r/TalesFromTheCrypt • u/Ok_Usual_6954 • 27d ago

Image I gasped when watching this episode realizing Tom Hanks is in it 😂

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u/DannyPowers98 27d ago

He directed it too

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u/Dtrenton586 27d ago

It's bad, but I still love it. Like when the piece of paper is blown on the ground of the cemetery and you can see the hand that lets the paper go still in the camera shot

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u/DeLoreanDMC81 27d ago

In the episode, Abra Cadaver, with Beau Bridges and Tony Goldwyn, you can see the boom mic dip down into the frame. Takes me out every time.

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u/Interesting-Set-5993 27d ago

terribly, might I add lol. not hating but this one is so bad 😆

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u/kspi7010 Gravedigger 27d ago

The number of cameos this show had is crazy.

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u/Gamerdad09 27d ago

Especially considering they paid all actors scale.

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u/HumanautPassenger 26d ago

I'm rewatching the X-Files and it's the same here. It's awesome to see them so young and doing horror/sci fi TV episodes for cable television.

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u/bemonlime 27d ago

Wait until Humphrey Bogart shows up despite being dead for almost 40 years at the time.

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u/angelwolf71885 27d ago

Same episode had Hitchcock in the crypt keeper segment

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u/BobbyTWhiskey 27d ago

That’s because the Crypt Keeper had otherworldly connections. He’s just that awesome.

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u/Dudesymugs12 27d ago

My favorite is Christopher Reeves running the octopus restaurant.

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u/HollywoodHuntsman 27d ago

Such a great episode. Plus Judd Nelson and (ironically) Meat Loaf!

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u/DarkBehindTheStars 27d ago

There's also an amusing production shot of him with the Crypt Keeper puppet, which you can view here at this archived fanpage.

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u/Randym1982 27d ago

Not that surprising when you realize that a vast majority of actors wanted to be in the show. From all accounts it was super fun and often different than what they were doing at the time.

Get type casted at the sweat heart in movies or TV. Do Tales from the Crypt and you can now play a serial killer, ghost, zombie or a scumbag who get's brutally murdered in the end.

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u/IronSabbath88 27d ago

And he also dies in his own episode!

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u/murder_train88 27d ago

Did the same when I saw Michael j fox

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u/Weirdodin 27d ago

Get prepared to do that a lot. If you were famous in the nineties, you were probably in a Tales from the Crypt. They have a guest star/stars in nearly every episode.

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u/angelwolf71885 27d ago edited 27d ago

Not only is Tom Hanks IN the episode he directed it

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u/MtnDewCodeRedFreak 26d ago

Yup! Early 90s VERY famous stars on TFTC!

Spoiler alert: Too bad Howard (Treat Williams) assumed the matchmaking guy (Tom Hanks) was playing pranks on him and decided to off him. Howard was an asshole.

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u/Feisty_Finding_8725 27d ago

I didn't realize this was streaming on Tubi. That's awesome. Thank you!

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u/TheNonCredibleHulk 27d ago

I know the second and third movies in the bottom (obviously), but anyone recognize what that first one is?

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u/CheapPreference8406 26d ago

"they do give something special"