#TFTC Season One

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"Her stocks, bonds, house: Charles loves everything about Peggy and wants to make sure their honeymoon is a night of (murderous) passions. But there's a family secret Peggy never told him..."

Tales From The Crypt: Lover Come Hack To Me Season One, Episode Five Dir: Tom Holland

[sc-passions-and-pastimes]

DAY 4 REVEALS

Let me play among the stars [Patrick Brewer/David Rose, Stevie Budd & David Rose - G - 7588]

To be honest, David finds it hard to believe the guy on the screen right now could be persuaded to go through with a spray tan, nevermind be sewn into a skin-tight sparkly shirt and take a step onto a dancefloor. With his neat blue button-down and cropped hair, his whole look seems contrived to be as boy-next-door, soccer-mom friendly as possible.

David Rose has been a pro dancer on Dancing With The Stars for twelve seasons, but the mirrorball trophy has always been elusive. Will his new partner finally be the one to lift it with him?

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TFTC [Patrick Brewer/David Rose - T - 5,615]

When David spots several people acting strangely in front of the store, his curiosity - and suspicions - are raised. Patrick goes to investigate and in the process discovers a new hobby. David doesn't fully understand it but hey, his husband is cute when he's excited. "They’re everywhere. In the countryside, in small towns…” Patrick turns the phone around, pinches the map and then shows it to David. This time it’s a city on the screen, littered with many more green dots. “They’re in the cities too. Apparently there’s one nearby our store, recently set up. Which would explain the groups of people you’ve noticed. They were all looking for it.”

“Lots of people go looking for Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster as well. That doesn’t mean it’s not a huge waste of time.”

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Very Sportsmanlike Conduct [Patrick Brewer/David Rose - 4 - 4,538]

David likes audiobooks. Patrick likes hockey. What happens when you combine the two?

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Paper [Patrick Brewer/David Rose - G - 3,304]

He started laying everything all over the coffee table. Then he laid out more pieces of scrapbook paper on the ground and started organizing pictures, stickers and other little trinkets on each page. Yes, this was turning out to be a bigger undertaking than he first thought it would; but he was loving how everything was turning out so far.

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[atopfourthwall]

Thanks to your Top 15 Tales From the Crypt list (and, well, covid-19) I've been rewatching TFtC and am already halfway through season 6. Since I originally watched them when they were brought to Fox on late Saturday nights (why yes I do feel ancient thanks), there were a bunch either I forgot about or they were never censored for basic channels. My questions: were you as surprised at how many faces you recognized when you rewatched? Have you ever watched either of the animated series?

I have not watched the animated series. A little bit, but not as it went on, since like I said in the video - it was kind of a prestige thing, so seeing more known actors makes sense, especially if you add in how a lot of them are known character actors who do a lot of genre TV. It’s honestly more surprising if you see them more than once, like how Michael Ironside was actually in TWO episodes (Comes the Dawn is a much better outing than the other one).

[silenthillmutual]

riotpunch replied to your post “Mutuals & Followers Please:”

i like the old movies, like texas chainsaw massacre, child’s play, night of the living dead, dawn of the dead (the remake from 15yrs ago is also good), poltergeist, house on haunted hill (it’s campy but it’s good) as far as shows go, tales of the crypt and are you afraid of the dark. i like z nation but it’s also very goofy and hard to take seriously at times. and black mirror

i’ve actually been meaning to finish watching Child’s Play, i started it back as a freshman in undergrad but Netflix didn’t work well on campus so i had to keep stopping and restarting it. had a lot of movies i never made it through that year

i have seen Night of the Living Dead, though! i think that was my first zombie movie. i may have even taken it with me when i left Virginia, though i’m not sure. @stuartdoodles i think got me Poltergeist and a season of Tales from the Crypt; Poltergeist was like, one of my favorite movies as a kid and i loooooove TftC

is Are You Afraid of the Dark the one that’s getting rebooted? i remember some 90s-00s kid-friendly horror shows was getting rebooted but idr which one :/

[braincoins]

yslanam replied to your post: I still wanna RP in the Demon Knight-verse

On the one hand, this sounds pretty involved and I don’t want to miss out on VLotD. On the other hand, this sounds awesome and I have no idea what the Crypt thing is, but I would totally read this fic!

[rubs hands together] Okay so...

“Tales from the Crypt” was originally a horror comic anthology series published by EC comics. It was one of three that they put out (the others being “The Vault of Horror” and “The Haunt of Fear”), and... well, let me stay on track, because I can and will babble about TftC, EC, and William M. Gaines for a while if I’m allowed to.

