History TearJerker / TalesFromTheCrypt

* The [[SuddenDownerEnding ending]] to the mostly humorous "Judy, You're Not Yourself Today" is also a pretty big one.
* The ending to "'Til Death Do We Part" is another. Viewers will likely see [[IndulgentFantasySegue the twist]] coming well ahead of time, which can make the seeming SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome leading up to it become a GutPunch in itself.
* The CruelTwistEnding of "The Bribe" is almost right up there with that of "Three's A Crowd".
* The ending to "Yellow", particularly for Kirk Douglas' character. And that's ''without'' the real-life HarsherInHindsight aspect.
* After the Crypt Keeper shows us how he was conceived in "Lower Berth", you expect him to crack a joke at the end. He does... while sobbing his eyes out. He's legitimately upset he never got to see his parents and he admits the tale makes him utterly depressed. He even kept the doll that his father received from a little girl at the circus, and apparently passed on to him. The final shot is him letting out a cackle that dissolves into a tragic laugh.
** Even before that, the sad fate of baby Crypt Keeper. By all indications, his parents loved him, and the last we see of him is him sitting a few yards away from their decaying corpses, alone save for the doll. Among his babblings is the word "mama".

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* The scene in "Poetic Justice" where Mr. Grimsdyke is using a Ouija board to communicate with his deceased wife, largely due to the fact that his actor, Creator/PeterCushing, had recently lost his own wife and was never the same after she died. His voice holding back sobs, his desperate pleading for her to send him a message from beyond the grave and even the words he speaks were not Cushing acting; he really was attempting to hold himself together and not break down crying and ruin the take. The only parts that aren't Peter being himself are the planchette being moved and the ''[=DAnGEr=]'' message being written. Grimsdyke's late wife also has the same name as Cushing's own: Helen.
** Peter was so close to his wife that his autobiography (that he wrote years after she passed) ends on the point where she died. The only thing that kept him going was the thought that he and she would be reunited, and while he did attempt suicide by running up and down the stairs trying to induce a heart attack, he later admitted that this was only done out of a hysterical fit of grief. He never made a conscious effort at suicide again, as her final gift to him was a poem imploring him to live life to the fullest, leading Peter to resolve that taking his own life would be letting her down. [[{{Tearjerker}} Anyone have any tissues?]]

* The [[SuddenDownerEnding ending]] to the mostly humorous "Judy, You're Not Yourself Today," is also a pretty big one.

* The CruelTwistEnding of “The Bribe” is almost right up there with that of “Three’s A Crowd”.
* The ending to "Yellow," particularly for Kirk Douglas' character. And that's ''without'' the real-life HarsherInHindsight aspect.

* The scene in “Undertaking Palor” where Aaron, Jess, and Norm find Josh crying on his front steps because his dad died the night before from an asthma attack caused by poisoned medication.

* After the Crypt Keeper shows us how he was conceived, you expect him to crack a joke at the end. He does...while sobbing his eyes out. He's legitimately upset he never got to see his parents and he admits the tale makes him utterly depressed. He even kept the doll that his father received from a little girl at the circus, and apparently passed on to him. The final shot is him letting out a cackle that dissolves into a tragic laugh.

** Peter was so close to his wife that his autobiography (that he wrote years after she passed) ends on the point where she died. The only thing that kept him going was the thought that he and her would be reunited, and while he did attempt suicide by running up and down the stairs trying to induce a heart attack, he later admitted that this was only done out of a hysterical fit of grief. He never made a conscious effort at suicide again, as her final gift to him was a poem imploring him to live life to the fullest, leading Peter to resolve that taking his own life would be letting her down. [[{{Tearjerker}} Anyone have any tissues?]]

* The scene in "Poetic Justice" where Mr. Grimsdyke is using a Ouija board to communicate with his deceased wife, largely due to the fact that his actor, Creator/PeterCushing, had recently lost his own wife and was never the same after she died. His voice holding back sobs, his desperate pleading for her to send him a message from beyond the grave and even the words he speaks were not Cushing acting; he really was attempting to hold himself together and not break down crying and ruin the take. The only parts that aren't Peter being himself are the planchette being moved and the DAnGEr message being written. Grimsdyke's late wife also has the same name as Cushing's own: Helen.

