Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) Till Death Do We Part (1993) User Reviews

Sorry, far from the best tales from the Crypt episode.

[poolandrews · 5/10 · 24 April 2007]

Tales from the Crypt: Till Death Do We Part starts as a limo drives up to a clearing in a forest, out gets two mob hit men Frank & Tony along with attractive young waitress Lucy (Kate Vernon). Tony gets a dead body out of the trunk while Frank has to kill Lucy but how did Lucy get into this sticky situation & can she survive it? Watch it to find out...

This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 13 from season 5, written & directed by W. Peter Iliff this was the last story from season 5 & is a pretty weak way to round it off. The script which is far from the show's finest 30 odd minutes was based on a story from 'The Haunt of Fear' comic book & doesn't contain any horror elements at all, there are no supernatural or sci-fi elements either & this episode feels like a crime drama which is not why what I want to see when I watch Tales from the Crypt. The character's are poor especially the comedy relief hit-man & the old woman who tries to act hard. Then there's the way the narrative plays out with all sorts of annoying flashbacks which make this episode rather predictable as pretty much the whole story is laid down within the first 5 minutes & it's a 'how I got there' type plot. At only 25 minutes in length this is one of the shorter episodes & it's a good job because there's little here for Crypt fans to enjoy, even the twist ending makes little sense, is forgettable & has zero impact.

This one looks good as usual with decent production values & it's well made. Apart from some bloody gun shot wounds there's no gore, it's not scary, it has no tension or atmosphere & I'm not really sure why this story was chosen to be made into a Tales from the Crypt episode & I seriously doubt anyone would particularly miss it if it hadn't been. The acting isn't great & nothing to write home about.

Till Death Do We Part is a pretty weak crime thriller orientated Tales from the Crypt episode that does little to distinguish itself in an otherwise generally excellent series.

You learn the lesson you never part from family it's thicker than blood and water!

[blanbrn · 6/10 · 15 December 2006]

This 1993 "Crypt" episode " Till Death Do We Part" is well done, the story stays pretty simple, and really the ending is not to much of a surprise. John Stamos stars as a gigolo romancing an older mob connected lady who's played brilliantly by Eileen Brennan, only to have wandering eyes which will drive him to trouble! At a dinner meeting the mob crew has the Stamos character eyes a young and sexy waitress(Kate Veron) then the next thing you guessed it he's caught fooling around. This episode then transforms into a waitress held captive thing in a remote location with a mob slaying in the waiting. This episode then takes a look into the future by using the foreshadowing technique so well, as we see the Stamos character sees this is nothing more than a gold digging waitress. So you never take an outsider over the family which runs thicker than blood and water! This episode features Frank Stallone as a mobster, it's nice to see Sly Stallone's young brother in a small role.

Ok thriller episode

[bellino-angelo2014 · 7/10 · 3 July 2021]

Johnny Canaparo is a young womanizer that is involved with Ruth ''Ruthless'' Sanderson (despite she is like 30 years his senior) that has many connections with the mafia. When Johnny has an affair with a woman of his age and Ruth finds out about it, she tells Johnny to kill her personally and so Johnny is torn on which woman to kill.

The ending was a huge letdown because I expected that Johnny killed Ruth and left with the younger woman, but the episode overall was good. And, if you pay close attention, in the nightclub scene at the beginning you can hear as background music the song ''Hey Pachuco'' that a year later would be used in the soundtrack of THE MASK with Jim Carrey. Quite neat if you think about it!

Sweet Dreams, Baby

[mattressman_pdl · 7/10 · 21 November 2007]

A Crypt episode relying in clever writing and deadpan performances from a remarkable cast is pulled off well, despite it's lack of bloodshed and gore. John Stamos is Johnny, a young gigolo romancing an elderly mob-(Eileen Brennan). When the mobster discover's Johnny's affair with a young waitress (Kate Vernon), a swath of betrayal, bullets, and twists will be carved over the next twenty-odd minutes. Robert Picardo (Innerspace) and Frank Stallone add a touch of class as the mobster's head goons. Some of the episode's action is tepid, a little b-movie-ish, but the end is delightfully mean natured. Fun Fact: The Cryptkeeper's sportscaster routine in the opening features the name of some Crypt-artists and participants as he reveals ooze on first.