In 1989, HBO started a “Tales From the Crypt” TV show. The Cryptkeeper (a puppet, voice by John Kassir who also did the voice of Meeko the Raccoon in Pocahontas - let that sink in) would book-end each story - almost all from one of the three EC horror comics - with bad puns and horrifically screeching laughter.

I freaking love this show. (Well, the last season sucked, but what’re you gonna do?) Anyway, they made a movie. Technically more than one but we don’t talk about those. Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight.

Is it good? Eh, probably not by most people’s standards. It’s schlocky, it’s gory and gross, it has unnecessary sex and a killer soundtrack (pun entirely intended). But it’s basically a feature-length version of a TftC episode, except with waaaaaaaaay better worldbuilding and also Billy Zane romping around chewing scenery. I adore Demon Knight and I especially love its world (well, really, universe) building.

As explained by the main character:

Brayker: You wanna know what’s going on? Shall I tell you? In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth... Irene: You’re talking Genesis. THAT beginning? Brayker: And the Earth was a formless void and Darkness covered the face of the deep. But the Darkness wasn’t empty. It was full of creatures... full of demons. And they had seven Keys formed into a circle that focused the power of the cosmos into their hands. Until God stepped forth and said, “Let there be light.” And there was Light. He scattered the demons, and He scattered the Keys, all across the universe. Now we fast forward about two or three million millennia. Now the demons are back. They got six of the Keys. And one day, they find the seventh Key here on Earth. 

To save it, God filled it with the blood of... a carpenter, who was being crucified by the Romans, and gave it to a thief named Sirach. Jeryline: The blood ins-inside... is that...? Brayker: Some of it, yeah. It gets used, y’see. Sirach had to refill it. Bad neck wound. Talon caught the artery here [tracing it on his own throat]. Most of what’s in here now belonged to a soldier named Dickerson, gave it to me in France, August 23, 1917. Funny how you remember the big dates, isn’t it? Bob: Jeeze. That, uh... would make you...  Uncle Willy: What happens when you run out of blood? Brayker: They bring back the Darkness. Uncle Willy: Just like that?! Brayker: Just like that. So. Now you know. [looking around at all of them] You feel better?

The Demon Knights are all thieves. Each one is marked with seven stars, burned into their palms from the Key itself, and when they are branded, they see - and feel - the past lives of all the Knights who came before them. Because, you see, you can’t become a Demon Knight until the previous one dies. The last thing a Knight does is to pass on the Key and the duty to protect it from the demons, and then they die. 

They can be killed, but they are otherwise essentially immortal right up to that moment (as shown by Brayker, who was a soldier in WWI and is still alive, definitely not looking his age). The circumstances under which a Demon Knight can pass on the Key and their duty are very specific, and they’ll know their time has come when the stars on their palm - which are normally grouped together - form into a circle. They’ll wind up under siege some place with seven people... and one of those will be the new chosen one, the new Knight.

Basically, for what should have been schlocky, gory fun, this movie had this incredibly kickass setup and it makes me twitch to do SOMETHING with it. Make a new Knight, still reeling from what they’ve lived through to get here on top of the solemn duty that is now theirs. I hadn’t thought of combining it with something else until Voltron entered the picture.

We really haven’t seen the Galra destroy a planet utterly since Altea (unless you count that planet that’s sucked dry by the komar). So my brain was like, “Altea had one of the Keys and Zarkon made a deal with the demons to destroy Altea if he procured the Key for them...” 

If I let myself, I could almost certainly do a lot with this setup - that what many people on Earth think of as God the Father is what the Alteans thought of as the Goddess of the Universe; that Voltron was made, in part, to protect the Keys but that, having been sealed away for 10,000 years, it has been unable to do so; that now the mission is not only to free planets from Galra rule but to wrest the Keys back from the demons and to protect Earth not ONLY as the home of the Paladins but as the home of the last Key - but, as you said, V:LotD really needs to be my priority.

[bookeverlasting]

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[karenisreading]

My 5 🌟 Review There is a new couple in town who is taking the room-com crown from all the other roommates to lovers' stories out in sports romance. LJ and Marisa were EVERYTHING I wanted and didn't know I needed this story to be. Sigh...seriously where do I start. I hate to unseat Jules and Berk but scoot your butts over to make room for my new favorites. That is the magic of this series. With each release, I'd say "This is my new favorite." Here is the thing with friends to lovers in a series. We've 'seen' them. We've known them along the breadcrumbs sprinkled out the books. But it takes true magic in storytelling to create a story you not only devour in a sitting, but yelling at your kindle, cry with the characters, and wish you could all sit down to coffee to discuss how they survived getting to their HEA. Maya Hughes accomplishes this and more in a story unexpected and engaging for romance lovers. What I loved: - The entire book - Getting Marisa's backstory - Confirming LJ is the perfect man - The fumbles as they learn that taking the risk is worth everything. Things to consider: - Read the other three books first You know what I really loved - I loved that Maya had the characters SPOILER, and then instead of SPOILER she had the characters SPOILER. Yup, read it for yourself. Because there are so many 'fist pump YAS' moments You won't be sorry. This is a personal favorite and recommend you read it. Then read it again just to enjoy it all over again. 

