When my son was about 5 years old, he would watch Tales From Crypt with me. At first he was really scared of the Crypt Keeper until I explained to him that he was just a puppet. He would then always say “you don’t scare me because your not real”. I have so many great memories of him watching it with me. He actually really got into horror movies at a really young age and would always be stealing my VHS horror movies so he could watch them in his room. He’s now 32 years old and is still into horror movies. I can’t believe how long it has been since we would watch Tales From The Crypt together. Thank you so very much Minty for bringing those memories back to me 👍
The Crypt Keeper would scare me as a kid too but my parents would laugh as I would hide under the blankets. It wasn't until I was a little older that I watched Demon Night and I enjoyed it
taco squirts awww I’m sure you can laugh about it now but as a kid you must have cried even more because your parents were laughing at you. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day 😊
F-zero91maru he really got into the collection of horror movies I had when he was around 8 years old and was never afraid of any of them. He and I have a lot in common and even like the same kind of music. I hate that he lives so far away from me with his fiancé and his son and will also be a step dad to her other 2 daughters. Hopefully I will get to see them again one day but I don’t know what is the plan concerning the virus and political issues. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed evening 🙏
F-zero91maru bless you for your kind words. I’m actually going to turn 52 next month. I had my son when I was 18 years old. So he and I pretty much grew up together. I’m so grateful that I have 3 grown children that grew up into 3 great adults. I live with my middle child and my other daughter lives about 8 hours away from me. My other two always check up with me a couple times a week and I’m just glad that I’m living with one of my kids. Thank you so much for your reply 👍
F-zero91maru I at least live with my middle child (daughter) and I was always closer to her then my other two kids but I still gave my other kids a lot of attention. I feel like I raised my kids right because I lived with my mom and all 3 of my kids and she was the best mom I ever knew. I wish she was still here today so that she could see her great grandsons. She would be spoiling them rotten. I just hope that she is watching all of us from heaven and is doing her best to keep us close and safe. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day 🙏
Oh wow that is right! The Hitchhiker! Not to be confused with the very scary and quite realistic and plausible "The Hitcher" movie! I used to watch all kinds of horror anthology and tv show series back in the 80s and 90s. I miss those good old NON SMART phone days!
I watched this back in the day but I was to young to really realize all the great quest actors and directors. Such a great series, Crypty’s dry humor was my favorites part.
"Death Becomes Her" was also originally intended to be a "Tales From the Crypt" movie. But after the quality of the script was recognised the studio decided the movie was good enough to be a stand alone film.
Well, BORDELLO OF BLOOD was Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale's first script that never sold, so when all these different scripts didnt' work out, Zemeckis had Gale polish up their old script to be used for the second film.
Demon Knight is the SHIT! Zane's best performance of his career IMO... Favorite line ever: "Fuck this cowboy shit! You fucking hoedown, podunk, well them there motherfuckers! All you had to do was give me the goddamn key!"
Done with you I remember back in the early 90s I was working at Burger King and, after we closed, I would tape one side of my headphones to the microphone that they used to call back the orders and blast the FNM/Boo-ya Tribe song “Another Body Murdered”. Everyone kept asking me who it was. They loved it!
He also took over for Buster Bunny on _Tiny Toons_ once Charlie Adler (who originated the Bugs Bunny Jr.-type role & ironically, lampooned John Kassier's Cryptkeeper in a Halloween-themed episode before John Kassier took over) quit the show upon realizing that the forthcoming _Animaniacs_ wouldn't have any prominent character role for him to play like _Tiny Toons_ had previous.
I still have my pull cord talking Freddy Krueger doll I bought at Toys R Us with $ from my 8th otlr 9th birthday. The family friend who took me shopping there was totally mortified that this cute little blonde girl only wanted the Freddy doll. He tried to convince me to buy ANYTHING else, but I only had eyes for Freddy. He was MORTIFIED that I was buying a doll of a freaky movie child killer. I was ECSTATIC!! He pulled my mom aside and said, "Laura, I'm worried about your daughter..." my mom laughed at him and said it was okay that it's just what i'm really into, horror. Haha Interestingly the Toys R Us I got it from was featured on Unsolved Mysteries multiple times as a haunted place. I remember hearing so many stories of the hauntings and going ons there.
Sindollx666x very cool I still have the full size chucky doll my old man got me when I was about 3. If only we knew what this stuff may have been worth. WE may have kept them in the boxes. But try giving a kid a toy that he/she can’t play with and see how that goes. Good memories from a better time.
John Kassir also played a part in one of the episodes (the one with the three criminals in the graveyard). After the episode the Crypt Keeper comments on this character with "He sounds familiar, but he's no Robert DEADford!"
Oh, man, I LOVED THIS SHOW as a kid in the late 90s when the reruns were on The Sci-Fi Channel! Fortunately a handful of people have uploaded a ton of the episodes so I can revisit and it's just as great now as it was then:) My absolute FAVORITE part was that amazing opening, I ALWAYS wanted to go through that house and down those steps into that crypt to hang out with The Cryptkeeper! He's ICKIS, one of my childhood loves:) All of my favorite episodes happen to be in season 5 too, especially the one about his PARENTS, that was actually the cutest ending I'd ever seen, and of course the Tim Curry vehicle...but by FAR my top episode is All Through the House for its crew ALONE. Directed by Back to the Future, written by The Monster Squad, and produced by The Goonies!! The fact that Robert Zemeckis and Fred Dekker totally worked together BLOWS MY MIND now that I've gotten to fall in love with The Monster Squad and already loved Back to the Future for years! Man oh man, this is such a great "Who's who?" show, SO creative with all of the different directors, writers, and actors getting to contribute their talents and it has just the right amount of disturbing but you can have so much FUN with it, one of the lucky ones I keep on coming back to and NEVER getting sick of! I like the cartoon too, I need to watch as many episodes as I can find on here, but THIS one is my gold:)
I think Forest Gump was the first semi-convincing attempt to resurrect long dead celebrities on film and was directed by Bob Zemeckis, who also happened to direct the Humphrey Bogart episode.
