "Undertaking Pallor"


Directed By:
Michael Thau

Teleplay By:
Ron Finely

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
John Glover

Synopsis:

A group of boys uncover a scam between the town undertaker and
pharmacist who are killing people and charging large burial fees.
When one of the boy's father is killed, the boys seek to expose them
by pitting them against each other.



Episode #31: "Carrion Death"


Directed By:
Steven E. de Souza

Teleplay By:
Steve de Souza

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Kyle MacLachlan, George Deloy.

Synopsis:

A bank robber on the run from the law is captured and handcuffed to a
policeman, whom he kills. Before he dies, the policeman swallows the
key to the cuffs. He carries the policeman's corpse on his back across
the desert, until both he and it become the buzzards' next meal.


Episode #32: "The Reluctant Vampire"


Directed By:
Elliot Silverstein

Teleplay By:
Terry Black

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #9

Starring:
Malcolm McDowell

Synopsis:

A vampire working as a night watchman for a blood bank is forced back
into killing victims for blood when he can no longer cover up the fact
he's been stealing blood from the bank. The manager figures out his
scheme and blackmails the vampire into killing for profit. He, in
turn, is mistaken for the vampire and killed.


Episode #33: "Easel Kill Ya"


Directed By:
John Harrison

Teleplay By:
Larry Wilson

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #20

Starring:
Tim Roth, William Atherton.

Synopsis:

An eccentric art dealer pays a starving artist big bucks to paint
twisted portraits of the dead. After reluctantly painting several
"still deaths," the artist gives up the gruesome gig. But, when his
girlfriend gets hit by a bus, he must paint one final masterpiece to
pay for her operation.


Episode #34: "Dead Wait"


Directed By:
Tobe Hooper

Teleplay By:
A L Katz and Gilbert Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror

Starring:
James Remar, Vanity, Whoopi Goldberg, John
Rhys-Davies.

Synopsis:

A two-bit con-artist steals a precious black pearl from a man living
on a strife-torn tropical island. When a gorgeous girl (Vanity)
doublecrosses him, a "medicine woman" (Whoopi Goldberg) comes to the
rescue.


Episode #35: "Split Second"


Directed By:
Russell Mulcahy

Teleplay By:
Richard Christian Matheson

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SuspenStories

Starring:
Billy Wirth, Michelle Johnson, Brion James.

Synopsis:

A lumberjack's lonely life gets complicated when the sexy new bride
(Michelle Johnson) of his mean-spirited boss tries to get into his
overalls! It gets even tougher when the boss discovers them in the act
and shows the young buck the meaning of the phrase, "love is blind."


Episode #36: "Spoiled"


Directed By:
Andy Wolk

Teleplay By:
Connie Johnson and Doug Ronning

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Haunt of Fear

Starring:
Faye Grant, Alan Rachins, Anthony LaPaglia,
Anita Morris, Annabelle Curwitch.

Synopsis:

A beautiful housewife, ignored by her workaholic surgeon husband, uses
her favorite steamy soap opera as a model to spice up her deprived
existence, engaging the cable TV installer in her own sexy sub-plot.
When the lovers get caught by the genius doctor, they find themselves
in a surgical snafu!


Episode #37: "Deadline"


Directed By:
Walter Hill

Teleplay By:
Mae Woods and Walter Hill

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SuspenStories

Starring:
Richard Jordan, Marg Helgenberger, John
Capodice.

Synopsis:

Hard-drinking Charlie is an ace crime reporter whose years of boozing
cost him his job and reputation. After meeting an intoxicating
beautyin a bar, Charlie pledges to turn his life around: He quits
drinking, and the tabloid agrees to give him one more chance if can
bring in a juicy story - a homicide - in a couple of days.


Episode #38: "Yellow"


Directed By:
Robert Zemeckis

Teleplay By:
A L Katz & Gilbert Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SuspenStories

Starring:
Kirk Douglas, Eric Douglas, Dan Aykroyd,
Lance Henriksen.

Synopsis:

In the trenches of France during World War I, a general and his
lieutenant son serve together. After he panics during battle, causing
the deaths of several members of his outfit, the lieutenant is accused
of being a coward and is disciplined accordingly by his father and the
unit corporal.


Episode #39: "Showdown"


Directed By:
Richard Donner

Teleplay By:
Frank Darabont

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
David Morse

Synopsis:

A wild west gunman finds himself in an eerie showdown when he's
confronted by the ghosts of victims past.