NOW LIVE Amazon Exclusive https://mybook.to/TFTC Read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited ABOUT “Are you sleeping with my daughter?” 

Not the question I wanted to hear from my coach. The man holding my pro future in the palm of his hand. 

The answer: No, sir.

The real answer: I’d sure as hell like to be.

Marisa’s been my best friend since third grade. And now she needs my help--and a place to stay. Senior year was supposed to be the year to keep some distance until the season finished and my draft prospects were safe. But resisting her is becoming impossible. Movie Thursdays under the blankets. Study sessions on my bed. Wild party nights where I kept any guy interested at bay with a single glare. Her dad can bench my ass for the entire season, so she’s off limits--for now. 

She’s the only woman I’ve ever loved. 

And one heated night, I can’t stop fighting every cell in my body and can’t stop myself from sampling her sexy smile, her sweet smell, and her sultry curves. We’re walking a tightrope with my future on the line. 

Let’s just make sure Coach doesn’t find out... Enter Goodreads Paperback Giveaway https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/317087-the-fourth-time-charm

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"Every retiree needs a pet project. So Jonas takes up taxidermy, turning the many pets his wife Anita dotes upon into a stuffed menagerie. Sit still. Don't move. This one will leave you in stitches!"

Tales From The Crypt: Collection Completed (1989) Season One, Episode Six Dir: Mary Lambert

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"A call girl plans to land a rich playboy and pawns her beauty in order to dress to impress. What? She misunderstands the pawnshop's refund offer? Too late to read between the lines (and wrinkles), girlie!"

Tales From The Crypt: Only Sin Deep (1989) Season One, Episode Four Dir: Howard Deutch

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"A shocking experience! When the death penalty is abolished, a penitentiary executioner turns freelance electrocutioner. But fate may pull a switch on this man who loves to throw the switch."

Tales From The Crypt: The Man Who Was Death (1989) 

Dir: Walter Hill

Season 1 Episode 1

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"Shoot him, drown him, hang him, zap him with kajilion volts - hey, it's a living! A man who receives a surgical graft of a cat's nine lives becomes a carnival sensation with his dying act."

Tales From The Crypt: Dig That Cat... He’s Real Gone (1989) Season One Episode Three

Dir: Richard Donner

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"The holiday chopping season runs late when an axe-toting maniac dressed as Santa makes a Christmas Eve visit to a philandering wife who murdered her husband."

Tales From The Crypt: And All Through The House Season 1 Episode 2 Dir: Robert Zemeckis

[bookeverlasting]

NOW LIVE The Fourth Time Charm by Maya Hughes Amazon Exclusive https://mybook.to/TFTC Read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited Enter Goodreads Paperback Giveaway https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/317087-the-fourth-time-charm ABOUT “Are you sleeping with my daughter?” Not the question I wanted to hear from my coach. The man holding my pro future in the palm of his hand. The answer: No, sir. The real answer: I’d sure as hell like to be. Marisa’s been my best friend since third grade. And now she needs my help--and a place to stay. Senior year was supposed to be the year to keep some distance until the season finished and my draft prospects were safe. But resisting her is becoming impossible. Movie Thursdays under the blankets. Study sessions on my bed. Wild party nights where I kept any guy interested at bay with a single glare. Her dad can bench my ass for the entire season, so she’s off limits--for now. She’s the only woman I’ve ever loved. And one heated night, I can’t stop fighting every cell in my body and can’t stop myself from sampling her sexy smile, her sweet smell, and her sultry curves. We’re walking a tightrope with my future on the line. Let’s just make sure Coach doesn’t find out… ALSO AVAILABLE IN THE FULTON U SERIES #1 The Perfect First, #2 The Second We Met & #3 The Third Best Thing Visit Amazon for eBook, Paperback and Audiobook: http://bit.ly/FultonU Read for Free with Kindle Unlimited #fultonu #mayahughes #ljandmarisa #fultonseries #thefourthtimecharm #friendstolovers https://www.instagram.com/p/CJxQlaNAzNn/?igshid=zbbzv1tdsisr