Tales from the crypt, monsters, tales from the darkside, Friday the 13th the series. I loved all these shows. I actually have watched all these again doing quarantine.
@@ss-qj8fu Tales From the Crypt is only on dvd box set. You will rarely find it for streaming bcus HBO is still arguing over the distribution rights to it. But, you can find most episodes on youtube. Monsters is available for streaming on Prime. And Tales From the Darkside can be found on Shudder for streaming close to Halloween. Friday the 13th series is more difficult to find. The dvd box set can be purchased on Amazon and some of the episodes are on youtube...
When this show started on HBO I remember my dad let me stay up late and we would watch it religiously every week. It was great being a kid growing up in the 80's. I feel sorry for kids these days. They get regurgitated & recycled crap to watch, listen to and play with. Not to mention modern technology has ruined being a kid. Instead of exploring outside, riding bikes and such they are plastered in front of t.v's and phones with no imagination. Must suck.
Believe me, a good handful of kids still play outside and go exploring, why do you think we get so much vandalism? But the part about kids growing up with shit entertainment these days is sadly true.. I'm only 21 so I'm not old at all.. But thankfully I grew up with the Mega Drive, PS1 and Game boy, also got an NES, SNES, N64 etc when I got a bit older. But video games aside, movies! Yeah modern films are ruined by the overuse of CGI, nothing is original anymore, horror especially is ruined with that absolutely fucking stupid formulaic stuff they do with the jumpscares, over the top loud atmospheric noises etc... Horror is by far my favourite genre of film and damn 90% of horror from the last 15 years at least has just been utter shit.. I'd rather watch films from the 1920's-90's any day, although sometimes 90's could be pushing it as the latter end of the 90's is when the modern tropes of movie making started taking off. Tales from the Crypt is awesome! A handful of the episodes are kind of shitty but the majority of them are great! Most people hated season 7 in particular and.. I won't say it's very good but I enjoyed it, especially the episode about child abduction. There are so many memorable episodes from the first 6 seasons especially. Anyway, you are definitely right about kids growing up with mediocre and very repetitive and recycled films and games these days.. But there are definitely some younger people who realise that what we have today is so boring and look back into the past for their entertainment, they're sadly very few and far between... As 95% of people these days just look down on older films and games, they make fun of practical effects.. 🤦♂️ And just overall don't care.. Which is up to them I guess.. But the people that do want to get into older stuff? There has never been a better time to do so, with the Internet I can find thousands of obscure 20's-90's horror/monster/adventure films that I can access easily, and it's awesome, I'm glad that I can live in an age that allows me to learn about and experience all of the past horror movies so very easily. So much easier than scanning the TV channels for films I like and recording them onto VHS tapes but then a bunch of them are censored anyway, or visiting the local video store for films and just hoping to find one I like, I can just look them up online and either order it on blu ray straight toy door or find it online to watch. Although also quite a few kids are exposed to older films growing up too, whether they pay attention is a different story, while I was watching Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Scream and Chucky movies growing up (just to name a few) most kids were watching Shrek or something.
Two anthology shows that you didn't mention that were in the same genre as Tales From The Crypt, were Tales From The Darkside which aired from 1983 to 1988 and was created by George Romero, and made into a movie in 1990, and Are You Afraid Of The Dark? on Nickelodeon which ran from 1990 to 1996 and then in revival in 1999 and once again in 2019. There was another show called Monsters that ran from 1988 until 1991 which some consider to be a loosely based horror show anthology.
Tales from the Crypt Keeper was one of my favorite cartoons growing up. I loved the dark colorful comic book art style of the cartoon and the lessons scared into the victims made sense for this type of show targeted at a younger audience.
Yellow is one of the best episodes. It’s just so powerful and the father/son dynamic between Kirk and Erik Douglass really shows through. And that ending, whew. It really got to me.
I actually kind of liked the cartoon series as it was part of a 'forbidden' list of things in our house! I think that having the Crypt Keeper would've actually detracted from the charm and whimsy of The Frighteners particularly in the more serious sequences. However, I am 100% on board with Peter Jackson getting back in touch with his horror roots and rebooting the series with the assistance of someone like Taika Waititi. I think that would be a match made in heaven . . . well, a match made anyway!
One of the things I really liked about the show is that mostly the people who got killed deserved it, unlike with slasher flicks which admittedly I don't like watching. Seeing innocent people get killed just isn't appealing to me, especially beautiful women.
As if being promiscuous (i.e. overly seductive) & basically selling one's body (as in, behaving like a skank/slut/hoe/whore/prostitute) just because your imbalanced hormones made you consistently horny (in other words, basically every sexually-charged teenager ever depicted on film) constitutes anything resembling innocence, because giving up the goods for simple sexual gratification is far from wholesome, which is what innocence is supposed to represent. That's why, in slasher movies, it's always the randy teens who get murdered, meanwhile the heroes usually end up being those who don't openly endorse sexual activity or are virgins who haven't had sex yet.
When my parents where at work in the early 90s and my lil sister was scared to sleep in her room because we watched horror movies all day I would hum tales from the crypt theme song and she would start crying lol
I love how even with the behind the scenes of Tales From The Crypt, they always kept it as if he really was alive and not an actual puppet. When my kids were young they would wanna watch it with me, so now they have a fond memory of all of their episodes.
I was a bit too freaked out by the Crypt Keeper to watch the show, when it originally aired. It wasn't until I got into my late-teens, and was able to look back with fresh eyes, that I came to appreciate the show more. Certain episodes still have a heebee-jeebee-inducing atmosphere, but it's still good fun. Also, as a Disney fan, it was interesting to learn that the Crypt Keeper's voice-actor, John Kassir, also gave his voice to the classic movie "Pocahontas".
