However, demon knight had a postcredits scene where the crypt keeper plugs his upcoming film dead easy which was only seen in theaters, so it wasnt out of the running just yet. In 1995 demon knight was released and at the end there was a teaser for dead easy, which was eventually killed. Tales from the crypt tv series culture wikia fandom. Demon knight, dead easy aka fat tuesday, and body count. As a followup to demon knight, producers planned to make a film titled dead easy a.
Dead easy lost film from tales from the crypt series. There is something so gloriously 90s about tales from the crypt. The first tales from the crypt movie, demon knight, opens. Tales from the crypt s05e07 house of horrors by a g. After establishing itself in the first season, tales from the crypt hit the big time in the second year, draw some big names and putting together some big episodes. Night shyamalan posted on tuesday, december 4th, 2018 by chris evangelista hello, boils and ghouls. See more ideas about tales from the crypt, ec comics and horror comics. Diary of a stinky dead kid petrucha, stefan, kinneypetrucha, maia, lansdale, john l. This successful punfilled style of presenting ironic horror tales had its beginnings in william gaines e. Tales from the crypt had it all a fantastic roster of directorial talent, great writers, some amazing casting choices, and of course, a wise cracking undead puppet host voiced by john kassir to open and close each episode. The phenomenon of tales from the crypt seems to have no endings, only changes. Tales from the crypt, sometimes titled hbos tales from the crypt, is an american horror anthology television series that ran from june 10, 1989 to july 19, 1996, on the premium cable channel hbo for seven seasons with a total of 93 episodes. Tales from the crypt reboot is as dead as the crypt keeper. Demon knight was supposed to be the second film in the original proposed trilogy, but universal studios thought it should go first because it was the most tales.
June 19, 1991 a doctor tony goldwyn who plays too many pranks soon finds out that revenge can be a harrowing event when his brother beau bridges also a doctor makes him the guinea pig of a new serum that mimics death. Another wiki surprise reveals that, as a followup to demon knight, producers planned to make a film titled dead easy aka fat tuesday, a new orleans zombie romp. Apparently the script for dead easy was deemed too scary to work as a tales from the crypt movie. Tales from the crypt tv series hey kids comics wiki. Read the tales from the crypt movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. The dutchman must have a captain we were all told, and will turner orlando bloom willingly took on that role to ferry the dead at sea into the afterlife. The first tales from the crypt movie, demon knight, opens nationally this month, and he already has a deal with universal for two more crypt hackfests no matter how this one fares at the box. A postcredit scene on the digital version of demon knight that i have reveals the cryptkeeper telling the audience it would be called dead easy, which was apparently a zombie story set in new orleans. At the end of the credits, there is a short sequence of the cryptkeeper asking the audience why they are still there and then inviting them to see the next tales from the crypt theatrical release dead easy which was the working title for the follow up tales from the crypt film, bordello of blood. On the christmas eve, joanne clayton kills her husband expecting to receive his. Find out where tales from the crypt is streaming, if tales from the crypt is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. It is an anthology film consisting of five separate segments, based on stories from ec comics.
Like the 1972 amicus movie tales from the crypt, it is based on stories from the ec comics series written by al feldstein and bill gaines. Most of you fellow horror fiends know there are two tales from the crypt presents movies, demonknight and bordello of blood. Though it did feature a wraparound with the crypt keeper voiced by john kassir, reprising. Tales from the crypt season 2 episode 1 dead right by 42nd street movies. Though there was a trilogy created, the final products werent the promised movies. Tales from the crypt, sometimes titled hbos tales from the crypt, is an american horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel hbo. In 1996, universal released the first tales from the crypt movie in what was intended to be a trilogy. Settle in with these dieabolical dramas all 18 uncut but variously stabbed, electrovolted, haunted, twisted, incarcerated, incarnated, voodooized and even vampirized episodes from the second season of tales from the crypt. Mar 7, 2015 miss this show and miss the crypt keeper he was awesome. He optioned it to be the second in a trilogy of tales from the crypt movies, the other two being the unmade dead easy and body count.