Underrated episode

[ismaildansadiq · 9/10 · 13 October 2021]

Currently the average rating of this episode on imdb is 6.5 , In my opinion its better than alot of episodes in this series that have 7.5 ratings. This came out in 1993, years before mulholand drive, yet alot of tricks david lynch used are found in this episode. In my opinion the dream sequence is Johnny's and he did it as justification for killing Lucy. In his head she would betrayed him anyway, so why not shoot her?. Its a good episode especially because the plot twist really makes sense here. He knew he would be packed with regret and it shows cause after he shoot her, he said "goodbye baby".

Mean-spirited, and not in the typical Crypt fashion.

[drgreenthumb1001 · 4/10 · 31 July 2022]

Ever since I first saw this upon airing I never liked the ending to this episode.

Kate Vernon comes across as too much of an innocent victim. In most Crypt episodes the victim usually gets their revenge, either coming back from the dead, or something happens to the victimizer and they get their comeuppance. In other Tales from the Crypt shows the "be careful what you wish for" comes into play but even then the endings are not as mean-spirited or unsatisfying.

Kate Vernons character works as a waitress at a very nice restaurant John Stamos seems to manage for his at least 30 years older mob boss. The twist is the mob boss is a woman at least 30 years his Senior and he's basically her gigolo. The visual is striking, its clear he doesnt belong with her, but with Vernon. (Kudos to the person who hired the talent.)

At one point during the episode Vernons character asks Stamos's if hes ready (to get out of town), because she says "she just wants to be with him." Clearly they are talking about running off together.

After they are discovered together she is humiliated, stripped, then in it looks like the flashbacks, which took place all episode long, are finally over and Stamos and Vernon will turn the tables on the thugs and the nasty mob boss, but then it is all presented in the last 15 seconds as a dream sequence. I used to think it was Vernons dream but after just re-watching it, as another poster noted, its Stamos' characters dream.

The Crypt Keeper tries to insinuate at the beginning of the episode she wanted "diamonds", trying to insinuate she was a gold digger, and we are shown a scene where Stamos gives her an expensive watch as a gift and she is unsurprisingly enamored by it, but even in this scene it seems clear greed is not her motivation.

In the end Stamos' cowardly character never gets the comeuppance antagonists in Crypt episodes receive, (Think: Yellow S3 Ep14) we only have a seemingly innocent victim.

4 stars for the victim, Kate Vernon acting well as a scared victim, in all her scantily clad glory.

Id like to have seen this episode without the twist ending, but without the ending you cannot call this a Tales from the Crypt episode, because it is atypical, which is probably why they left this to be the last episode aired in season 5.

A Good Adaption and Sad for Kate Vernon

[roseysaad · 10/10 · 5 December 2019]

I like the whole movie and specially the role of kate vernon is very good she was so charming and beautiful in this episode but at the end the hero kill her heroine due to some assumption of possible betraying if i was a part of this movie i should kill the old lady and marry to kate vernon else where she betray me or not a good movie and sad for kate vernon death in last scene.

Enjoyable change-of-pace crime thriller episode

[Woodyanders · 8/10 · 6 July 2012]

Smooth young gigolo Johnny Canaparo (well played to the smarmy hilt by the handsome John Stamos) makes a living as the kept boy of deadly mob-connected older woman Ruth Sanderson (an excellent portrayal by Eileen Brennan). Johnny incurs Ruth's lethal jealous wrath after Ruth finds out that Johnny has been romancing attractive young waitress Lucy Chadwick (the gorgeous Kate Vernon in fine sexy form) on the side. Writer/director W. Peter Iliff relates the engrossing story at a snappy pace, stages a few exciting shoot-outs with skill and aplomb, delivers a few nice bits of bloody violence, and further spices things up with a wickedly funny sense of sharp pitch-black humor. Moreover, it's acted with real zest by a top-drawer cast: Brennan has a field day as one supremely dangerous and formidable old broad, Vernon makes for a great ruthless gold-digging bitch, Roberto Picardo and Frank Stallone are spot-on as Ruth's two main goons, and Johnny Williams contributes an amusingly boorish turn as foul-mouthed fat slob Willard Boogieman. Levie Isaacks' slick cinematography provides a pleasing polished look. As a sexy extra plus, shapely blonde Ms. Vernon spends a fair share of her screen time stripped down to her underwear. A worthwhile show.