When I was a kid, I had a little handheld Casio color TV that ran on AA batteries, and had a 2"x2" screen. Every Saturday night, just before midnight, I'd put fresh batteries in, turn out the lights in my bedroom, get under the covers, and settle in to watch Tales From The Crypt reruns on my local FOX channel. It was something I looked forward to all week. I loved that show.
I remember watching this show starting when I was about 5 or 6. It was a weekly ritual with popcorn and whatnot, I always covered my eyes when the Crypt Keeper popped out of the coffin during the intro. Hebrew Box Office sure has changed in 30 years!
I wasn’t even born until a decade after the series ended but now that I’m old enough to watch Tales From The Crypt, I absolutely love it. Such a fun series with a great sense of humor and always having great twists that I never saw coming
I have all 7 seasons on my laptop . I got it when kickasstorrents was still around (not sure if it still is) . I agree with some people though season 7 sucked ass but I still watched it anyway . I’m not that old (29 to be exact) but I remember it coming on t.v as a kid . I was always intrigued by the crypt keeper so when I finally got around to watching the whole series , I can safely say it’s definitely one of my top 5 favorites . Cheesey acting and all lol .
Back when people were less sensitive. They don't make childrens TV like they used to. Warning: Sensitive people who can't take a joke in the comments below. Read at your own risk.
If I was to point out the foolishness of your name you would most likely be triggered so i'll leave it at that...lol Oh you're sensitive to my comment? lol
Joan Collins played an aged actress in American Horror Story: Apocalypse. On set she's doing the killer Santa story she did in Tales from the Crypt. Another actress snipes something like, "Didn't you already film this before?"
Tales from the Crypt...I used to sneak over to my friends house to watch these because my parents didn’t have cable at first. Then when I was making money in ‘89, I got cable just so I could watch this show. I would love for it to come back. LOVED the Crypt Keeper (especially at Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando one year. I believe he was the Master of Ceremonies.
Thanks minty absolutely loved the crypt keeper and watched the show religiously... was a big fan of Demon knight and still love the cryptmas album.. as always truly enjoy watching your show
I can see a Crypt Keeper/Chucky crossover. 😀 The Crypt Keeper is about to kill Chucky, who says, "I'll be back... I *always* come back!" (sigh) "But dying is such a *b@^ch."*
3:05: thing about the CCA is that there’s a long-running conspiracy theory that, because of how much content EC was famous for that the CCA now said was a no-no, that the comic industry intentionally made the CCA biased against EC to put them out of business, because of how more successful EC was than it competitors during the 50s
Great video Mr. Minty, this show is still one of my favorites to this day. Here’s a bit of trivia, my uncle Monty Bass played the native character Frank Littlebear, in the episode “Showdown”.
I have been a long-time fan of the British "Tales From The Crypt" movie from the 70's. It had a sequel that was just as good called, "Vault of Horror". I feel the 90's TFTC movies are underrated, as well, with great performances by many awesome actors such as Tim Curry, Bill Sadler, Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Billy Zane, and Cory Feldman.
I still remember as a kid being asleep while me parents were watching this show and all I could hear was the crypt keeps voice and laugh. That shit would give me nightmares. Good times.
Yet another reason why I love being an 80s child/90s teen! I watched Tales From The Crypt every time it aired on HBO! Hearing all the terrible puns from John Kassir was the best part of the series! I don’t remember much about Demon Knight or Bordello of Blood though, as I don’t think I saw them more than once.
The Crypt-Keeper always reminds me a lot of the scary older man that was in the Poltergeist movie that ended up passing away halfway thru the shooting of that film.
Ok I loved this episode from you! Love the crypt keeper. Enjoyed it as a kid and still love him today. I learned some cool info from this episode. Thank you
I’ve seen the real crypt keeper up close. It was cool! Saw it when I interviewed with Kevin Yeager back in the 90s. He had all his best stuff right there in the lobby. The crypt keeper sat at the head of his conference room table. Lol! I also worked on “Bordello of Blood” for Todd Masters FX studio. Sucks that it bombed (and had Dennis Miller), but at least I got invited to Todd’s famous Halloween party that year, which was dope! Still haven’t seen all the “Tales from the Crypt” episodes though. I guess during a pandemic is as good a time as any…
I'm surprised you didn't save this one for October, Minty! Keep up the amazing work! Much love from a fellow movie/show/retro pop culture-lover from Los Angeles!
Man The Frighteners & From Dusk Till Dawn question is a good one to ponder. They really would make kick ass Tales from the Crypt films, they really have that feel and fit! One of my favorite anthologies from that time is Tales From the Darkside. I absolutely love that one! (I swear being named Heather and Christian Slater being in one of them who I had crushed over since seeing him as J.D. -Jason Dean in Heathers had nothing to do with my obsession. ..okay it totally did) The Mummy story and the Demon story were really cool though. I also loved both Creepshow films. Though the one with that blob monster thing in the lake has helped fuel my fear of swimming in lakes and rivers that I'm unable to see through the water. (Especially since I got my foot tangled in some underwater plant life once swimming in a lake and it pulled me under, I thought I was going to drown for real, until I kicked free. But it put me off swimming in similar bodies of water forever) Anyhow, I think it's due time for a Cryptkeeper revival. They could bring back Tales from the Crypt entirely or have him be a host like Elvira or Vincent Price to Halloween specials of horror films or short stories anthologies. I really wish they would give it a go, cos we could use a bit of the horror nostalgia.
