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"Tales from the Crypt" Only Skin Deep (1994)
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"Tales from the Crypt" (1989)Original Air Date:
31 OKTÓBER 1994 (Season 6, Episode 2)Plot:
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Average tale from the crypt. more (2 total)Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | Diane DiLascio | ... | Linda |
 | John Kassir | ... | Crypt Keeper (voice) |
| Stephen Liska | ... | Bob |
| Peter Onorati | ... | Carl Schlag |
 | Sherrie Rose | ... | Molly |
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The title is based on the common proverb that "Beauty is only skin deep". moreQuotes:
Carl Schlag: Listen, uh, not to be rude or anything, but, uh... what are you? I mean, the costume?Molly: I'm a bodybag. I thought the invitation said "come as you are".
Carl Schlag: W-well, how are you a bodybag?
Molly: A synthetic shell with a corpse inside.
Carl Schlag: Oh yeah... well, you look... pretty lively to me...
Molly: Yeah, well... don't we all? I better hit the road, before I lose what little mind I have left. The creeps will be coming back in here any minute and I am *so* weary of being hit on.
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Tales from the Crypt: Only Skin Deep starts as abusive husband Carl (Peter Onorati) gatecrashes a fancy dress party with the intention of finding his wife Linda (Diane DiLascio), however while there he meets a mysterious stranger who calls herself Molly (Sherrie Rose) & they leave together. Back at Molly's place they have sex & Carl falls in love with her but when the time comes to take their party mask's off & reveal their true identities Carl gets a shock...
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 2 from season 6, the first of two Tales from the Crypt episodes to be directed by William Malone I thought Only Skin Deep was average at best. The script by Dick Beebe was based on a story from the 'Tales from the Crypt' comic book & isn't amongst the show's finest, the dark humour is absent from this episode & is quite serious in tone. The twist isn't that good & it's never really explained why Molly does what she does, I just didn't get any sort of motivation or proper reason behind what she was doing & there isn't any real connection to Carl other than he's a man. Even at 30 odd minutes his one felt sluggish & not that much really happens.
This episode looks good enough & there's a fairly long sex scene in it although no real gore. The acting was alright.
Only Skin Deep, a title which sounds very similar to season 1's Only Sin Deep although both are very different stories, is an average tale from the crypt.