History Film / TalesFromTheCrypt

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In "...And All Through the House" and "Wish You Were Here", the main characters' comeuppance comes at the hands of just-as-evil punishers who just happen to encounter them and unknowingly make them pay.

** Oddly, inverted in "Blind Alleys". Although the home directors are selfish and neglectful in both, the comic version actually plays cruel pranks on his blind charges while the film version does not.
** Likewise inverted in "Poetic Justice". In the original version the neighbors feel no guilt for driving their elderly neighbor to suicide, whereas in the film they are implied to actually feel guilty about the incident.

Recieved something of a SpiritualSequel in the ''Film/TalesFromTheHood'' series.

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: The "tourists" have been [[DeadAllAlong dead the whole time]], and the catacombs they're supposedly touring is actually Hell.]]

!!Synopsis (From Wikipedia, with additions):

* WouldHurtAChild: Probably averted in the case of the serial killer who strangles Joanne. Joanne's daughter opens the door for him and tells her mother "it's Santa" afterwards. Had he wanted to kill the girl he would have done so. Whether this is a case of EvenEvilHasStandards, or if he's simply not aroused by killed children (as opposed to adult women) is unclear.

* MurderByInaction: Major Rogers kills one of the blind men at the care home by denying his charges decent food, heating in their rooms, or even warm blankets on the pretext of saving money (while he and his dog live in lavish luxury on the same premises).

* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Very slight, but both of the Elliots are shown to feel a small amount of remorse for having driven Grimsdyke to suicide, which their incarnations in the original story did not have.
** The comic version of "Blind Alleys" had the director of the home go so far as to play malicious tricks on his charges (like taking the handrails off the stairs), whereas the film's Major Rogers doesn't stoop ''that'' low. Quite.

* SmugSnake: Several of the characters - Joanna gloats with smug satisfaction when she murders her husband and looks over his life insurance papers and James Elliot takes similar delight at watching Mr. Grimsdyke suffer one humiliation after another, while the pompous Major Rogers never misses an opportunity to show his cruel authority over the blind men under his "care".

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Downplayed but evident in the case of Edward Elliot. Rhe fact that his son James was the more cruel and vindictive of the two and Edward regretted their actions enough to pay for Grimsdyke's funeral was probably the reason why the reanimated Grimsdyke killed James but spared Edward's life.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Downplayed in the case of Edward Elliot. However, the fact that his son James was the more cruel and vindictive of the two and Edward regretted their actions enough to pay for Grimsdyke's funeral was probably the reason why the reanimated Grimsdyke killed James but spared Edward's life.