Episode #40: "King of the Road"


Directed By:
Tom Holland

Teleplay By:
J. Randal Johnson

Adapted From EC Comic:
Two-Fisted Tales

Starring:
Ray Barry, Michelle Johnson and Brad Pitt.

Synopsis:

A cop who used to be a slick street racer is forced into one last
contest when his daughter is kidnapped.



Season 4 (1992-93)




Episode #41: "None But the Lonely Heart"


Directed By:
Tom Hanks

Teleplay By:
Donald Longtooth

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Treat Williams, Frances Sternhagen, Henry
Gibson, Bibi Osterwald.

Synopsis:

A greedy con man checks his conscience at the door in a series of
deadly seductions, marrying wealthy older women he meets through a
dating service - then killing them for their money. After receiving
some mysterious notes that seem to indicate that someone is trying to
blackmail him, the con man heads to the cemetery for a spooky
rendezvous with a gravedigger (Sugar Ray Leonard) - and his
ever-loving dead wives!


Episode #42: "Beauty Rest"


Directed By:
Stephen Hopkins

Teleplay By:
Terry Black

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Supermodel Kathy Ireland, Mimi Rogers.
Jennifer Rubin and Buck Henry.

Synopsis:

Willing to kill to win, a beauty contestant finally gets the crown she
covets - only to find that winning can be hazardous to your health!


Episode #43: "The New Arrival"


Directed By:
Peter Medak

Teleplay By:
Ron Finley

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Twiggy Lawson, Zelda Rubenstein, Joan
Severence and David Warner.

Synopsis:

An arrogant child psychologist is forced to deal with a house that's
haunted by a poltergeist who has a case of the "terrible twos."


Episode #44: "This'll Kill Ya"


Directed By:
Robert Longo

Teleplay By:
A L Katz and Gilbert Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Cleavon Little, Sonia Braga, and Dylan
McDermott.

Synopsis:

A pair of researchers are on the threshold of a major medical
breakthrough. Looking to teach their unscrupulous supervisor a lesson,
they inject him with a substance he thinks will kill him, but is
actually harmless. As the researchers soon learn, their supervisor
just can't take a joke!


Episode #45: "What's Cookin?"


Directed By:
Gilbert Adler

Teleplay By:
Gilbert Adler and A.L. Katz

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Bess Armstrong, rocker Meat Loaf, Judd Nelson
and Christopher Reeve.

Synopsis:

A rundown diner becomes a huge success when an employee introduces a
tasty new steak recipe to the menu. What's his special ingredient?


Episode #46: "Seance"


Directed By:
Gary Fleder

Teleplay By:
Harry Anderson

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt #23 (Reprint #7, 1992 D)

Starring:
Ben Cross, Cathy Moriarty and John Vernon.

Synopsis:

A conniving couple tries to salvage an inheritance scam gone awry by
"summoning" the ghost of a murdered man to persuade his widow to hand
over a fortune.


Episode #47: "Strung Along"


Directed By:
Kevin Yagher

Teleplay By:
Yale Udoff and Kevin Yagher

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #33(Reprint #2, 1991)

Starring:
Donald O'Connor, Patricia Charbonneau and
Zach Galligan.

Synopsis:

An aging puppeteer falls victim to a cruel trick by his unfaithful
wife and her lover until his favorite puppet decides it's time to
stand up and be counted.


Episode #48: "On a Deadman's Chest"


Directed By:
William Friedkin

Teleplay By:
Larry Wilson

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Yul Vasquez, Tia Carrere, Paul Hipp, Gregg
Allman and Heavy D.

Synopsis:

Life's a party for Danny Dark, the lead singer of a heavy metal
supergroup - except when he's dealing with Scarlett, the party-pooping
wife of the band's guitarist. But if you think Scarlett gets under
Danny's skin, wait'll you get a load of the new tattoo he's just
received!


Episode #49: "Maniac at Large"


Directed By:
John Frankenheimer

Teleplay By:
Mae Woods

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Blythe Danher, rocker Adam Ant and Clarence
Williams III.

Synopsis:

There's a maniac at large when a serial killer leaves a trail of dead
men in the park near the library. After a nervous librarian gets a tip
about the next victim, she becomes very suspicious.


Episode #50: "Werewolf Concerto"


Directed By:
Steve Perry

Teleplay By:
Rita Mae Brown and Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #5

Starring:
Timothy Dalton, Beverly D'Angelo, Dennis
Farina, Walter Gotell and Charles Fleischer.

