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Mournin' Mess was very close to the original comic story it was based on, and had a very classic EC feel as well.
I find The Switch to be pretty overlooked.
You seem like a really fun person to be around...
I love this episode. It's one of my favorites. William Hickey is great. The part where those punks were trying to steal his car but then he easily kicks their asses gets me every time.
The ending isn't really that bad. He may not be rich anymore but he's young, muscular, healthy, and handsome. He gets to live his life all over again, something most elderly people with money probably would give all their wealth away for. I know if I had my choice between being really old and near death yet remaining rich OR becoming young again and getting to live my life over despite being broke, I'd definitely choose the latter. What good is having a lot of money if you only have a few years left?
That girl wasn't worth it, he can find someone even better, and quite easily. Meanwhile, Hans probably doesn't have long to live and will only get to enjoy his riches for a few years. It's also interesting to note that Arnold Schwarzenegger, who directed and helped introduce this episode, of course starred in The Terminator along with Rick Rossovich, who played Hans.
That's what I've been saying for years. If John Kassir doesn't come back and they don't have the rights to the Crypt Keeper character, it seems silly not to replace him with the Vault Keeper or the Old Witch.
You have to sort through a lot of crap to get to the gems. The tone of this show was all over the place and it was very hit or miss. There were a lot of bad episodes but when they were good, they were really good. It was worth binging the entire series to find the great ones, mostly the ones involving monsters. It was a very subtle and slower paced show with an obvious low budget, not extremely fun and entertaining like say, Tales from the Crypt.
I think she was a mannequin the whole time. Not sure why or how, but then again the episode really doesn't make a whole lot of sense, as you already pointed out.
Then they should call it Vault of Horror and have the Vault Keeper be the host instead. Have David Hemblin (from the Tales From the Cryptkeeper cartoon) voice him. Tales from the Crypt without the Crypt Keeper would be stupid as hell, and insulting to the fans.
Yellow, Three's a Crowd, and Cutting Cards are all great, but I don't find them quite as enjoyable as most other fans do. Not really overrated per se, just seems like they overshadow other episodes that I consider superior.
It's my favorite show of all time by far, based on the also excellent EC comics of the 50's, which I grew up reading. I also love the 1972 film and the various ofher Amicus productions that were horror anthologies inspired by the comic. I also really enjoy the first two spinoff movies from the show, Demon Knight and Bordello of Blood (but Ritual wasn't very good). Some of the best episodes in my opinion are:
Lover Come Hack to Me
The Switch
House of Horror
Only Sin Deep
People Who Live in Brass Hearses
The Ventriloquist's Dummy
And All Through the House
Three's a Crowd
Korman's Kalamity
My Brother's Keeper
The Secret
Mournin' Mess
Split Second
None But the Lonely Heart
On a Deadman's Chest
The Thing From the Grave
The Man Who Was Death
For Cryin' Out Loud
What's Cookin'
Split Personality
Fitting Punishment
Strung Along
Came the Dawn
Well Cooked Hams
Only Skin Deep
Operation Friendship
Revenge is the Nuts
Staired in Horror
Surprise Party
Doctor of Horror
The Third Pig
Did you ever figure out what show this was from? Sounds very interesting.
There were a lot of great episodes in Seasons 4, 5, and 6. Only three seasons wouldn't have done this awesome show justice. They probably should have stopped at six though, because Season 7 was mostly underwhelming and forgettable.
There was, but they had to rename it "Perversions of Science" to avoid confusion with the 1985 movie of the same name. It was basically a spinoff of this show but with a science fiction theme instead of horror, with a female android hosting.
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perversions_of_Science[/url]
The exact same thing happened with the Crypt Keeper in the EC comics from the 50's, in which this show was based. In the first few issues he was much more serious and sinister, then gradually became more comical and over-the-top with the silly puns, which became a staple of the character. I like both versions of the character and am glad that the TV series sort of reflected the changes he went through in the comics that inspired them. It's just too bad we never saw the Vault Keeper or the Old Witch in this show, but at least they were in the animated spinoff.
I'd vote for him. I'm sure he'd have a very interesting cam-"pain"!
Yeah! Seeing people get ripped to shreds by hooks, demons from hell torturing people and taking their souls, and a skinless zombie killing and devouring other men was perfectly fine. But I think I saw a scary boob in that one sex scene! That was too much!
Yeah, he was great. I would have liked to have seen more of him.
Exact same actor lol.
Lmao every single time someone says that a remake will ruin the original, there is ALWAYS someone not too far behind coming in and saying that "the original is still there for you to enjoy and the remake won't erase it". Every time.
A lot of times remakes sort of tarnish the reputation of the original and it's really annoying having to constantly differentiate the two. Plus you have the young morons saying the new one is better because they're too shallow and close minded that they cannot understand greatness and instead go for style over substance. Make something entirely new instead of rehashing someone else's ideas or remake a movie that was bad to begin with, not one that has nothing wrong with it. They only ever remake good movies and they're almost always watered down and soulless cash-ins. So stupid. Darkman is NOT "screaming for a remake" at all. It still holds up today and is fine the way it is. It needs not be updated.
And most of the movies you listed are not remakes, by the way, just different adaptions of the same source material.
Well said! I agree with every word.