When my son was about 5 years old, he would watch Tales From Crypt with me. At first he was really scared of the Crypt Keeper until I explained to him that he was just a puppet. He would then always say “you don’t scare me because your not real”. I have so many great memories of him watching it with me. He actually really got into horror movies at a really young age and would always be stealing my VHS horror movies so he could watch them in his room. He’s now 32 years old and is still into horror movies. I can’t believe how long it has been since we would watch Tales From The Crypt together. Thank you so very much Minty for bringing those memories back to me 👍
The Crypt Keeper would scare me as a kid too but my parents would laugh as I would hide under the blankets. It wasn't until I was a little older that I watched Demon Night and I enjoyed it
taco squirts awww I’m sure you can laugh about it now but as a kid you must have cried even more because your parents were laughing at you. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day 😊
F-zero91maru he really got into the collection of horror movies I had when he was around 8 years old and was never afraid of any of them. He and I have a lot in common and even like the same kind of music. I hate that he lives so far away from me with his fiancé and his son and will also be a step dad to her other 2 daughters. Hopefully I will get to see them again one day but I don’t know what is the plan concerning the virus and political issues. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed evening 🙏
F-zero91maru bless you for your kind words. I’m actually going to turn 52 next month. I had my son when I was 18 years old. So he and I pretty much grew up together. I’m so grateful that I have 3 grown children that grew up into 3 great adults. I live with my middle child and my other daughter lives about 8 hours away from me. My other two always check up with me a couple times a week and I’m just glad that I’m living with one of my kids. Thank you so much for your reply 👍
F-zero91maru I at least live with my middle child (daughter) and I was always closer to her then my other two kids but I still gave my other kids a lot of attention. I feel like I raised my kids right because I lived with my mom and all 3 of my kids and she was the best mom I ever knew. I wish she was still here today so that she could see her great grandsons. She would be spoiling them rotten. I just hope that she is watching all of us from heaven and is doing her best to keep us close and safe. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day 🙏
Ah, the good ole 80’s and 90’s on HBO.
Tales From the Crypt and The Hitchhiker.
Oh wow that is right! The Hitchhiker! Not to be confused with the very scary and quite realistic and plausible "The Hitcher" movie! I used to watch all kinds of horror anthology and tv show series back in the 80s and 90s. I miss those good old NON SMART phone days!
Now a days if they aired TFTC they would change the Crypt Keeper into a transvestite and make the stories more family friendly as to not offend anyone
And don't forget the animated spawn series that series was fucking dope
The Hitcher movie was one I really loved
I watched this back in the day but I was to young to really realize all the great quest actors and directors. Such a great series, Crypty’s dry humor was my favorites part.
As popular and great as this show is, you really dont hear many people talk about it now a days. I love this show!
"Death Becomes Her" was also originally intended to be a "Tales From the Crypt" movie. But after the quality of the script was recognised the studio decided the movie was good enough to be a stand alone film.
I knew that about Frighteners but not about From Dusk Til Dawn or Death Becomes Her. But if you think about it, they all have that vibe.
Minty mentions the connection between tales from the crypt and death becomes her in his video for death becomes her
Wow did not know this love that movie too lol
Well, BORDELLO OF BLOOD was Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale's first script that never sold, so when all these different scripts didnt' work out, Zemeckis had Gale polish up their old script to be used for the second film.
@Done with you everyone's entitled to be wrong once in awhile. Unfortunately you used yours today...
Him popping out of the coffin in the beginning terrified me as a kid.
“Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight” is pretty good and has a great rock soundtrack
If you haven't check this guy's movie channel out, I highly recommend it...
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"Fuck this cowboy shit. You fucking ho-dunk, po-dunk, well then there mother fuckers"
And Billy fuckin Zane
@@nathanirwin01 Just give me the god damn KEY!
Raziel Talos Billy Zane made this movie for me, he played the asshole yet charismatic villain so freaking well!
The episode "Switch" that was directed by Arnold Schwartzanagger also starred the late great Kelly Preston in the actual tale.
Yeah. RIP Kelly Preston ❤🙏
She was hot RIP
She was a savage in that episode...lmao
@@The_torero She sure was... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 That is one of my favorite episodes. Huge twist at the end. I felt so sorry for the old man. 😭
@@gildedheist ..Have you seen the 80s film Spellbinder? She was good in that too, and the twist at the end was awesome.
Your videos are my favorite part of getting ready for work in the mornings.
I really liked tales from the crypt and cartoon as a kid and tales from the crypt demon knight was a good movie.
I own bordello of blood. I love it
Demon Knight is the SHIT! Zane's best performance of his career IMO...
Favorite line ever: "Fuck this cowboy shit! You fucking hoedown, podunk, well them there motherfuckers! All you had to do was give me the goddamn key!"
@@andrewgrove1691 as well as I! Love it!
@@LankeyScoan lol!!!! YES!
Thought demon knight was great!
The first CUT... is the deepest AAAHEHEHEHE!!!............
"Tales From the Hood," kind of a spinoff, was definitely worth watching.
Yeah the first one was. Have you ever seen the second one? Lmao absolutely terrible.
@@genequist3859 , I haven't because I heard the same. :)
The first one terrified my wannabe gangsta foster daughter and her friends.
Gene Quist There shouldn’t have been a sequel to “Tales from the Hood.”
@@genequist3859 it was dreadful
I like Tales from the hood and darkside
Demon Knight was a fantastic story, heck, good enough to be it's own spin off series!
Yep it sure was... featured a younger Jada Pinkett before all of her complicated "entanglements." 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Done with you Demon Knight is the only soundtrack I’ve ever bought...well that and the one for Judgement Night. The two best soundtracks ever.
Done with you I remember back in the early 90s I was working at Burger King and, after we closed, I would tape one side of my headphones to the microphone that they used to call back the orders and blast the FNM/Boo-ya Tribe song “Another Body Murdered”. Everyone kept asking me who it was. They loved it!
@@gildedheist she's still in an entanglement with one of the demons 😂
@@gator9339 Yep for sure 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Still one of my favorite shows of all times.