Synopsis:

A hotel is wracked by a series of killings that can only be the work
of a werewolf. Not to fear: Among the guests is a werewolf hunter with
the cunning to handle the job.


Episode #51: "Curiosity Kills"


Directed By:
Eliot Silverstein

Teleplay By:
Stanley Ralph Ross

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Margot Kidder, Kevin McCarthy, J.A. Preston
and Madge Sinclair.

Synopsis:

A plot to keep her from sampling an eternal-youth potion leads an
elderly woman to commit triple murder -- only to find her
once-faithful dog suddenly gaining youthful strength for his own
revenge.


Episode #52: "Split Personality"


Directed By:
Joel Silver

Teleplay By:
Fred Dekker

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Joe Pesci and Burt Young.

Synopsis:

A con man out for one last score persuades wealthy twins to marry him
and his nonexistent twin. When the women discover the scam, they
decide to share their new husband literally.



Season 5 (1993-94)




Episode #53: "Death of Some Salesmen"


Directed By:
Gil Adler

Teleplay By:
A L Katz & Gilbert Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Tim Curry, Ed Begley, Jr., Yvorme De Carlo and
Kathe Weeks.

Synopsis:

A crooked salesman gets more than he bargained for when he pitches his
latest gadget to a psychotic family who doesn't like salesmen.


Episode #54: "Forever Ambergris"


Directed By:
Gary Fleder

Teleplay By:
Scott Rosenberg

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Paul Dooley and Roger Daltrey, Lysette Anthony
and Steve Buscemi.

Synopsis:

Having fallen in love with his friend's new wife, an opportunistic
sailor arranges for his friend to contract a fatal disease so he can
have the wife to himself, only to find out that the friend's wife has
also contracted the disease.


Episode #55: "As Ye Sow"


Directed By:
Kyle MacLachlan

Teleplay By:
Ron Finley

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Hector Elizondo, Patsy Kensit, John Shea, Sam
Waterston, Adam West and Miguel Ferrer.

Synopsis:

Believing his wife is being unfaithful with their priest, a wealthy
man hires a killer to get rid of the priest.


Episode #56: "People Who Live in Brass Hearses"


Directed By:
Russell Mulcahy

Teleplay By:
Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Bill Paxton, Lainie Kazan, Brad Dourif, Michael
Lerner'.

Synopsis:

Trying to make it rich and get revenge for his incarnation, a brother
plots to rob an ice cream warehouse and the man who put him behind
bars.


Episode #57: "Well Cooked Hams"


Directed By:
Eliot Silverstein

Teleplay By:
Andrew Keven Walker

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Martin Sheen, Billy Zane and Maryam D'Abo.

Synopsis:

A novice magician attempts to kill a fellow magician for his amulet
and another magician for the secrets to his act. But are these
magicians really dead?


Episode #58: "House of Horror"


Directed By:
Bob Gale

Teleplay By:
Bob Gale

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #50 (Reprint #4, 1993)

Starring:
Kevin Dillon and Wil Wheaton.

Synopsis:

Joining a fraternity is quite difficult when the overbearing
pledgemaster is a slave driver. This fraternity boasts a wall of shame
for those pledges afraid to take the final test. What happens when
this pledgemaster's scare tactics backfire?


Episode #59: "Two for the Show"


Directed By:
Kevin Hooks

Teleplay By:
A L Katz & Gilbert Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Vincent Spano, David Paymet and Traci Lords.

Synopsis:

After killing his unfaithful wife, a man is haunted and taunted by the
police. He packs the dead wife into a steam trunk and puts it on a
train to Chicago, only to discover that his police pursuer is also on
the train. He switches the tags of his trunk, but is shocked to
discover that the trunk he switched it with also has a dead body in
it.


Episode #60: "Creep Course"


Directed By:
Jeffrey Boam

Teleplay By:
Jeffrey Boam

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Anthony Michael Hall, Nina Siemaszko, Damon
Hines and Julius Carry.

Synopsis:

Tricked by her college professor into becoming the human sacrifice to
an ancient mummy, a young girl uses the situation to her advantage to
get revenge and a good grade.


Episode #61: "Till Death Do We Part"


Directed By:
Peter Iliff

Teleplay By:
Peter Iliff

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Eileen Brennan, Kate Vernon, John Stamos and
Frank Stallone.

