Tales from the Crypt 2.01

Dead Right

starring Demi Moore, Jeffrey Tambor

written by Andy Wolk

directed by Howard Deutch

Cathy (Demi Moore) goes to see a fortuneteller who informs her that she will meet a large man who stands to inherit a lot of money from a relative. She meets Charlie (Jeffrey Tambor) who is very large. She finds him disgusting but decides to trust the fortune teller and marry him. She puts up with him as long as she can. She is reassured when she learns that he has a rich uncle but then she learns that the uncle has a wife and children.

Cathy wins a million dollars when she is the millionth customer at an automat. She decides that's it. She's had it with Charlie. She goes up to pack her things. She insults him and tells him she's leaving him. It drives him crazy. He picks up a knife and stabs her to death.

Tales from the Crypt 1.06

Collection Completed

starring M. Emmet Walsh, Audra Lindley

directed by Mary Lambert

Jonas (M. Emmet Walsh) retires after 47 years of working for the same company only to discover that Anita (Audra Lindley), his wife, has more pets than he realized. Jonas' can't cope with being at home with Anita and her pets most of the day. His stress level starts to rise until he comes up with a solution, taxidermy.

Thoughts

I liked the build up in this episode but the twist in this story was a little too sudden for me. It seemed to come out of left field. I think both actors did a decent job but the way the story was paced left something to be desired. It is a better episode than most of the others in this season but it still falls short for me.

Tales from the Crypt 1.05

Lover Come Hack to Me

Starting Amanda Plummer, Stephen Shellen

directed by Tom Holland

Peggy (Amanda Plummer) and Charles (Stephen Shellen) get married. He’s marrying her because she’s filthy rich. Her reasons for getting married are a bit more unclear but presumably she loves him. They wind up at a strange abandoned mansion on their wedding night, by accident. It is a dark and rainy night. They consummate their love in the master bedroom.

Charles falls asleep and has a strange dream about her parents. He wakes up and discovers that there was some truth to the dream, just before Peggy kills him with a large axe. 

Tales from the Crypt 1.04

Only Sin Deep

starring Lea Thompson

directed by Howard Deutch

Sylvia Vane (Lea Thompson), a prostitute who wants to change her life, sells her beauty to the owner of a pawn shop for $10,000. He gives her four months to come back and reclaim it.

Sylvia changes her life. She meets a rich man and he falls in love with her. Everything goes great for her until the four months have elapsed.

Sylvia's face starts to deteriorate. She goes back to the pawn shop but its too late. The owner refuses to sell her back her beauty She waited too long.

Tales from the Crypt 1.03

Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone

starring Joe Pantoliano, Robert Wuhl, Kathleen York

directed by Richard Donner

Ulric (Joe Pantoliano), a sideshow performer, tells the story of how he became the Man Who Came Back from the Dead.

Thoughts

The story in this episode was adapted from a story of the same name that was published in Haunt of Fear 21 (Oct 1953). The comic book story was written by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein and illustrated by Jack Davis.

Tales from the Crypt 1.01

The Man Who Was Death

starring William Sadler

directed by Walter Hill

Niles Talbot (William Sadler), the executioner at the state prison, loses his job after a law is passed banning the death penalty. He decides to take the law into his own hands and becomes a vigilante, killing people who escape justice but eventually he gets caught and is executed in the same electric chair in which he used to execute criminals.

Thoughts

I'm not that crazy about this episode. It feels kind of flat. There was an excessive amount of narration. It didn't excite or scare me. It didn't make me laugh or bring a smile to my face.

Tales from the Crypt 1.02

And All Through the House

Elizabeth kills Joseph, her husband, on Christmas Eve. She is getting ready to dispose of his body by throwing it down a well when she gets interrupted my a man dressed like Santa Claus. He is a killer who has escaped from a mental institution and has already killed four women while on the loose. He tries to make her victim number five but she fights back and knocks him out.

She is about to mutilate her husband's body, to make it look like Killer Santa Claus did it, when she discovers that Killer Santa Claus is still alive and trying to get in the house through the window to her daughter's room.