I like the frightners and from dusk to dawn, tom savini is the most AMAZING special effects artist in the world!
The Frighteners was crap
@@homelesshannah50 that's your opinion
He made "The Fiend" mask for Bray Wyatt which is pretty cool
@@gator9339 I know it's better than the one he made for corey Taylor though.
They were awesome movies
The opening credits of this show scared the crap out of me as a kid. You don’t see stuff like that on tv nowadays.
The opening of the Kardashians scares the heck out of me. So much plastic!
The voice of the crypt keeper it’s so like Mark Hamill’s voice 😂😂😂 there is another voice actor no wonder he was a joker 🃏
He also took over for Buster Bunny on _Tiny Toons_ once Charlie Adler (who originated the Bugs Bunny Jr.-type role & ironically, lampooned John Kassier's Cryptkeeper in a Halloween-themed episode before John Kassier took over) quit the show upon realizing that the forthcoming _Animaniacs_ wouldn't have any prominent character role for him to play like _Tiny Toons_ had previous.
I watched this as a kid and had the kriptkeeper figure. I must have been 7/8 wtf was my mum thinking 😂😂😂
I’ve still got mine on my bar lol
I still have my pull cord talking Freddy Krueger doll I bought at Toys R Us with $ from my 8th otlr 9th birthday. The family friend who took me shopping there was totally mortified that this cute little blonde girl only wanted the Freddy doll. He tried to convince me to buy ANYTHING else, but I only had eyes for Freddy. He was MORTIFIED that I was buying a doll of a freaky movie child killer.
I was ECSTATIC!! He pulled my mom aside and said, "Laura, I'm worried about your daughter..." my mom laughed at him and said it was okay that it's just what i'm really into, horror. Haha
Interestingly the Toys R Us I got it from was featured on Unsolved Mysteries multiple times as a haunted place. I remember hearing so many stories of the hauntings and going ons there.
Sindollx666x very cool I still have the full size chucky doll my old man got me when I was about 3. If only we knew what this stuff may have been worth. WE may have kept them in the boxes. But try giving a kid a toy that he/she can’t play with and see how that goes. Good memories from a better time.
Aawww its just the slightly darker side of Mr. Rodgers neighborhood!
the guy who did the voice of the CryptKeeper was also in a film called "Reefer Madness: the Musical" which is brilliantly funny.
YES! and it was a stage production first in which he played the same part
John Kassir
John Kassir also played a part in one of the episodes (the one with the three criminals in the graveyard).
After the episode the Crypt Keeper comments on this character with "He sounds familiar, but he's no Robert DEADford!"
My daughter actually really likes the animated shows. I could actually see from dusk til dawn being part of the tales from the crypt verse
Remember everyone. "It's what's on the INSIDE that counts."
I remember that one with Mimi Rogers, right?? When she played the beauty contestant... Yep "it's whats inside that counts." 🤣
@@gildedheist You Win!
@@dr.8553 Yayyyyyyyy! 😀😀😀😀
I saw that episode when I snuck out of my room late one night when I was a very little kid and that final scene is still burned my brain forever.
@@Me-mb1ex Yep 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It was so gross and shocking 🤢🤢🤮
Good one!
You should do the hitchhiker next. It's a show that use to come on HBO as well.
Oh, man, I LOVED THIS SHOW as a kid in the late 90s when the reruns were on The Sci-Fi Channel! Fortunately a handful of people have uploaded a ton of the episodes so I can revisit and it's just as great now as it was then:) My absolute FAVORITE part was that amazing opening, I ALWAYS wanted to go through that house and down those steps into that crypt to hang out with The Cryptkeeper! He's ICKIS, one of my childhood loves:) All of my favorite episodes happen to be in season 5 too, especially the one about his PARENTS, that was actually the cutest ending I'd ever seen, and of course the Tim Curry vehicle...but by FAR my top episode is All Through the House for its crew ALONE. Directed by Back to the Future, written by The Monster Squad, and produced by The Goonies!! The fact that Robert Zemeckis and Fred Dekker totally worked together BLOWS MY MIND now that I've gotten to fall in love with The Monster Squad and already loved Back to the Future for years! Man oh man, this is such a great "Who's who?" show, SO creative with all of the different directors, writers, and actors getting to contribute their talents and it has just the right amount of disturbing but you can have so much FUN with it, one of the lucky ones I keep on coming back to and NEVER getting sick of! I like the cartoon too, I need to watch as many episodes as I can find on here, but THIS one is my gold:)
"Tales from the Crypt" was bringing actors back to life before it was cool.
I think Forest Gump was the first semi-convincing attempt to resurrect long dead celebrities on film and was directed by Bob Zemeckis, who also happened to direct the Humphrey Bogart episode.
That episode sucked, Bogart is dead and he should stay that way
Demon Knight is still a favorite of mine. My friend and me constantly quote it. And it's Robert Rodriguez, not Roger.
Supper time 😎💥💥
Demon Night is classic! One of my favourite old horror movies.
Billy Zane said my favorite line from that movie "You f*cking hodunk, podunk well then there MOTHER F*CKERS!!"🤣🤣
Yup demon knight was a good movie 👍👍
“Death Becomes Her” was also going to be a Tales From The Crypt movie, check out the trailer, and see if you recognize the background music
The music doesn't mean much. The original trailer for Disney's 'Mulan' had music from 'Dragonheart'
Tales from the crypt, monsters, tales from the darkside, Friday the 13th the series. I loved all these shows. I actually have watched all these again doing quarantine.
YASSS! The bestest 😎
Can you stream any? I only have tales box set.
@@ss-qj8fu Tales From the Crypt is only on dvd box set. You will rarely find it for streaming bcus HBO is still arguing over the distribution rights to it. But, you can find most episodes on youtube. Monsters is available for streaming on Prime. And Tales From the Darkside can be found on Shudder for streaming close to Halloween. Friday the 13th series is more difficult to find. The dvd box set can be purchased on Amazon and some of the episodes are on youtube...
