The WORST episodes of Tales From the Cryptkeeper
Every episode of Tales From the Cryptkeeper ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Tales From the Cryptkeeper!
To capitalize on the merchandising craze brought forth by HBO's series "Tales from the Crypt", they invented this Saturday morning cartoon. Much like the series (and EC comics) that the cartoon was based on, the show featured different child characters weekly who ended up in twisted situations, but with a little more morality play than the HBO series. Still hosting was The Cryptkeeper, and in the second season, The Vaultkeeper and The Old Witch (both narrators from the comic series) had come in to upstage The Cryptkeeper. After two seasons, the show disappeared from ABC's lineup, but resurfaced on CBS in 1999 with new episodes, under the title "New Tales from the Cryptkeeper." The Vaultkeeper and the Old Witch were now absent as hosts, and the Cryptkeeper kept popping up within the context of the story more than in the previous seasons. In 2000, CBS dropped their entire Saturday morning children's show schedule. Since then, the show has aired in Canada and elsewhere in the world.
#2 - The Avenging Phantom / Myth Conceptions
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1994
In “The Avenging Phantom,” a young boy named Jimmy wishes he can get revenge on his tormentors like his comic book superhero, The Avenging Phantom, and gets his wish, but with dire consequences. In “Myth Conceptions,” an archaeologist discovers the tomb of Medusa and learns the hard way why others before him have died trying to find it.
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Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1999
For Christmas, Gary recieves a phone line for his bedroom with the proviso that he doesn't ""abuse the privilege."" Naturally, Gary immediately begins making prank calls, but he soon finds the tables turned when one of the people he called begins stalking him via telephone. Gary pays the caller a visit and discovers Mrs. Emma Needham, an old lady who soon proves that she's not as nice she initially appeared...
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Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1999
When brothers Richard and Stephen improperly dispose of the toxic waste from their failed Science Fair Project in a nearby bog, it comes back to haunt them in the form of a Bog Blob.
#8 - Cold Blood, Warm Hearts / The Spider and the Flies
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1994
The Vaultkeeper and the Old Witch meet at the beach and swap stories. In “Cold Blood, Warm Hearts,” the Old Witch tells the tales of two lakes that are haunted by monsters. In “The Spider and the Flies,” the Vaultkeeper tells the story of a city that is haunted by a spider.
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#9 - Growing Pains
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1994
The Old Witch takes over telling this episode's story after turning the Cryptkeeper into a scarecrow. In this installment, a plant enthusiast named Wendell (from "Hyde and Go Shriek") falls for Rose, a new girl at school with a rather "weedy" family secret.
#11 - Town Gathering
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1999
Erin, who has a reputation for making up stories, discovers that no one will believe her when she discovers that the people proposing a new business deal to her mother are actually aliens planning to make a meal out of the townsfolk.
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Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/4/1999
Book-hater Greg is forced by a mysterious librarian to endlessly relive a bunch of classic stories.
#13 - Drawn and Quartered
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1999
Aspiring artist Ralph finds a magic pencil that allows him to put life into his drawings and take revenge on the bullies who have been harassing him, but revenge isn't as sweet as he thought.
#16 - Imaginary Friend
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1999
To relieve boredom while awaiting the grande opening of Laserland, teens Leo and Jamie decide to play ""welcome wagon"" by taunting the new neighbor, 9-year-old Mary Anne. But Mary Anne's new, ghostly ""imaginary friend"" turns the table on the bullies, escalating when Leo snatches the girl's beloved kitten, Boo.
#19 - Pleasant Screams
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1993
A teacher and one of his students find themselves trapped in the fantasies of another student whom they have tormented.
#21 - Sharon Sharalike
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1999
Selfish Shauna, unwlling to share even her most neglected toys with he younger sister Katie, spitefully hides Sharon Sharalike, the new doll that they've just recieved. But Shauna learns a lesson when she hears Sharon crying in the dead of night and comes to disover that the doll has mysteriously come to life.
#22 - Chuck (and Melvin) and the Beanstalker
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1994
Chuck and Melvin (the narcissistic prince and his brother from "The Sleeping Beauty") return; this time in a horrifying retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" where they must steal the treasure of a giant Cyclops named Beanstalker.
#24 - While the Cat's Away
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1993
Two brothers plan to rob an abandoned mansion, where The Cryptkeeper has set up a monstrous security system to get rid of intruders.
#25 - Gone Fishin’ / A Little Body of Work
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1993
In “Gone Fishin’,” Randy seems to find his uncle's fishing hobby distasteful, but Uncle Ned claims that “if you take the bait, you pay the price” — a lesson that Ned’s soon to learn from the fish. In “A Little Body of Work,” Eddie and Herman challenge Kevin to a race in the Mustang he’s rebuilding. The hoodlums go to great lengths to win the race, only to have their devious plan revealed by Kevin’s Mustang.