Synopsis:

A kept gigolo is forced to kill the woman he is having an affair with
in front of the woman who keeps him. But, will he fight for the woman
he loves?


Episode #62: "Came the Dawn"


Directed By:
Uli Edel

Teleplay By:
Ron Finley

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Brooke Shields, Perry King and Michael J.
Pollard.

Synopsis:

After breaking up with his girlfriend, a very rich and handsome man
picks up a very beautiful stranded motorist with a sordid past. On the
trip, they find out intimate things about each other.


Episode #63: "Food For Thought"


Directed By:
Rodman Flender

Teleplay By:
Larry Wilson

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Ernie Hudson, Joan Chen and John Laughlin.

Synopsis:

An egomaniacal clown whose wife reads his mind during his act,
arranges the death of his wife's lover, but then faces the same fate
when he's involved in an accident which leaves him at his wife's
mercy.


Episode #64: "Halfway Horrible"


Directed By:
Gregory Widen

Teleplay By:
Gregory Widen

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #26 (Reprint #15, 1996)

Starring:
Clancy Brown, Martin Kove, Costas Mandylor,
Charles Martin Smith, Jon Tenny and Cheech
Marin.

Synopsis:

The owner of a chemical business is forced to kill his friend to
develop a preserving chemical for his personal financial gain.
Unfortunately, he is haunted by his evil half.


Episode #65: "Oil's Well Ends Well"


Directed By:
Paul Abascal

Teleplay By:
David Schow

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt #34 (Reprint #18)

Starring:
Priscilla Presley, Lou Diamond Phillips and Rory
Calhoun.

Synopsis:

A con artist. partnership goes bad when one of the partners falls for
a woman. The lovers decide to build their own "con dynasty" by killing
the other partners. But who's conning whom?



Season 6 (1994-95)




Episode #66: "100% Pure Horror"


Directed By:
Rodman Flender

Teleplay By:
Rodman Flender

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Bruce Davison

Synopsis:

An embittered wife of a soap-company mogul decides the best way to
"dissolve" their marriage is to wash that man right out of her life--
literally.


Episode #67: "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime"


Directed By:
Russell Muchahy

Teleplay By:
Ron Finley

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #33 (Reprint #2, 1991)

Starring:
Peter MacNichol and Purdy Lee Dreyfus.

Synopsis:

An ambulance chasing lawyer finds herself in legal hell when she gets
pulled over in a town where justice is meted out on a scale of bad,
worse, and you-don't-want-to-know.


Episode #68: "Only Skin Deep"


Directed By:
Bill Malone

Teleplay By:
Dick Beebe

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Peter Onorati and Sherrie Rose.

Synopsis:

A man with a history of violent behavior picks up the wrong girl at a
costume party.


Episode #69: "Whirlpool"


Directed By:
Mick Garris

Teleplay By:
A L Katz & Gil Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Rita Rudner and Richard Lewis.

Synopsis:

A comic book writer finds herself caught in a creative nightmare when
she keeps reliving the same story she's been writing.


Episode #70: "Operation Friendship"


Directed By:
Roland Mesa

Teleplay By:
A L Katz & Gil Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Tate Donavan, John Caponera. Peter Dobson and
Michelle Renee Thomas.

Synopsis:

A young computer nerd's alter ego - his imaginary childhood friend -
turns murderous when he fears the computer nerd doesn't need him any
more.


Episode #71: "Revenge is the Nuts"


Directed By:
Jonas McCord

Teleplay By:
Shel Willens

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Anthony Zerbe, Teri Polo, John Savage, Isaac
Hayes and Tim Sampson.

Synopsis:

The inhabitants of a run-down home for the blind plot their revenge on
the evil man who runs the place.


Episode #72: "The Bribe"


Directed By:
Ramon Menendez

Teleplay By:
Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Terry O'Quinn, Kimberley Williams, Esai Morales
and Benecio Del Toro.

Synopsis:

A fire inspector finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place
when the sleazy strip joint owner he wants to close down makes him an
offer he cannot refuse.


Episode #73: "The Pit"


Directed By:
John Harrison

Teleplay By:
John Harrison

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Mark Dacascos, Debbe Dunning, Marjean Holden,
Stoney Jackson and Wayne Newton.

Synopsis:

The ultimate fighting event of the century is about to happen in Las
Vegas between the strongest fighters in the world, but the real event
in the pit stars their respective wives.


