Horror History: Monday, October 31, 1994: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Let the Punishment Fit the Crime” premiered

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Season 6 Episode 1

Busted for a moving violation in the remote town of Stuecksville, a predatory and shameless ambulance-chasing lawyer (Catherine O’Hara) finds herself being sent to a nightmarish court for petty crimes that is presided over by three judges (Joseph Maher in a triple role) as her appointed lawyer (Peter MacNicol) tries to get one of the judges of each trial to get her to do a public service to Stuecksville.

Horror History: Wednesday, December 8, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Till Death Do We Part” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 13

A stud (John Stamos) who is involved with a female mob boss (Eileen Brennan) begins a forbidden affair with a young waitress (Kate Vernon) and is ordered to kill her himself when his Mafia girlfriend soon finds out about the liaison. Also starring Robert Picardo and Frank Stallone.

Horror History: Wednesday, December 1, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Half-Way Horrible” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 12

A ruthless businessman (Clancy Brown) learns and discovers that all of his key partners who are currently working on a new preservative drug for his company are being murdered one by one and that the killer may indeed be quite very close to him than he thinks. Also starring Cheech Marin and Costas Mandylor

Horror History: Wednesday, November 24, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Oil’s Well That Ends Well” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 11

A con artist (Lou Diamond Phillips) and his girlfriend (Priscilla Presley) plan their next caper by tricking some Southern boys into thinking there is oil underneath a cemetery. Also starring Alan Ruck and Rory Calhoun. Note: This is the only episode to have John Kassir starring in an on-screen role other than providing the voice of the Crypt Keeper.

Horror History: Wednesday, November 17, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Came the Dawn” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 10

A female hitchhiker and petty crook (Brooke Shields) catches a ride with a seemingly timid man (Perry King) who soon reveals a dark and dangerous secret to her while they spend the night together at his cabin. Also starring Michael J. Pollard.

Horror History: Wednesday, November 10, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Creep Course” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 9

A bookworm (Nina Siemaszko) is tricked by a jock (Anthony Michael Hall) and their evil Egyptologist professor (Jeffrey Jones) into becoming a virgin sacrifice for a long preserved mummy.

Horror History: Wednesday, November 3, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Well Cooked Hams” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 8

In a desperate attempt to spice up his act, a hack turn-of-the-century magician (Billy Zane) kills a rival magician (Martin Sheen) and steals his famed prop, the Box of Death. Also starring Maryam d’Abo.

Horror History: Wednesday, October 27, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “House of Horror” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 7

Three fraternity pledges (Wil Wheaton, Jason London, and Keith Coogan) are challenged to get to the top floor of a haunted house as a part of their initiation. However, when two of the pledges fail to return, the sadistic fraternity leader decides to head up to the top floor of the house in order to look for them himself, only to shockingly learn that a local sorority harbors a sinister secret involving the house.

Horror History: Wednesday, October 20, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Two for the Show” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 6

A murderous husband (David Paymer) and a cop with his own marital issues (Vincent Spano) get caught up in a deadly game of cat and mouse aboard a train. Also starring Traci Lords.

Horror History: Wednesday, October 13, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “People Who Live in Brass Hearses” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 5

A crook with an addiction to butter (Bill Paxton), with the help of his brother (Brad Dourif), sets out to get revenge on an ice cream truck driver (Michael Lerner) who had put him in prison years ago.

Horror History: Wednesday, October 6, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Food for Thought” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 4

A carnival psychic and part-time cook named Sambini (Ernie Hudson) goes off the deep jealous end when he soon finds out that his wife and assistant (Joan Chen) is in love with the show’s fire-eater (John Laughlin). Also starring Phil Fondacaro.

Horror History: Saturday, October 2, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Forever Ambergris” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 3

After playing second fiddle to an up-and-coming photographer named Isaac Forte (Steve Buscemi), a seasoned but washed-up combat photographer named Dalton (Roger Daltrey) cooks up a deadly scheme in order to take him out and get his beautiful wife (Lysette Anthony).

Horror History: Saturday, October 2, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “As Ye Sow” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 2

Thinking and believing that his own wife (Patsy Kensit) is cheating on him, a jealous husband (Héctor Elizondo) hires a detective (Sam Waterston) and is led to truly believe that she is indeed having an affair with the local priest (John Shea). Featuring cameos from Adam West and Miguel Ferrer.

Horror History: Saturday, October 2, 1993: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Death of Some Salesmen” premiered

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Season 5 Episode 1

A sneaky cemetery plot salesman (Ed Begley, Jr.) finds new victims (triple role played by Tim Curry) in the form of a strange hillbilly family with a fortune buried in their basement and a burning hatred for conning salesmen. Also starring Yvonne De Carlo.

Horror History: Wednesday, September 16, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Curiosity Killed” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 14

An elderly man (Kevin McCarthy) is let in on the secret of a youth potion whilst camping in the woods, and entrusts another couple (J.A. Preston and Madge Sinclair) to keep it from his own bitter, overbearing wife (Margot Kidder).

Horror History: Wednesday, September 9, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Werewolf Concerto” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 13

A group of guests at a hotel suspect that one of them may in fact be a werewolf at the time when the hotel manager (Dennis Farina) has hired a professional werewolf hunter (Timothy Dalton). Also starring Beverly D’Angelo, Reginald Veljohnson, Lela Rochon, Charles Fleischer, Walter Gotell, and Wolfgang Puck as the hotel’s master chef.