When this show started on HBO I remember my dad let me stay up late and we would watch it religiously every week. It was great being a kid growing up in the 80's. I feel sorry for kids these days. They get regurgitated & recycled crap to watch, listen to and play with. Not to mention modern technology has ruined being a kid. Instead of exploring outside, riding bikes and such they are plastered in front of t.v's and phones with no imagination. Must suck.
Same
Believe me, a good handful of kids still play outside and go exploring, why do you think we get so much vandalism?
But the part about kids growing up with shit entertainment these days is sadly true.. I'm only 21 so I'm not old at all.. But thankfully I grew up with the Mega Drive, PS1 and Game boy, also got an NES, SNES, N64 etc when I got a bit older.
But video games aside, movies! Yeah modern films are ruined by the overuse of CGI, nothing is original anymore, horror especially is ruined with that absolutely fucking stupid formulaic stuff they do with the jumpscares, over the top loud atmospheric noises etc... Horror is by far my favourite genre of film and damn 90% of horror from the last 15 years at least has just been utter shit..
I'd rather watch films from the 1920's-90's any day, although sometimes 90's could be pushing it as the latter end of the 90's is when the modern tropes of movie making started taking off.
Tales from the Crypt is awesome! A handful of the episodes are kind of shitty but the majority of them are great! Most people hated season 7 in particular and.. I won't say it's very good but I enjoyed it, especially the episode about child abduction.
There are so many memorable episodes from the first 6 seasons especially.
Anyway, you are definitely right about kids growing up with mediocre and very repetitive and recycled films and games these days.. But there are definitely some younger people who realise that what we have today is so boring and look back into the past for their entertainment, they're sadly very few and far between... As 95% of people these days just look down on older films and games, they make fun of practical effects.. 🤦♂️ And just overall don't care.. Which is up to them I guess..
But the people that do want to get into older stuff? There has never been a better time to do so, with the Internet I can find thousands of obscure 20's-90's horror/monster/adventure films that I can access easily, and it's awesome, I'm glad that I can live in an age that allows me to learn about and experience all of the past horror movies so very easily. So much easier than scanning the TV channels for films I like and recording them onto VHS tapes but then a bunch of them are censored anyway, or visiting the local video store for films and just hoping to find one I like, I can just look them up online and either order it on blu ray straight toy door or find it online to watch.
Although also quite a few kids are exposed to older films growing up too, whether they pay attention is a different story, while I was watching Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Scream and Chucky movies growing up (just to name a few) most kids were watching Shrek or something.
Same here. I loved watching it as a kid. I thought the crypt keeper was hilarious.
Same, I was nine when this came out and my mom used to stay up late with me to watch it.
I freaking loved it, it was definitely my favorite
Nowadays kids only get media based on comic books--not like Tales from the Crypt! (Oh, wait...)
Two anthology shows that you didn't mention that were in the same genre as Tales From The Crypt, were Tales From The Darkside which aired from 1983 to 1988 and was created by George Romero, and made into a movie in 1990, and Are You Afraid Of The Dark? on Nickelodeon which ran from 1990 to 1996 and then in revival in 1999 and once again in 2019. There was another show called Monsters that ran from 1988 until 1991 which some consider to be a loosely based horror show anthology.
Tales from the Crypt Keeper was one of my favorite cartoons growing up. I loved the dark colorful comic book art style of the cartoon and the lessons scared into the victims made sense for this type of show targeted at a younger audience.
Yellow is one of the best episodes. It’s just so powerful and the father/son dynamic between Kirk and Erik Douglass really shows through. And that ending, whew. It really got to me.
I always liked The Crypt Keeper's corny jokes.
"Goodnight 'boils' and 'ghouls'. Don't forget to close your 'screem' door". Lmao. 🤣
West End Games made a tabletop RPG based on this show back in the 90's called "The World of Tales from the Crypt "
I actually kind of liked the cartoon series as it was part of a 'forbidden' list of things in our house! I think that having the Crypt Keeper would've actually detracted from the charm and whimsy of The Frighteners particularly in the more serious sequences. However, I am 100% on board with Peter Jackson getting back in touch with his horror roots and rebooting the series with the assistance of someone like Taika Waititi. I think that would be a match made in heaven . . . well, a match made anyway!
As I watched this video, the nostalgia of watching Tales from the Crypt as a kid just came rushing back to me, such an awesome show.
Fun fact tales from the crypt became so popular that to have fun with it they started letting the special guest celebrities direct episodes !
One of the things I really liked about the show is that mostly the people who got killed deserved it, unlike with slasher flicks which admittedly I don't like watching. Seeing innocent people get killed just isn't appealing to me, especially beautiful women.
I agree, with one caveat: I didn't always agree that whatever happened was deserved.
As if being promiscuous (i.e. overly seductive) & basically selling one's body (as in, behaving like a skank/slut/hoe/whore/prostitute) just because your imbalanced hormones made you consistently horny (in other words, basically every sexually-charged teenager ever depicted on film) constitutes anything resembling innocence, because giving up the goods for simple sexual gratification is far from wholesome, which is what innocence is supposed to represent. That's why, in slasher movies, it's always the randy teens who get murdered, meanwhile the heroes usually end up being those who don't openly endorse sexual activity or are virgins who haven't had sex yet.
@Done with you now a days Demi looks like the Crypt Keeper
In that regard it's a lot like "A Thousand Ways to Die" - a lot of those are little morality plays.
Do a 10 Things u Didn’t Know About Children Of The Corn
If Minty doesn't maybe Flinty might!
Chucky and the crypt keeper were the only characters that actually scared the shit out of me as a kid
I remember watching the show with my dad, around the same time of the X-Files. Awesome memories. Cheers for the trip down memory lane.
