Tales from the Crypt Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Tales from the Crypt: Season 7 (1996)

• Season 7 Episode 13: The Third Pig

  Animated episode featuring an alternative take on the three little pigs, in which the one survivor of the trio finds himself framed for murdering his two brothers

• Season 7 Episode 12: Ear Today, Gone Tomorrow

  A safecracker losing his hearing turns to an ear doctor for surgery so he can continue his criminal career - but the surgeon is hiding a sinister secret

• Season 7 Episode 11: Confession

  A writer is suspected of being a serial killer with a grisly habit of beheading his victims. Eddie Izzard guest stars

• Season 7 Episode 10: About Face

  A priest learns he has two daughters, but is forced to murder one of them to avoid being found out. Anna Friel and Imelda Staunton star

• Season 7 Episode 9: Smoke Wrings

  A young man is hired by an advertising agency, but his new employers don't realise he has a sinister agenda. Daniel Craig stars

• Season 7 Episode 8: Report from the Grave

  A man's meddling with supernatural forces costs his girlfriend her life - so he plans to resurrect her

• Season 7 Episode 7: Kidnapper

  A pawnbroker plans to kidnap the baby of the woman he loves. Steve Coogan and Julia Sawalha star

• Season 7 Episode 6: Cold War

  A woman walks out on her small-time thief boyfriend and runs into a vampire. But the bloodsucker doesn't realise she isn't what she seems to be. With Ewan McGregor and Jane Horrocks

• Season 7 Episode 5: Horror in the Night

  A jewel thief goes into hiding after double crossing his partner, but is soon haunted by ghosts from his past

• Season 7 Episode 4: Escape

  A traitorous soldier during World War Two ends up in a PoW camp. But when one of the men he turned on is brought to the prison, he takes desperate measures to keep his secret safe

• Season 7 Episode 3: A Slight Case of Murder

  A deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between a mystery novelist, her jealous ex and a nosy neighbour

• Season 7 Episode 2: Last Respects

  Three sisters think their problems are over when they discover a monkey's paw that grants them wishes - but using the artefact causes a sinister side-effect. Spooky story, starring Julie Cox , Kerry Fox and Emma Samms

• Season 7 Episode 1: Fatal Caper

  Bob Hoskins guest stars and directs this spooky story concerning two greedy siblings' attempts to get their hands on their father's inheritance. With the late Natasha Richardson

Tales from the Crypt: Season 6 (1994 - 1995)

• Season 6 Episode 15: You, Murderer

  A criminal hires a plastic surgeon to transform his face so he can escape his past. But the doctor demands a murderous favour in return

• Season 6 Episode 14: 99 and 44/100% Pure Horror

  An artist's work is rejected by her soap manufacturer husband, so she plots to have him killed

• Season 6 Episode 13: Comes the Dawn

  Two grizzly poachers (Michael Ironside, Bruce Payne) face dangers greater than a bear in Alaska.

• Season 6 Episode 12: Doctor of Horror

  A medical man working at a morgue attempts to capture dead people's souls before they reach heaven, but a clumsy security guard complicates matters

• Season 6 Episode 11: Surprise Party

  A man murders his father in a bid to get his greasy mitts on his inheritance, but when he visits his late parent's house he's shocked to discover a mysterious party is being held there

• Season 6 Episode 10: In the Groove

  A former talk radio DJ plots revenge after being fired, not realising he is being set up. Slash from Guns 'N' Roses guest stars

• Season 6 Episode 9: Staired in Horror

  A fugitive on the run hides out in a house belonging to an old woman, but learns she has been placed under a strange curse that is also starting to affect him

• Season 6 Episode 8: The Assassin

  The wife of a retired assassin finds her home invaded by CIA agents, but resorts to cunning tricks to get the better of them

• Season 6 Episode 7: The Pit

  The bickering wives of two martial arts experts attempt to sort out their differences once and for all - by fighting to the death. Mark Dacascos stars

• Season 6 Episode 6: The Bribe

  A furious fire inspector hires someone to torch a strip club where his daughter worked, but he soon gets his hands burned

• Season 6 Episode 5: Revenge is the Nuts

  A mean-hearted attendant gets a taste of his own medicine when he is locked in a dark room by the residents of a home for the blind

• Season 6 Episode 4: Operation Friendship

  A disturbed and lonely man's imaginary friend causes problems when he falls for the girl next door

• Season 6 Episode 3: Whirlpool

  A comic-book artist has a deadly case of deja-vu, much to the dismay of her boss

• Season 6 Episode 2: Only Skin Deep

  A man meets a mysterious, masked woman at a party and the pair immediately hit it off. However, it isn't long before he regrets the lusty liaison. Spooky drama, with Sherrie Rose

• Season 6 Episode 1: Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

  A dishonest lawyer finds herself on the wrong side of the law, and soon faces a life in purgatory

Tales from the Crypt: Season 5 (1993)

• Season 5 Episode 13: Till Death So We Part

  A man's engagement to an older woman turns into a living nightmare when murder and violence ensue

• Season 5 Episode 12: Half-Way Horrible

  An unethical and murderous businessman turns to a voodoo priest for help after being haunted by the ghost of his former partner

