The BEST episodes of Tales from the Crypt season 2

Every episode of Tales from the Crypt season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Tales from the Crypt season 2!

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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Television Terror
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7.77
231 votes

#1 - Television Terror

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 7/17/1990

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.

Directors: Charles Picerni
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Three's a Crowd
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7.59
406 votes

#2 - Three's a Crowd

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/1/1990

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.

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My Brother's Keeper
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7.57
180 votes

#3 - My Brother's Keeper

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/24/1990

The reckless Eddie and the correct Frank are Siamese brothers connected by their waists. Eddie wants to convince Frank to be submitted to a surgery with 50% of chances of success, but Frank is afraid. When Frank meets Marie in a bar, he falls in love for her and decides to risk. But a secret is disclosed with fatal consequences, affecting the relationship of the brothers.

Directors: Peter S. Seaman
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The Ventriloquist's Dummy
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7.50
300 votes

#4 - The Ventriloquist's Dummy

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/5/1990

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.

Directors: Richard Donner
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The Switch
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7.40
472 votes

#5 - The Switch

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/21/1990

An elderly millionaire asks a plastic surgeon to give him the body of a younger man to win the girl of his dreams.

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Korman's Kalamity
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7.36
247 votes

#6 - Korman's Kalamity

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/26/1990

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.

Directors: Rowdy Herrington
Writer: Terry Black
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Dead Right
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7.26
466 votes

#7 - Dead Right

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/21/1990

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 and then die.

Directors: Howard Deutch
Writer: Andy Wolk
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Mute Witness to Murder
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7.25
212 votes

#8 - Mute Witness to Murder

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/10/1990

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.

Directors: Jim Simpson
Writer: Nancy Doyne
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For Cryin' Out Loud
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7.24
297 votes

#9 - For Cryin' Out Loud

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/22/1990

A greedy rock promoter tries to steal the money raised at a benefit concert when his conscience intervenes.

Directors: Jeffrey Price
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The Secret
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7.24
211 votes

#10 - The Secret

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/31/1990

Orphan boy Theodore is adopted by the Colbys, who are an eccentric rich couple with a very dark secret.

Directors: Michael Riva
Writer: Doug Ronning
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Four-Sided Triangle
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7.22
287 votes

#11 - Four-Sided Triangle

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/29/1990

Farmer George is attracted to Mary Jo, the nubile young woman who helps out with the chores. The problem is... she's in love with a scarecrow.

Directors: Tom Holland
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The Sacrifice
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7.19
275 votes

#12 - The Sacrifice

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/15/1990

Hotshot insurance salesman James becomes involved with the beautiful and seductive Gloria Fleming, who's the wife of crude tycoon Sebastian Fleming. James and Gloria decide to bump Sebastian off for his considerable money. They succeed with killing Sebastian, but things go awry when the meddlesome Jerry enters the picture claiming he has photographic evidence of the murder.

Writer: Ross Thommas
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The Thing from the Grave
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7.18
302 votes

#13 - The Thing from the Grave

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/8/1990

Stacy is a really sexy model with a very abusive agent/boyfriend named Mitch. When her photographer friend Cates offers her refuge in his home from his terror, they ultimately fall in love and gives her a special necklace as symbol of love and also promises her that he'd protect her no matter what. When Mitch learns of this, he goes into a deadly rage and question is, will Cates' promise be kept?

Directors: Fred Dekker
Writer: Fred Dekker
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Fitting Punishment
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7.14
320 votes

#14 - Fitting Punishment

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/19/1990

Mean and stingy cheapskate funeral home director Ezra Thornberry treats his deceased clients with an appalling lack of respect. Following the death of his mother, Ezra's naive teenage nephew Bobby is forced to live with the nasty old coot. Complications arise when Bobby disapproves of Ezra's unscrupulous business practices.

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'Til Death
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7.13
439 votes

#15 - 'Til Death

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/24/1990

Logan is an unscrupulous gold digger who would do anything to catch the right woman with lots of money, including dabble into voodoo. When he meets Margaret, a sexy and rich widow on vacation, he immediately asks his partner, a voodoo priestess to conjure up a love potion for him which she takes unknowingly, she falls in love with him. How long will she love him for is the question.

Directors: Chris Walas
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Cutting Cards
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7.12
449 votes

#16 - Cutting Cards

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/1990

Two rival long time gamblers meet up in a small town to have one last duel.

Directors: Walter Hill
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Judy, You're Not Yourself Today
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6.94
320 votes

#17 - Judy, You're Not Yourself Today

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/12/1990

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.

Directors: Randa Haines
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Lower Berth
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6.90
251 votes

#18 - Lower Berth

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/3/1990

Enouch 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.

Directors: Kevin Yagher
Writer: Fred Dekker
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