Ralph Richardson
The Crypt Keeper
Search results
He worked at smaller projects such as Shane Meadows' debut TwentyFourSeven (1997), in which he starred as "Allen Darcy". Besides this, he found time to direct, write and star in The Raggedy Rawney (1988), as well as direct and star in Rainbow (1995), and contributing to HBO's Tales from the Crypt (1989) and Tube Tales (1999).
Horror tales based on the E.C. Comics of the 1940s and '50s, introduced by the Cryptkeeper, who was created by special-effects artist Kevin Yagher. Stars who appeared included Terri Hatcher, Demi ...
- Elliot Silverstein
- 7
- John Kassir
- Brad Pitt
- Tom Hanks
- Demi Moore
- Christopher Reeve
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Ewan McGregor
- Tim Curry
- Kyle Maclachlan
- Timothy Dalton
- Kirk Douglas
Given thatInterview with a Vampire would come out just two years after the episode of "King of the Road" premiered, it seems that the flaxen-haired bad boy was already destined to make his mark in the horror genre. In this episode, Brad Pitt plays a no-good drag racer intent on challenging the greatest of his cadre to a race. Iceman, the greatest r...
Tom Hanks is one of the greatest actors of his (and any) generation thanks to his versatile range. Though he's known for more serious movies now, he got his start with farces like Bosom Buddies and Joe Versus The Volcano. He appears in "None But The Lonely Heart", and it's not in a huge role, he makes the most of his screen time as only Tom Hanks c...
In one of the better episodes of the second season, Demi Moore stars as a woman who wants a lifestyle of wealth and success, and she wants it now. She visits a medium who tells her that she's in luck - she'll meet a wealthy man who will die in a violent manner not long afterwards. She soon meets a complete slob named Charlie who comes from an afflu...
Themed-restaurants can be a tough sell, as Fred and Erma soon find out with their all-squid establishment. Fred's idea of a great daily special is "squid on a stick". They try to come up with appetizing recipes but eventually they have to face the fact that they'll have to shut down - that is, until a mysterious stranger arrives with a solution. En...
While technically not appearing in this episode of Tales from the Crypt, the Austrian Oak did produce it, and can be seen personally introducing it along with the Crypt Keeper. He utters one of the better puns as the Crypt Keeper struggles to arm-curl a bone with two skulls like a barbell. "You wanna be a 90lb corpse for the rest of your death?" Th...
Shortly before his starring roles in Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Moulin Rouge, Ewan Mcgregor appeared in the final season of Tales from the Crypt. This time, the anthology series crossed the pond to London, chronicling the criminal habits of a couple of petty robbers. In "Cold War", Ewan Mcgregor plays Ford, part of a trio of robbers who botc...
The always-entertaining Tim Curry provided plenty of thrills and chills in "Death of Some Salesmen", where he appeared as three different members of a hillbilly family. Like the best of the trope, there's something sinister about this family, but their salt-of-the-earth charm is deceptively welcoming. When a saleman shows up at their door, he belie...
In an episode that consistently ranks high on fans' lists of the best Tales from the Crypt, Kyle MacLachlan (of Dune andTwin Peaks fame) stars as a petty criminal who's just robbed a bank and is hoping to escape to the Mexican border. He faces just two problems; the Arizona desert, and the cop relentlessly dogging him across it. Eventually he manag...
Though "Werewolf Concerto" is a divisive episode for fans, it has all of the elements that make Tales from the Crypt a great series; a spooky setting at a remote country hotel, a group of strangers forced together by circumstances, and a supernatural element to the mystery they must solve. Starring Timothy Dalton while he was still playing James Bo...
"Yellow" deals with a different sort of fear at its core, and is considered one of the most psychological episodes of the series. It begins in 1918, in France during WWI, where a lieutenant (Eric Douglas) has been on the front lines of continuous battle for weeks and begs his father, a prominent General, for a discharge His father (played with stee...
Tales from the Crypt, sometimes titled HBO's Tales from the Crypt, is an American horror anthology television series created by William Gaines and Steven Dodd that ran for seven seasons on the premium cable channel HBO, from June 10, 1989, to July 19, 1996, with a total of 93 episodes. The show's title is based on the 1950s EC Comics series of ...
Jan 7, 2016 · Jeffrey Tambor – The “Transparent” and “Arrested Development” star played the husband of Demi Moore’s character in the Season 2 premiere of “Tales From the Crypt.”. Kelly Preston ...
Lance Henriksen. Sgt. Ripper (1 Episode), Reno Crevice (1 Episode) Michael Ironside. Sergeant Burrows (1 Episode), Jerry (1 Episode) Larry Drake. Santa (1 Episode), Tobias (1 Episode) William Sadler. Niles Talbot (1 Episode), The Grim Reaper (1 Episode) Mark Lowenthal.
People also ask
Who is famous in Tales from the Crypt horror TV series?
How many episodes of Tales from the crypt are there?
Who starred in 'Cryptkeeper'?
Is Tales from the crypt a good show?
Jan 2, 2022 · Benicio del Toro appears in Tales from the Crypt season 6, episode 6, "The Bribe." Terry O'Quinn (Lost 's John Locke) stars as a fire inspector trying to shut down the strip club his daughter works at, only for things to go horribly awry. For his part, del Toro plays Bill, the manager of the club, who's carrying on a secret affair with the ...