• Season 5 Episode 11: Oil's Well That Ends Well

  A con man and his girlfriend persuade some locals that there's oil underneath the town's cemetery - resulting in an explosive and surprising conclusion

• Season 5 Episode 10: Came the Dawn

  A thief gets her comeuppance when she's picked up by a passer by and overhears some terrifying news

• Season 5 Episode 9: Creep Course

  A college student asks a classmate to help with his homework, but before the history books have even been opened, he traps the brainy lass in an ancient Egyptian tomb

• Season 5 Episode 8: Well Cooked Hams

  A budding but failing magician is astounded by a conjurer's tricks, and decides to steal them. However, the decision soon spells disaster

• Season 5 Episode 7: House of Horror

  A group of students spend the night in a supposedly haunted mansion as part of their fraternity initiation. However, it isn't long before they realise the house holds some very real horrors

• Season 5 Episode 6: Two for the Show

  A man suspects his wife is having an affair and kills her - but when he swaps the suitcase containing her body for another, he gets a big surprise

• Season 5 Episode 5: People Who Live in Brass Hearses

  A criminal who was framed by his former boss seeks bloody revenge with the help of his brother. Ghostly drama, with Bill Paxton

• Season 5 Episode 4: Food for Thought

  A circus performer with psychic abilities becomes insanely jealous when his beautiful assistant gets a crush on a fire-eater - prompting her to go on the run. Ernie Hudson stars

• Season 5 Episode 3: Forever Ambergris

  A war photographer gets into trouble when he starts flirting with his best friend's wife, a move he later regrets when he's sent to capture a germ warfare battle

• Season 5 Episode 2: As Ye Sow

  A jealous husband hires an assassin to investigate his wife's extra-marital affairs and put an end to them - only to belatedly find out she's not cheating on him after all

• Season 5 Episode 1: Death of Some Salesman

  A tombstone salesman and sinister conman marries into a wealthy family intent on bumping off the in-laws and getting his hands on their fortune - but his money-grubbing plans are soon scuppered

Tales from the Crypt: Season 4 (1992)

• Season 4 Episode 14: Curiosity Killed

  A women suspects her husband is planning to kill her, so bumps him off before drinking a potion intended to bring about eternal youth

• Season 4 Episode 13: Werewolf Concerto

  When a man is killed outside his hotel room, the locals blame a werewolf, prompting officials to call in an expert hunter. Timothy Dalton guests

• Season 4 Episode 12: Strung Along

  A ageing puppeteer seeks revenge when he discovers his wife is having an affair with his new assistant

• Season 4 Episode 11: Split Personality

  A conman named Stetson gets his comeuppance when he dates a pair of troublesome twins

• Season 4 Episode 10: Maniac at Large

  There's disquiet in the library when a paranoid staff member thinks everyone's trying to kill her - and before they can tell her to shush, she's taking the matter into her own hands

• Season 4 Episode 9: King of the Road

  A policeman races to free his kidnapped daughter; with Brad Pitt.

• Season 4 Episode 8: Showdown

  A gunfighter (David Morse) confronts his past; director Richard Donner.

• Season 4 Episode 7: The New Arrival

  A child psychologist has his work cut out when he takes on a mother and daughter with a unique problem - but the fact that the girl has long since died doesn't seem to put him off

• Season 4 Episode 6: What's Cookin'

  A chef introduces meat to his cafe's menu, but his cost-cutting means the new meals hold a dark secret

• Season 4 Episode 5: Beauty Rest

  A budding model resorts to murder in a bid to make it to the top, but soon lives to regret her crime

• Season 4 Episode 4: Seance

  A couple of con artists attempt to bribe a man's wife with some revealing photographs, but when they realise she is blind they resort to a more sinister approach. Ben Cross and Ellen Crawford star

• Season 4 Episode 3: On a Deadman's Chest

  A rock musician is persuaded to get an unusual tattoo by his girlfriend, but soon regrets his decision when the mysterious ink pushes him to the brink of insanity

• Season 4 Episode 2: This'll Kill Ya

  A pharmaceutical company begins testing on humans, prompting two angered employees to take a moral stand

• Season 4 Episode 1: None But The Lonely Heart

  A con man (Treat Williams) is a philanderer; with Sugar Ray Leonard, Frances Sternhagen, Henry Gibson; director Tom Hanks.

Tales from the Crypt: Season 3 (1991)

• Season 3 Episode 14: Yellow

  The spineless son of a general follows in his father's footsteps, but must pay the price for a fatal mistake. Starring Kirk and Eric Douglas alongside Dan Aykroyd and Lance Henriksen

• Season 3 Episode 13: Spoiled

  A husband plots horrific revenge on the TV cable guy, after his soap-opera-loving wife falls for his charms

• Season 3 Episode 12: Deadline

  A tabloid reporter (Richard Jordan) becomes front-page news; with Marg Helgenberger; director Walter Hill.

