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Great box set
I recently purchased Season II and I must say that it is very good. I also have Season I, and that is good too with having just six episodes. Anyway, with all 18 episodes to choose from, I'll pick my favorites (in order of disc) to review about: <
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>"Cutting Cards" is about a man named Reno Crevice (Lance Henriksen) who returns to Las Vegas and meets up with his old rival (John Tighe). The play Russian Roulette with a loaded pistol. After neither of them die, they decide to go with a game Of Chop Poker, in which if you have a losing hand, you'll slowly lose your hand. After a night of playing Chop Poker, you'll see why sometimes you just have to fold <
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>"For Crying Out Loud" is about a crooked rock promoter named Harry Slash(Lee Arnberg)who reports of hearing things. During a succesful benefit concert and a cameo by Iggy Pop, Slash tries to steal all the money made at the concert, but his something inside him (voiced by the late Sam Kinison) tells him not to do it. After an intrusion by his banker (Katey Segal), Slash kills his banker and stuffs her into a drum case. After stuffing Q-Tips in his ears, people start looking at himin shock.Slash soon begins to go insane and thinks people can hear Kinison. He admits that he killed his banker on stage. But he soon realizes that people were stairing at him for a different reason. <
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>"The Ventriloquist's Dummy" is about an old former ventriloquist (Don Rickles), who one day is aproched by an old former fan (Bobcat Goldthwait) who askes him for advice on an upcoming ventriloquist act of his own. After failing miserably, he finds out that someone was murdererd and a dark secrect of his hero. <
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>"Fitting Punishment" is about an orphaned boy named Bobby who goes to live with his uncle Ezra, a crooked mortician. After finding out that his uncle steals gold teeth from the cadavers, uses water instead of embalming fluid and orders cheap caskets from Taiwan, Ezra cripples Bobby and later kills him. He tries to put Bobby in a extra casket, but Bobby is too tall, so Ezra decides to cut his feet off. Ezra's cruelty to Bobby soon comes back to haunt him. <
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>"Korman's Kalamity" is about an comic book cartoonist (Harry Anderson) who is married to a controling wife who orders him to take fraternity pills. He soon falls in love with a cop, who has been reporting of strange and odd things. After seeing some of Korman's comics, they soon find out that his drawings are coming to life. <
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>"Television Terror" is about a sleazy TV host named Horton Rivers (Morton Downey JR) who goes to a modern day house of horrors. A medium tries to tell him that by going inside the house is the most dangerous thing you can possibly do because there are evil spirits that control the house. Horton and his camera man Tripp soon find out that they should have listened. This episode is my personal favorite on all three discs (maybe of all time!) because of the atmosphere generated by the music and by the overall creepy feeling of house. A classic. <
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>So there you go. Just my oppions about the this wonderful set. <
>Buy with confidence. I'm 15, just so you know.

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Hello, kiddies...
The second season of Tales From the Crypt continues in the same vein as the first with more tales taken from the pages of Tales From the Crypt and other EC horror comics. By being true to the originals the series manages to remain stable without trying to improve and change the format. <
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>As is typical, these stories combine horror, humor, gore, justice, fear, sexuality and monsters in an entertaining fashion. Entertaining, that is, if you were ever entertained by the EC comics being showcased here. The shows are very rewatchable which is part of their charm. Nudity is down a bit this season although there are still flashes (both male and female). The story twists are sill there (my favorite being in the first episode where Demi Moore marries a slob who is fated to inherit a fortune and die shortly after). Also typical to the series is the huge amount of talent present from directors to cast. <
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>Each story is well presented and true to its original. Many maintain their original time period while others have moved to a more modern time. Included in this season are two important episodes, one involving the Cryptkeeper and one involving the Tales From the Crypt staff. A wonderful tribute to the pre-comics code stories. The stories are presented on three disks with a couple of interesting extras.

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Another great season....
