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Jake Rosen<\/b> and Mental_Floss<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>present 12 Spine-Tingling Facts About Tales From the Crypt<\/em><\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Here are three of my favorites<\/span>…<\/p>\n 1. LETHAL WEAPON<\/em> IS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOW.<\/span><\/strong> 4. IT BROUGHT HUMPHREY BOGART BACK FROM THE DEAD.<\/span><\/strong> 6. TWO VERSIONS OF EACH EPISODE WERE SHOT.<\/span><\/strong> Jake Rosen and Mental_Floss\u00a0present 12 Spine-Tingling Facts About Tales From the Crypt.\u00a0\u00a0Here are three of my favorites… 1. LETHAL WEAPON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,56,53,63,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celebs","category-comics","category-horror","category-humor","category-tv","comments-off"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13635,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13633\/revisions\/13635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nProducer Joel Silver was on the set of 1987\u2019s Lethal Weapon<\/em> when he and director Richard Donner began talking about Silver\u2019s failed attempts to adapt Tales from the Crypt<\/em> as a feature film: the disappointing reception to 1983\u2019s Twilight Zone: The Movie<\/em> and 1982\u2019s Creepshow<\/em>had lessened enthusiasm for horror anthologies. Unmoved by those failures, Donner said he\u2019d be interested in joining the project. When the series idea was brought to HBO, they were intrigued that so many feature film talents were backing the idea. When Zemeckis\u2014who was working with Silver on 1988\u2019s Who Framed Roger Rabbit?<\/em>\u2014got involved, the network agreed to move forward with the show.<\/p>\n
\nZemeckis\u2019s involvement often meant that Tales from the Crypt<\/em> would take any opportunity to explore new techniques for visual effects. In the episode \u201cYou, Murderer,\u201d a career criminalmurdered by his wife and best friend posthumously narrates the events leading up to his demise. When the character looks in the mirror\u2014the show takes place from his POV\u2014viewers see the resurrected features of Humphrey Bogart. Zemeckis used footage from Casablanca<\/em>,The Maltese Falcon<\/em>, and other Bogart films to capture footage and digitally insert it into the frame. During wraparounds, the Crypt Keeper also converses with a seemingly above-ground Alfred Hitchcock.<\/p>\n
\nFor Zemeckis, Donner, and the rest of the show’s high-profile producers, the financial payoff was always thought to be a move to syndication. Because HBO was more permissive in terms of content, they needed to prepare for an eventual screening on broadcast TV stations. WhenTales from the Crypt<\/em> was bought by Fox for a late-night Saturday slot in 1994, the episodes were re-edited to include alternate takes that eliminated most of the original episodes’ gore and nudity. The show also had actors loop non-profane dialogue during shooting. While HBO normally values exclusivity, it didn\u2019t mind the deal: uncut episodes were still an attraction and, as one executive pointed out, \u201cThe show is called HBO\u2019s Tales From the Crypt<\/em>.\u201d Free advertising never hurt.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"