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Tales from the Crypt

American horror anthology television series
TVSeries television_series Q715013
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Summary

Tales from the Crypt is a television series[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of television series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,025 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Russell Mulcahy[3], Robert Zemeckis[4]
  • Screenwriter: Gilbert Adler[5]
  • Composer: Steve Bartek[6], Alan Silvestri[7], Danny Elfman[8]
  • Genre: anthology series[9], speculative fiction[10], horror television series[11]
  • Producer: Richard Donner[12], David Giler[13], Walter Hill[14], Joel Silver[15], Robert Zemeckis[16]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[17]
  • Commons category: Tales from the Crypt (TV series)[18]
  • Country of origin: United States[19]
  • Has part(s): Tales from the Crypt, season 1[20], Tales from the Crypt, season 2[21], Tales from the Crypt, season 3[22], Tales from the Crypt, season 4[23], Tales from the Crypt, season 5[24], Tales from the Crypt, season 6[25], Tales from the Crypt, season 7[26]
  • Start time: June 10, 1989[27]
  • End time: July 19, 1996[28]
  • Number of episodes: 93[29]
  • Title: Tales from the Crypt[30]
  • List of episodes: list of Tales from the Crypt episodes[31]
  • Different from: Tales from the Crypt[32]
  • Duration: 26[33]
  • Number of seasons: 7[34]
  • P14813: 14074[35]
  • P14821: 96708[36]

Why It Matters

Tales from the Crypt has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Related Entities

Alan Silvestri Danny Elfman Richard Donner Robert Zemeckis United States Walter Hill

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 96708
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  2. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14813 → 14074
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  3. 24w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → —
    Country of origin → —
    Original broadcaster → HBO
    Composer → Steve Bartek, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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