This week I decided to read Tales from the Crypt and Vault of Horrors. I really liked the stories in Tales from the Crypt because they are super nostalgic of the 50's-60's horror genre. Most of The stories were based on psychological horror or other events that could actually take place in real life and made the stories scarier then if there had been a monster and or paranormal occurrences that are most popular today in the horror genre. When I was reading the comics I kept thinking of movies I've seen that reflected on the comics. For instance, House of Haunted Hill, The Thing, and House of Wax. I also noticed that a few of the men resembled Vincent Price who was the 1940's-50's horror Icon of the time. When I was younger I remember the show Tales From the Crypt and the scary Crypt Keeper who hosted the show, but I didn't know it was derived from a comic book and reading the comic book version I thought it was a a lot better in it's portrayal of the stories.
Tales from the Dark side, one of my favorite horror/scary story shows was based on the Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror, so I guess thats why I enjoyed the comic so much. I grew up watching Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Goosebumps (I also had the complete collection of books) so I really enjoy scary stories and urban legends and these comics certainly had plenty of creepy tales to satisfy me. I'm a big fan of classic horror movies from the 50's and especially the 80's. A My favorite horror movies from the 80's are most definitely poltergeist, The Lost Boys, and The Shinning, only to name a few.
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