Tales from the Cryptkeeper facts for kids

Two brothers plan to rob an abandoned mansion, where The Cryptkeeper has set up a monstrous security system to get rid of intruders.

• Based on "While The Cat's Away..." from The Vault of Horror #34.

After two brothers torment ants at a picnic, they are shrunk by a mysterious ray and are forced to face the trials and tribulations of the insect world.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo on a penny; he is wearing a hat and a beard making him resemble Abraham Lincoln.

A teacher and one of his students find themselves trapped in the fantasies of another student whom they have tormented.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo on a box of matches.
• Based on "Pleasant Screams!" from Tales from the Crypt #37.

Gone Fishin: A boy tries to warn his uncle, a wasteful fisherman, of the fish that are out for revenge.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo at the end holding a can of the boy's uncle.
• Based on "Gone... Fishing!" from The Vault of Horror #22.

A Little Body of Work: Two hoodlums challenge a boy to a race on the Mustang he's renovating. A car which, unbeknownst to them, has a mind of its own.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo dressed as a diner waitress.

A boy discovers that statues in his favorite wax museum come to life.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo dressed as a wax mannequin of Marie Antoinette.
• Based on "The Works... In Wax!" from Tales from the Crypt #25.

In a terrifying retelling of the classic fairytale, a self-absorbed prince named Chuck Charming and his nerdy put-upon twin brother Melvin go on a quest to wake the Sleeping Beauty, the slumbering princess, whom, unbeknownst to them, is really a bloodthirsty vampire.

• Based on "The Sleeping Beauty!" from Tales from the Crypt #39.

The son of a scientist befriends a Neanderthal that has been encased in ice for millions of years, but the friendship turns sour when the caveman can't adapt to the modern world.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo dressed as a ticket salesman.
• Based on "Cave Man" from Tales from the Crypt #19.

A group of bullies fear for their lives when their victim Wendell drinks a potion that turns him into a werewolf.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo on the box of the magic potion.

Two paranormal enthusiasts create a homemade vampire detector and use it to hunt for bloodsuckers...only to learn that one of them is right under their nose.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo as a bar patron.
• Based on "Fare Tonight, Followed By Increasing Clottyness..." from Tales from the Crypt #36.

In a classic retelling of W. W. Jacobs' The Monkey's Paw, an unpopular kid steals a gorilla's paw in order to be a part of a secret club, and discovers that the gorilla's paw can grant wishes with twisted results.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo as the host of television program Gruesome Gladiators.
• Based on "The Gorilla's Paw!" from The Haunt of Fear #9.

During a class trip to an Egyptian pyramid, a tall girl who keeps getting bullied because of her height must save her classmates from a mummy's curse.

• The Cryptkeeper makes a cameo on top of a tomb entrance.
• Based on "This Wraps It Up!" from Tales from the Crypt #35.

Summer campers befriend an invisible being who plays pranks on a strict, no-nonsense counselor.

• Based on "Grounds... For Horror!" from Tales from the Crypt #29.

Ben and his friend Mike go for a joyride on Ben's father's new yacht and sink it, leaving the two stranded in the ocean until a phantom ship haunted by pirates comes to their rescue.

• Based on "Ghost Ship!" from Tales from the Crypt #19.

Two boys pay for skipping school to play video games when the characters come to life.

The Cryptkeeper and the Old Witch meet at the beach to swap stories:

Cold Blood, Warm Heart: A man and a woman find that they have a lot in common while investigating rumors of a monster dwelling in a lake.

The Spider and the Flies: When spiders infest their town, two siblings find out that a mysterious exterminator is not what he seems to be.

After besting the Vaultkeeper in shadow puppets, the Cryptkeeper tells two stories:

The Avenging Phantom: A young boy named Jimmy wishes he can get revenge on his tormentors like his comic book superhero "The Avenging Phantom" and gets his wish, but with dire consequences.

Myth Conceptions: An archaeologist discovers the tomb of Medusa and learns the hard way why others before him have died trying to find it.

