Tales from the Crypt

A nebbish writer falls in lust with his beautiful neighbor, but she won't give him the time of day. The writer's landlord gives him a love potioin to make the woman fall madly in love with him. Emphasis on the "madly" part.

A state trooper--and a vulture--track an escaped serial killer across the desert and none of them will stop.

Indebted unhappy married couple, Lou and Irene, commit a life insurance fraud. Lou's brother Billy helps him fake his death and leave for Mexico. But Irene and Billy fall in love and when Lou returns, they claim they don't know him.

A former potential surgeon sets out to wreak revenge on the brother whose cruel practical joke prevented him from realizing his dream.

An unattractive and unlucky actor can't get a role because of his looks. His agent and girlfriend leave him. But he doesn't intend to give up - he wants the role of Hamlet.

Red is a low life crook who is looking for a black pearl. He finds that it's on a island belonging to an ailing millionaire. He plans with the millionaire's mistress to steal the pearl but she turns on him. Fortunately a voodoo priestess comes to the rescue but she has something special for him that he'll never forget.

A mild-mannered vampire gets a night watchman job at a blood bank to sate his hunger. However, when the owner has to let his employees go because of product loss, the vampire has to prey on humans.

Painter Jack Craig gains himself a wealthy patron when he sells a morbid painting. He soon finds that in order to please his patron, he must continue to paint pictures of death - and this leads him down a murderous path.

Four boys find out that the local undertaker and a pharmacist are in cahoots to murder rich locals and profit from their funerals.

A journalist tries to solve the case of a mysterious serial killer who's been killing homeless people all across the city. What he doesn't realize is how deep the conspiracy behind the murders goes.

A beautiful waitress marries the owner of a lumber camp and then quickly starts to realize that he is not what she really wants.

Charles McKenzie is a drunk out of work reporter who would do anything for a story. He meets Vicki in a bar who makes him feel like he can turn his life around. He quits drinking and can get his old job back as long as he can stay on the wagon and prove he can still bring in a good murder story. While reading a newspaper in Niko's Grill, he hears the owner kill his wife in the back. This is just the story he needs...

Janet is a soap opera loving woman. She likes to watch soaps everyday. She even imitates them. One day she misses the end of her favorite soap opera when the TV goes on the fritz. She decides to get cable soon. Janet finds her self falling for the attractive cable installer. When her Surgeon husband discovers what's going on, he decides to make them part of his experiment.

During World War I, a lieutenant is unable to deal with the pressure of battle. His father, a general, has other ideas.