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Watered-Down Cartoon Horror

posted 17 years ago by InsideTheCastleWall
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Studies have shown this wouldn't scare the lion from The Wizard of Oz.

...maybe because its a kids show?

I loved this show when I was a kid, but it never scared me...it wasnt meant to. Even though his jokes are rarely funny, the Cryptkeeper is constantly attempting humor.

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[–] InsideTheCastleWall 17 years ago

it never scared me...it wasnt meant to.

Check the genre pal, it's horror.

Even though his jokes are rarely funny, the Cryptkeeper is constantly attempting humor.

The cryptkeeper uses humor in the form of word play a lot, which goes over most children's head, another reason this show didn't fair as well as it's adult counterpart.

[–] Vampenguin 17 years ago

"Check the genre pal, it's horror."

Check the genre on Bubba Ho-Tep, pal: Its horror. Check the genre on Dead-Alive (Braindead) - its horror. Dead and Breakfast, Evil Dead 2, Slither, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon - all horror, pal.

Many horror movies and TV shows cross between genres, and horror-comedies happen to be among my favorites.

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[–] SpaceCowboyGangstaOfLove 16 years ago

Also it's a kid a show!

My mom never saw the irony in calling me a son of a b-tch.

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[–] krm374 16 years ago

yeah, and the original ones could scare, freak out little kids for sure...it's funny thinking this came on at like what, ten or eleven o'clock in the morning?

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[–] Son_Of_A_Bitch_Must_Pay 11 years ago

maybe it should have been more like that animated ep from the live action show

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[–] soultransfixion 11 years ago

To be fair, the original live-action Tales from the Crypt, while great, was really not what anybody would call scary. In fact it was quite often humorous.

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[–] shred-com 11 years ago

The original Tales from the Crypt wasn't even scary . Don't get me wrong I love it, but let's keep it real!

This is a fun animated program. Alot better than most cartoons.

[–] Navaros 9 years ago

To be fair, the original live-action Tales from the Crypt, while great, was really not what anybody would call scary.

That's both true and untrue. Some episodes of the live-action one are non-horror and non-scary. But most of live-action's episodes are horror and scary.

The OP in this thread is right. The cartoon was never scary. To call it horror is a huge stretch. If it is horror, then it's definitely horror of the epic fail variety.

The original Tales from the Crypt wasn't even scary [] . Don't get me wrong I love it, but let's keep it real!

Yup, let's keep it real. Again, that statement depends on the episode. But...more episodes of TFTC are scary than not.

[–] Duragizer 9 years ago

Some episodes of the live-action one are non-horror and non-scary. But most of live-action's episodes are horror and scary.

I admit I haven't seen many episodes of the live-action series, but I have yet to see one that I'd call scary. Gross/disturbing? Sure. Scary? Sorry, but no.

The cartoon was never scary. To call it horror is a huge stretch.

So, something has to be scary to be considered horror? By that criteria, does that mean those old Dracula and Frankenstein movies from the '30s/'40s aren't real horror movies, then? They sure aren't scary.

If this is a consular ship, where is the ambassador?