Episode #74: "Assassin"


Directed By:
Martin Von Hasselberg

Teleplay By:
Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Shelley Hack, Corey Feldman, Jonathan Banks.
Marshall Teague and Chelsea Field.

Synopsis:

The perfect housewife is under siege by a group of covert operatives
who think her husband is a CIA hitman gone AWOL.


Episode #75: "Staired in Horror"


Directed By:
Stephen Hopkins

Teleplay By:
Colman deKay & Teller

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
D.B. Sweeney, Rachel Ticotin, R. Lee Ermey.

Synopsis:

A young hood on the run from the police holes up in a remote
ante-bellum mansion with a curse on it.


Episode #76: "Doctor of Horror"


Directed By:
Larry Wilson

Teleplay By:
Larry Wilson

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #2

Starring:
Travis Tritt, Hank Azaria, Austin Pendleton and
Ben Stein.

Synopsis:

Two losers hook up with a strange doctor and help him with his
research - until one of the losers decides his pal is just what the
doctor is looking for.


Episode #77: "In the Groove"


Directed By:
Vincent Spano

Teleplay By:
Colman deKay & Teller

Adapted From EC Comic:
Crime SuspenStories #21 (Reprint Tales From the Crypt #3, 1991 D)

Starring:
Miguel Ferrer, Linda Doucett and Wendie
Malick.

Synopsis:

A disc jockey at a small radio station resorts to murder when his old
writing partner and lover leads him to believe his newfound success is
being threatened by his wife.


Episode #78: "Surprise Party"


Directed By:
Elliot Silverstein

Teleplay By:
Tom Lyons

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Adam Storke, Clare Hoak, Jake Busey, Rance
Howard, Michele Landry, Bette Ford and
Constance Wiggins.

Synopsis:

Having dubiously inherited a piece of rural property from his father,
a young man receives a hell-raising welcoming party from some
unexpected guests.


Episode #79: "Comes the Dawn"


Directed By:
John Herzfeld

Teleplay By:
Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Michael Ironside

Synopsis:

A blowhard ex-Army colonel and his scurrilous ex-sergeant arrive in
Alaska to poach a grizzly - and end up getting "trapped" by a gorgeous
Desert Storm vet!


Episode #80: "You, Murderer"


Directed By:
Robert Zemeckis

Teleplay By:
A L Katz, Gil Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Humphrey Bogart, John Lithgow, Isabella
Rossellini and Sherilyn Fenn.

Synopsis:

A murder story told from the point of view of a corpse - who's played
by Humphrey Bogart.



Episode #81: "Escape"


Directed By:
Peter MacDonald

Teleplay By:
A L Katzand and Gilbert Adler

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror

Starring:
Martin Kemp, Nickolas Grace, Nick Reding, Roy Dotrice

Synopsis:

A betrayal ruins German POW's plan to escape.


Episode #82: "Last Respects"


Directed By:
Freddie Francis

Teleplay By:
Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt #23 (Reprint #7, 1992)

Starring:
Emma Samms, Kerry Fox, Julie Cox, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray

Synopsis:

A magic monkey paw prompts rivalry among three sisters. The trouble begins when one sister wishes for a million pounds, only to have it come true when a second sister is killed and her insurance policy is for...a million pounds.


Episode #83: "Horror in the Night"


Directed By:
Russell Mulcahy

Teleplay By:
John Harrion

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror

Starring:
Elizabeth McGoevern, James Wilby, Ronan Vibert, Edward Tudor Pole, Peter Guiness

Synopsis:

Checking in could mean checking out, when a jewel thief/hit man double-crosses his partner and hides out in a very peculiar hotel. There, the fugitive on the run meets the "ghoul" of his dreams, a woman he killed in the same hotel five years earlier. .



Episode #84: "The Kidnapper"


Directed By:
James Spencer

Teleplay By:
John Harrison and Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:
Shock SuspenStories

Starring:
Steve Coogan, Julia Sawalha, Tim Stern, Serena Gordon

Synopsis:

A pawnshop owner falls in love with a pregnant girl. When the girl has her baby, the owner becomes jealous of it stealing her attention, and decides something must be done. He hires a kidnapper to abduct the baby, but instead of the kidnapping being the solution to his problems,it is only the beginning.


Episode #85: "A Slight Case Of Murder"


Directed By:
Brian Helgeland

Teleplay By:
Brian Helgeland

Adapted From EC Comic:
The Vault of Horror #33 (Reprint #2, 1991)

Starring:
Francesca Annis, Christopher Cazenove, Elizabeth Spriggs, Patrick Barlow

Synopsis:

A neighbor sets up a mystery writer's murder.


