Product Details

• Actors: John Kassir, Roy Brocksmith, Miguel Ferrer, Larry Drake, Lance Henriksen
• Producers: Ramon Sanchez
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Home Box Office (HBO)
• VHS Release Date: June 18, 1996
• Run Time: 81 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303654258
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #52,367 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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  #15 in	Video > Television > HBO > Horror & Suspense
  #18 in	Video > Horror > Television > Tales from the Crypt

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Dead Wait - A priceless black pearl lures Red (James Remar) into a tropical hell of voodoo and violence. But when the pearl's owner Duval (John Rhys-Davies) senses trouble, thie jewel goes down the hatch. Looks like this "inside" job will take some guts. Voodoo priestess Peligre (Whoopi Goldberg), offers REd her protection - let's just hope he doesn't lose his head.
People Who Live In Brass Hearses - Hot-fingered ice-cream vendor Billy (Bill Paxton) had two years to coo off in the pen. Now, with the help of half-wit brother Virgil (Brad Dourif), he's out to ice Mr. Byrd, the good-humored man who put him there. But maybe it'll be the boys who get the just desserts. Seance - What's a happy medium? It's con artist Alison Peters (Cathy Moriarty) if she can raise the dead and convince a widow to fork out a fortune. Of course, Alison and partner Benny (Ben Cross) hadn't figured on their calls to the spirit world actually getting through. In the end, when they reach out to touch someone - someone reaches back!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another great 'Crypt video, sure to send you shivers!, June 23, 1999

By A Customer

This film contains the episodes (which I will be reviewing) "Dead Wait", "People Who Live In Brass Hearses" and "Seance". I can't speak for other reviewers on this collection, but I found all installments in this video to be well-written and entertaining. "Dead Wait", which features hit TV and film star Whoppi Goldberg (who does a comedic stint with the Crypt Keeper at the end) is a tale of the strange cult of Voodoo and it's supposed magic. But how high do sacrifices go to steal a priceless treasure? Co-Starring James Remar and John Rhys-Davies, there should be lots of "heads rolling" after you see this tale! "People Who Live In Brass Hearses", starring Bill Paxton, in the tale of a common street robber and his mishappen brother (acclaimed film star Brad Dourif) as they try to take down a helpless Ice Cream vender. At the climax, the boys realize that two heads, legs, arms, etc. are better than one... "Seance" , starring Cathy Moriarty, takes a in-sight on the wicked world of tricks involvid psychics, gypsies and such. "But we all know the "Seance" we are seeing is fake, right?" , might be what our dear Alison Peters (Cathy) might say. Co-starring Ben Cross, Alison will learn how wrong she is. These three horrifying tales will do any ghoul's horror collection well. As The Cryptkeeper himself my say, "Til' next time, kiddees!"

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tales from the Crypt doesn't disappoint in this video, February 13, 2001

By	"dakkotaa" (Masachusetts) - See all my reviews

What does a bone-chilling story, a tomb, and a rotting corpse have in common? Tales from the Crypt! What else? This video contains DEAD WAIT with one of the best comedians/actors in history, Whoopi Goldberg. She plays a medicine woman on an island that is being taken over by a group of rebels. At the same time, a young man named Red is planning to take a valuable black pearl. What happens when their paths cross?

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD, November 28, 1997

By A Customer

IN THE FIRST EPISODE, WHOOPIE GOLDBERG IS THE ONLY THING THAT IS ANY GOOD. THE SECOND ONE IS EXCELLENT. BRAD DOURIF GIVES AN EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN THIS VERY COMEDIC EPISODE, WITH BILL PAXTON AS WELL. THE THIRD IS VERY GOOD AS WELL, IT HAS NO TWISTED SHOCK ENDING, AND DOESNT EVEN HAVE A VERY GOOD STORY, BUT IS STILL ENTERTAINING, ESPECIALLY WITH CATHY MORIARTY, SHE IS EXCELLENT. END