Taken from the bland, innovative, and exemplary E.C. comics that prompted a Congressional investigation in the 1950s, HBO’s Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996) closed down 20 years back. It was one of a few TV programs where top notch Hollywood talent showed up. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future) was the executive producer, alongside Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon, Superman: The Movie) and Walter Hill (The Warriors). Every week, the series would chuck out a grisly mortality quality story, by the Crypt Keeper (voiced by John Kassir). Here’s what its history comprised of…
1. THE CRYPT KEEPER HAS CHUCKY’S EYES.
When a film or TV program needs a dreadful animatronic puppet, they generally call Kevin Yagher. He is responsible for the Crypt Keeper, Chucky of the Child’s Play movies, and different adaptations of the Freddy Krueger make-up. To build Tales from the Crypt’s breaking down host, Yagher utilized the blue eyes from his Chucky fabrication. Furthermore, it took six puppeteers to make him completely operational.
2. LETHAL WEAPON IS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOW.
Joel Silver, the producer, was on the set of 1987’s Lethal Weapon when he and Richard Donner started discussing Silver’s fizzled endeavors to adapt Tales from the Crypt as a feature film. They talked about how the1983’s Twilight Zone: The Movie and 1982’s Creepshow had reduced eagerness for horror. Unaffected by those disappointments, Donner said he’d be keen on joining the project. When the idea was conveyed to HBO, they were fascinated that such a large number of talents were backing it. When Zemeckis, who was working with Silver on 1988’s Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was included, the network consented to give the show a green signal.
3. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER DIRECTED AN EPISODE.
Stories from the Crypt was well known for baiting various noted directors to TV during a period when it was viewed as a step lower from films. While having makers like Donner and Zemeckis making telephone calls helped, the essential fascination was getting the chance to shoot a short film with negligible obstruction. For on-screen characters, it was an opportunity to venture behind the camera without the weight of an extended shoot. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was paid $15,000 to direct an episode.
