Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Tales from the Cryptkeeper is an animated series aimed at children made by Nelvana Limited, PeaceArch Entertainment, kaBOOM! Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. It was shown on TVO and ABC, and is still shown near Halloween on Teletoon. It was based on the live-action television show, Tales from the Crypt, which aired concurrently on HBO. Being directed at children, Tales From the Cryptkeeper was significantly milder than the live-action HBO version.
Seasons
1. While the Cat's Away
Air Date: 1993-09-18
Two brothers, Dwight and Stan, have their hopes set on getting new state-of-the-art dirtbikes, but they have no cash. So the duo devise a plan to rob the mansion of a vacationing person... unaware that the vacationing resident is the Cryptkeeper - and his mansion is filled with all sorts of nasty monsters.
2. Nature
Air Date: 1993-09-25
When brothers Rick and Teddy attend a family picnic, they start tormenting ants in an antpile. That is, until, a anti-magnifying ray shrinks them the size of an ant. The brothers and the ants quickly find themselves befriending one another to deal with obstacles -- but the largest obstacle is Rick and Teddy's baby sister, who now appears to be a giant.
3. Pleasant Screams
Air Date: 1993-10-02
Courageous teen Jenny and cowardly Mr. Purdy find themselves trapped in an ever-changing nightmare in which they're stalked by a myriad of monsters and a man with no face.
4. Gone Fishin'/A Little Body of Work
Air Date: 1993-10-09
In "Gone Fishin'," Randy seems to find his uncle's fishing hobby distasteful, but Uncle Ned claims that "if you take the bait, you pay the price" -- a lesson that Ned's soon to learn from the fish. In "A Little Body of Work," Eddie and Herman challenge Kevin to a race in the Mustang he's rebuilding. The hoodlums go to great lengths to win the race, only to have their devious plan revealed by Kevin's Mustang.
5. The Works, in Wax
Air Date: 1993-10-16
Craig discovers, in the visit of the wax figures cabinet, the horror in the fright chamber becomes true, if one goes into the pictures. So not only it is in danger, but rather also the monsters. As Mr. deceitful, Boswick the museum buy and dismantle he wants, and help Craig and the monsters. They banish the businessman as a wax figure into the fright chamber.
6. The Sleeping Beauty
Air Date: 1993-10-23
A prince and his geeky friend attempt to awaken Sleeping Beauty, but the prince's kiss becomes a curse when she springs to life and attempts to kill them.
7. Cave Man
Air Date: 1993-10-30
Peter's father, a scientist, forgets his son's birthday while working hard to discover the secrets of a frozen caveman. When the caveman thaws and returns to life, Peter befriends the beast and they set out for the amusement park -- but the caveman has problems adapting to modern technology.
8. Hyde and Go Shriek
Air Date: 1993-11-06
Wendell the nerd never wanted any trouble. In fact, he did everything he could to fit in and earn the respect of tough jock Rex Reavis and his friends, including dismissing all their cruel practical jokes with a shrug and a laugh.
9. Fare Tonight
Air Date: 1993-11-13
Best friends Mildred and Camille are obsessed with vampires -- so much so that they create a homemade vampire detector. Going on the hunt for vampires isn't quite as difficult as one would think... since there's a bloodsucker hiding right under their noses.
10. Gorilla's Paw
Air Date: 1993-11-20
Unpopular Walter would do anything just to be a member of Kingpin's secret club, assuming that it would make him popular. To gain membership, Walter steals a gorilla's paw that grants wishes, though he's unaware that the wishes come with terrifying consequences.
11. This Wraps It Up
Air Date: 1993-12-04
On a field trip to the pyramids, Naomi, a young girl, becomes the ""object"" of her classmates' neverendless ridiculing because she is the only girl. When a mummy unleashes a curse from its time on thier lives, Naomi is the only one who can defeat the mummy and his curse and save their lives.
12. Grounds for Horror
Air Date: 1993-12-11
A disagreeable camp counselor is menaced by Hoser, an invisible boogeyman who lives in the forest.
13. Ghost Ship
Air Date: 1993-12-18
Ben and its friend plan an excursion with the brand-new white yacht of Bens father. Did the boys with the crazy ship ram into somthing? Does the expensive boat go under? The shipwrecked are very glad when an old boat discovers it.
1. Game Over
Air Date: 1994-09-10
Coming Soon
2. Cold Blood, Warm Hearts/The Spider and the Flies
Air Date: 1994-09-17
The Vaultkeeper and the Old Witch meet at the beach and swap stories. In "Cold Blood, Warm Heart," the Old Witch tells the tales of two lakes that are haunted by monsters. In "The Spider and the Flies," the Vaultkeeper tells the story of a city that is haunted by a spider.
3. The Avenging Phantom/Myth Conceptions
Air Date: 1994-09-24
In "The Avenging Phantom," ten year old Jimmy is afraid to sleep in the dark, -- almost as much as he's afraid of the mean old lady at the variety store, the Mongrel that chases him home every day, and the bully who constantly torments him. In "Myth Conceptions," while digging in Greece, a greedy Fortune Hunter searches out the ancient cave ruins of the Greek legend Medusa.
4. All the Gory Details
Air Date: 1994-10-01
Camille and her friend go on a roadtrip and arrive at their final destination: an inn, which is haunted by a woman's spirit.
5. The Weeping Woman
Air Date: 1994-10-08
After a sleepless night at a creepy Victorian Inn, and a spine chilling visit from a real ghost; the girls soon find themselves caught up in the middle of an eerie puzzle that involves a ship that sunk at sea, a tattered teddy bear at the town's Curio Shop, and a century old mystery of The Weeping Woman.
