The Best Episodes of Tales from the Crypt Season 1
Every episode of Tales from the Crypt Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Tales from the Crypt Season 1!
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Tales from the Crypt" season 1 is "The Man Who Was Death", rated 7.2/10 from 2071 user votes. It was directed by Walter Hill and written by N/A. "The Man Who Was Death" aired on 6/10/1989 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "And All Through the House".
7.2/10 2,071 votes#1 - The Man Who Was Death
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/10/1989
Niles Talbot moved from the country to the big city to get a job as an electrian but ended up as an executioner. His trouble begins when he's suddenly uemployed and decides to take the law into his own hands.
Director: Walter Hill
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 2,253 votes#2 - And All Through the House
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/10/1989
On Christmas Eve, a woman slaughters her husband and learns that she's on Santa's naughty list when an escaped maniac dressed as Santa Claus shows up at her doorstep with a special present for her.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 1,757 votes#3 - Dig That Cat...He's Real Gone
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/10/1989
A bum named Ulric is given the chance of a lifetime when a scientist puts the gland of a cat inside his body. Soon Ulric becomes the main attraction at a sideshow.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: N/A
6.7/10 1,544 votes#4 - Only Sin Deep
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/14/1989
A call girl goes to a pawnshop to rob him of his jewelry. Instead the owner offers her 10,000 dollars for her beauty. She sells her beauty and lands a new job but discovers she is aging very fast.
Director: Howard Deutch
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 1,463 votes#5 - Lover Come Hack to Me
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/21/1989
Charles marries Peggy but only for her money, planning to kill her and make it look like an accident. One night, things change when her dead mother pays a visit and Peggy shows Charles her own family tradition.
Director: Tom Holland
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 1,471 votes#6 - Collection Completed
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/28/1989
After 47 year of tool sales, Jonas has finally found some time to relax and take a break. Or so he thinks. After he returns from his work, he finds out that his wife has been taking in stray animals. He decides to take up a new hobby...taxidermy.
Director: Mary Lambert
Writer: A. Whitney Brown