Tales from the Crypt: Fitting Punishment starts as teenager Bobby Thornberry (Jon Clair) turns up at his Uncle Ezra's (Moses Gunn) funeral home after both his parents were killed in a car accident, his Uncle reluctantly agrees to give him a bed as long as he works for it. Ezra is a mean spirited penny pinching thief who treats Bobby like dirt, when Bobby orders the wrong coffin Ezra beats him with a crowbar & cripples him for life which means he can't work & pay his way. Ezra decides that the coffin Bobby ordered shouldn't go to waste...
This Tale from the Crypt story was episode 12 from season 2, directed by Jack Sholder I thought Fitting Punishment was average at best. The script by Jonathan David Kahn, Michael Alan Kahn & Don Mancini was based on a comic book story taken from 'The Vault of Horror' & I didn't think that much of it, the basic premise of a horrible character getting his comeuppance isn't exactly new or groundbreaking but some fun can be had with this particular morality tale if done properly, unfortunately Fitting Punishment is rather dour. It plods along in a somewhat predictable fashion, there's not much happening for the first 20 odd minutes except the setting up of the mean Ezra & his good natured nephew & even the twist at the end seems routine & predictable without any reason given for it. It's an OK episode but not one that could be considered a classic.
The production values are very good & it's well made but there's very little horror until the last 5 minutes, it's not scary & the stories big climax comes across as being rather silly as two zombie severed feet walk down a flight of stairs on their own. There's not much gore here, there's an embalming scene, some blood splatter & some severed feet along with their previous owner who now has a couple of bloody stumps. It's all rather lacklustre & a bit dull. The acting was alright.
Fitting Punishment is average Tales from the Crypt, I know everyone will have their own opinions on what makes this sort of thing effective & in my opinion this isn't it. There are better tales from the crypt out there.
This Tale from the Crypt story was episode 12 from season 2, directed by Jack Sholder I thought Fitting Punishment was average at best. The script by Jonathan David Kahn, Michael Alan Kahn & Don Mancini was based on a comic book story taken from 'The Vault of Horror' & I didn't think that much of it, the basic premise of a horrible character getting his comeuppance isn't exactly new or groundbreaking but some fun can be had with this particular morality tale if done properly, unfortunately Fitting Punishment is rather dour. It plods along in a somewhat predictable fashion, there's not much happening for the first 20 odd minutes except the setting up of the mean Ezra & his good natured nephew & even the twist at the end seems routine & predictable without any reason given for it. It's an OK episode but not one that could be considered a classic.
The production values are very good & it's well made but there's very little horror until the last 5 minutes, it's not scary & the stories big climax comes across as being rather silly as two zombie severed feet walk down a flight of stairs on their own. There's not much gore here, there's an embalming scene, some blood splatter & some severed feet along with their previous owner who now has a couple of bloody stumps. It's all rather lacklustre & a bit dull. The acting was alright.
Fitting Punishment is average Tales from the Crypt, I know everyone will have their own opinions on what makes this sort of thing effective & in my opinion this isn't it. There are better tales from the crypt out there.