My Top 13 Favorite Tales from the Crypt Episodes

[@dontheador6649]

I remember that when I was around 7, my Grandmother had HBO and other premium channels and had no idea. I loved staying up late at night and sneaking to watch this when it aired. It blew my mind as a 7 year old, and has earned a lot of respect from me as a Horror Anthology today. Great memories and nostalgia!

[@droth1031]

Television Terror was one of the few episodes that genuinely scared me, to the point that I didn't want to walk to the bathroom in myown house after watching it!

[@miggyontiveros2394]

Ah this episode, I remember watching it on a rainy night, the wirring of my moms sewing machine as we all watched it in the kitchen. Id hide under the table when a scary scene would be on but pop back up to see whats going on. Definitely worth a rewatch

[@pamelatorres156]

It was the first episode I saw on HBO. I was 11 years old! By the way, who was the worst mortician? Ezra Thornberry or Sebastian Esbrook?

[@tommyatkins2527]

​@@pamelatorres156that's hard but they were both greedy killers interested in money and no respect for dead

[@BipolarBowler]

That used to happen to me while watching Unsolved Mysteries

[@eaglejones856]

I saw that one a while ago, and honestly, it was freaking terrifying. A lot of the episodes actually terrified me, including Abra cadaver. Three a crowd ending just left me in shock what’s cooking was pretty startling when I first watched it but after watching it it was a really good episode and let’s see that’s mostly it to the ones that really shocked me like I was left speechless I think maybe werewolf concerto did the similar thing, but I’d have to watch it again

[@MG8181.]

Death of Some salesman is my favorite. With Tim Curry playing three characters

[@pamelatorres156]

The voice of Slash's conscience was provided by stand up legend Sam Kinison. RIP.

[@LeeCourtney-z5n]

Cringing. But all the great iconic actors caught my attention. They all had so much fun making these and these can never be replaced. Much fun and thank you.

[@williamcrowe2576]

One of the reasons "Yellow" ranks low on your list is because it was originally filmed for a spinoff series called Two Fisted Tales.

[@eaglejones856]

Yeah, that’s true king of the road was also filmed for that pilot and I think maybe showdown however showdown doesn’t seem like it would be filmed for that pilot because of the ghost cowboy thing and although it does have a good ending a pretty interesting one all things considered it does seem more like tales from the crypt dipping said if two fisted tails actually managed to get past the pilot phase what stories do you think they would’ve adapted?

[@williamcrowe2576]

@@eaglejones856 Probably a couple more crime and war stories.

[@pokemonfreak6669]

I love Three's a crowd and Dig that Cat, He's Real Gone. Great twists on both of them.

[@mikefarristhegamebunny]

Yellow was filmed for a spin off called Two Fisted Tales but that show never aired so it was placed into Tales From The Crypt. That’s why it wasn’t horror.

[@jefelix2010]

I don't know if you do request but you gotta watch Rod Serling's Night Gallery. An underrated horror anthology series from the 70s.

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

I actually have been meaning to make a video on that series too.

[@jefelix2010]

@@TheAdorkableRJ can't wait to see that in the near future

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

Morton Downey Jr really had a sleeze talk show that made Jerry Springer look like church

[@caseyhart4999]

Abra Cadaver was absolutely terrifying to me when I first watched it lol

[@pamelatorres156]

Wanna play doctor? Then open wide and say AAAAAHHHH!!!!!!

[@mam162]

It's not a bad list, but here's the thing--there are SO SO many great stories from the original comics that never made it to the TV show. If every single one of the original stories had been made into a TV episode, I suspect your list would have looked very different. So here are some of my favorite Tales from the Crypt comic stories that never got a screen version: -How Green Was My Alley. A bigamist's two wives are both into sports--one bowls and the other plays golf. When they each have a tournament in the same city, they learn of each other's existence and get revenge on their mutual husband. -Political Pull. A candidate for mayor kills his rival and is elected unopposed, but his opponent's not giving up so easily. -Taint the Meat--It's the Humanity. During WWII, a butcher gets meat on the black market to circumvent wartime rationing, with tragic results. -Auntie, it's Coal Inside. A youngster hears mysterious voices that get him in trouble with his abusive aunt.

[@bippercraycrayproductions2333]

My personal favorite is top billing for it's disturbing ending and the twist will get you going

[@nathanforester5993]

Yellow definitely isn't like most episodes since it isn't a horror supernatural story but more of a real kind of horror as in the horrors of the war, and also Dead Right. Demi Moore is gorgeous in the episode and Jeffrey Tambor does a terrific job of playing an overweight grotesque slob.

