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Old 09-06-03 | 03:33 AM
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will Tales From the Crypt ever come to dvd?

I know that myself and many others would love it if they came out with box set seasons or something (maybe a boxset contaiing EVERY episode!)...any word on whether this will ever happen?
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Old 09-06-03 | 05:41 AM
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The best way to make this happen is to:

1. Vote for the show at TVSHOWSONDVD.com

2. Write to HBO
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Old 09-06-03 | 03:09 PM
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Hopefully, this series will eventually come out.

Seeing how the whole thing was released on VHS, I doubt it would be rights issues.
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Old 09-06-03 | 09:04 PM
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I thought only around half of the series was released on VHS - maybe I'm wrong.

Either way, HBO shows no interest in shows that are the current "big thing".
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Old 09-07-03 | 01:40 AM
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This is the only set I have seen, and it is vhs.
http://store.hbo.com/product/VMHHV0204-VHS/s.I6uWV0mt
LivingINClip is right. It is lingering around half of the total episodes.
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Old 09-07-03 | 02:43 AM
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There is one release with all of the Robert Zemeckis directed episodes on it:
The Crypt Keeper cacklingly introduces Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis' three tales of the macabre, produced for HBO's bone-chilling horror series. In "And All Through the House," a killer St. Nick crosses some naughty folks off his list--for good; in "Yellow," a decorated Army Lieutenant proves cowardly in the heat of battle; and in "You, Murderer," a surgical makeover transforms an ex-con into the spitting image of Humphrey Bogart--but can't stop his wife's wandering eyes.
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Old 09-07-03 | 05:52 AM
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This series would sell through the roof!
"Season box-sets" are clearly the way to go.
What are you waiting for HBO, as there's
more to your library then your current fare?
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Old 09-07-03 | 06:51 AM
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HBO is blind to the fact that an "older series" could be a best seller. They show no interest in things like this and I just don't understand it. The demand is there. The show is known by almost everyone and almost everyone loved the show. I know, me personally, I grew up on it and I'd easily pay $150-200 per season.
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Old 09-21-03 | 03:44 PM
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I second that. Man those shows filled my high school years in the very early 90's. Sometimes if i had a date not up to snuff, i'll hurry home Friday night at 10 or 10:30( I think Dream On was at one of those times) to catch an episode.

Ahh...memories..... I know this feels due to biased opinion, but damn while tv shows from the past are coming out by the dozens, I feel that my faves are still locked away somewhere.

I miss that crypt Keeper
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Old 09-21-03 | 07:48 PM
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I completely agree... it seems like most of the major dvd houses are completely focused on new stuff when in fact, some of the older stuff would sell like crazy. I just don't get it...

I for one would buy them in a hot second.
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I completely agree... it seems like most of the major dvd houses are completely focused on new stuff when in fact, some of the older stuff would sell like crazy. I just don't get it...

I for one would buy them in a hot second.
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Old 09-22-03 | 09:20 AM
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It would be great if Joel Silver, Bob Zemeckis, David Giler,
and Richard Donner would get permission to release this
"bloody" series onto DVD already! What a great series
of DVD's this will make when it's fianally released.
Wake up HBO and just release it already...and in
"season box-sets" and not a cluster of the best of,
as we want all of them!
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