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A most grisly tale for you today horror fans plucked straight from the D.C. Comics archive. Secrets of Sinister House was a horror-suspense anthology comic book series published by DC Comics from 1972–1974.
In this ghostly yarn written by George Kashdan and with art by Ramona Fradon we find that even the laws of the land listen to the dead. Steel your nerves and listen…for Death’s Last Rattle!
The TV series of Tales from the Crypt thrilled folk of all ages during its 7 year reign as one of the spookiest TV shows of the early 90’s. Based on the E.C . Comics comic of the same name, each episode was a story from the E.C. Archive introduced by the wonderful Crypt Keeper. We’ve included the intro sequence below to get you in the mood for a YouTube marathon as most of the episodes can be found online.
A quick steal from Wikipedia shows a fantastic list of actor who appeared in the TV series including Adam Ant, Dan Aykroyd, Hank Azaria, Steve Buscemi, Daniel Craig, Tim Curry, Timothy Dalton, Roger Daltrey, Benicio del Toro, Kirk Douglas with son Eric Douglas, Brad Dourif, Kerry Fox, Whoopi Goldberg, Bobcat Goldthwait, Teri Hatcher, Marg Helgenberger, Mariel Hemingway, Jane Horrocks, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Izzard, Margot Kidder, John Lithgow, Andrew McCarthy, Dylan McDermott, Malcolm McDowell, Costas Mandylor, Ewan McGregor, Meat Loaf, Demi Moore, Donald O’Connor, Joe Pantoliano, Bill Paxton, Joe Pesci, Brad Pitt, Iggy Pop, Christopher Reeve, Natasha Richardson, Don Rickles, Mimi Rogers, Tim Roth, Julia Sawalha, Martin Sheen, Brooke Shields, Slash, John Stamos, Ben Stein, Jeffrey Tambor, Lea Thompson, Vanity, David Warner, Sam Waterston, Steven Weber, George Wendt, Adam West, Treat Williams, Rita Wilson and many more.
Famous directors include Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Kyle MacLachlan and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Many well-established film directors also contributed episodes. They include Robert Zemeckis, Richard Donner, Howard Deutch, John Frankenheimer, William Friedkin, Walter Hill, Tom Holland, Tobe Hooper, Mary Lambert, Peter Medak, Russell Mulcahy, Elliot Silverstein, and Freddie Francis, who directed the original 1972 film.
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