TNT's "Tales From The Crypt" (Series Premiere 2017)

[Oscar Rothman]

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/07...rypt-shyamalan


Tales From the Crypt lives! TNT is reviving the anthology horror series with writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.


The project will be part of a new two-hour horror block at TNT that includes short and long-form programming led by Tales content and “curated” by the Sixth Sense director, who recently scored a sleeper success with Fox’s mystery-thriller Wayward Pines. “To be part of such a beloved brand like Tales From the Crypt, something I grew up watching, and to also have the chance to push the boundaries of genre television as a whole, is an inspiring opportunity that I can’t wait to dive into,” Shyamalan says.


Tales is a Twilight Zone-style horror series best known for its R-rated run for seven seasons on HBO in the 1990s, complete with puppet host the Crypt Keeper (photo above). But the show’s origin dates back to a 1950’s EC Comics series created by William Gaines. In addition to Shyamalan, executive producers include Ashwin Rajan, James D. Stern, John Santilli, and Dan McKinnon. Tales will debut this fall.

The series is sometimes confused with a similarly named anthology title, Tales From the Darkside, which The CW attempted to reboot with a pilot order last year, but declined to greenlight to series.

[Vlad Draculi]

WTF? How did you post this before me? <pouts>

Anyway, I don't care if it is Shyamalan. As long as he is just adapting the comic stories like the old show did it should be fine. I hope they get Kassir back to voice the Crypt Keeper.

[chris_sc77]

Was so excited until I saw it will be on basic cable and m night will be involved.
Really wish HBO would reboot this

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Was so excited until I saw it will be on basic cable

The Walking Dead is on basic cable, and Hannibal was on NBC, so violence-wise, I don't think anyone needs to worry (just so long as they don't show boobs ).

[detective392]

Sucks it's TNT as they have a habit of canceling shows with decent ratings and keeping lower rated ones.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...from+the+crypt

[Agent Bond]

The twist will be revealed that The Crypt Keeper is an alien from Mars.

[Hellraiserfan]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

The Walking Dead is on basic cable, and Hannibal was on NBC, so violence-wise, I don't think anyone needs to worry (just so long as they don't show boobs ).

Yeah, that was one of the charms of the HBO series. The violence and sex.

Also, if they completely redo the Crypt Keeper that's going to suck. I don't care if he didn't look anything like the EC comics version, he's become pretty iconic I would have to say.

[Tony208]

I think this is perfect for M. "Plot Twist " Shyamalan.

[oddbox83]

Could be good. I enjoyed both TZ reboots, although the latter only lasted one season. I thought it was quite good, even if the host wasn't a patch on Rod (who would!?)

[Vlad Draculi]

Originally Posted by chris_sc77

Was so excited until I saw it will be on basic cable and m night will be involved.
Really wish HBO would reboot this

Have you not seen what you can get away with on TV these days? Sex, drugs, demonic possessions, masturbation, drugs, everything except lighting up a cigarette.

Originally Posted by detective392

Sucks it's TNT as they have a habit of canceling shows with decent ratings and keeping lower rated ones.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...from+the+crypt

That's no different than every other station out there. NBC canceled Constantine before it had a chance to do good. Fox canceled Almost Human.

From what I have been told, Shamyalan has redeemed himself with THe Visit. Plus, I'm quite sure he wouldn't be writing or directing every episode. He would probably do the series premier and then the season finales.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

Have you not seen what you can get away with on TV these days? Sex, drugs, demonic possessions, masturbation, drugs, everything except lighting up a cigarette.



That's no different than every other station out there. NBC canceled Constantine before it had a chance to do good. Fox canceled Almost Human.

From what I have been told, Shamyalan has redeemed himself with THe Visit. Plus, I'm quite sure he wouldn't be writing or directing every episode. He would probably do the series premier and then the season finales.

I'm talking about a network that keeps lower rated shows and cancels higher rated shows.

All the other stations keep the higher rated shows and cans the lower ones. Constantine had bad ratings so it went. Same with Almost Human. Fox, NBC, etc don't get rid of good performing shows like TNT sometimes does. They get rid of low performing ones.

[Abby is Q]

Originally Posted by Tony208

I think this is perfect for M. "Plot Twist " Shyamalan.

I agree. Tales from the Crypt had tons of terribly silly twists too (the Bobcat Goldthwait episode immediately jumps to my mind) that he'll fit in perfect with.

I hope this sticks. Maybe it will lead to TNT bringing back MonsterVision.

[Michael24]

Originally Posted by Abby is Q

Maybe it will lead to TNT bringing back MonsterVision.

Now that would get me excited. I'd love to have weekly doses of Joe Bob Briggs again.

[darkness2918]

Very interested to see how this turns out.

[scissorpuppy]

I spoke with Kassir at Spooky Empire back in October and he seemed to think that the TFTC rights had reverted back to the comic owners. He didn’t mention this particular deal that was just announced but that he felt that whatever was going to happen probably wouldn’t involve the HBO version of the show due to HBO/WB no longer having the rights. So basically unless something has changed since october, Which is entirely possible. The HBO version of the Keeper may not even be legally allowed to be apart of the show. In saying that, TNT and HBO both have the same parent company so it is possible.

[Vlad Draculi]

Originally Posted by detective392

I'm talking about a network that keeps lower rated shows and cancels higher rated shows.

All the other stations keep the higher rated shows and cans the lower ones. Constantine had bad ratings so it went. Same with Almost Human. Fox, NBC, etc don't get rid of good performing shows like TNT sometimes does. They get rid of low performing ones.

Except Constantine didn't have bad ratings.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Vlad Draculi

Except Constantine didn't have bad ratings.

It did have bad ratings for a Friday night show compared to Grimm and other shows at that time. NBC wouldn't have gotten rid of it if it had good ratings.

[Vlad Draculi]

Originally Posted by detective392

It did have bad ratings for a Friday night show compared to Grimm and other shows at that time. NBC wouldn't have gotten rid of it if it had good ratings.

No, it didn't. Yes, it didn't have Grimm's ratings, but that was the network expecting blood from a stone. You can't put a show on and expect it to have the biggest audience ever after 3 episodes. You need to let the show find its footing. Let the writers find their grove. Let everyone figure out how they want it all to work and where they want to go with it.

Cutting a season in half does not help. The fact is NBC never wanted Constantine to succeed in the first place. They had no faith in it at all and I'm not even sure why they bothered to order it in the first place.

Anyway,

http://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-crypt-kee...ium=socialflow

Well there goes my enthusiasm. An old man with a cane? Why not use the Vault Keeper or Old Witch instead then?

Oh, and to make matters worse, it sounds like the show is going to be a season long story arc instead of individual stories. As such, it is Tales from the Crypt in name only.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Tony208

I think this is perfect for M. "Plot Twist " Shyamalan.

Agreed.
Wayward Pines turned out awesome IMO.
The Visit was crazy.

[StevenHarvey1990]

It's Tales From The Crypt. The title has me. Remains to be seen whether or not the show keeps me interested. Much excite!