The BEST episodes of Tales from the Crypt season 1

Every episode of Tales from the Crypt season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tales from the Crypt season 1!

Based on the legendary and gruesome EC Comics from publisher William Gaines, this horror anthology featured stories of murder, the super natural, gore and humor and always had a twist ending of sorts. Some of Hollywood's biggest names took part, either working in front or behind the camera. Hosting duties fell to everyone's favorite decaying corpse, the Crypt Keeper. The success of this series spawned a Saturday morning cartoon series (Tales From the Cryptkeeper), a short lived Saturday morning gameshow on CBS (Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House) and lots of merchandise. Two feature films (Demon Knight and Bordello of Blood) were also produced. Two other movies based on the EC Comics (Tales From the Crypt and The Vault of Horror) were released back in 1972 and 1973 respectively. But they are not connected to this series and will not be listed here! Tales from the Crypt has aired on HBO, Fox, in syndication and the Sci-Fi Channel. Most recently, the series has bee

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Lover Come Hack to Me
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7.24
472 votes

#1 - Lover Come Hack to Me

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/1989

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.

Directors: Tom Holland
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Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone
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7.23
545 votes

#2 - Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/1989

A bum named Ulric is given the chance of a lifetime when a scientist puts the gland of a cat inside his body. Soon Ulric becomes the main attraction at a sideshow.

Directors: Richard Donner
Writer: Terry Black
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The Man Who Was Death
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7.10
976 votes

#3 - The Man Who Was Death

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/10/1989

Niles Talbot moved from the country to the big city to get a job as an electrician but ended up as an executioner. His trouble begins when he's suddenly unemployed and decides to take the law into his own hands.

Directors: Walter Hill
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Only Sin Deep
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7.07
567 votes

#4 - Only Sin Deep

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/14/1989

A call girl goes to a pawnshop to rob him of his jewelry. Instead the owner offers her 10,000 dollars for her beauty. She sells her beauty and lands a new job but discovers she is aging very fast.

Directors: Howard Deutch
Writer: Fred Dekker
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And All Through the House
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7.05
730 votes

#5 - And All Through the House

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/10/1989

On Christmas Eve a woman slaughters her husband and learns that she's on Santa's naughty list when an escaped maniac dressed as Santa Claus shows up at her doorstep with a special present for her.

Directors: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Fred Dekker
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Collection Completed
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6.91
424 votes

#6 - Collection Completed

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/28/1989

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.

Directors: Mary Lambert
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