Tales from the Crypt: On a Dead Man's Chest is about a rock group called 'Exorcist', lead singer Danny Darwin (Yul Vasquez) is convinced lead guitarist Nick Bosch (Paul Hipp) wife Scarlett (Tia Carrere) is determined to split the band up which leads to all sorts of complications & arguments which does threaten the band. One night Danny meets a groupie named Vendetta (Sherrie Rose) who shows him a living tattoo & if he sleeps with her she'll take him to where she got it, with the dirty deed done Vendatta takes Danny to meet Farouche (Heavy D) & let him work his magic. Unfortunately the finished results aren't quite to Danny's liking...
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 3 from season 4, directed by William Friedkin this is another fine tale from the crypt. The script by Larry Wilson was based on a story from 'The Haunt of Fear' comic book & is the usual nice twisted tale of horror that we expect of Tales from the Crypt. This episode has just about everything you would hope for, there's plenty of excessive swearing, a good premise & some good gore although it lacks any of the dark humour most of the best Tales from the Crypt episodes have. I'm not sure about some of the character motivations, why did Danny kill Scarlett? Just because he hated her? OK so that's a motivation but you have to admit a pretty slim one. I'm also not convinced that someone would let a complete total & utter strange tattoo their chest in any way they want, I mean I'd imagine most people would at least like to know what they were going to have tattooed on their body, from a personal point of view I would.
Director Friedkin has a cheeky little nod at his own classic horror The Exorcist (1973) by naming the band after it, this doesn't really have many scares but it's a neat little story anyway. There's some gore including a dragon bursting out of someones chest & there's a fair nudity & sex count. This also has a very funny opening Crypt Keeper (John Kassir) segment where he is dressed up as Elvis!
On a Dead Man's Chest is a good Tales from the Crypt episode that is well worth a watch if your looking for some twisted fun.
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 3 from season 4, directed by William Friedkin this is another fine tale from the crypt. The script by Larry Wilson was based on a story from 'The Haunt of Fear' comic book & is the usual nice twisted tale of horror that we expect of Tales from the Crypt. This episode has just about everything you would hope for, there's plenty of excessive swearing, a good premise & some good gore although it lacks any of the dark humour most of the best Tales from the Crypt episodes have. I'm not sure about some of the character motivations, why did Danny kill Scarlett? Just because he hated her? OK so that's a motivation but you have to admit a pretty slim one. I'm also not convinced that someone would let a complete total & utter strange tattoo their chest in any way they want, I mean I'd imagine most people would at least like to know what they were going to have tattooed on their body, from a personal point of view I would.
Director Friedkin has a cheeky little nod at his own classic horror The Exorcist (1973) by naming the band after it, this doesn't really have many scares but it's a neat little story anyway. There's some gore including a dragon bursting out of someones chest & there's a fair nudity & sex count. This also has a very funny opening Crypt Keeper (John Kassir) segment where he is dressed up as Elvis!
On a Dead Man's Chest is a good Tales from the Crypt episode that is well worth a watch if your looking for some twisted fun.