TALES FROM THE CRYPT: KORMAN'S KALAMITY (TV)

Summary

One in this fantasy/horror series based on the 1950's classic comics. In this episode, a cartoonist for "Tales From the Crypt" comics, Jim Korman, is told that his drawings could possibly be coming to life and committing fatal acts. While doing her laundry, a woman, who happens to be a police officer, is approached by a rapist, but suddenly the rapist is attacked by a creature that emerges from a washing machine. Later, the policewoman sees a comic book on the newsstand and realizes that the creature on the front page is the same one she saw at the laundromat. She begins to investigate these strange murders and falls in love with Jim, who is married to the constantly nagging Mildred. Jim has also fallen in love with the policewoman and draws one final monster that will take care of Mildred once and for all.

(This program contains adult-oriented material.)

Details

• NETWORK: HBO
• DATE: June 26, 1990 10:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:28:38
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:40488
• GENRE: Drama, fantasy/science fiction
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, fantasy/science fiction; Horror tales
• SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 1989-1996
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Richard Donner … Executive Producer
• David Giler … Executive Producer
• Walter Hill … Executive Producer
• Joel Silver … Executive Producer
• Robert Zemeckis … Executive Producer
• William Teitler … Producer
• Charles III Skouras … Co-Producer
• Stephen Semel … Associate Producer
• Suzanne Todd … Associate Producer
• Rowdy Herrington … Director
• Terry Black … Writer
• David Kitay … Music by
• Danny Elfman … Theme Music by
• Harry Anderson … Cast, Jim Korman
• Cynthia Gibb … Cast, the Policewoman
• Colleen Camp … Cast, Korman's wife
• Austin Straus … Cast, Bob Grimes
• Lance Davis … Cast, Art Goldstein
• Richard Schiff … Cast, Lester Middleton
• Abel Franco … Cast, Lieutenant Bushmill
• Michael Lee Owens … Cast, Douglas
• Eric Mettner … Cast, Butch
• Artis Phillips … Cast, the News Vendor
• Tom Woodruff … Cast, Utility Monster
• For the Crypt Keeper Sequences:
• Kevin Yagher … Director
• Lutkus, F. Charles, III … Crypt Keeper Puppeteer
• Patty Maloney … Crypt Keeper Puppeteer
• Anton P. Rupprecht … Crypt Keeper Puppeteer
• Van Snowden … Crypt Keeper Puppeteer
• Michael A. Trcic … Crypt Keeper Puppeteer
• Winkless, F. Brock, IV … Crypt Keeper Puppeteer
• John Kassir … Cast, the Crypt Keeper, Voice