Tales from the Crypt was an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1955. Stories from the series have been adapted into various other media including a 1972 film and a television series that aired on HBO from 1989 to 1996. The later spawned films - such as Demon Knight (1995) and Bordello of Blood (1996) - as well as a children's animated series, a game show, and a radio series.
Combined theatrical financials and commercial performance across all 3 installments.
Total Worldwide Gross
$26.7M
Cumulative box office receipts
Total Production Budget
$38M
Combined studio investments
Average Gross / Film
$8.9M
Average theatrical return
Commercial Multiple
0.7x
Worldwide Gross vs Budget
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Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sinister Collector is a demon who wants the key so he can initiate the apocalypse. On the run from wicked mercenaries for almost 90 years, Brayker finally stops in at a boarding house in New Mexico where — with the help of its residents — he plans to face off against the Collector and his band of ghouls, preventing them from ever seizing the key.
A seedy private eye gets more than he ever bargained for when a missing persons case leads him to a brothel overseen by the mother of vampires and her lusty army of the undead.
An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.