Crypte show

TALES FROM THE CRYPTKEEPER was an animated kid's show spin-off from the much better known TALES FROM THE CRYPT horror TV series. It ran over three seasons between 1993 and 1999, consisting of 39 episodes hosted by a green goblin-looking Cryptkeeper, voiced by the original John Kassir from CRYPT. Given that this is a family-friendly, gore-free show compared to the adult version, I found it surprisingly enjoyable when I sat through it this past week after it was uploaded to Amazon Prime.

The stories are fast and furious, typically involving child protagonists getting mixed up with various supernatural creatures or events. As is the norm in these shows, humans turn out to be the greatest monsters of all, and a lot of the beasts aren't so bad after all. Plenty of wince-inducing puns from the Cryptkeeper and his buddies, alongside workable animation and enthusiastic voice actors. I imagine teenagers today would be less than impressed as animation has got a lot more sophisticated these days, but as a child of the 1990s this brought back the era for me in an entertaining way.

I remember watching this show as a kid, I loved Tales from the Crypt so I didnt think much about the cartoon version but to my surprise I enjoyed the majority of these episodes and I like how at the end of each episode the bullies learn a valuable lesson and change their ways for the better. I happen to watch a few episodes on Tubi recently and even as a fully grown man now I still find these episodes entertaining. It's too bad kids nowadays can't experience watching these type of cartoons. Shows like Tales from the cryptkeeper, Goosebumps and Are you Afraid of the dark was basically my childhood.

Tales from the Cryptkeeper(1993-1999) is a 3 season animated series currently available on Amazon Prime. Much like Tales from the Crypt, the series is narrated by the Cryptkeeper and is made up of short stories with important lessons where if you're not on your best behavior, or you make the wrong decision, you may end up meeting the Cryptkeeper face to face.

The series is directed by Laura Shepherd (The Care Bears), Rick Marshall (Beetlejuice Animated Series), Mike Csunyoscka (The Ren & Stimpy Show) and Jessie Thomson (Caillou). The voices are primarily provided by John Kassir (Tales from the Crypt), Elizabeth Hanna (Mega Man Legends) and David Hemblen (Tommy Boy).

Each season is 13 episodes and the first season focuses more on ghosts and ghouls and takes place primarily in present day. Season 2 merges Tales from the Crypt with the 1950s comic book series The Vault Keeper and a witch from that series that was a lot of fun. Season 2 also added in different eras and a stronger focus on acting right or bad things will happen to you. Season 3 returns to the Cryptkeeper being the primary character and a continued focus on lessons learned and what can happen to you if you misbehave. The animation has a Ninja Turtles feel to it, ie early 90s, and who doesn't love a good animated horror cartoon?

Overall, this is a tremendous animated horror series that is an absolute must see. I would score this an 8/10 and strongly recommend it.

It definitely won't be scary, but if your a fan, it was great!

This was an awesome cartoon! Great stories, quality animation and voice work, nice stories and monsters etc that did not talk down to us kids, it was great. Wooot wooooooooot!!