I love Tales from the Crypt more than
pretty much any other show from my childhood (give or take a Buffy). This
horror anthology series is insanely rewatchable, and even the bad episodes at
least have a bit of gore or nudity (or both, simultaneously) to keep you coming
back for more. Even the shitty puns circle back around from groan-worthy to
funny just through repetition.
For a while there, it looked like M. Night
Shyamalan was going to remake the series for a new generation. I was all
on-board. Both Tales and Shyamalan love their twist endings. They’re also both
wildly inconsistent, which I consider a good thing. I love when people (and
shows) aren’t afraid to swing for the fences every time, even when they fail
just as much as they succeed.
Unfortunately, it looks like the reboot
isn’t going to happen. I’ve written a post-mortem for the would-be series over
on Slickster. Check it out.
