‘Tales from the Crypt’ Finally Coming to Streaming – This is Not a Drill!

If you grew up in the ’90s, there’s a good chance you may have some lingering nightmares from the HBO horror anthology “Tales from the Crypt.” Until now, the series was virtually impossible to stream. But you can buckle up for those bad puns and over-the-top stories. “Tales from the Crypt” is coming to Shudder!

Shudder is rolling out all seven seasons of the beloved series on a weekly schedule. The first season debuts May 1 with a each following season appearing every Friday after that through June 12.

While Shudder is $8.99/month, the better deal is to get AMC+, which includes Shudder and so much more.

Why has the series been so hard to watch until now? The voice of the Crypt Keeper, John Kassir, gave some background in 2023.

“Sadly, [EC Comics publisher] William Gaines passed away. He did amazing things, and we loved him. He would grant us the rights tomorrow. But the rights reverted to the family, who probably gave them to a lawyer, who probably doesn’t work in the industry.

“So those producers own this Crypt Keeper but can’t create new material with it without the rights. All the old stuff we created belongs to them. For them to do more, they would have to get the rights back, which they haven’t been able to get EC Comics to grant.

“[EC] did grant them to TNT, who were going to do a whole block of horror with M. Night Shyamalan, and the Crypt Keeper was going to be the host. Well, they couldn’t get that Crypt Keeper, so that went down the tube. I think they were even trying to sell the rights off to more than one person, which nobody wanted.”

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