When my parents where at work in the early 90s and my lil sister was scared to sleep in her room because we watched horror movies all day I would hum tales from the crypt theme song and she would start crying lol
I adore tales from the krypt. The krypt keeper was awesome! 😁🧟♀️
He’s still a cool corpse.
@@thelarrycompany8514 hell yeah, pardon the pun
I love how even with the behind the scenes of Tales From The Crypt, they always kept it as if he really was alive and not an actual puppet. When my kids were young they would wanna watch it with me, so now they have a fond memory of all of their episodes.
Bruh this is literally my all time favorite horror show I wish they would bring it back again!
I've never clicked so fast on my life lol
I heard HBO was going to revive the series but then it got canceled
@@gator9339 Not HBO, TNT with M. Night Shyamalan as show runner. The teaser they had looked pretty frickin' good.
Please god no. They could call it Tales from the Crypt but it wouldn't be Tales from the Crypt...
Tales from the crypt classic HBO tv series!!
There was also a children's game show called "Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House".
Thanks for helping me remember the name of that show. I remembered that program long time ago.
@@Candle_Calmness You're welcome.
I remember that show but I can't find any episodes of it. It's long gone like Carmen SanDiego
I was a bit too freaked out by the Crypt Keeper to watch the show, when it originally aired. It wasn't until I got into my late-teens, and was able to look back with fresh eyes, that I came to appreciate the show more. Certain episodes still have a heebee-jeebee-inducing atmosphere, but it's still good fun. Also, as a Disney fan, it was interesting to learn that the Crypt Keeper's voice-actor, John Kassir, also gave his voice to the classic movie "Pocahontas".
When I was a kid, I had a little handheld Casio color TV that ran on AA batteries, and had a 2"x2" screen. Every Saturday night, just before midnight, I'd put fresh batteries in, turn out the lights in my bedroom, get under the covers, and settle in to watch Tales From The Crypt reruns on my local FOX channel. It was something I looked forward to all week. I loved that show.
"Yellow" was an amazing episode. I didn't know that it was part of a failed pilot.
Hi ya from the UK love ya videos keep them coming 👍
I remember watching this show starting when I was about 5 or 6. It was a weekly ritual with popcorn and whatnot, I always covered my eyes when the Crypt Keeper popped out of the coffin during the intro. Hebrew Box Office sure has changed in 30 years!
I wasn’t even born until a decade after the series ended but now that I’m old enough to watch Tales From The Crypt, I absolutely love it. Such a fun series with a great sense of humor and always having great twists that I never saw coming
I have all 7 seasons on my laptop . I got it when kickasstorrents was still around (not sure if it still is) . I agree with some people though season 7 sucked ass but I still watched it anyway . I’m not that old (29 to be exact) but I remember it coming on t.v as a kid . I was always intrigued by the crypt keeper so when I finally got around to watching the whole series , I can safely say it’s definitely one of my top 5 favorites . Cheesey acting and all lol .
No copyright issues for using ALICE COOPER "POISON"?
What kind of saucery is this MINTY!?!
It’s French culinary sorcery or saucery to those in the know
I grew up on tales from the crypt cartoon , goosebumps , and freaky stories Re-runs and I owe those shows a lot for making me fall inlove with horror
The opening terrified me as a kid. Turns out it still does 😂 great video.
Whoah! It's 6am where I am and I have never seen Minty videos this soon after posting! It's going to be an EPIC day!!!
Back when people were less sensitive.
They don't make childrens TV like they used to.
Warning: Sensitive people who can't take a joke in the comments below. Read at your own risk.
Here, here 😁
If I was to point out the foolishness of your name you would most likely be triggered so i'll leave it at that...lol Oh you're sensitive to my comment? lol
Agreed
You say sensitive like its a bad thing asshole
@@Ottophil yeah. I still don't get why being " sensitive" is such a bad thing.
Thanks for the flashback ;) a friend of mine played in one episode too (Michael Lerner) and I actually really liked the series in good old 90s
Joan Collins played an aged actress in American Horror Story: Apocalypse. On set she's doing the killer Santa story she did in Tales from the Crypt. Another actress snipes something like, "Didn't you already film this before?"
Good job Minty! Love this show!
love the fact that the Crypt keeper has Chuky's eyes
Tales from the Crypt...I used to sneak over to my friends house to watch these because my parents didn’t have cable at first. Then when I was making money in ‘89, I got cable just so I could watch this show. I would love for it to come back. LOVED the Crypt Keeper (especially at Halloween Horror Nights in Orlando one year. I believe he was the Master of Ceremonies.
Thanks minty absolutely loved the crypt keeper and watched the show religiously... was a big fan of Demon knight and still love the cryptmas album.. as always truly enjoy watching your show
i saw one episode with Brad Dourif in it. *the voice of Chucky*
It's the one about the ice cream man and his conjoined twin.
I can see a Crypt Keeper/Chucky crossover. 😀 The Crypt Keeper is about to kill Chucky, who says, "I'll be back... I *always* come back!" (sigh) "But dying is such a *b@^ch."*
@@BennyLlama39 Bride of Chucky quote. nice
His brother was Bill Paxton
@@randalgraves6979 he called him a "fucking retard!" in that flick
@@randalgraves6979 i noticed that.
TalesFromTheCrypt inspired me greatly. It has a large part of why I do what I do on my channeI
One only CopperRaven! much love bro
I'll check you out 😁
Very cool 😎 Horror anthologies rock
Hello my dark lord
3:05: thing about the CCA is that there’s a long-running conspiracy theory that, because of how much content EC was famous for that the CCA now said was a no-no, that the comic industry intentionally made the CCA biased against EC to put them out of business, because of how more successful EC was than it competitors during the 50s
Great video Mr. Minty, this show is still one of my favorites to this day. Here’s a bit of trivia, my uncle Monty Bass played the native character Frank Littlebear, in the episode “Showdown”.
