History Trivia / TalesFromTheCrypt

** While it wasn't out of the blue for actors to take on directing episodes, like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger and Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/TomHanks takes the cake with his episode "None But the Lonely Heart" where not only does it feature him in one of his few horror roles with his small part as a Video Dating employee (Who suffers a brutal death), but it also has one of the series most detestable lead's and ending twists. Makes you wonder how'd things go if he focused on horror more.

** While it wasn't out of the blue for actors to take on directing episodes, like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger and Creator/MichaelJFox, Creator/TomHanks takes the cake with his episode "None But the Lonely Heart" where not only does it feature him in one of his few horror roles with his small part as a Video Dating employee (Who suffers a brutal death), but it also features one of the series most detestable lead's and twists. Makes you wonder how'd things go if he focused on horror more.

** While it wasn't out of the blue for actors to take on directing episodes, like Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger and Creator/MichaelJFox , Creator/TomHanks takes the cake with his episode "None But the Lonely Heart" where not only does it feature him in one of his few horror roles with his small part as a Video Dating employee (Who suffers a brutal death), but it also features one of the series most detestable lead's and twists. Makes you wonder how'd things go if he focused on horror more.

** While it wasn't out of the blue for actors to take on directing episodes, like Creator/ArnoldCchwarzenegger and Creator/MichaelJFox , Creator/TomHanks takes the cake with his episode "None But the Lonely Heart" where not only does it feature him in one of his few horror roles with his small part as a Video Dating employee (Who suffers a brutal death), but it also features one of the series most detestable lead's and twists. Makes you wonder how'd things go if he focused on horror more.

** Besides ''Film/DemonKnight'', there were plans for two more movies. ''Dead Easy'' (a New Orleans zombie romp) which would possibly have opened the following Halloween that year, and ''Body Count'' (about a documentarian who discovers his uncle's dark secret).

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: [[http://www.geocities.ws/imb210/fattuesday.html According to an as-of-yet-unconfirmed rumor]], the unreleased film ''Dead Easy'' (retitled ''Fat Tuesday'') '''was''' finished, but due to higher ups at Universal thinking the film wouldn't be commercially viable, a script that called for a large African-American cast ended up being produced with a cast entirely of white actors. Out of fear of UnfortunateImplications, producer Joel Silver is said to have stepped in and locked the finished film away, [[OldShame hoping nobody would see or hear about it.]]

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: [[http://www.geocities.ws/imb210/fattuesday.html According to an as-of-yet-unconfirmed rumor]], the unreleased film ''Dead Easy'' (retitled ''Fat Tuesday'') '''was''' finished, but due to higher ups at Universal thinking the film wouldn't be commercially viable, a script that called for a large African-American cast [[ExectutiveMeddling ended up being produced with a cast entirely of white actors]]. Out of fear of UnfortunateImplications, producer Joel Silver is said to have stepped in and locked the finished film away, [[OldShame hoping nobody would see or hear about it.]]

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: [[http://www.geocities.ws/imb210/fattuesday.html According to an as-of-yet-unconfirmed rumor]], the unreleased film ''Dead Easy'' (retitled ''Fat Tuesday'') '''was''' finished, but due to [[ExecutiveMeddling higher ups at Universal]] who thought the film wouldn't be commercially viable, a script that called for a large African-American cast ended up being produced with a cast entirely of white actors. Out of fear of UnfortunateImplications, producer Joel Silver is said to have stepped in and locked the finished film away, [[OldShame hoping nobody would see or hear about it.]]

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: [[http://www.geocities.ws/imb210/fattuesday.html According to an as-of-yet-unconfirmed rumor]], the unreleased film ''Dead Easy'' (retitled ''Fat Tuesday'') '''was''' finished, but due to {{executive meddl|ing}}ers who thought the film wouldn't be commercially viable, a script that called for a large African-American cast ended up being produced with a cast entirely of white actors. Out of fear of UnfortunateImplications, producer Joel Silver is said to have stepped in and locked the finished film away, [[OldShame hoping nobody would see or hear about it.]]

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: ** [[http://www.geocities.ws/imb210/fattuesday.html According to an as-of-yet-unconfirmed rumor]], the unreleased film ''Dead Easy'' (retitled ''Fat Tuesday'') '''was''' finished, but due to {{executive meddl|ing}}ers who thought the film wouldn't be commercially viable, a script that called for a large African-American cast ended up being produced with a cast entirely of white actors. Out of fear of UnfortunateImplications, producer Joel Silver is said to have stepped in and locked the finished film away, [[OldShame hoping nobody would see or hear about it.]]

** [[http://www.geocities.ws/imb210/fattuesday.html According to a rumor]], ''Dead Easy'' (retitled ''Fat Tuesday'') '''was''' finished, but due to {{executive meddl|ing}}ers who thought the film wouldn't be commercially viable, a script that called for a large African-American cast ended up being produced with a cast entirely of white actors. Out of fear of UnfortunateImplications, producer Joel Silver stepped in and locked the finished film away, [[OldShame hoping nobody would see or hear about it.]]

* PromotedFanboy: John Kassir read and collected the comics when he was a kid.

* ScrewedBytheLawyers: Why the franchise has yet to re-emerge aside from the occasional new comic. Specifically, HBO has been incredibly stingy with exactly how much they own, particularly in regards to portraying the Cryptkeeper, and their meddling has put several attempts at a revival on the backburner.

* TheDanza: Creator/BillPaxton as Billy [=DeLuca=] in "People Who Live in Brass Hearses".