"Tales From the Crypt" has been a staple of horror for over 80 years now from its EC Comics days in the 1950's to the 1972 film to the films and HBO series in the 90's, which is where today's gem originates.
Even though the show ran on HBO (remember that this is 90's HBO so this was the era of "Dream On" and "Arli$$", well before shows like "The Sopranos" and "Six Feet Under" made HBO famous for quality programming), "Tales From The Crypt" had a pretty strong pop culture visibility, likely helped out by the FOX network running censored versions of the episodes late night on Saturdays. This awareness not only resulted in a pair of theatrically released films ("Demon Knight" and "Bordello of Blood"), but in music CD releases.
Were you aware that there is a TFtC Christmas album? There is, but this song actually comes from the 1992 soundtrack where is was featured more as a bonus track at the end of a disc of music from the show.
Performed by The Cryptkeeper himself, this song is so 90's it's almost painful, but it is catchy, you can dance to it, and I have loved it ever since the first time I heard it played on morning radio back when it was still culturally relevant.
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