Tales from the Crypt: Seance concerns a con-woman named Alison (Cathy Moriarty) & her partner Benny who have set up an elaborate plan to con $3000,000 out of rich businessman Prescot Chalmers (John Vernon), unfortunately the plan fails at the last minute & if that wasn't bad enough Chalmers then dies in a freak accident. Not wanting to leave empty handed Alsion speaks to his widow (Ellen Crawford) who says she is planning to speak with her deceased husband at a séance that evening, sensing an opportunity Alison decides to 'fix' the séance & make Chalmers widow part with his cash but things don't quite work out...
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 4 from season 4, directed by Gary Fleder I thought Seance was yet another great episode. The script by Harry Anderson was based on a story from 'The Vault of Horror' comic book & has all the right ingredient's for a good Tales from the Crypt episode, it has the set up, it has the satisfying pay-off & some decent exploitation along the way. What more do you want? OK so the twist ending may be a little predictable but it's fun getting there & at only 25 odd minutes it doesn't bore, it moves along at a nice pace & has that dark comic book feel to it. This one also features very funny opening & closing Crypt Keeper (John Kassir) scenes as he impersonates Humphrey Bogart from Casablanca (1942) complete with puns including 'slay it again Sam'...
As usual for this series this looks really good, it has nice 30's or 40's period production design & it's generally well made despite it's made for TV origins. There's some gore here, there's a decapitated head, a mutilated face & someone has their heart ripped out. The acting is good & it's always nice to see John Vernon.
Seance is another top Tales from the Crypt story among many I might add, definitely worth a watch & throughly recommended.
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 4 from season 4, directed by Gary Fleder I thought Seance was yet another great episode. The script by Harry Anderson was based on a story from 'The Vault of Horror' comic book & has all the right ingredient's for a good Tales from the Crypt episode, it has the set up, it has the satisfying pay-off & some decent exploitation along the way. What more do you want? OK so the twist ending may be a little predictable but it's fun getting there & at only 25 odd minutes it doesn't bore, it moves along at a nice pace & has that dark comic book feel to it. This one also features very funny opening & closing Crypt Keeper (John Kassir) scenes as he impersonates Humphrey Bogart from Casablanca (1942) complete with puns including 'slay it again Sam'...
As usual for this series this looks really good, it has nice 30's or 40's period production design & it's generally well made despite it's made for TV origins. There's some gore here, there's a decapitated head, a mutilated face & someone has their heart ripped out. The acting is good & it's always nice to see John Vernon.
Seance is another top Tales from the Crypt story among many I might add, definitely worth a watch & throughly recommended.