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Tales from the Crypt: The Complete Seasons 1-7

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Great series- but $229.00 for all 7 seasons is a rip-off. Get them individually, they're only like $15.99 each I believe. That's more then $100 in savings. Cheers!

an old fan of the originals and now the made for tv. many superstars before they made it big. like in the old twilight zone. not doing a marathon. only on second season. seeing arnold appear speaking perfect english was hirlarious.

I used to watch Tales from the Crypt all the time... loved the mix of horror, humor and irony that the show pulled together. This is a great collection to add to your library if you are a fan of the show. The set is basically as shown; the individual seasons shrink wrapped together. Probably could have packaged it in one large package and saved some resources but not a big deal.

I've had this on my wish list for a while now, but spending $150+ for it was holding me back... love the series but that was a bit much. I was delighted when I was able to get this set as one of the deals of the day for around $80 which is a great deal in my opinion. Amazon does a lot of repeat deals of the day on things so you maybe able to find it again for a great deal if patient and persistent.

I loved this series so much when I was in my early twenties and was so bummed out when they took it off the air. So I just had to order the complete seasons 1-7 of it. Like the twilight zone this series has many future superstars here like Demi Moore, Brad Pitt, Lou Diamond phillipps,patricia arquette... etc. If you are a big fan of tales of the crypt like I am this is a must have set. So Enjoy...... especially since they are not showing any reruns lately where I live.

This complete series was purchased as a Christmas gift. Couldn't have selected a better gift or better site to purchase it from. Searched everywhere but complete series were very expensive. Reasonably priced and fast shipment. Thanks to Amazon and all your sellers.

The product arrived in a timely fashion and was in perfect condition. As advertised, the product was brand new and undamaged when received.

I loved watching this on TV and was thrilled to see it released on DVD. The stories always have a twist in the end, but then, doesn't life have that sometimes too?

I use to watch Tales from the Crypt when I was younger and I am glad I purchased all seven seasons. Too bad there was only 7 seasons.

You know, I really looked forward to getting this series on DVD. I loved it as a kid, delighting in its cleverness. Now? I really wonder what the producers were going for.

The original comic stories usually did a fine job of catching the reader off-guard with their shocker twist endings. But these TV episodes telegraph their big, ironic surprise from a mile away. Plot twists involving gender confusion and practical jokes gone horribly awry are standard tropes. The endings that I'd actually consider surprising are only so because their twist makes no sense, with characters behaving murderously or treacherously for no particular reason, and often commiting a crime no fool would expect to get away with. And an even worse problem for a supposed horror anthology, I have trouble thinking of any episodes that I'd call genuinely scary.

TftC definitely peaked at season two, when there was at least a regular attempt to raise a few goosebumps. By season three, the series descended into campy self-parody, and our host Crypt-Keeper switched from a creepy, raspy-voiced ghoul to the shrill, cosplaying punster dialed up to eleven that we're all familiar with today. I recall thinking the Crypt-Keepers puns were funny in an awful sort of way, but they're really just..awful. The same handful of words are transposed over and over again--"ghoul", "ghost", "die", "boo", "scream", "chop" and a few others (too few). The gimmick cloys quickly when watching multiple episodes in succession. Another mistaken memory was of how risque the material was. It's all pretty tame stuff.

Maybe the point here really is that this series is for an audience of a certain narrow age range. Someone who's just old enough to get into an R-rated movie would find the content here to be a lot more fresh. But even they would have trouble buying into the notion that you can murder someone by feeding their tie into a paper-shredder. Even one that's industrial strength would probably jam once they hit a bit of bone, and you can just unplug'em...

In the interest of saying something unabashedly positivek, it is fun to see some talents that have gone on to bigger things, and others still who faded into relative obscurity. I enjoyed hearing the voice of Sam Kinison as a man's guilty conscience and Bill Paxton teaming with Brad Dourf as incompetent sibling hold-up men. You get to see Tom Hanks and Arnold Schwarzenegger doing some light work in the director's chair. There are some fun moments to be had here, as long as nobody's expecting anything terribly cleaver--err, I mean "clever".

Bottom line, my advice is to buy season two by itself. You'll get the best episodes this show had to offer.

tales from the crypt is a awesome show. this is one of my favorite shows. i love the crypt keeper he is hillarious. the best episodes in this show are

Season 1 Episodes

1. The Man Who Was Death
3. Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone
4. Only Sin Deep
5. Lover Come Hack Me
6. Collection Completed

Season 2 Episodes

2. The Switch
3. Cutting Cards
4. Til' Death
6. The Thing From The Grave
8. For Cryin' Out Loud
10. The Ventriloquist's Dummy
12. Fitting Punishment
13.Korman's Kalamity
16. Television Terror
17. My Brother's Keeper
18. The Secret

Season 3 Episodes

2. Carrion Death
3. The Trap
4. Abra Cadaver
5. Top Billing
6. Dead Wait
8. Easel Kill Ya
9. Undertaking Palor
10. Mournin' Mess
11. Split Second
13. Spoiled

Season 4 Episodes

1. None But The Lonley Heart
3. On A Dead Man's chest
4. Seance
6. What's cokkin'
7. The New Arrival
9. King Of The Road
10. Maniac At Large
11. Split Personality
12. Strung Along
13. Werewolf concerto

Season 5 Episodes

1. Death Of Some Salesman
3. Forever Ambergris
4. Food For Thought
5. People Who Live in Brass Hearses
6. Two For The Show
7. House Of Horror
8. Well Cooked Hams
9. Creep Course
10. Came The Dawn
13. Till Death Do We Part

Season 6 Episodes

1. Let The Punishment Fit The Crime
2. Only Skin Deep
4. Operation Friendship
8. The Assassin
9. Staried In Horror
11. Suprise Party
12. Doctor Of Horror
13. Comes The Dawn
14. 99 & 44/100% Pure Horror
15. You, Murderer

Season 7 Episodes

1. Fatal Caper
2. Last Respects
3. A slight Case Of Murder
5. Horror In The Night
6. Cold War
8. Report From The Grave
9. Smoke Wrings
10. About Face
12. Ear Today....Gone Tomorrow
13. The Third Pig

If you have not seen this show. then i recommend you do