![]() The Tales from the Crypt TV series (which lifted its plots directly from the comic pages) also gets its due with a variety of clips and comments from producer Joel Silver. Romero, John Carpenter, and Goosebumps' R.L. Interview subjects include EC editor and artist Al Feldstein, artists and comic historians like Jack Davis, Al Williamson, Jack Kamen, Marie Severin, Robert Overstreet and Russ Cochran, and "EC children" like George A. ![]() Told in linear fashion from EC's beginnings as the brainchild of comic pioneer William Gaines, this documentary covers all of the bases with an engaging and flashy style that often replicates the comic book format, complete with gaudy lettering and sliding panels. Though EC eventually had to retire its ghastly offerings by 1954, the influence lasted for decades as those same kids grew up into the writers and directors who revolutionized the genre beginning in the 1970s. Directed by Chip Selby / CS Films (US R1 NTSC) / DD5.1įor those who think the 1950s were a wholesome, straitlaced decade devoted to promoting nuclear family values, let's just remember one of its most significant contributions to popular culture: EC Comics, the notorious comic book company whose volumes like Tales from the Crypt entranced a generation of impressionable kids and outraged their parents enough to prompt legal action. Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television!Ĭolor, 2004, 56m. ![]()
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