Tales from the Crypt (TV series) : Ask Biography

Television

Name

Tales from the Crypt

Genre

Horror

Created by

William Gaines (original concept)

Starring

Van Snowden

Voices of

John Kassir

Theme music composer

Danny Elfman

Composer

Danny Elfman

Country of origin

United States

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

List of episodes

List of Tales from the Crypt episodes

Production

Executive producer

Richard Donner
David Giler
Walter Hill
Joel Silver
David Geffen
Robert Zemeckis

Running time

approx. 22-39 min

Production company

HBO

Broadcast

Original channel

HBO

Audio format

Dolby Surround 2.0

First aired

June 10, 1989

Last aired

July 19, 1996

Status

Ended

Followed by

Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House
Demon Knight
Bordello of Blood
Ritual
Tales from the Crypt (radio series)
Perversions of Science

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'Tales from the Crypt', sometimes titled 'HBO's Tales from the Crypt', is an American horror anthology television series that ran from 1989 to 1996 on the premium cable channel HBO. The title was 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 Fear, Vault of Horror, Crime SuspenStories, and Shock SuspenStories). The show was produced by HBO with uncredited association by The Geffen Film Company and Warner Bros. Television (all part of a production consortium officially called Tales From The Crypt Holdings). The series is not to be confused with the 1972 film by the same name or Tales from the Darkside, another similarly themed horror anthology series.

Because it was aired on HBO, a premium cable television channel, it was one of the few anthology series to be allowed to have full freedom from censorship by network standards and practices as a result, HBO allowed the series to contain graphic violence as well as other content that had not appeared in most television series up to that time, such as profanity, gore, nudity and sexual situations, which could give the series a TV-MA rating for today's standards. The show is subsequently edited for such content when broadcast in syndication or on basic cable.

While the series began production in the United States, in the final season filming moved to Britain, resulting in episodes which revolved around British characters.

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Soundtrack :
Track	Title	Composer	Length
01	Tales from the Crypt (Main Title)	Danny Elfman	2:27
02	Three's a Crowd	Jan Hammer	3:50
03	Cutting Cards	James Horner	3:45
04	Loved to Death	Jimmy Webb	3:19
05	Dead Wait	David Mansfield	4:04
06	Undertaking Palor	Nicholas Pike	3:10
07	Carrion Death	Bruce Broughton	3:32
08	Ventriloquist's Dummy	Miles Goodman	3:32
09	The Thing from the Grave	David Newman	2:53
10	The Man Who Was Death	Ry Cooder	4:22
11	Reluctant Vampire	Cliff Eidelman	3:50
12	Deadline	Steve Bartek	3:32
13	The Crypt Jam	Chuckii Booker	4:30

Soundtrack :

Track

Title

Composer

Length

Tales from the Crypt (Main Title)

Danny Elfman