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The Best Episodes of Tales from the Crypt Season 2

Every episode of Tales from the Crypt Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Tales from the Crypt Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 1 - Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards
    7.3/10(1757 votes)

    #1 - Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards

    S2:E1

    A gold digging waitress goes to a fortune teller who predicts that by the end of the day her boss will fire her and she will land a new job. When the prediction becomes reality, she goes back for more. The fortune teller predicts that she will marry a man who will inherit a fortune then die. She gets the money first and when she tells her husband to kiss off, he stabs her to death and ends up in the hot seat. An elderly millionaire asks a plastic surgeon to give him the body of a younger man to win the girl of his dreams. Two rival long time gamblers meet up in a small town to have one last duel.

    Directors:Howard Deutch, Walter Hill, Arnold Schwarzenegger
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 2 - 'Til Death
    7.1/10(1786 votes)

    #2 - 'Til Death

    S2:E2

    An unscrupulous plantation owner looks to raise some cash to develop a worthless plot of inherited land by wooing a beautiful heiress to an island and using voodoo to make her his wife.

    Director:Chris Walas
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 3 - Three's a Crowd
    7.5/10(1715 votes)

    #3 - Three's a Crowd

    S2:E3

    For their tenth anniversary, a couple heads down to a cabin owned by their friend. When she and her friend start sneaking around the husband gets jealous and assumes that they are having an affair.

    Director:David Burton Morris
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 4 - The Thing From The Grave
    6.7/10(1373 votes)

    #4 - The Thing From The Grave

    S2:E4

    A young photographer falls in love with a supermodel who is being mistreated by her boyfriend. When the lover finds out about them, he kills the photographer and plans to kill her but he finds out that you can't destroy love even when it's dead.

    Director:Fred Dekker
    Writer:Fred Dekker

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  5. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 5 - The Sacrifice
    7.2/10(1479 votes)

    #5 - The Sacrifice

    S2:E5

    Reed is a hotshot insurance agent who decides to kill his stubborn boss and marry his wife. The plan works until Reed's boss who happens to be Gloria's ex-husband arrives with pictures he has taken of the murder and blackmails Reed.

    Director:Richard Greenberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 6 - For Cryin' Out Loud
    6.4/10(1341 votes)

    #6 - For Cryin' Out Loud

    S2:E6

    A rock promoter has been hearing voices inside his head for the past years. His doctor explains it to be too much time in the music biz. But when he tries to steal money at an Iggy Pop concert he learns the voices to be none other than his conscience. His banker shows up one night trying to blackmail him but he bumps her off. His conscience gets on his back so much that he blurts out her murder and goes to the hot seat to shut his conscience up for good.

    Director:Jeffrey Price
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 7 - Four-Sided Triangle
    6.1/10(1218 votes)

    #7 - Four-Sided Triangle

    S2:E7

    Mary Jo is a young slave girl on a farm. One day while escaping to the fields she has a vision that a scarecrow comes to save her from the cruel couple. When her master discovers the identity of her new boyfriend, he decides to disguise himself as the man in straw.

    Director:Tom Holland
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 8 - The Ventriloquist's Dummy
    7.0/10(1327 votes)

    #8 - The Ventriloquist's Dummy

    S2:E8

    A ventriloquist seeks out his old hero, Ingels, who he always admired. He soon meets up with his ventriloquist dummy Morty and discovers a shocking secret.

    Director:Richard Donner
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 9 - Judy, You're Not Yourself Today
    7.1/10(1354 votes)

    #9 - Judy, You're Not Yourself Today

    S2:E9

    Donald and Judy are a couple who find themselves in a game of witchcraft. When a mysterious woman convinces Judy to try on a magical necklace, the old woman switches their souls. Soon Donald realizes that something is wrong. He tricks the witch into thinking that Judy has cancer and they switch back. Then Donald kills the witch and buries her. Years later, she comes back and this time she's got a special surprise for him.

    Director:Randa Haines
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 10 - Fitting Punishment
    7.6/10(1476 votes)

    #10 - Fitting Punishment

    S2:E10

    Bobby is an orphaned teenager who goes to live with his uncle Ezra. Ezra is a mortuary director who is very grumpy. One day he decides to fill his new casket by killing Bobby. Bobby is too tall to fit in it so he cuts off his feet but he soon regrets it.

    Director:Jack Sholder
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 11 - Korman's Kalamity
    6.1/10(1171 votes)

    #11 - Korman's Kalamity

    S2:E11

    Jim Korman is a cartoonist for Tales From The Crypt. He has talent for creating horrible creatures - they are all inspired by his harassing wife. Little does he know that his creations are coming to life and creating havoc. A female detective pursues the creator and suddenly falls for him. Korman decides to finally take his wife out of the picture.

    Director:Rowdy Herrington
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 12 - Lower Berth
    7.0/10(1239 votes)

    #12 - Lower Berth

    S2:E12

    Enoch is a two-faced man at a sideshow carnival. One day a new attraction arrives—a 4 century old mummy. When the owner learns that the mummy is not only ripped off but cursed, he swipes the jewels off the mummy but soon he regrets it. This episode also features the birth of The Cryptkeeper.

    Director:Kevin Yagher
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 13 - Mute Witness to Murder
    6.8/10(1189 votes)

    #13 - Mute Witness to Murder

    S2:E13

    A woman witnesses a man slaughter his wife. The man lives across the street from her. When her husband calls their doctor, she's even more horrorfied to learn that the doctor is also the killer.

    Director:Jim Simpson
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 14 - Television Terror
    6.4/10(1092 votes)

    #14 - Television Terror

    S2:E14

    Horton Rivers is an arrogant television tabloid host. He is trying to get big ratings and decides to take his crew through a haunted house. The house is rumored to be haunted by an old woman who killed a number of men. Soon strange things start happening. Someone or something is stalking Horton and his camera crew. The ratings could take him to the top or to the bottom.

    Director:Charlie Picerni
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 15 - My Brother's Keeper
    6.5/10(1067 votes)

    #15 - My Brother's Keeper

    S2:E15

    Siamese twins, the timid and kind-hearted Frank and the other, reckless and sadistic Eddie, must make a decision on whether or not to allow an experimental surgery to have them separated, even though one of them doesn't want to be split from the other.

    Director:Peter S. Seaman
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Tales from the Crypt Season 2 Episode 16 - The Secret
    7.9/10(1474 votes)

    #16 - The Secret

    S2:E16

    Theodore is a 12 year old orphan who gets adopted by an unusual couple who lock him up in the attic. They are always working and he never gets to go and have some fun. Little does he know that his new parents harbor a dark secret. Little do they know he harbors a secret of his own.

    Director:J. Michael Riva
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Dead Right / The Switch / Cutting Cards" is the best rated episode of "Tales from the Crypt" season 2. It scored 7.3/10 based on 1757 votes. Directed by Howard Deutch, Walter Hill, Arnold Schwarzenegger and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/21/1990. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "'Til Death".