I remember watching "Tales From The Crypt" re-runs as a kid, Tuesday nights at prime time on FOX, and then Saturday nights after MadTv (1995). Around this time, I started collecting the VHS compilation tapes until I had all of the volumes (they did not contain all of the episodes of the series). Then the re-runs came back on the Sci-Fi channel, and now they are nowhere to be found on basic cable. So, I am very happy that Warner Bros. is finally releasing all the "Tales From The Crypt" seasons on dvd. <
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>Another great season of HBO's "Tales From The Crypt". There was not a season (1-7) that was the best, each season had great episodes and even the episodes that were not great were well worth watching.... <
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>4 out of 4 stars is great <
>3 1/2 out of 4 stars is very good <
>3 out of 4 stars is good/enjoyable <
>2 1/2 out of 4 stars is okay/fair/decent/not bad <
>2 out of 4 stars is not very good <
>1 1/2 out of 4 stars is poor <
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>Episode 7: Dead Right **** Starring Demi Moore, Jefferey Tambor, Natalija Nogulich, Troy Evans, Kate Hodge, Earl Boen, Phyllis Hamlin, Eric Poppick, Joe Lere, Darlene Hartwell, Susan Lentini, Raina Manuel, Sandra Margot, John Towey; written by Andy Wolk, directed by Howard Deutch / original airdate: 4/21/90 <
>A gold digging waitress goes to a fortune teller who predicts that by the end of the day her boss will fire her, and she will land a new job. When the prediction becomes a reality, she goes back for more. The fortune teller predicts that she will marry a man who will inherit a fortune then die, but just how specific is the fortune teller? <
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>Episode 8: The Switch **** Starring William Hickey, Kelly Preston, Rick Rossovich, Roy Brocksmith, Ian Abercrombie, J. Patrick McNamara, Tish Smiley, Renata Scott, Christopher Lawford, Mark Pellegrino, Kendall McCarthy; written by Richard Tuggle and Michael Taav, directed by Arnold Schwartzenegger / original airdate: 4/21/90 <
>An eldery millionaire asks a plastic surgeon to give him the body of a younger man to win the girl of his dreams. <
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>Episode 9: Cutting Cards *** Starring Lance Henriksen, Kevin Tighe, Roy Brocksmith, Diane Civita, Allan Graf, Alisa Christensen, David Avadon; written by Mae Woods, Walter Hill & Lance Henriksen, directed by Walter Hill / original airdate: 4/21/90 <
>Two rival, high stakes gamblers face off against one another in a game of "chop poker". <
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>Episode 10: `Til Death * Starring Pamela Gien, D.W. Moffett, Jeris Lee Poindexter, Charles Hutchins, Janet Hubert-Whitten, Aubrey Morris; written by Jeri Bachilon de Souza, directed by Chris Walas / original airdate: 4/24/90 <
>A wealthy plantation owner that the new land he is supposed to build on is nothing more than a quicksand swamp. He plans to tempt a wealthy woman for her fortune, but it doesn't work. A voodoo priestess gives him a potion to make her his, but it has some deadly side effects. <
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>Episode 11: Three's A Crowd *1/2 Starring Gavan O'Herlihey, Rush DeSosa, Paul Lieber, Dante D'Andre; written by Kim Ketelson and David Burton Morris, directed by David Burton Morris / original airdate: 5/1/90 <
>For their 10TH anniversary, a couple heads to a cabin owned by their friend. The unstable husband believes that his wife is having an affair with their friend during their weekend getaway. In a drunken rage, the man murders his wife and friend, only to find out the shocking truth. <
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>Episode 12: The Thing From The Grave *** Starring Miguel Ferrer, Teri Hatcher, Kyle Seccor, Cindy Riegel, Laird MacIntosh; written and directed by Fred Dekker / original airdate: 5/8/90 <
>A young photographer falls in love with a model who is being mistreated by her boyfriend. When the boyfriend finds out about them, he kills the photographer and plans to kill her, but he finds out that love never dies. <
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>Episode 13: The Sacrafice **1/2 Starring Michael Ironside, Kim Delaney, Don Hood, Kevin Kilner, Willie C. Carpenter, Dana Craig, and the voice of Deborah Packer; written by Ross Thommas, directed by Richard Greenberg / original airdate: 5/15/90 <
>Reed is a hotshot insurance agent who decides to kill his stubborn client and marry his wife. The plan works until Reed's boss, who happens to be Gloria's ex-husband, arrives with pictures he has taken of the murder and blackmails Reed. <
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>Episode 14: For Cryin' Out Loud **** Starring Lee Arenberg, the voice of Sam Kinnison, Katey Sagal, Iggy Pop, Mark Lowenthal, Al White, Richard Stay, Joe Restivo, Tiffanie Poston, Lee Morgan, Vince Molocchi, John Lafayette, Frank Infante, Hunt Sales, Dean Cleverdon, Tony Fox Sales, Spyder Mittleman; written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, directed by Jeffrey Price / original airdate: 5/22/90 <
>A rock promoter has been hearing voices inside his head for the past few years. His doctor explains it is from spending too much time in the music business. When he tries to steal money from a benefit concert he is promoting, he learns that the voice is his conscience. Then, his banker shows up to blackmail him, but he kills her. His conscience fights with him do the right thing at any cost. <
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>Episode 15: Four-Sided Triangle ***1/2 Starring Patricia Arquette, Susan Blommaert, Chelie Ross; written by James Tugend and Tom Holland, directed by Tom Holland / original airdate: 5/29/90 <
