Episode One: “None but the Lonely Heart” (27 June 1992) Season Four of Tales form the Crypt opens with a celebrity director at the helm. Tom Hanks made his directorial debut with a story about Treat Williams as a rare black widower, marrying older women, taking them for all their worth, then leaving them to … Continue reading Tales from the Crypt: Season Four

Episode One: “Loved to Death” (15 June 1991) Andrew McCarthy belongs to that most pathetic class of Los Angeles denizen: aspiring screenwriter. He's lusting after his neighbor, Mariel Hemingway, even groping her in a reverie. What does his landlord? Report him to the police, evict him? No, he gives him a love potion to make … Continue reading Tales from the Crypt: Season Three

Episode One: “Dead Right” (21 April 1990) A fortune teller convinces Demi Moore that she will be rich if she marries the hideous Jeffrey Tambour, made up here to look like Monty Python's Mr. Creosote. Boy, this show really loves these sorts of plots. Episode Two: “The Switch” (21 April 1990) William Hickey (Uncle Lewis … Continue reading Tales from the Crypt: Season Two

In spite of being a fan of horror, comic books, and absolutely punishing wordplay, I have hardly seen anything form the Tales from the Crypt franchise aside from one episode and the two films released under the brand. I was too young to see the show when it original aired between 1989 and 1997, there … Continue reading Tales from the Crypt: Season One

First Night 2013 with Jamie Kennedy (dir. David Marquez, 2012) The world was supposed to end in 2012. The Mayans, Terrence McKenna, and Roland Emmerich all said so. The five thousand year cycle ended on December 21. The true believers all had their theories of what was to come. An end to history, a shift … Continue reading First Night 2013 with Jamie Kennedy (2012)