Tag Archives: Tales from the Crypt

A Look Back At ‘Body Bags (1993) On Its 25th Anniversary

This past August 8th was the 25th anniversary of the 1993 made-for-television movie Body Bags. The film, produced by Showtime, is made up of three unrelated segments originally intended as episodes of a series that was never released, similar to Tales from the Crypt or The Twilight Zone. Directed by John …

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Tales From The Crypt and EC Comics: A History

AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!! Tales From The Crypt! The shriek and opening to the HBO series Tales From The Crypt still gives people chills nearly 25 years after the show went off the air. The comic books the series was based off of still give people the shivers nearly SIXTY FIVE years later. …

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‘Gore Shriek’ Comics Volume 1 Review, Issues #1 – 6.5

It was way back in 1986 when the unsuspecting public saw the release of this iconic black and white horror comic. Published by Thomas Skulan of FantaCo Enterprises, Gore Shriek is one of the original and more visceral gore comics that found a cult following in that era three decades ago, …

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You’ve Heard Him Somewhere: The Musical Wizardry of Danny Elfman

In addition to his rockin’ band, Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman has been a prominent composer and musician for film and television. While the 1980s had its fair share of decent music (especially the punk and new wave stuff), one of the best things to come out of that era was …

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Retro Review: Tales From The Crypt’s Demon Knight

The basis for most horror films is the fight between good and evil. Sometimes the good guys prevail while other times they are not so lucky. In 1995, this concept took on a new meaning when our old pal the Crypt Keeper returned to bring us a full feature-length film. …

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PopHorror’s Favorite Christmas Horror Movies

Christmas… it’s a time for family, a time for giving and a time for red-suited psychopaths and frost-bitten demons to roam the earth to terrify the living. That’s the way it is for horror lovers, anyway. There are so many Christmas horror films out there, and the writers over here at …

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