Tales from the Crypt
originally aired on HBO
HBO's Tales from the Crypt ran from June 10, 1989, to July 19, 1996, with a total of 93 episodes. The show's title is based on the 1950s EC Comics series of the same name. The series is hosted by the Cryptkeeper, a wisecracking corpse performed by puppeteers. The success of the series led Universal Pictures to make a three picture deal with the Crypt Partners to produce three Crypt-branded feature films.
The Cryptkeeper is depicted as an animated corpse, as opposed to the original comics in which he was a living human being. Each episode was self-contained, and was bookended by an outro sequence involving the Cryptkeeper.