With just one more day until Tales From the Crypt arrives on streaming, Shudder is hyping fans up with a teaser of what’s to come. For those who’ve never experienced the cult classic anthology series before, FANGORIA is excited to debut a new teaser trailer featuring some of the many famous faces that appeared in the series over its seven season run — and boy is it a doozy.
Intercut with commentary from the Crypt Keeper himself, the new teaser focuses less on the actual content of the series, and more on the nostalgia of Hollywood stars appearing in the series before they hit it big. Among the many faces that appear in the teaser are (deep breath, this is a long one) Brad Pitt, Catherine O’Hara, Whoopi Goldberg, Kyle MacLachlan, Joe Pesci, John Stamos, Demi Moore, Corey Feldman, Ed Begley Jr., and Brooke Shields. And that’s not even half the list of stars who featured on the show!
Created by William Gaines and Steven Dodd, Tales From the Crypt originally premiered in 1989 on HBO, based on the EC Comics series of the same name. In addition to its high-profile guest stars, the series featured episodes directed by horror icons like Tobe Hooper and William Friedkin, as well as names like Tom Hanks and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The series’ synopsis is as follows:
Each episode of Tales from the Crypt is a self-contained story hosted by the Crypt Keeper, a wisecracking corpse known for his macabre puns. With its signature unrestricted gore, profanity, and dark irony, the show’s episode styles range from comedy to drama and deliver twisted moral lessons where “bad people” meet poetically horrific ends – and issues like greed, lust, and moral decay lead to tragic consequences.
Season 1 debuts tomorrow on Shudder, with additional seasons rolling out every Friday through June 12. After years of being sporadically available to rent, the show will now be available in full thanks to Dark Castle Entertainment, Lauren Shuler Donner, and Walter Hill.
Season 1 of Tales From the Crypt arrives on Shudder on May 1.
