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The
Crypt Keeper
"Tales From The Crypt"
He Keeps The Crypt
Based on the legendary and gruesome EC Comics from
publisher William Gaines, this horror anthology features stories of
murder, the super natural, gore and humor. Some of Hollywood's
biggest names take part, either working in front or behind the
camera. But hosting duties fall to everyone's favorite decaying
corpse, the Crypt Keeper, the original Horror Host.
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. Recently, a third movie titled Ritual was
filmed and is due for a direct to video release.
Lately, Tales from the Crypt has appeared on late night weekend
time slots on AMC.
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Debut:
June 1989 |
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Actor
/ Comedian John Kassir provided the voice of the Cryptkeeper |
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The
Crypt Keeper appeared in 93 episodes of TALES FROM THE CRYPT, as
well as the animated CBS cartoon series, a gameshow, two feature
films, three soundtracks, numerous Cryptkeeper toys, and the audio
series on the Sci-Fi Channel's
website). |
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Based on series of 1950s
Comic Books |
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Last
original episode: July 1996 |
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Movie Classics (AMC) - Cable |
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