Tales from the Crypt #3

In "Undertaking Pallor," a chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #3, the Crypt-Keeper sets the stage for a sinister scheme unfolding beneath the quiet surface of a small town. When a group of curious boys witness a chilling conversation through an undertaker’s basement window—overhearing a deadly alliance between the town druggist and the mortician to eliminate townsfolk for profit—their lives take a dark turn. As the body count rises and fear spreads, one boy’s father becomes the latest victim, pushing the group to confront the corruption they’ve uncovered.

In "The Craving Grave!", a lonely grave long mocked for its barrenness finally finds purpose when a casket arrives bearing the corpse of Cynthia. Though she was once betrayed by her no-good nephew, the grave soon becomes a silent witness to his return—this time with his wife, seeking forgiveness. But when Cynthia’s corpse rises from the earth, the grave’s long hunger is fulfilled in a way no one could have foreseen.

In this darkly twisted take on a classic, the Crypt-Keeper spins a tale where the famed Sleeping Beauty’s long daytime slumber has a far more sinister cause—she’s not just resting, she’s a vampire, and her beauty is as deadly as it is eternal.

In "Shadow of Death," the Old Witch recounts a chilling tale of a newspaper dealer whose shadow detaches one evening, wielding an axe to punish a ruthless rival. When the man’s body is discovered, the horrified onlookers realize the corpse casts no shadow at all.

In "Murder May Boomerang," a young man and his father, bound by a lifetime of shared moments, face a violent disruption when a fugitive breaks into their remote cabin, stealing clothes and nearly killing the father. Driven by grief and rage, the son sets out with his injured father to track down the intruder, only to make a devastating mistake when the dazed father points out a man on the road—leading the son to run him down. As the truth begins to unravel, the son is left grappling with the weight of a terrible error, caught between justice and guilt.

In "Death's Double Cross," a lonely woman finds unexpected passion with her husband’s twin brother, and together they plot to eliminate John—only to be haunted by a small, telling detail: a mole on Ronald’s cheek that makes her question everything.

In "A Snapshot of Death!", a woman walks into a dimly lit pool hall and hires a man to kill a woman whose photograph she hands him—only for the hitman to realize, with chilling clarity, that the face in the picture is his client’s own.

"High Tide!" unfolds with four men aboard a mail boat departing the notorious Mephisto Prison, their uneasy calm shattered by a radio report of a prisoner’s escape. As the boat’s engine sputters and dies—clogged with sand, stranded far from shore—the growing tension turns suspicion toward each man in turn, each convinced the others are to blame.