Tales from the Crypt
The first theme for our review we have chosen popular and well-known at us and abroad a teleserial «Tales from the Crypt» («Байки from a crypt»). From other serials it is distinguished by caustic black humour, amusing, sometimes an unexpected plot, participation in it of the first class directors and actors and, as a rule, a bad ending of each episode without any hint on «хэппи энд». Fortunately, censorship of the Federal commission on communications of the USA, regulating radio and TV activity, thanks to that it was broadcast on cable channel HBO, instead of under usual programs of a metre range has not concerned this anthology of horrors. Thus, in a serial the frank violence and cruelty, foul language, «обнаженка» and sexual implied sense has been kept.
«Байки a crypt» left in a teleether with 1989 for 1996 during seven seasons. In total 93 episodes have been let out. All of them are a screen version of comics of the horrors published by publishing house popular in the fifties in the USA «EC Comics». Such "whales" of the film industry, as Richard Donner ("Superman" of 1978, квадрилогия «the Deadly weapon», «16 quarters»), Уолтер Хилл («48 hours», «Streets on fire», «Red heat»), Robert Zemekis («the Polar express train», "Forrest Gamp", the trilogy «Back in the future») and others were Executive producers of a serial.
The American television actor and the master of a satirical colloquial genre John Kessir who sounded the protagonist of a serial of the Keeper of a crypt (ridiculous скелетообразная a puppet) was the invariable participant of all without an exception of series «Баек from a crypt». In each episode «Баек» there is a prologue and an epilogue to which the Keeper of a crypt represents next "horror story" and does the instructive conclusion.
On motives of a serial three feature films which, however, had no special success have been removed: «Байки from a crypt: the Knight of demons of night» 1995, «Байки from a crypt: the Bloody brothel» 1996 and «Байки from a crypt: Ritual» (it is removed in 2001, but is let out straight on DVD only in 2006). However, it is a theme for other headings.
We will place short reviews of each episode and to estimate it on five-point system (5-perfectly, 4-well, 3-srednenko 1-is better, 2-badly, not to look at all). If you looked «Байки from a crypt» (them showed on the Russian TV) and remember separate episodes we invite you also to take part in their estimation.
