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| Tales from the Crypt: The Complete Seventh Season | 
 enlarge | Directors: Andrew Morahan, Bill Kopp, Bob Hoskins, Brian Helgeland, Christopher Hart
Actors: John Kassir, Chris Armstrong, Al Ashton, Lucy Bayler, Roy Dotrice
Studio: Home Box Office (HBO)
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 13500
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 337
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.7
MPN: WARD75409D
UPC: 012569754096
EAN: 0012569754096
ASIN: B000SULWKO
Theatrical Release Date: June 10, 1989
Release Date: October 23, 2007
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 Farewell, Fright Fiends! July 30, 2007
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
The Tales From The Crypt series was some of the best television airing back in the final years of the 80s and into the early 90s. Deliberately over the top. Deliberately funny. Deliberately campy at times. Deliberately scary. Deliberately gory. Deliberately one of HBO's finest creations.
The episodes are all based on EC Comics of old...mostly from the self titled Tales From the Crypt, Haunt of Fear and Vault of Horror comic books. But I'd guess that 90% of you reading this already know that, and you're here as I am delighted that the final season is finally out on DVD.
For those that have not seen these wonderfully entertaining episodes of dark humor and horror...if you're into the genre this collection and any of the other HBO seasonal Tales From the Crypt releases are for you. Alas...by the sixth season the directorial effort and actor ambition had waned, and The Tales From The Crypt series was startin' to look a bit long in the fang. Hence, The Cryptkeepr "killed" production of the show after season 7.
Airing first in 1989 and finishing out in 1996, by the fifth season I've always thought that it would have been cool if the producers considered bringing in some adaptations of modern short stories from the likes of Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz, because the best EC Comic stories were done in seasons one through four. But I guess the producers felt it was taboo to stray from the EC Comics classics. (In my review of Tales 5 {that mirrors this review almost exactly, with the exception of the individual episode puns} a commenter said that, "part of the TV deal with William Gaines was that all of the Tales From The Crypt episodes had to be based on EC Comics stories.")
That's too bad, because the following episodes were good...but just good. Not great...like seasons 1 - 4.
Season 7 gives you:
"Fatal Caper" -- Who's your brother's creeper?
"Last Respects" -- Monkeying around with the wrong paw.
"A Slight Case of Murder" -- That's what I call writing a book with a twist!
"Escape" -- The penalty for treason is...Death.
"Horror in the Night" -- Diamonds are a ghouls best friend.
"Cold War" -- Battle of the undead.
"Kidnapper" -- Don't throw a baby out with the bath water.
"Report From the Grave" -- Be careful what you wish for.
"Smoke Wrings" -- Where there's smoke, there's murder.
"About Face" -- Bless you, Father, for you have sinned.
"Confession" -- Life imitates art.
"Ear Today...Gone Tomorrow" -- Hear ye, kill ye!
"The Third Pig" -- The Three Little Poltergeists.
I'm a big Tales fan, but the "Add to Cart" button was really hard to press for season 6 & 7. Still...it was a terrific run for the series, and even the final seasons of Tales are better than most of the TV on the air today. So, at minimum, give season 7 a rent....These'll kill ya!
 Crypt on DVD Completed with Season Seven! July 4, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
And this wraps it up; the glorious 1989-1996 seven season run of "the" best pay cable anthology show ever to grace the airwaves is complete on DVD. Come October 23rd, 2007 WB stepped up and is delivering the final season of the series we the fans have been collecting on DVD since 2005. This season many feel lacked in detail but I completely disagree, there are some gems in this season and let me explain why it is a very unique finish to the series. The show moved production to the United Kingdom in this season and used only a British cast of respected actors thus giving the series a different atmosphere to work with. Episodes such as "Cold War" with a young Ewan McGregor, "Horror In The Night" and "About Face" stand out being just as worthy as any previous season classics. All in all this completes the collection and is essential to everyone's collection.
Fatal Caper (Starring Natasha Richardson)
Last Respects
A Slight Case of Murder
Escape
Horror in the Night
Cold War (Starring Ewan McGregor)
Kidnapper
Report from the Grave
Smoke Wrings
About Face
Confession (Starring Eddie Izzard)
Ear Today... Gone Tomorrow (Starring Gretchen Palmer)
The Third Pig
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