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'''''Tales from the Crypt''''', sometimes titled '''''HBO's Tales from the Crypt''''', is an American [[Horror film|horror]] [[anthology series|anthology]] television series that ran from June 10, 1989 to July 19, 1996, on the premium [[cable television|cable]] [[Television channel|channel]] [[Home Box Office|HBO]] for seven seasons with a total of 93 episodes. The title is based on the 1950s [[EC Comics]] series [[Tales from the Crypt (comics)|of the same name]] and most of the content originated in that comic or the other EC Comics of the time (''[[The Haunt of Fear]]'', ''[[The Vault of Horror (comics)|The Vault of Horror]]'', ''[[Crime SuspenStories]]'', ''[[Shock SuspenStories]]'', and ''[[Two-Fisted Tales]]''). The show was produced by HBO.

Because it was aired on HBO, a premium cable television channel, it was one of the few anthology series to be allowed to have full freedom from censorship by network [[standards and practices]]. As a result, HBO allowed the series to include content that had not appeared in most television series up to that time, such as [[graphic violence]], [[profanity]], [[sexual activity]] and [[nudity]]. The show is subsequently edited for such content when broadcast in [[Broadcast syndication|syndication]] or on basic cable. While the series began production in the United States, in the final season filming moved to Britain, resulting in episodes which revolved around British characters.