UPDATE: The contest has now ended. Thanks to all of those who entered. A winner will be announced Monday, April 12, 2010. Be sure to check back to see which lucky reader snagged the prize.From time to time I find myself in the gruesome graces of some mighty fine schwag and in the spirit of Strange Kids I'd like to pass some of it on to you, my readers. So, I figured what better way to start these Gruesome Giveaways then to give some random commenter a copy of the classic First Season of HBO's Tales from the Crypt tv series. Relive every morbid minute and see how the horror anthology got its start.
How to Enter
In order to be eligible all you need to do is leave a comment describing your favorite Tales from the Crypt episode from any season. Its really that simple.
A winner will be chosen at random so be sure to include an email address with your comment so that I can contact you, should your name be chosen. This giveaway is open to everyone, with exception to Strange Kids Club contributors and their family members. The contest ends at midnight this Saturday, April 10th, 2010, Central Time. I’ll announce the winner Monday, April 12th, 2010.
I've always liked Tales from the Crypt in concept: a gory Twilight Zone with a living corpse host. But I always found, more often than not, that the series went more for the gore than being smartly written. So in the long run, I'm a Twilight Zone guy over a Crypt guy.
That said there are still some great episodes of TFTC. The episode "Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone," I find is "one of the good ones."
Maybe it's so well done because it was helmed by Richard Donner who had a few of the better episodes in the series? This episode stars Mr. Joey Pants: Joe Pantoliano who plays the role of Ulric with murderous glee.
The whole thing smacks of its E.C. Comics origins.
Brightly colored.
Stylized shooting.
And a twist ending which makes it darkly wonderful.
Oh and I would like to win this DVD set.
Please.