tale from the crypt represent and all through the house start on christmas eve a elizabeth ( mary ellen trainor ) kill her husband joseph ( marshall bell ) and she drag his body outside ready to throw it down a well but while do so miss an important news bulletin on the radio that say a homicidal maniac ( larry drake ) dress a santa clause have escape from a local mental asylum and have already kill several woman with elizabeth next on his list but she have other idea and try to turn the seemingly dangerous situation to her advantage . this tales from the crypt story be episode 2 from season 1 and direct by the one of the show regular executive producer robert zemeckis and all through the house be a decent enough watch . the script by fred dekker be actually base on a story appear in the comic the vault of horror and be originally adapt to film a one episode from the britsih horror anthology film tale from the crypt ( 1972 ) which star joan collins a the murderous wife character here play by ellen trainor . this particular version be good enough but doesn not do anything different or special and be a bit too linear and predictable to be consider a classic . at only 25 minute in length it certainly move along at a good pace and the story be just about macabre enough and it generally provide decent entertainment and i quite like the downbeat end . this time there be christmas theme opening and closing crypt keeper ( john kassir ) segment complete with the usual pun . director zemeckis do a good job and there a nice winterly atmosphere with a hint of christmas influence as well . there not much gore here and someone have a poker stick in their head and someone face be cut with an icicle and someone arm be cut with an axe and there some blood splatter but generally speak it not that graphic . the acting by a small cast be pretty good . and all through the house isn not the best tale from the crypt but it a decent one all the same and worth a watch but after the comic book story and original 1972 film version do we really need or even want this .