Tales from the Crypt: The Pit starts as boxing promoter Augusto King (Rick Garcia) is trying to figure out what is going to be the next 'big thing', he then sees Felix Johnson (Mark Dacascos) & his rival Aaron Scott (Stoney Jackson) in the ring fighting under 'Malaysian Rules' where basically anything goes. King senses an opportunity to makes millions on pay-per-view with such a fight, now all he has to do is convince the participants to take part...
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 7 from season 6, written & directed by John Harrison I thought The Pit was another disappointing episode from season 6. The script was based on a story from 'The Vault of Horror' comic book & given the title I was expecting something creepy about a sinister pit, obviously. However what we have here is yet another Tales from the Crypt which just doesn't feel like horror, here it all revolves around a couple of fighters & their annoying wives & it it ends in a predictable fashion which I wouldn't even particularly call a twist. There are some fights here so it ends up feeling like a cheap action film rather than a tale from the crypt, this one takes itself far too seriously as well.
This one doesn't look the best, there's just no atmosphere in the sets anymore & it feels a bit cheap & tacky. There's no scares, no tension & definitely no gore here either. The acting was alright.
The Pit could have been good if it had been about a deep, dark pit, unfortunately it's a boring story about a fighting contest so it isn't.
This Tales from the Crypt story was episode 7 from season 6, written & directed by John Harrison I thought The Pit was another disappointing episode from season 6. The script was based on a story from 'The Vault of Horror' comic book & given the title I was expecting something creepy about a sinister pit, obviously. However what we have here is yet another Tales from the Crypt which just doesn't feel like horror, here it all revolves around a couple of fighters & their annoying wives & it it ends in a predictable fashion which I wouldn't even particularly call a twist. There are some fights here so it ends up feeling like a cheap action film rather than a tale from the crypt, this one takes itself far too seriously as well.
This one doesn't look the best, there's just no atmosphere in the sets anymore & it feels a bit cheap & tacky. There's no scares, no tension & definitely no gore here either. The acting was alright.
The Pit could have been good if it had been about a deep, dark pit, unfortunately it's a boring story about a fighting contest so it isn't.