[@skymarie-]

I love video list of episodes to classic horror, it’s nice to hear of others people opinion/reaction

[@GobelZachuration11]

HOLY SHIT! CUTTING CARDS IS YOUR FAVE TOO!? Awesome! As you kept getting closer to the top spot...I was like...where is cutting cards? Then you did honorable mentions...and then right as you said...number one...I was like..BETTER BE CUTTING CARDS! hahahaha

[@Dr.Loomis666]

In no particular order, my fav 13 episodes🤗 13. Lover Come Hack to Me 12. Three's a Crowd 11. For Crying Out Loud 10. The Trap 9. Top Billing 8. Doctor of Horror 7. Beauty Rest 6. Split Personality 5. Oil's Well That Ends Well 4. Only Skin Deep 3. Split Second 2. The Assassin 1. Death of Some Salesman

[@PMCollectorAdam]

Great list buddy. I’d only differ by replacing a few with ‘Collection Completed’ and ‘Corman’s Calamity’, and put ‘Death of Some Salesman’ way up the list given Tim Curry’s excellent performance of multiple characters. Recommend anyone who hasn’t seen these episodes to give them a watch. Thanks for the upload and keep up the good work.

[@justingoedecke6576]

I had to pause it at number 9 .... after number ten I had to say... pls leave me alone Mr KZbin man... my dad and I stayed up til midnight every Saturday to watch this show together... even tho I was still not even a teenager yet... he connected with my big brother thru war movies... he connected to me with tales from the crypt... not only are you bringing up a lot of Tales that hit me hard as a kid.... you're making me miss the shit out of my pop... RIP dad... thanks for everything... for real for real

[@justingoedecke6576]

Then the ventriloquist dummy... an episode I always thought was more fun than scary... but I had a lot of stuffed animals when I was a kid sooooooo..... Imagine the chucky movies for me

[@Noteven0]

I don't know how Nancy Pelosi found the time to narrate this show for all those years, but i'm glad she did!

[@rethablair6902]

🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣

[@davidvega462]

5:09 i completely agree here. I never thought of Yellow as a great episode. Some of the writing is kind of hamfisted, and personally as a veteran of an actual war I hold any simulations of war up to a very high standard.

[@sallykohorst8803]

I love those shows so thank for your list.

[@MonsterDeplorable]

Brad Dourif is the prince of horror, imo.. and Bill Paxton, may he RIP, was a phenomenal actor I grew up loving.. AlienS, True Lies, etc etc

[@sammoore5864]

I agree with this list. Love all these episodes. I'm glad finally fitting Punishment and cryin out loud is on an tales from the crypt list . I love none but the lonely heart, strung along, til death, dig that cat he's real gone, til death, forever ambergris, Advra cadaver, king of the road, maniac at large, split second, split personality, beauty rest, came the dawn, well cooked hams, creep course, two for the show, house of horrors,food for thought, death of some salesman and the man who was death

[@joldeiojfas]

Cutting Cards is supreme.

[@thomasmclaughlin3296]

I think I was 10 during season 1 and it was episode 2 “all through the house” I think. With Larry Drake. It scared me as a kid as an adult I see it’s also very funny. My favorite episode

[@JB-hl1qx]

I always liked the episode when the boys sneak into the funeral home to catch a killer. And the one where the man has 9 lives! There are so many great ones its hard to pick. But nothing compares to the EC comics!

[@eaglejones856]

That would be undertaking parlor and the other one was dig that cat he’s real gone

[@cultofj3777]

CUTTING CARDS is a great episode! Good to see it as your favorite.

[@sharonbarnes4443]

Hamlet with John L in it love it because he thought he was in a theater but actually he was in the nut house

[@FJX716]

“Yellow” never struck me as horror. I was never really interested in watching the episode like I was others. If I had to pick an episode I’d say “None but the lonely heart” was the best to me.

[@g.mitchell7110]

The similarity between the story that inspired "Cutting Cards" episode and the Roald Dahl short story "Man from the South", first published a few years before the comic, make it seem likely that this was . . . inspired . . . by the Dahl story. Regardless, I find the Alfred Hitchcock Presents (original) version of this same basic idea to be better executed. "Cutting Cards" shows you exactly where the story is going and then goes there. It's fun and gruesome, but there's no suspense.

[@CyclonicDeath]

Hey man, you're awesome!