Episode #86: "Cold War"


Directed By:
Andy Morhan

Teleplay By:
Scott Nimerfro

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt

Starring:
Ewan McGregor, Jane Horrocks, Colin Salmon, John Salthouse, Willie Ross

Synopsis:

After a lovers' spat, a zombie picks up a vampire in a neighborhood bar.



Season 7(199"-9")





Episode #87: "Fatal Caper"


Directed By:
Bob Hoskins

Teleplay By:
Colman deKay and Al Katz & gilbert Adler, from the story originally published by William M. Gaines in the Comic Magazine entitled "Tales From The Crypt"

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Natasha Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Greg Wise, James Saxon, Leslie Philips

Synopsis:

An elderly, wealthy British lord decides to change his will to include his third son whom he had disowned 15 years earlier. his two other sons, who must wither locate their brother before inheriting any money, or whom may inherit the fortune if they are the sole surviving heir, become obsessed with killing each other. however, the third brother reappears to have the last laugh. .


Episode #88: "Confession"


Directed By:
Peter Hewitt

Teleplay By:
Scott Nimerfro, from a story originally published by William M. Gaines in the comic magazine entitled "Tales From the Crypt."

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Eddie Izzard, Ciaran Hinds, Alun Armstrong, John Benfield

Synopsis:

A detective believes a screenwriter decapitated three women. The two become embroiled in an intense "head" game as they try to outwit each other.


Episode #89: "Report From Grave"


Directed By:
William Malone

Teleplay By:
William Malone, from the story originally published by William M. Gaines in the Comic Magazine entitled "Tales from the Crypt."

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
James Frain, Siobhan Flynn, Jonathan Firth, Gordon Peters, Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Synopsis:

A young scientist wants to uncover the thoughts of the dead man, who happens to be the nastiest serial killer in history!.


Episode #90: "Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow"


Directed By:
Christopher Hart

Teleplay By:
Ed Tapia, from the story originally published by William M. Gaines in the Comic Magazine entitled "Tales from the Crypt."

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Robert Lindsay, Gretchen Palmer, Richard Johnson, Phil Davis, David Grant

Synopsis:

A deaf safecracker discovers it's not nice to fool with Mother Nature when he agrees to a radical surgery: to receive the auditory system of an owl.


Episode #91: "About Face"


Directed By:
Tom Sanders

Teleplay By:
Larry Wilson and A L Katz & Gil Adler, from the story originally published by William M. Gaines in the Comic Magazine entitled "The Haunt of Fear."

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Anthony Andrews, Imelda Staunton, Anna Friel

Synopsis:

A philandering preacher abandons twin girls he fathered. Years later, the girls return - one is a sweet, loving innocent, but the other is a Bible-quoting, hideous monster. Thank hell for little girls!.


Episode #92: "Smoke Wrings"


Directed By:
Mandie Fletcher

Teleplay By:
Lisa Sandoval, from the story originally published by William M. Gaines in the Comic Magazine entitled "The Vault of Horror."

Adapted From EC Comic:

Starring:
Ute Lemper, Chis Stanton, Denis Lawson, Tres Hanley, Daniel Craig, Gayle Hunnicutt

Synopsis:

In the cut-throat world ofadvertising, success can lead to a big downfall. The owner of an ad agency hires Barry, a young upstart. At a client presentation, barry criticizes the work of the creative director. Barry is then given 24 hours to come up with his own presentation. Barry then meets with the former agancy owner who is out for revenge and who gives him an innovative new invention: a microchip that uses sound waves to talk to people's subconscience to heighten their existing predispositions. But the plan goes awry when the microchip is used on Barry, a convicted murderer.


Episode #93: "The Third Pig"


Directed By:
Bill Kopp and Pat Ventura

Teleplay By:
Bill Kopp

Adapted From EC Comic:
Tales From the Crypt

Starring:
the voices of Bobcat Goldthwait, Cam Clarke, Charlie Adler, Brad Garrett, Cory Barton, Jim Cummings, John Kassir

Synopsis:

This twisted adaptation of "The Three Little Pigs" is an animated fairytale from the crypt. history's most famous serial killer, the big bad wolf, finally has made a pig of himself. Now he must face the revenge of a real Franken-swine, a zombiekiller pig. (animated)




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