A pair of newspaper reporters try to track down an old mad scientist.

Camille and Mildred from "Fare Tonight" return, this time, to investigate the sightings of the ghost of a woman who haunts a local inn.

The Old Witch, The Cryptkeeper, and The Vaultkeeper return and compete to decide who tells today's story. When the Old Witch wins thanks to her magic, she tells the tale of a boy who challenges a demon to a basketball game that could mean the end of his life if he loses.

After incapacitating Scariff Cryptkeeper in a ghost town, the Vaultkeeper tells the story about a young man who goes to visit his aunt which leads to a trip inside an abandoned mine filled with unusual shapes and a dark secret.

The Old Witch takes over telling this episode's story after turning the Cryptkeeper into a scarecrow. In this installment, Wendell from "Hyde and Go Shriek" falls for Rose, a new girl at school with a rather "weedy" family secret.

A boy named Eddie is followed home by a troll after crossing a bridge. Now it's up to him and his friend Sheldon, who knows almost everything about monsters, to defeat the troll when it kidnaps Eddie's older brother.

During a trip to the carnival, a boy's birthday is being spoiled by his skeptical uncle, but the latter of whom soon has his views of the supernatural challenged when they take a ride through a frighteningly realistic haunted house.

A heartless hunter in the Amazon is soon the hunted when a shapeshifting monster named Onnaya starts pursuing him after freeing the captured animals.

Chuck and Melvin from "The Sleeping Beauty" return; this time in a horrifying retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk" where they must steal the treasure of a giant Cyclops named Beanstalker.

Two surfer dudes, none other than Mike and Ben from "Ghost Ship," accidentally get on a train headed for Transylvania, where they must fight back against vampires.

A selfish teenage girl who never shares decides to steal her five-year-old little sister's doll and soon learns that the doll doesn't like it when its owners don't share.

Two teen boys torment a nine-year-old girl who has an imaginary friend who gets back at the boys for their actions.

Two boys improperly dispose of toxic waste from their science project into a bog which creates a bog monster.

Randall "The Vandal" is a kid inventor who has a gift for mechanics, but uses his talent for destructive pranks—and when he invents a remote control that can cause machines to go haywire, he gets his comeuppance when the appliances say "No more!" and attack him.

Victor tricks his rival into thinking a ghost exists in the mountains, but a real mountain spirit comes after the boy for his deceptive ways.

Two boys who are known for stealing end up getting locked in a store during closing hours and discover that the mannequins don't take kindly to those who steal from their "home".

An insecure girl buys a beauty cream from an abandoned drugstore that makes her an irresistible force to everything....including animals and the dead.

An aspiring artist named Ralph finds a magic pencil that brings his drawings to life whenever he draws with it. Especially his cartoon character named "Wahoo." He vows to get back at the bullies who torment him by having him torment them back. He then learns that two wrongs don't make a right after things go over the top.

• Based on "Drawn and Quartered!" from Tales from the Crypt #26

A boy who hates to read gets trapped in a library where he goes inside the dark world of classic literature.

A girl known for her pranks must convince her mother that a group of businessmen are actually aliens bent on eating the townspeople.

A fourteen-year-old boy named Gary gets his own phone line as a Christmas present that he wanted for a long time. However, he abuses his privilege and goes against his parents wishes by making several prank calls after he made an agreement with them saying he wouldn't. The problem gets worse when he accidentally makes a prank call to a mysterious old woman who begins to stalk him over the phone.

A boy named Evan lies to his teacher by saying that monsters ate his homework in order to avoid getting into trouble. All goes well until problems escalate when real monsters actually come after Evan by coming out under his bed and they want to go after his homework.

Two girls who don't like to follow authority rules mess around with the objects in the school science lab and inadvertently create some half-dinosaur/frog creatures after refusing to clean up frog eggs and a serum containing dinosaur DNA off the floor. After the situation gets more haywire, they then learn the hard way that it's important to obey rules.