6. Dead Men Don't Jump
Air Date: 1994-10-15
Seventeen year old Nathan is a star athlete who would do anything to play pro basketball. When Nathan's fast talking Manager Marvin sets up a big time match with an unknown challenger who promises to put Nathan on Easy Street, younger brother Erin knows it's too good to be true.
7. The Haunted Mine
Air Date: 1994-10-22
Convinced that his Aunt Melva is too old and helpless to live on her own, a young city boy named Dale drives out to the "sticks" to retrieve her. He soon finds himself in the middle of a bizarre turn of events when his Aunt, her dog Buster, and everyone else in the town goes missing.
8. Growing Pains
Air Date: 1994-10-29
Wendell has had his share of bullying from pranksters Chet and Louie, but even their most malicious pranks can't stop Wendell from pursuing the attention of his latest interest; Rose, the new "geek" in town. Rose is a little timid and her family is a little more than unusual, but Wendell can't help but want to be around her.
9. The Brothers Gruff
Air Date: 1994-11-05
Eddie's fears come true when he crosses a bridge and is followed home by a mischeivious bridge troll. Luckily Eddie's best friend Sheldon, a member of a weird society called 'Jr. Monster-Buster,' knows what to do. However, the situation turns from bad to worse when Eddie's disbelieving, older brother is kidnapped by the troll.
10. Uncle Harry's Horrible House of Horrors
Air Date: 1994-11-12
The vault guard tells a story this time. (See the one before the last episode). This one is about a little boy, whose uncle is always verbiestert. One day he succeeds the little to bring his uncle by means of a spirits train finally again for laughing.
11. Hunted
Air Date: 1994-11-19
A hunter tells the story how he hunted in the amazon forest to the brink of extinction.
12. Chuck (and Melvin) and the Beanstalker
Air Date: 1994-12-03
Hunky, self-involved Chuck and his homely brother, Melvin, pay a visit to the ominous trader, who offers them a bag of magic beans in trade for Chuck's beloved, trusty steed. As expected, a beanstalk grows and the siblings intend to loot the castle in the clouds... but they soon find themselves trying to escape the wrath of a giant, cyclops Beanstalker.
13. Transylvania Express
Air Date: 1994-12-10
An unscheduled detour takes two surfer dudes to Transylvania, where they end up riding a midnight express train... that's populated with vampires and other fiendish foes. Soon the boys find it hard to distinguish between their friends and enemies.
1. Sharon Sharalike
Air Date: 1999-09-09
Selfish Shauna, unwlling to share even her most neglected toys with he younger sister Katie, spitefully hides Sharon Sharalike, the new doll that they've just recieved. But Shauna learns a lesson when she hears Sharon crying in the dead of night and comes to disover that the doll has mysteriously come to life.
2. Imaginary Friend
Air Date: 1999-09-16
To relieve boredom while awaiting the grande opening of Laserland, teens Leo and Jamie decide to play ""welcome wagon"" by taunting the new neighbor, 9-year-old Mary Anne. But Mary Anne's new, ghostly ""imaginary friend"" turns the table on the bullies, escalating when Leo snatches the girl's beloved kitten, Boo.
3. Waste Not, Haunt Not
Air Date: 1999-09-23
When brothers Richard and Stephen improperly dispose of the toxic waste from their failed Science Fair Project in a nearby bog, it comes back to haunt them in the form of a Bog Blob.
4. Unpopular Mechanics
Air Date: 1999-09-30
Randall, who loves to invent destructive mechanical gadgets, gets his comeuppance as his appliances suddenly turn on him.
5. Competitive Spirit
Air Date: 1999-10-07
Vincent tells Tom a ghost story about a Mountain Spirit In order to spook out his main competitor before the big ski race, but the spirit really exists and comes to torment Vincent for his deceptive ways.
6. Trouble in Store
Air Date: 1999-10-14
Derek and Rob, trying to steal from Rodman's Department Store, get locked in the store overnight as the mannequins come to life.
7. So Very Attractive
Air Date: 1999-10-21
Julia, obsessed with the idea of being more beautiful, puts on a miracle cream that fulfills her wish but causes her to attract the unwanted attention of all sorts of creatures.
8. Drawn & Quartered
Air Date: 1999-10-28
Aspiring artist Ralph finds a magic pencil that allows him to put life into his drawings and take revenge on the bullies who have been harassing him, but revenge isn't as sweet as he thought.
9. All Booked Up
Air Date: 1999-11-04
Book-hater Greg is forced by a mysterious librarian to endlessly relive a bunch of classic stories.
10. Town Gathering
Air Date: 1999-11-11
Erin, who has a reputation for making up stories, discovers that no one will believe her when she discovers that the people proposing a new business deal to her mother are actually aliens planning to make a meal out of the townsfolk.
11. It's for You
Air Date: 1999-11-18
For Christmas, Gary recieves a phone line for his bedroom with the proviso that he doesn't ""abuse the privilege."" Naturally, Gary immediately begins making prank calls, but he soon finds the tables turned when one of the people he called begins stalking him via telephone. Gary pays the caller a visit and discovers Mrs. Emma Needham, an old lady who soon proves that she's not as nice she initially appeared...
12. Monsters Ate My Homework
Air Date: 1999-11-25
After Evan gets away with telling his teacher the ultimate lie that a monster ate his homework, he gets a visit from some monsters inquiring after the missing homework, and about having him for dinner.
13. Too Cool for School
Air Date: 1999-12-02
Junior High School friends Stephanie and Jan hate rules. They will stop at nothing to get out of their frog dissection class in Biology, including skip school. The girls end up in the Everglades where they meet John Kirby, a Professor of Zoological Biology.
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Rating
7.8/10
Release Date
1993-09-18
Episodes
39 (3 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Nelvana
Tales From The Crypt Holdings