Tales from the Crypt: Lower Berth

"Lower Berth" is the fourteenth episode of season two of the horror anthology series Tales from the Crypt and the twentieth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Kevin Yagher with a script written by Fred Dekker. It first aired on HBO on July 3rd, 1990. This episode deals with themes of carnival sideshows, mutant births, and mummies.

Trivia

 * Director Kevin Yagher is a special effects and animatronics creator. He is also the man who designed the Crypt Keeper, so it is fitting that the creator of the show's host is also the director of the episode that features his birth.


 * Actor Lewis Arquette is also known for playing Chief Hartley in Scream 2 in "Subject: Me and My Shadow" episode of FreakyLinks.


 * Script writer Fred Dekker is also known for developing the story behind the 1986 film House, directed by Steve Miner.


 * Actor Jeff Yagher, who plays Enoch, is the older brother of director Kevin Yagher. Jeff Yagher was born in Lawrence, Kansas. This is also where the characters of Sam and Dean Winchester from the CW Network television series Supernatural were born.


 * Lewis Arquette is the father of actress Patricia Arquette. She played Mary Jo in episode 2x09 of Tales from the Crypt, "Four-Sided Triangle".


 * Actor Stefan Gierasch is also known for playing Professor Michael Woodard in the NBC revival series Dark Shadows. The character is an analog for Professor Timothy Eliot Stokes from the original Dark Shadows television series.


 * Actress Cindy Riegel, who plays Myrna the mummy in this episode, also played an assistant in the season two episode, "The Thing from the Grave".


 * Actors John Kassir and Mark Rolston were both born in Baltimore, Maryland. John was born on October 24th, 1957 and Mark was born on December 7th, 1956.

Quotes

 * The Crypt Keeper: Aw... There, there. Isn't he just so cute that you want to... Oops. Crypt Keeper here kiddies and speaking of kiddies, tonight's sickening saga should be subtitled a Tale from the Crib. Yes, dear fans I've got a real nursery crime for you this time. It's all about the humble beginnings of my favorite horror hero. So call the babysitter and break out the barf bags as I narrate a nauseating novella with a very special place in my heart. I affectionately call this one, 'Lower Berth'.

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 * The Crypt Keeper: Oh, sorry, kiddies. But that story just makes me go to all pieces. Ah Ha Ha. I was a cute little terror tyke though wasn't I. As for Enoch and Myrna I guess you figured out by now where I get my good looks. Old Two-Face was my daddy and the mummy was my mommy. Ha Ha Ha.