Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection (1999)
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection is a 1999 horror movie directed by Robert Zemeckis, with a running time of 1h 27m. It stars John Kassir, Mary Ellen Trainor and Larry Drake.
In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series, a psychotic killer dressed as Santa escapes Christmas Eve and terrorizes a middle-class home where murder has already made a holiday appearance: a homicidal wife plunges a fireplace poker into her husband's skull. (It was also adapted in the 1972 British anthology movie Tales from the Crypt). Kirk Douglas stars as a blood-and-thunder World War I general who discovers his son is a coward in the grim "Yellow," the most dramatically acute of the trio. Digital magic morphs Humphrey Bogart into "You, Murderer," a high-concept, rather gimmicky tale of murder, double crosses, and poetic justice as seen through a dead man's eyes. Isabella Rossellini (daughter of Bogie's Casablanca costar Ingrid Bergman) and John Lithgow costar as plotting lovers.
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What is Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection about?
In "All Through the Night," perhaps the single most famous story from the original comic book series, a psychotic killer dressed as Santa escapes Christmas Eve and terrorizes a middle-class home where murder has already made a holiday appearance: a homicidal wife plunges a fireplace poker into her husband's skull. (It was also adapted in the 1972 British anthology movie Tales from the Crypt). Kirk Douglas stars as a blood-and-thunder World War I general who discovers his son is a coward in the grim "Yellow," the most dramatically acute of the trio. Digital magic morphs Humphrey Bogart into "You, Murderer," a high-concept, rather gimmicky tale of murder, double crosses, and poetic justice as seen through a dead man's eyes. Isabella Rossellini (daughter of Bogie's Casablanca costar Ingrid Bergman) and John Lithgow costar as plotting lovers.
When was Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection released?
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection was released on 7 September 1999.
How long is Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection?
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection runs 1h 27m.
Who made Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection?
Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection was directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Cast
- John Kassir as Crypt Keeper (voice)
- Mary Ellen Trainor as Wife
- Larry Drake as Santa
- Marshall Bell as Joseph
- Lindsey Whitney Barry as Carrie Ann
- Kirk Douglas as General Kalthrob
- Eric Douglas as Lt. Martin Kalthrob
- Lance Henriksen as Sergeant Ripper
- Dan Aykroyd as Captain Milligan
- Dominick Morra as Priest
- Steve Boyum as King
- Chuck Picerni Jr. as Jones