I guess it’s true that a light that burns twice as bright burns half as long, and despite season four of Tales From The Crypt
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The Gentlemen – Season 1, Episode 2: Tackle Tommy Woo Woo (2024) – Review
Episode 2, Tackle Tommy Woo Woo, delivers a stylish, darkly comic cleanup job that doubles down on Guy Ritchie’s signature blend of aristocratic absurdity and
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 13: Werewolf Concerto (1992) – Review
Last episode, I brought up the fact that for all the episodes that have emerged from the Crypt, a surprisingly small number of them featured
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 12: Strung Along (1992) – Review
Creepy-ass puppets. It’s a notion that’s been woven into Tales From The Crypt from the very beginning – because what is the Crypt Keeper himself
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 11: Split Personality (1992) – Review
While Tales From The Crypt’s fourth season has arguably been it’s most consistent to date, the near-constant string of four-star episodes has been yet to
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018) – Review
If any franchise was in dire need of a ground up reboot, it’s the Puppet Master movies. By 2017, depending on who you ask, there
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 10: Maniac At Large (1992) – Review
With the leftover remnants of Two-Fisted Tales finally behind us, it’s time for season 4 to get back to its regularly scheduled programming, and to
The Gentlemen – Season 1, Episode 1: Refined Aggression (2024) – Review
Guy Ritchie’s films have always thrived on the juxtaposition of the polished British upper against a criminal working class. His 2019 film The Gentlemen was
Frostbiter: Wrath Of The Wendigo (1995) – Review
Sometimes all the slick visuals and production values money can buy are no replacement for good, old fashioned passion for the craft. That magical urge
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 7: The New Arrival (1992) – Review
Never let it be said that the Crypt Keeper isn’t interested in the social issues plaguing our society, and in the latest sample of his
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 6: What’s Cookin’ (1992) – Review
If we were to class Tales From The Crypt’s two biggest virtues as weirdo casts and excessive gore, then surely “What’s Cookin’” has the recipe
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 5: Beauty Rest (1992) – Review
While there’s many descriptions to throw at Tales From The Crypt, sexist certainly isn’t one of them as HBOs horror blow out routinely realises that
Hell Of A Summer (2023) – Review
Look, I love 80s slashers too, but just how many more times can we deconstruct the genre with a mixture of post-modern snark and genuine
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 4: Seance (1992) – Review
Regular readers of my takes from the crypt may be familiar with the fact that I tend to sway more towards the overtly horror themed
Another Simple Favour (2025) – Review
With A Simple Favour, Paul Feig drastically changed the course of his career after a string of energetic, female-led comedies allowed him to handbrake turn
Widow’s Bay – Season 1, Episode 10: We Hope You Enjoyed Your Time! (2026) – Review
Well, sadly it’s time for our stay in Widow’s Bay to end, but I’ve got to say, I’ve truly enjoyed visiting this wonderfully peculiar series
Over Your Dead Body (2026) – Review
In this day and age, it seems that you can make a comedy about anything, even when playing with the most unfunny of circumstances. Take
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 3: On A Dead Man’s Chest (1992) – Review
You’d think that after such a string of high profile directors, I wouldn’t be so impressed when yet another one turns up to play in
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 2: This’ll Kill Ya (1992) – Review
Compiling anthology premieres are something of an artform, especially when they’re delivered in the style of Tales From The Crypt. In case you’d forgotten, whenever
Tales From The Crypt – Season 4, Episode 1: None But The Lonely Heart (1992) – Review
While the third season of HBOs horror extravaganza certainly delivered its fair share of the goods, there was a lingering feeling that Tales From The