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Shows that feel likeTales from the Crypt (1989–1996)

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?

If you loved Tales from the Crypt, the closest series we have are Agatha All Along (2024), Scream Queens (2015) and True Blood (2008). All three share Tales from the Crypt's twisty and darkly funny feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Vice Principals (2016).

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If Tales from the Crypt hit the spot, these will too

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Agatha All Along
2024 · 1 season · Disney+
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · mysteryDisney+

Common ground in both: dark comedy and dark fantasy

The difference: Easier on the wit than Tales from the Crypt

Agatha Harkness gathers a coven of witches and sets off down, down, down The Witches' Road.

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Scream Queens
2015–2016 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.1mystery · comedyPrime VideoHulu

Common ground: halloween

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast. 

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True Blood
2008–2014 · 7 seasons · HBO
★ 7.9sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryMaxHulu

One thread runs through both: dark comedy

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Tales from the Crypt does

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides. But in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.

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Married... with Children
1987–1997 · 11 seasons · FOX
★ 8.1comedyPrime VideoHulu

Witty and playful in the same breath

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

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Vice Principals
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · HBO
★ 8comedyMax

Both lean on dark humor more than on comedy

After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.

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Santa Clarita Diet
2017–2019 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.8comedy · mystery · crimeNetflix

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Tales from the Crypt does

They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.

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The White Lotus
2021– · 3 seasons · HBO
★ 8comedy · drama · mysteryMax

Both are built on the same subject: anthology

Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.

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Arrested Development
2003–2019 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 8.6comedyNetflix

Witty sci-fi & fantasy in both cases

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

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The Office
2001–2002 · 2 seasons · BBC Two
★ 8.5comedyMaxHulu

Comedy built on play, twice over

Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg.

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Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969–1974 · 4 seasons · BBC One
★ 8.8comedyPrime VideoPeacock

Mystery with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

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Maniac
2018 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.6comedy · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Sci-fi & fantasy built on ideas, twice over

Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.

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Weeds
2005–2012 · 8 seasons · Showtime
★ 7.9comedy · crime · dramaParamount+

Another one that scratches it

After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.

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