Tales From The Crypt - The Complete Third Season RC1 DVD

TALES FROM THE CRYPT SEASON THREE (1991)

Episode 25: Loved To Death *** Starring Andrew McCarthy, Mariel Hemmingway, David Hemmings, Kathleen Freeman; written by Joe Minion and John Mankiewicz, directed by Tom Mankiewicz / original airdate: 6/15/91
A screenwriter finds himself falling for his next door neighbor even though she won't take him seriously. When his mysterious landlord gives him a potion to make her fall in love with him, it works all too well.

Episode 26: Carrion Death *** Starring Kyle MacLaughlin, George DelHoyo; written and directed by Steven E. DeSouza / original airdate: 6/15/91
Digs is a thief on his way to Mexican border. He ends up being captured by a cop. Digs kills the officer but discovers he is up the creek without a paddle when the officer swallows the key to the cuffs that connect them.

Episode 27: The Trap *** Starring Bruce McGill, Teri Garr, Bruno Kirby, James Tolkan, Carroll Baker, Carlos Lacamara, Michael J. Fox, Yvette Freeman, Ben Hartigan; written by Scott Alexander, directed by Michael J. Fox / original airdate: 6/15/91
Lou is a financial loser who finds a way out of his problems. He decides to fake his own death and get his wife and brother to go along with the scheme.

Episode 28: Abra Cadaver *** Starring Beau Bridges, Tony Goldwyn, Tom Wright, Lucinda Weist, Hugh Holub, Tina Brockrath; written by Jim Brige, directed by Stephen Hopkins / original airdate: 6/19/91
Carl and Marty are brothers who work at a hospital. Carl shows Marty his new of proving that the brain lives after the body dies. The whole thing turns out to be a prank, but the shock gives Marty a heart attack. Years later, Marty hasn't forgiven Carl and plans a deadly revenge.

Episode 29: Top Billing *** Starring Jon Lovitz, Bruce Boxlietner, John Astin, Paul Bennedict, Louise Fletcher, Sandra Bernhart, Kimmy Robertson, Joe S. Cardi, Gregory Cooke, Bob Larkin, Jason Kelly; written by Miles Berkowitz, directed by Todd Holland / original airdate: 6/26/91
Barry Blye is a frustrated actor who has been rejected by every acting company because he doesn't have the right look. He will do ANYTHING to get a part.

Episode 30: Dead Wait *** Starring James Remar, Whoopi Goldberg, John Rhys-Davies, Vanity, Paul Anthony Webber, Orlando Bonner, Henry Brown; written by A L Katz and Gilbert Adler, directed by Tobe Hooper / original airdate: 7/3/91
Red is a crook who is looking for a black pearl. He finds out that it's on an island belonging to an ailing millionaire. He plans to steal the millionaire's pearl with the help of the millionaire's mistress, but there are twists and turns to be found all over this particular island.

Episode 31: The Reluctant Vampire *** Starring Malcom MacDowell, Sandra Dickinson, George Wendt, Paul Gleason, Michael Berryman, Gloria Dawson; written by Terry Black, directed by Elliot Silverstein / original airdate: 7/10/91
Longtooth is a vampire working as a night watchman at a blood bank. However, when the blood seems to be running low, Longtooth returns to getting blood the old fashioned way.

Episode 32: Easel Kill Ya *** Starring Tim Roth, Roya Megnot, William Atherton, Mary McKuen, Nancy Fish, Debra Mooney, Stuart Malbray, Rod Britt, Kevin Brief; written by Larry Wilson, directed by John Harrison / original airdate: 7/17/91
Jack is an artist who has a strange talent for painting pictures of corpses.

Episode 33: Undertaking Parlor *** Starring John Glover, Graham Jarvis, Jason Marsden, Aron Eisenberg, Scott Fults, Jonathan Ke Quen; written by Ron Finley, directed by Michael Thau / original airdate: 7/24/91
Four boys who have a talent for video taping uncover strange things at an undertaker's parlor. Soon revenge comes filmming when one of the boys' father becomes a victim.

Episode 34: Mourin' Mess *** Starring Steven Webber, Rita Wilson, Nick Angotti, Frank Kopyc, Ally Walker, Vincent Schavelli, Stack Pierce, Gary Pagett; written and directed by Manny Coto / original airdate: 7/31/91
A regretful reporter is investigating murders of homeless people. He meets up with the man who is the prime suspect in the murders, but when he fails to deliver a story, his boss fires him. He still can't help but seek out the truth.

Episode 35: Split Second *** Starring Michelle Johnson, Brion James, Billy Wirth, Dan Martin, Alan Palo, Tony Pierce; written by Richard Christian Matheson, directed by Russell Malcahy / original airdate: 8/7/91
Dixon is a lumberjack who marries a sexy, young barmaid named Liz. Soon after, he turns from a sweet man to a jealous maniac when the guys who work for him find her attractive. One day Ted, a new lumberjack, comes to town, and Liz finally finds some excitment.

Episode 36: Deadline *** Starring Richard Jordon, Marg Helenberger, Richard Herd, Jon Polito, John Capodice, Judy Jean Burns, Rutanya Alda; written by Mae Woods and Walter Hill, directed by Walter Hill / original airdate: 8/14/91
Charlie MacKenzie is an out of work reporter who wants his life back. One night while at his favorite bar hang out, Charlie meets a woman who seems to turn his life around. He gets his job back, but his boss only agrees to hire him if he can bring in a murder story soon.

Episode 37: Spoiled *** Starring Faye Grant, Anthony LaPaglia, Alan Rachins, Anita Morris, Annabelle Gurwitch, Tristan Rogers, Parker Kane; written by Connie Johnson and Doug Ronning, directed by Andy Wolk / original airdate: 8/21/91
Janet is a soap opera loving woman neglected by her surgeon husband who is too busy working to satisfy her needs. One day, she decides to get cable, and she falls head over heals for the cable installer.

Episode 38: Yellow *** Starring Kirk Douglas, Eric Douglas, Dan Aykroyd, Lance Henricksen, Steve Boyum, Anthony Gallo, Charles Picerni, Dominick Morra; written by Jim Thomas, John Thomas, A L Katz and Gilbert Adler, directed by Robert Zemekis / original airdate: 8/28/91
In WWI, the general is ashamed when he learns that the rumor of the Lieutenant (his son) being a coward is true. He offers his son a way out of the army if he can take part in one last mission.