Horror History: Wednesday, September 2, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Strung Along” was released in theaters

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Season 4 Episode 12

A game of deception ensues when a golden-age puppeteer (Donald O’Connor), with a young and dominant wife (Patricia Charbonneau), is given a chance to revive his act for a tribute show and takes on an animatronic puppeteer (Zach Galligan) as his new assistant.

Horror History: Wednesday, August 26, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Split Personality” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 11

A con man (Joe Pesci) tricks a pair of reclusive twin sisters (Jacqueline Alexandra Citron and Kristen Amber Citron) into dating him so that he can steal their inheritance. However, he soon gets a nasty surprise when he shockingly discovers that the twins themselves are harboring a dark and dangerous secret.

Featuring brief appearances by Burt Young and Joe Pantoliano.

Horror History: Wednesday, August 19, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Maniac at Large” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 10

A librarian (Blythe Danner) becomes obsessed with a serial killer and believes that she is his next victim. Also starring Salome Jens, Clarence Williams III, Adam Ant, and Obba Babatunde.

Horror History: Saturday, August 8, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “King of the Road” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 9

A police officer (Raymond J. Barry) revives his past life as a street racer when a cocky young racer (Brad Pitt) kidnaps the officer’s daughter in order to blackmail him into one last street race. Note: The “Two-Fisted Tales” comic book cover shown in the episode is a spoof. This tale came from a script for a planned movie “Two-Fisted Tales” which was based on the comic book series of the same name along with TFTC stories “Yellow” and “Showdown.”

Horror History: Saturday, August 1, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Showdown” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 8

After killing a Texas ranger (David Morse), a remorseless gunslinger (Neil Giuntoli) soon gets his comeuppance when all of his past victims come back to haunt him in the ghost town of where he takes residence in.

Horror History: Saturday, August 1, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Showdown” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 8

Horror History: Saturday, July 25, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “The New Arrival” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 7

A psychologist (David Warner) attempts to boost his sagging radio show ratings by doing a series of episodes from the home of a strange woman (Zelda Rubenstein) who wants help for her deeply disturbed child. Also starring Joan Severance, Twiggy, and Robert Patrick.

Horror History: Wednesday, July 22, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “What’s Cookin'” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 6

A couple’s (Christopher Reeve and Bess Armstrong) failing restaurant soon gets a huge boost in both sales and popularity when a mysterious drifter (Judd Nelson) gives them a steak recipe that’s made of human flesh. Also starring Meat Loaf.

Horror History: Saturday, July 11, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Beauty Rest” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 5

An aging model (Mimi Rogers) resorts to murdering her younger rivals (Kathy Ireland and Jennifer Rubin) in order to revive her own modeling career. She soon gets her big break as a contestant in a rather macabre “autopsy” beauty pageant.

Also starring Buck Henry.

Horror History: Saturday, July 4, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Seance” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 4

Two con artists (Ben Cross and Cathy Moriarty) attempt to swindle a rich tycoon (John Vernon), but when they end up accidentally killing him, they turn to tricking his blind wife (Ellen Crawford) by acting as her medium and holding a mock séance.

Horror History: Saturday, June 27, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “On a Deadman’s Chest” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 3

A rock star (Yul Vazquez) gets an unwanted chest tattoo from a mysterious artist (Heavy D) of his guitarist’s wife that he hates (Tia Carrere), which seems to have a life of its own and won’t go away even after he murders the object of his hatred.

Also starring Sherrie Rose as the rock star’s groupie, with special appearances by musicians Gregg Allman(as the club owner), Rudy Sarzo (uncredited as Exorcist’s bass player), and Steve Jones (as Exorcist’s roadie).

Horror History: Saturday, June 27, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “This’ll Kill Ya” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 2

A scientist (Dylan McDermott) decides to get revenge when he suspects that his own lab partners (Sonia Braga and Cleavon Little) have double-crossed him by purposely injecting him with a deadly experimental virus cell with no antidote.

Note: This was Cleavon Little’s final acting performance. He died four months after this episode aired.

Horror History: Saturday, June 27, 1992: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “None but the Lonely Heart” premiered

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Season 4 Episode 1

A con man (Treat Williams) finds a new wealthy widow (Frances Sternhagen) excited to have his company, but it seems that someone is on to him as he soon gets a series of notes warning him to stop on what he’s doing or else risk facing the dire consequences. Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard makes a cameo appearance as the gravedigger.

Tom Hanks, who directed this episode, also makes a cameo appearance as the video dating service owner.

Horror History: Wednesday, August 28, 1991: “Tales From The Crypt” episode “Yellow” premiered

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Season 3 Episode 14

Set in 1918, the final year of World War I, a general’s (Kirk Douglas) son (Eric Douglas) is branded yellow for causing the death of a platoon under his command because he had failed to do his job of warning them in case of an enemy sneak attack and is sentenced to death by firing squad. From within the night before the execution, the general tells the son that he has swapped the bullets with blanks, so that the son can survive the planned execution.

Also starring Dan Aykroyd and Lance Henriksen.