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

Aww, thanks! :)

[@josephcook6442]

What's Cookin is easily my personal favorite. I'm a sucker for anything Cannibal related, and yes, it's obviously Sweeney Todd inspired

[@sharonbarnes4443]

His uncle works in the funeral home and his nephew stayed with him when he died he cuts his nephew legs to fit in the casket

[@dimitrakapa4887]

"Fitting punishment"!!! The most creepy episode ever!!! 😬😬a must

[@rethablair6902]

I dont remember the name of the episode but the one where, the grandfather had died but he didn't know he was dead😂 still haunt me til this day

[@angerkun]

What's cooking was great

[@jcollins1305]

I used to love this show as kid when it first aired, but I don’t feel it has aged well at all. Perhaps it’s the black humor aspect of many of the stories, but I prefer my anthologies more strait laced. That said, Cutting Cards is great fun. If you have not already done so, check out Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, and Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected.

[@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq]

let's go to the movies with Bordello Of Blood and of course Demon Knight by the way they are the monsters of the night the monsters of the night .

[@tommyatkins2527]

Both good but bordello of blood was far creepier

[@justingoedecke6576]

You missed my girls favorite (dead right) and my favorite( Ulrich the Undying)

[@pamelatorres156]

There there. Nice kitty. Scat! 😹

[@difernandez4899]

Please don't make me collect more 'Tales of the Crypt'!!! Such good memories!

[@themarkiscookin]

Yellow wasn’t even made for tales from crypt it was originally in a failed spin off called two fisted tales

[@steventaracardwell7588]

I’m personally offended Death of Some Salesman isn’t on this list

[@AH-is5yg]

I understand why Fitting Punishment is on #13 since we don't see the villain get killed and what happened to him after that. I get why Yellow is #12. other great episodes i like are Collection Completed, Curiosity Killed, Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

[@wcarlosbrown]

The best episode is "the secret" BY far

[@eaglejones856]

You know for crying out loud when I first watched it didn’t seem all that scary. It seemed more hilarious with Marty and his conscience sounding like Dr. teeth from the Muppets seriously his conscience was hilarious. It was the highlight of the episode and honestly iggy pop does some pretty good singing

[@dimitrakapa4887]

Whats the name of episode with a rock band?? Thats a good one also😉😁📈

[@roberthodges1045]

I'm sure it has already been said, but the episode's name is 'Carrion Death' not 'Carrying Death', not that it matters that much, but I love the episode a lot I thought I'd just state it.

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

I did say ''Carrion Death''. At least I meant to. Maybe my pronunciation was a little off. It wouldn't be the first time.

[@roberthodges1045]

@@TheAdorkableRJ Oh my apologies, I should have been more clear. On the placeholder tags for the video it said 'Carrying Death'.

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

@roberthodges1045 Oh yeah, it does. Weird. Not sure how that happened.

[@edb2863]

Someone has to say it...the phrase is "dog eat dog" not "doggy dog"

[@magicalpasta5462]

If you do a worst list, I'll defend one of the worst episodes. "The Pit." It's better than it was in the comic, where it showed actual animal abuse. Dog and cockfighting, so I'll take two petty bitches fighting eachother to the death than animal cruelty

[@NuclearBronsonRex]

Don't kill Peggy Bundy, she's too hot.

[@amyv344]

It's "dog eat dog" not "doggy dog" 😂

[@morgaen]

Thanks for that, but instead of going to the trouble of putting your cartoon rabbits in the spotlight everywhere, you could have mentioned the season and episode. No offense,

[@Anon26535]

Meatloaf again?

[@matttorrence2900]

I love tales of the Darkside and monsters the best. Why is that new Creepshow series so awful?

[@paulbrown6464]

Yellow is just the worst for me, just dull

[@RascalMcBants]

Why not just cut the hand off?

[@drewbrown2175]

He had nothing sharp to do that with at 1st.

[@pamelatorres156]

Diggs plan was to use his makeshift hatchet to cut the officer's hand off. But Diggs had been running through the scorching hot desert for hours without any food or water, which in turn made him delirious and unable to see clearly.

[@cyrus198604]

Yellow sucked because Kirk Douglas's other son is such a horriible actor

[@ForLol12334]

I watched in the 90s, and I'm watching in 2024!

[@sharonbarnes4443]

The ice cream Man had a twin on him it was cool

[@somedude8548]

Great list!

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

Thanks!

[@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq]

look up in the sky it's a bird it's a plane no it's Super Manniac . " it's Super Freddy told you comic books was bad for ya . " by the way I'd like to see this in a Death Battle . Countess from Once Bitten vs Lilith from Bordello Of Blood . and Lepricon vs Wishmaster . how about Kerry White vs Matilda . and here are more ideas . Electric Gremlin vs Shocker . Grundy vs Wendigo . Slenderman vs Jack Pumpkinking . Critter vs Mogwi Mohawk . Samorra vs Wednesday Adam's . Pennywise vs Killer Clown . 👍👍