Tales from the crypt fitting punishment season 2 episode 12 part by drummerboy997. The tales from the crypt reboot is as dead as the crypt keeper, according to m. Several of the series most memorable moments happened in this season, along with the origin of the cryptkeeper. However you may not know there was a third movie that was filmed and completed between the two but never released. If its hard to get info on dead easy then its basically imposible to get anything on body count no one seems to know anything about what it would have. The title is based on the 1950s ec comics series of the same name and most of the content originated in that comic or the other ec comics of the time the. They find that they are trapped in a crypt and, out of the blue, they see the crypt keeper ralph richardson that tells five stories. Demon knight also known as tales from the crypt presents. Tales from the crypt, sometimes titled hbos tales from the crypt, is an american horror anthology television series that ran from june 10, 1989 to july 19, 1996 on the premium cable channel hbo for seven seasons with a total of 93 episodes. It was produced by amicus productions and filmed at shepperton studios, and is one of several amicus horror anthologies made during the 1970s in the film, five strangers joan collins, ian hendry, robin phillips, richard. Silver thought the movie would be perfect as the middle installment in a trilogy, but when the other two scripts titled dead easy and body. Tales from the crypt is a 1972 british horror film directed by freddie francis. Thats a greatterrible dead dad joke to make but it only made me mourn the aborted tales from the crypt reboot to be masterminded by no less a frightmaster than m.
The vault of horror also called vault of horror, further tales from the crypt and tales from the crypt ii is a british anthology horror movie. Thus, a single issue of tales from the crypt would contain two stories told by the cryptkeeper, one by the vaultkeeper of the vault of horror and one by the old witch of the haunt of fear. I know this is a tales from the crypt movie, but i would happily have given up the cryptkeeper bookends for 5 more minutes of the actually story, silly as it is. From dusk till dawn and frighteners were to be tales from the. Demon knight 1995 the crypt keeper brings his brand of goofball horror to the big screen in this 90s splatter classic. Can you even imagine the kind of sick tales from the crypt twists the twisted mind of m.
Body count was originally going to be the third tales from the crypt film with the original trilogy order being dead easy, demon knight and then finally body count. Originally tales from the crypt was going to make up for the films. Simon storm is an american executive sent to work in south africa. Gaines horror and suspense comics from the fifties tales from the crypt, the vault of horror and shock. Demon knight is a 1995 american horror comedy film directed. Dead easy aka fat tuesday was a zombie story set in new orleans, but it was eventually abandoned, and the third film, body count, also went unproduced.
The cryptkeeper was the primary host of tales from the crypt. Hidden horrors special report fat tuesday the lost. Donner worked on the second film, dead easy, a new orleans zombie romp that. Tales from the crypt 1 hours and 32 minutes movie 1972 five persons are visiting a catacomb following a guide and get lost. The title is based on the 1950s ec comics series of the same name and most of the content originated in that comic or the other ec comics of the time.
With richard grieco, thandi puren, joanna pacula, ron smerczak. Tales from the crypt where to stream and watch decider. The vault of horror movie simple english wikipedia. The professional rivalry among these three ghoulunatics was often played for comic effect. Dead men tell no tales if only a film for fans who dont want the ride to end.
Five persons are visiting a catacomb following a guide and get lost. The title is based on the 1950s ec comics series of the same name and most of the content originated in that comic or the four other ec comics of the time haunt of. See more ideas about tales from the crypt, horror and horror movies. Now, depending on who you speak to, there was a point where quentin tarantinos from dusk till dawn 1996 script was meant to be the next tales from the crypt outing. At the end of the closing credits, the cryptkeeper announces the forthcoming feature dead easy, which was intended to be the second film in a tales from the crypt 1989 theatrical trilogy. Regardless of the actual quality of the finished film, demon knight. And what eventually made it to the screen appeared to be a very strange fit for a supposed tales from the crypt movie. His cheating wife wont agree to a divorce, so his mistress convinces him to kill her.
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