• Season 3 Episode 11: Split Second

  A married man gets revenge on the lumberjack who stole his gorgeous wife, ensuring the Romeo will never see her again

• Season 3 Episode 10: Mournin' Mess

  A reporter investigates murder and uncovers a strange cult that could be responsible for a number of killings

• Season 3 Episode 9: Undertaking Palor

  A group of budding film-makers witness an undertaker committing murder and decide to capture his evil deeds on tape

• Season 3 Episode 8: Easel Kill Ya

  A miserable artist is driven to murder when his muse unexpectedly dies, but his actions only make matters worse

• Season 3 Episode 7: The Reluctant Vampire

  A blood bank owner makes a deal with a thirsty vampire, but soon regrets his actions

• Season 3 Episode 6: Dead Wait

  A crook plots to steal a black pearl with the help of a millionaire's mistress. Whoopi Goldberg, John Rhys-Daves and James Remar star

• Season 3 Episode 5: Top Billing

  A frustrated actor puts his career before anything else as he commits murder - but all is not as it seems

• Season 3 Episode 4: Abra Cadaver

  Two brothers working in a hospital fall out after a practical joke backfires, and years later the disgruntled sibling plots revenge

• Season 3 Episode 3: Carrion Death

  A thief is captured and cuffed by a persistent cop, but still thinks he's had the last laugh when he promptly kills his captor - only to realise the lawman swallowed the handcuff keys before his death. Kyle MacLachlan guest-stars

• Season 3 Episode 2: Loved to Death

  A shy man falls head over heels in love with his neighbour and resorts to desperate measures to grab her attention

• Season 3 Episode 1: The Trap

  A man fakes his own death without considering the consequences for his friends and family. Michael J Fox directs and guest stars

Tales from the Crypt: Season 2 (1990)

• Season 2 Episode 18: The Secret

  An eccentric couple (Larry Drake, Grace Zabriskie) adopts an orphan.

• Season 2 Episode 17: My Brother's Keeper

  Siamese twins commit a murder; with Timothy Stack, Jonathan Stack, Jessica Harper.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Television Terror

  A TV talk-show host (Morton Downey Jr.) visits a haunted house.

• Season 2 Episode 15: Mute Witness to Murder

  A doctor's (Richard Thomas) murder of his wife shocks a witness (Patricia Clarkson) into silence.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Lower Berth

  A sideshow performer (Jeff Yagher) has a last fling with a mummy.

• Season 2 Episode 13: Korman's Kalamity

  Cartoons come alive; with Harry Anderson, Cynthia Gibb, Colleen Camp; director Rowdy Herrington.

• Season 2 Episode 12: Fitting Punishment

  A mortician (Moses Gunn) cuts corners and steals from the dead.

• Season 2 Episode 11: Judy, You're Not Yourself Today

  A woman (Carol Kane) is bewitched; director Randa Haines.

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Ventriloquist's Dummy

  A ventriloquist's (Don Rickles) protege (Bob Goldthwait) learns horrible tricks.

• Season 2 Episode 9: Four-Sided Triangle

  A lecherous farmer will do anything to get a girl (Patricia Arquette).

• Season 2 Episode 8: For Cryin' Out Loud

  A crooked rock promoter organises a benefit gig with the intention of pocketing the money that's supposed to go to charity. But he's soon troubled by voices in his head pricking his conscience

• Season 2 Episode 7: The Sacrifice

  Loving another man's wife is murder; with Kevin Kilner, Kim Delaney, Michael Ironside.

• Season 2 Episode 6: The Thing From the Grave

  A woman is involved with two men.

• Season 2 Episode 5: Three's a Crowd

  A jealous husband makes a gruesome mistake; with Gavan O'Herlihy, Ruth DeSosa.

• Season 2 Episode 4: 'Til Death

  A plantation owner (D.W. Moffett) tries a voodoo love potion.

• Season 2 Episode 3: Cutting Cards

  Rival gamblers (Lance Henriksen, Kevin Tighe) play for high stakes; director Walter Hill.

• Season 2 Episode 2: The Switch

  An aging millionaire (William Hickey) trades wealth for love; with Kelly Preston; director Arnold Schwarzenegger.

• Season 2 Episode 1: Dead Right

  A greedy woman (Demi Moore) marries on a seer's advice; with Jeffrey Tambor.

Tales from the Crypt: Season 1 (1989)

• Season 1 Episode 6: Collection Completed

  A man takes up a new hobby when he becomes frustrated with his wife's love of animals

• Season 1 Episode 5: Lover Come Hack To Me

  A newly-married couple spend their wedding night in a creepy mansion, where the husband has murder on his mind

• Season 1 Episode 4: Only Sin Deep

  A girl exchanges her good looks for a large amount of money, but soon comes to regret her decision

• Season 1 Episode 3: Dig That Cat ... He's Real Gone

  A circus performer nicknamed 'the cat' amazes audiences with his deadly stunts, but his nine lives soon look set to run out

• Season 1 Episode 2: And All Through the House

  An ax-wielding Santa escapes from an asylum; with Mary Ellen Trainor, Larry Drake; director Robert Zemeckis.

• Season 1 Episode 1: The Man Who Was Death

  An unemployed executioner free-lances; with Bill Sadler, David Wohl, Gerrit Graham; director Walter Hill.