Tales from the Crypt: None But the Lonely Heart starts as a charming & handsome but devious & murdering conman named Howard Prince (Treat Williams) attends the funeral of his latest rich elderly wife to die, the latest in a long line of many as he gains their love & trust only to kill them & get all their money. However the plan is starting to attract the wrong sort of attention so Howard & his partner Morty (Clive Roengren) decide to split the country but Howard isn't satisfied with the paltry 5 million they have made already & wants one last big payday, he decides to rip-off a wealthy widow named Elizabeth (Constance Pfeifer) but things turn out nasty...
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 1 from season 4, amazingly directed by Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks I thought this was an excellent way to open season 4. The script by Donald Longtooth was based on a story from the 'Tales from the Crypt' comic book & is a fantastic story of a conman getting his just deserts in a trademark Tales from the Crypt twisted twist ending that is a perfect way to round the story off, the build up & the setting up of the story is very good as it maintains one interest & there's enough murder, blackmail & intrigue going on to entertain for it's 30 odd minute duration. This one starts off looking like as if it's going to be a standard & predictable morality tale but the satisfying horror themed ending that comes from nowhere really makes this story & lifts this above the average.
Unbelievably directed by Tom Hanks who is now one of Hollywood's biggest stars he does a good job & the film has a nice look about it, it's well made & he even appears in this episode. There's not much gore but there's some terrific zombie effects including popped out eyeballs, rotten flesh & wriggling worms. The acting is good here as well & Hanks gets his head shoved into a TV which some may think is worth watching on it's own & legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard makes an appearance only to get eaten by zombies...
None But the Lonely Heart is a great Tales from the Crypt episode & a terrific way to start season 4, hopefully the season will carry on in this vein (sorry, the Crypt Keeper himself wouldn't even use that pun).
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 1 from season 4, amazingly directed by Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks I thought this was an excellent way to open season 4. The script by Donald Longtooth was based on a story from the 'Tales from the Crypt' comic book & is a fantastic story of a conman getting his just deserts in a trademark Tales from the Crypt twisted twist ending that is a perfect way to round the story off, the build up & the setting up of the story is very good as it maintains one interest & there's enough murder, blackmail & intrigue going on to entertain for it's 30 odd minute duration. This one starts off looking like as if it's going to be a standard & predictable morality tale but the satisfying horror themed ending that comes from nowhere really makes this story & lifts this above the average.
Unbelievably directed by Tom Hanks who is now one of Hollywood's biggest stars he does a good job & the film has a nice look about it, it's well made & he even appears in this episode. There's not much gore but there's some terrific zombie effects including popped out eyeballs, rotten flesh & wriggling worms. The acting is good here as well & Hanks gets his head shoved into a TV which some may think is worth watching on it's own & legendary boxer Sugar Ray Leonard makes an appearance only to get eaten by zombies...
None But the Lonely Heart is a great Tales from the Crypt episode & a terrific way to start season 4, hopefully the season will carry on in this vein (sorry, the Crypt Keeper himself wouldn't even use that pun).