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"Tales from the Crypt" Dead Right (1990)

5 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
Look Out, Cathy!, 9 October 2008

Author: mattressman_pdl from Iowa, United States

Season Two of the popular cult-hit Tales from the Crypt begins with a star fueled episode about getting what you want...maybe.

Demi Moore is Cathy, a bored-typist who visits what she takes to be a hack fortune-teller. In their meeting, the fortune teller makes Cathy aware that she is to be fired...only to find another job by the end of the day. Cathy leaves, unfulfilled. Until the fortune teller's advice turns out to be accurate. Soon after, Cathy learns that she is to find a rich man who will inherit a large sum of money and then kick the bucket. All Cathy has to do is find him. Well she does find him, his name is Charlie. An unkempt, overweight loser. Will she stick it out for the money, or will the future prove to be TOO correct? The episode moves along nicely, with character actors Troy Evans and, triumphantly, Jeffrey Tambor as Charlie. But it's the episode's finale which ultimately takes the cake.

2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
Just as fantastic as the first two of Season 1, 27 June 2009

Author: SleepTight666 from Netherlands

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A great start for Season 2, just as fantastic as the first two of Season 1.

One of the reasons why it works so well is because of the great casting (Demi Moore & Jeffrey Tambor) and the brilliant plot twist at the end. I have been able to predict many of them so far, but I did not see this one coming at all.

The cinematography is excellent, almost like from a movie at times. And Demi Moore was just gorgeous, candy for the eyes.

Is it wrong to feel bad for Charlie? He might have been disgusting and pathetic, but Cathy deserved it.

2 out of 2 people found the following review useful:
"I don't believe in this stuff but I thought if it doesn't go over my lunch hour what the hell." Good start to season 2., 14 March 2007

Author: Paul Andrews (poolandrews@hotmail.com) from UK

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Tales from the Crypt: Dead Right is set in 1950 where secretary Cathy (Demi Moore) visit a fortune teller named Madame Vorma (Natalia Nogulich) who tells her that she will get fired that very afternoon & that she will get another job soon after, returning 25 minutes late from lunch Cathy's boss Mr. Clayton (Earl Boen) fires her, while out walking the owner (Eric Poppick) of a strip bar sees her & offers her a job as a waitress. Cathy is understandably impressed & visits Madame Vorma again who says she will marry a big man who will inherit a fortune & the die soon after, that night while working Cathy is asked out by the severely obese Charlie Marno (Jeffre Tambor) who quickly proposes to her, sensing her opportunity to get rich quick Cathy accepts but Madame Vorma's predictions don't quite work out as she thought they would...

This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 1 from season 2, directed by Howard Deutch I thought this was a decent story & a good opener to the second season. The script by Andy Wolk was based on a comic book story from 'Shock SuspenStories' & is what a good Tales from the Crypt episode should be, the premise is deliciously macabre, it moves along at a nice pace, the whole story is basically a prelude to a twist ending which you may or may not see coming as it's not the most surprising of twists but it's satisfying in a morbid sort of way all the same. There are some nice moments in this & considering it only lasts for 25 minutes the character's are well fleshed out, the selfish Cathy's contempt for the overweight Charlie is amusing at times & makes the ending even more effective since she's not very likable, Charlie is a fat slob & in a way you almost feel sorry for Cathy at times. The scene when Charlie kisses Cathy & she then vomits into the sink says everything.

As usual this tale from the crypt has good production values & the period design is good, there's no blood or gore until the end when someone is gorily stabbed as this is a twisted tale that relies on it's story as do most Tales from the Crypt episodes. The acting is good including Hollywood star Demi Moore.

Dead Right is another throughly decent tale from the crypt that's well worth a watch.

3 out of 5 people found the following review useful:
A gold digger receives a fatal end after becoming rich!, 20 April 2007

Author: Danny Blankenship from Petersburg, Virginia

"Dead Right" the episode that started season 2 of "Tales From The Crypt" is a gory shocker with a nice twist and probably one of the series best episodes of all-time. It has the star power in Demi Moore who stars as a lonely secretary who wants a new life. After going to a fortune teller for advice she's told that she will find a new job, and get a new life with a new man, then he will inherit money then die a very violent death! Now that sounds just the way that she wants it. Soon those predictions come true, a new job as a waitress where the arrival of mister right is in the form of a 300 pound plus slob played perfect by Jeffrey Tambor! Marriage takes place as the hope for money still remains, the only thing to get these two out of misery. Only it takes a surprise twist when it comes to the money deal, the inheritance ends in a bloody violent death, and it ends with a slob paying his own juice bill. It just shows that fate plays it's own way sometimes! Overall this is one of the best crypt episodes with good acting, a good plot and a surprise shock of bloody gore.

The Moore no merrier., 1 July 2011

Author: tyler-and-jack from Edinburgh.

Season two of Tales From The Crypt kicks off with something suitably enjoyable, twisted and star-powered.

Demi Moore is the gal who wants to find true love with the right man . . . . . . . . and his wallet. Overcoming her physical repulsion, she gets together with Charlie (Jeffrey Tambor) after following the advice of a medium who tells her that she will meet a man who will inherit a lot of money but die soon after. Surely she can stick things out until then, right?

Directed by Howard Deutch (who also directed the "Only Sin Deep" episode), "Dead Right" isn't all that hard to predict but that doesn't make it any less fun. Moore is just fine as the gold-digging beauty and Tambor is fantastic as the supersized Charlie. Natalia Nogulich is also a lot of fun as the psychic woman who is never wrong. Ever.

Overall, a great start to the second season.

Neat episode, 3 February 2011

Author: Woodyanders (Woodyanders@aol.com) from The Last New Jersey Drive-In on the Left

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Ruthless gold digger Cathy (well played to hateful bitchy perfection by Demi Moore) marries gross obese slob Charlie Marno (an excellent performance by Jeffrey Tambor, who looks positively grotesque in a very convincing fat suit and make-up) so she can get her greedy hands on a sizable sum of money she was told Charlie will take possession of prior to meeting a violent untimely end. Director Howard Deutch, working from a clever and engrossing script by Andy Wolk, delivers a flavorsome evocation of the early 50's period setting and ably mines a wickedly amusing line in spot-on sharp and sarcastic humor. The supremely dark and ironic ending packs a mighty strong punch. But it's the stellar acting from the two leads which really makes this episode hum: Moore has a ball portraying a deliciously snarky and opportunistic no-count floozy and Tambor likewise excels as one extremely pathetic and repulsive creep. Popping up in cool supporting roles are Natalia Nogulich as sage fortune teller Madame Vorma, Troy Evans as cheery nightclub owner Al, and Earl Boen as Cathy's no-nonsense boss Mr. Clayton. Tim Suhrstedt's slick cinematography and Jay Ferguson's smooth jazzy score further enhance the overall sound quality of this solid second season opener.

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