Synopsis

Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television tells the story of these famous, controversial and influential comic books. In addition, several authors and film directors, including John Carpenter, George A. Romero, Joel Silver and R.L. Stine, discuss how EC's horror comics inspired their work. Clips from such feature films as The Fog, Creepshow and Night of the Living Dead, as well as the Tales from the Crypt television series, are used to demonstrate this influence.

Official Review

If you read my ‘Seed of Chucky’ review you’d know that I grew up on ‘Child’s Play,’ Count Chocula and ‘Tales from the Crypt.’ I was pretty excited when I heard that there would be a documentary released on the evolution of the classic E.C. comic, which lead to the HBO series. Now that it’s on DVD I can almost taste the box set coming in 2005. What I really love about the documentary is that it appears they left out nobody- they’ve got interviews with pretty much anyone you could possibly think of and it cover so much ground in such a short period of time. …Read More