>Mary Jo is a young slave girl on a farm. One day, while escaping through the fields, she has a vision that the scarecrow comes to life to save her from the old, cruel couple. When her master discovers the identity of her new boyfriend, he decides to disguise himself as the man in straw so she would make love to him. But his jealous wife is onto him. <
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>Episode 16: The Ventriloquist's Dummy **** Starring Bobcat Goldwait, Don Rickles, Symie Dahut, April Dawson, Jacqueline Jacobs, Robert Katims, Joycee Katz, Shelley Taylor Morgan, Mindy Rickles, Steve Susskind, Courtney Mellinger; written by Frank Darabont, directed by Richard Donner / original airdate: 6/5/60 <
>A ventriloquist seeks out his old hero, Mr. Ingles, who he always admired. He soons meets up with Mr. Ingles' dummy Morty and discovers their shocking secret. <
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>Episode 17: Judy, You're Not Yourself Today **1/2 Starring Carol Kane, Brian Kerwin, Frances Bay, David Dunard, Todd Field, Shari Stagliano Maier; written by Scott Nimerfro, directed by Randa Haines / original airdate: 6/12/90 <
>Donald and Judy are a couple who find themselves in a game of witchcraft. When a mysterious woman convinces Judy to try on a magical necklace, the old woman swtiches their souls. Soon, Donald realizes that something is wrong. He tricks the witch into thinking that Judy has cancer, and they swtich back. Then Donald kills the witch and buries her. Years later, she comes back with a special surprise for both of them. <
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>Episode 18: Fitting Punnishment *** Starring Moses Gunn, Jon Clair, Al Fann, Joanne Jackson, Nick LaTour, Teddy Wilson; written by Johnathan David Kahn, Michael Alan Kahn & Don Macini, directed by Jack Sholder and Don Macini / original airdate: 6/19/90 <
>Bobby is an orphaned teenager who goes to live with his Uncle Ezra. Ezra is a very grumpy mortuary director. One day, he decides to fill his new casket by killing Bobby. Bobby is too tall, so Ezra cuts off his feet, but he soon regrets it. <
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>Episode 19: Korman's Kalamity ***1/2 Starring Harry Anderson, Cythnia Gibb, Colleen Camp, Richard Schiff, Abel Franco, Eric Mettner, Lance Davis, Austin Straus, Michael Lee Douglas, Tom Woodruff, Jr., Artis Phillips, Jr.; written by Terry Black, directed by Rowdy Herrington / original airdate: 6/26 <
>A "Tales From The Crypt" comic book artist's creations come to life. <
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>Episode 20: Lower Birth *** Starring Jeff Yagher, Mark Rolston, Kenneth White, Stefan Gierasch, Lewis Arquette, Cindy Riegel, Alexandra Prager; written by Fred Dekker, directed by Kevin Yagher / original airdate: 7/3/90 <
>Enouch is a two-faced man at a sideshow carnival. One day, a new attraction arrives - a 4 century old mummy. When the owner learns that the mummy is not only ripped off but cursed, he swipes the jewels off the mummy and soon regrets it. <
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>Episode 21: Mute Witness To Murder ** Starring Patricia Clarkson, Richard Thomas, Diane Peterson, Reed Birney, Christopher Durang, Kristine Nielsen, Rose Weaver; written by Nancy Doyne, directed by Jim Simpson / original airdate: 7/10/90 <
>While standing on her terrace, a woman witnesses the man who lives across the street from her murdering his wife. This causes her to lose her voice. When the husband calls their doctor, she is even more horrified to learn that the doctor is also the killer. <
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>Episode 22: Terror Television **** Starring Morton Downey Jr., Dorthy Parke, Michael Harris, Jeannie Epper, Warren Burton, Peter Van Norden, Candice Savalas, Victor Paul, Ami Rothschild, Wally Rose, Steve Picerni, Ted Grossman; written by J. Randal Johnson and G.J. Pruss, directed by Charles Picerni / original airdate: 7/17/90 <
>Horton Rivers is an arrogant television tabloid host. In an attempt to get high ratings, he takes his crew through a haunted house. The house is rumored to be haunted by an old woman who killed a number of men in the house. Soon, strange things start to happen inside. Someone or something is stalking Horton and his camera crew. <
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>Episode 23: My Brother's Keeper **1/2 Starring Jonathan Stark, Timothy Stack, Jessica Harper, Ron Orbatch, Valerie Bickford, Connie Johson, Charles Stransky; written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, directed by Peter S. Seaman / original airdate: 7/24/90 <
>Frank and Eddie are Siamese twins. Frank refuses to sign a contract for an operation that will separate them, but Eddie wants to be free from Frank and will stop at nothing to break away. <
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>Episode 24: The Secret **1/2 Starring Larry Drake, Mike Simmrin, Grace Zabrisi, William Frankfather, Stella Hall, Georgann Johnson, Nicolas Ostogovich, Jordon Metzner, and the voice of Gary Schwartz; written by Doug Ronning, directed by Michael Riva / original airdate: 7/31/90 <
>Theodore is a trouble 12 year old orphan who is adopted by a rich couple who keeps him locked in his room with their butler for company and feed him nothing but junk food. He finds out that the couple are vampires who are trying to fatten him up for dinner. However, the boy has a secret too. <
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>- Behind-the-Screams Shockumentary Featurette <
>- Fright and Sound: Bringing the Crypt Experience To Radio <
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>Season Two of "Tales From The Crypt" is another great edition to one of television's best series.