* The scene in the 1972 film where Mr. Grimsdyke is using a Ouija board to communicate with his deceased wife, largely due to the fact that his actor, Peter Cushing, had recently lost his own wife and was never the same after she died. His voice holding back sobs, his desperate pleading for her to send him a message from beyond the grave and even the words he speaks were not Cushing acting; he really was attempting to hold himself together and not break down crying and ruin the take. The only parts that aren't Peter being himself are the planchette being moved and the DAnGEr message being written. Grimsdyke's late wife also has the same name as Cushing's own: Helen.
** Peter was so close to his wife that his autobiography (that he wrote years after she passed) ends on the point where she died. The only thing that kept him going was the thought that he and her would be reunited, and while he did attempt suicide by running up and down the stairs trying to induce a heart attack, he later admitted that this was only done out of a hysterical fit of grief. He never made a conscious effort at suicide again, as her final gift to him was a poem imploring him to live life to the fullest, leading Peter to resolve that taking his own life would be letting her down. [[{{Tearjerker}} Anyone have any tissues?]]

* The scene in the 1972 film where Mr. Grimsdyke is using a Ouija board to communicate with his deceased wife, largely due to the fact that his actor, Peter Cushing, had recently lost his own wife and was never the same after she died. His voice holding back sobs, his desperate pleading for her to send him a message from beyond the grave and even the words he speaks were not Cushing acting; he really was attempting to hold himself together and not break down crying and ruin the take. The only parts that aren't Peter being himself are the planchette being moved and the DAnGEr message being written. Grimsdyke's late wife also has the same name as Cushing's own; Helen.
** Peter was so close to his wife that his autobiography (that he wrote years after she passed) ends on the point where she died; the only thing that kept him going was the thought that he and her would be reunited and while he did attempt suicide by running up and down the stairs trying to induce a heart attack, he later admitted that this was only done out of a hysterical fit of grief and never made a conscious effort at suicide again as her final gift to him was a poem imploring him to live life to the fullest, leading Peter to resolve that taking his own life would be letting her down. [[{{Tearjerker}} Anyone have any tissues?]]

* The endings to "As Ye Sow" (where Leo is killed in front of his wife by the hitman Devoe hired) and "Three's a Crowd" (where Richard ends up murdering his best friend, his wife and ''his unborn child'' because of a tragic misunderstanding) are quite possibly the saddest moments in all of Tales From The Crypt.

* The scene in the 1972 film where Mr. Grimsdyke is using a Ouija board to communicate with his deceased wife, largely due to the fact that his actor, Peter Cushing, had recently lost his own wife and was never the same after she died. His voice holding back sobs, his desperate pleading for her to send him a message from beyond the grave and even the words he speaks were not Cushing acting; he really was attempting to hold himself together and not break down crying and ruin the take. The only parts that aren't Peter being himself are the plancet being moved and the DAnGEr message being written. Grimsdyke's late wife also has the same name as Cushing's own; Helen.
** Peter was so close to his wife that his autobiography that he wrote years after she passed ends on the point where she diedthe only thing that kept him going was the thought that he and her would be reunited and while he did attempt suicide by running up and down the stairs trying to induce a heart attack, he later admitted that this was only done out of a hysterical fit of grief and never made a concious effort at suicide again as her final gift to him was a poem imploring him to live life to the fullest, leading Peter to resolve that taking his own life would be letting her down. [[{{Tearjerker}} Anyone have any tissues?]]

* The scene in the 1972 film where Mr. Grimsdyke is using a Ouija board to communicate with his deceased wife, largely due to the fact that his actor, Peter Cushing, had recently lost his own wife and was never the same after she died. His voice holding back sobs, his desperate pleading for her to send him a message from beyond the grave and even the words he speaks were not Cushing acting; he really was attempting to hold himself together and not break down crying and ruin the take. The only parts that aren't Peter being himself are the plancet being moved and the DAnGEr message being written. Grimsdyke's late wife also has the same name as Cushing's own; Helen.

* The scene in “Undertaking Palor” where Aaron, Jess, and Norm find Josh crying on his front steps because his dad died the night before from an asthma attack caused by poisoned medication.

* The endings to "As Ye Sow" (where Leo is killed in front of his wife by the hitman Devoe hired) and "Three's a Crowd" (where Richard ends up murdering his best friend, his wife and his unborn child because of a tragic misunderstanding) are quite possibly the saddest moments in all of Tales From The Crypt.

* The endings to "As Ye Sow" and "Three's a Crowd" are quite possibly the saddest moments in all of Tales From The Crypt.

* The scene in “Undertaking Palor” where Josh’s friends find him crying on his front steps because his dad died the night before from an asthma attack caused by poisoned medication.