Hey miniz you forgot that there was game show too of tales of crypt
Love you Minty 😍
I have been a long-time fan of the British "Tales From The Crypt" movie from the 70's. It had a sequel that was just as good called, "Vault of Horror". I feel the 90's TFTC movies are underrated, as well, with great performances by many awesome actors such as Tim Curry, Bill Sadler, Jennifer Grey, Craig Sheffer, Billy Zane, and Cory Feldman.
I miss that show. Thanks for giving a shout out to tales . You always deliver the goods.👍
No inconvenience at all. I think I may have missed this video the first time around.
I got to watch it fortunately
I saw it the first time around, too.
@@brandonpage7087 and still holds up! Isn't that amazing? Lol
It's hilarious how you pronounce 'HBO'.
Haytch bee oh
That's how they roll in some parts of the English-speaking world. Just wait until you hear them say Z. Anyway, much love to Australia from America.
@@Mr.PepeSilvia Imposter!
love your vids man...they are genuine and comforting to watch...thank you!
4:35 "Squid loaf with fries and corn on the cob" That's a nope from me dawg..
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YEAH!! D.A.R.Y.L. DIS ONE IS GUD. I LOVE DAT MOVIE TOO. I THINK U CN WATCH IT 4 FREE ON YOU TUBE. I JAZ DID, LAST MARCH.
Nice one, Minty.... Again!
Thank you for always covering the classics. Keep up that great work you do.
Yessss! One of my fav shows posted on my birthday! Thanks Minty 😁
I still remember as a kid being asleep while me parents were watching this show and all I could hear was the crypt keeps voice and laugh. That shit would give me nightmares. Good times.
Same 🤣 I miss the 90's
When I was a kid, I always had to hide my eyes when Keeper popped up in the intro. That part always terrified me.
I know that feel bro
Same. I'm 32 now and I can't believe I ever felt that way as a child 🤦 the craftsmanship that went into that practical effect is so cool to me know.
Same here. I would straight up turn off my tv and go to bed lol
Excellent show! For some reason I missed the series and am excited to watch tonight!
Tales from the crypt keeper were fun with comic books and the TV series to be honest it’s time to bring it all back I would watch it all again
Parents wouldn't approve? I used to watch this show hidding behind my dad lol
SIR MINTY, ROBERT RODRIGUEZ NOT ROGER RODRIGUEZ. JUST A CORRECTION. BUT TNK U SO MCH 4D VIDEO. MORE POWER MINTY. TKE CARE
This isn't 'hard-of-hearing twitter'.
I actually remember a time where I'd watch the show on a Friday night, and then watched the cartoon on Saturday morning.
I love the robot chicken Crypt Keeper...
Boys and gouls...
🤣🤣🤣💀🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now the Crypt Keeper is the Speaker of the House.
Ha!
Zing!
*Hey!* Don't insult the Crypt Keeper like that! 😀
@@BennyLlama39 hey, it's a job.
First one here
Well aren't you lucky
What makes you say that
@@theretrorooster4626 to make myself feel like a big boy lol
I always loved the Cryptkeeper's play on words. They're like dead dad jokes
Yet another reason why I love being an 80s child/90s teen! I watched Tales From The Crypt every time it aired on HBO! Hearing all the terrible puns from John Kassir was the best part of the series!
I don’t remember much about Demon Knight or Bordello of Blood though, as I don’t think I saw them more than once.
The Crypt-Keeper always reminds me a lot of the scary older man that was in the Poltergeist movie that ended up passing away halfway thru the shooting of that film.
Ok I loved this episode from you! Love the crypt keeper. Enjoyed it as a kid and still love him today. I learned some cool info from this episode. Thank you
I’ve seen the real crypt keeper up close. It was cool! Saw it when I interviewed with Kevin Yeager back in the 90s. He had all his best stuff right there in the lobby. The crypt keeper sat at the head of his conference room table. Lol!
I also worked on “Bordello of Blood” for Todd Masters FX studio. Sucks that it bombed (and had Dennis Miller), but at least I got invited to Todd’s famous Halloween party that year, which was dope!
Still haven’t seen all the “Tales from the Crypt” episodes though. I guess during a pandemic is as good a time as any…
And then everyone forgot that they made a childrens gameshow out of Tales from the Crypt.
@Done with you Here ya go. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secrets_of_the_Cryptkeeper%27s_Haunted_House
This show was great only knew about 2 or 3 these thanks for the rest of them minty🙂♥️👍
I'm surprised you didn't save this one for October, Minty! Keep up the amazing work! Much love from a fellow movie/show/retro pop culture-lover from Los Angeles!
I'm from LA too
Omg Minty! You outdid yourself with the intro. Excellent touch.
Man The Frighteners & From Dusk Till Dawn question is a good one to ponder. They really would make kick ass Tales from the Crypt films, they really have that feel and fit!
One of my favorite anthologies from that time is Tales From the Darkside. I absolutely love that one! (I swear being named Heather and Christian Slater being in one of them who I had crushed over since seeing him as J.D. -Jason Dean in Heathers had nothing to do with my obsession. ..okay it totally did)
The Mummy story and the Demon story were really cool though.
I also loved both Creepshow films. Though the one with that blob monster thing in the lake has helped fuel my fear of swimming in lakes and rivers that I'm unable to see through the water. (Especially since I got my foot tangled in some underwater plant life once swimming in a lake and it pulled me under, I thought I was going to drown for real, until I kicked free. But it put me off swimming in similar bodies of water forever)
Anyhow, I think it's due time for a Cryptkeeper revival. They could bring back Tales from the Crypt entirely or have him be a host like Elvira or Vincent Price to Halloween specials of horror films or short stories anthologies. I really wish they would give it a go, cos we could use a bit of the horror nostalgia.