Tales from the Crypt: The Assassin is set in Los Angeles where ordinary suburban housewife Janet McKay (Shelley Hack) arrives home to find CIA assassins Simone (Chelsae Field), Todd (Corey Feldmen) & William (Jonathan Banks) waiting for her. Simone tells Janet that they are there to kill her husband Jeremy (Marshall R. Teague) who is an on the run CIA assassin that went missing several years ago. Claiming that he has changed his appearance & name they lie in wait for him to come home from work but they operate a no witness policy which means Janet must also be killed, but are they sure they have got the right man...
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 8 from season 6, directed by Martin von Haselberg one has to say that The Assassin is a nice quirky tale from the crypt that is something a bit different. The script by Scott Nimerfro was based on a story in the 'Shock SuspenStories' comic book & isn't necessarily straight horror, it's more of a oddball thriller with a unexpected if somewhat silly ending. This one moves along at a nice pace, it has a bizarre storyline with a really good twist ending which I thought was silly but still effective. Season six marked a change of direction for Tales from the Crypt, it went from straight horror themed stories to oddball efforts like The Assassin & the previous story The Pit (1994) & it's no great surprise that the series didn't last that much longer after it had abandoned it's roots.
This is set entirely within an average middle class house, it's not scary & there's nothing particularly horror themed but The Assassin is still a very enjoy thirty odd minutes. There's a bit of blood & gore, a woman impales her high heel shoe into someone's eyeball, there's some blood splatter & some severed fingers. The acting is pretty good including Chelsea Field & William Saddler who reprises his role as the Grim Reaper from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) during the amusing opening & closing Cryptkeeper sequences.
The Assassin is an entertaining Tales from the Crypt episode, it's not straight horror but the story is quirky enough & the twist suitably memorable to make The Assassin well worth a watch, I liked it.
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 8 from season 6, directed by Martin von Haselberg one has to say that The Assassin is a nice quirky tale from the crypt that is something a bit different. The script by Scott Nimerfro was based on a story in the 'Shock SuspenStories' comic book & isn't necessarily straight horror, it's more of a oddball thriller with a unexpected if somewhat silly ending. This one moves along at a nice pace, it has a bizarre storyline with a really good twist ending which I thought was silly but still effective. Season six marked a change of direction for Tales from the Crypt, it went from straight horror themed stories to oddball efforts like The Assassin & the previous story The Pit (1994) & it's no great surprise that the series didn't last that much longer after it had abandoned it's roots.
This is set entirely within an average middle class house, it's not scary & there's nothing particularly horror themed but The Assassin is still a very enjoy thirty odd minutes. There's a bit of blood & gore, a woman impales her high heel shoe into someone's eyeball, there's some blood splatter & some severed fingers. The acting is pretty good including Chelsea Field & William Saddler who reprises his role as the Grim Reaper from Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) during the amusing opening & closing Cryptkeeper sequences.
The Assassin is an entertaining Tales from the Crypt episode, it's not straight horror but the story is quirky enough & the twist suitably memorable to make The Assassin well worth a watch, I liked it.