The Crypt Keeper, a puppet, hosted the horror TV series Tales From The Crypt from 1989 to 1996. The show’s success led to expansion into other networks and countries, and even a movie. The puppet required a team of puppeteers to create its movements and facial expressions.
The Crypt Keeper is the host of a TV series known as Tales From The Crypt, a program that was produced in the United States from 1989 to 1996. Acting as host of the series, The Crypt Keeper helped set the mood and tone for the current weekly episode including a teaser on the action that was to take place shortly. The use of double entendres and sometimes corny puns created a personality for the Crypt-Keeper which helped popularize the character and helped the series achieve worldwide fame.
Like any good host, the Crypt Keeper would welcome visitors into the crypt and entertain viewers with short monologues that would act as a guide to this week’s episode. Occasionally throughout the episode, the Vault Keeper would return to offer brief commentary or to prep the audience for a commercial break. This approach was similar to a couple of other horror anthology series airing at the time. But the Crypt Keeper was a unique twist on the theme.
While the use of human actors to introduce segments of a horror-based television series dates back to the early years of television, the Vault Keeper is not a human being. In fact, the Vault Keeper is a puppet. To create the movement and facial expressions that have given the Keeper so much allure, several puppeteers work together to handle the overall effect. A team of four puppeteers focus solely on creating the facial expressions. Many other puppeteers focus on creating the arm and upper torso movements that helped provide the Vault Guardian with just the right balance of otherworldly and human touch.
The success of the series and the widespread popularity of The Crypt Keeper allowed the show to expand from its original home of the Home Box Office network to syndicate to other US-based networks. At the same time, the show entered the TV market in the UK and other places. The series was also able to break into the world of cinema. Although the original series is no longer in production, The Crypt Keeper and reruns of the series can still be found in syndication on various cable networks around the world.
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