Tales from the Crypt
VIEW CONTEXT: Austin Retard Redux
VIEW DATE: 2019
Note that co-writer (and director) Robert Fuest also directed the grand occult classic The Devil’s Rain (1975), along with a well-received vampire version of Wuthering Heights ().
Foreshadowing the necrophilia fad of the early 1990s.
Climax.
A great collection of great short stories. My favorite of the bunch, “Poetic Justice,” had me crying the whole way through.
Poetic Justice
“Poetic Justice” comes from The Haunt of Fear #12. You can see super-detailed historical info about that issue here:
But there’s no need, as I have reprinted the story below:
Cover. Originally published as the March-April issue of 1952, yet note the “Aug” on the cover.
1. This story is brought to you by Old Witch. (Each story has either Crypt Keeper, Vault Keeper, or Old Witch as its guide.)
2. The angelic old man—and victim of the purest cruelty—is called Abner Elliot here. In the film, his name is Arthur Grimsdyke. Asshole Henry Burgundy and ultra-evil son Harold are, in the film, Edward and James Elliot.
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