“Mournin’ Mess” (Season 3, Episode 10)ĭirected by: Manny Coto Written by: Manny Coto Original Air Date: July 31, 1991 Night Shyamalan’s revival of the series on TNT, we thought that we’d explore 15 of the series’ finest episodes, showing the warped morality that made this horror so much fun. This deep library of pulpy stories was also the perfect material for Hollywood’s best to let their hair down and just have some goddamn fun (a feeling present in every single episode). Its simple, dark fables that showed the tables getting turned on unjust individuals or hapless fools is universally relatable. While an overabundance of anthology series have seen creation through the years (and there’s a particular boon going on right now for the format), Tales From the Crypt connected in a special way. My local video store even had a few VHS releases from the series (containing three episodes a piece) that I voraciously checked out as often as I could. I have vivid memories of this series from my childhood, setting it up to record on the VCR and then watching it the proceeding morning. With acclaimed film directors and producers Richard Donner, David Giler, Walter Hill, Joel Silver, and Robert Zemeckis backing the vehicle, A-list actors and directors were also eager to lend their talents to the series. This horror anthology saw unprecedented freedom in its storytelling, using the EC Comics umbrella ( Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, The Crypt of Terror, Crime SuspenStories, and more) from the ’50s as its source material. Tales From the Crypt ran for seven seasons, and two/three films from 1989 to 1996 on HBO, making it one of the first original series for the groundbreaking network. While distilling such a monumental piece of horror is an obvious disservice to it, the fact that it is capable of such simplification is also why it connected to people so well. That’s Tales From the Crypt in a nutshell. However, when I showed up to receive my prize, I was told that it was “Cadaver of the Year,” as my head was swiftly cut off and turned into my trophy. Not only that, the feature gained such recognition that I was even invited to a prestigious literary awards ceremony accordingly. And now with the competition out of the picture, the piece was safely mine. So I used the powers of the Internet to find that other writer, learn their schedule, and was quickly able to murder them. I had to! Something had to be done to right thing wrong. There was another writer that was going to pen this piece.
In lieu of its return, we take a look at what made this horror anthology pioneer so special, and the 15 episodes that best showcased this
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