If you grew up in the 80's, and had HBO I guess, you got to see a pretty cool show with Tales From the Crypt. A lot of the episodes were cheesy, but that was the point; the comic book series that they came from was an old cheese filled bunch of goodness, and HBO delivered when it came time to translate them to film.
My favorite episode was probably the Christmas one, And All Through the House. The guy who played Dr. Giggles, and the retarded guy from LA Law was pretty creepy as a murderous escaped mental patient dressed up as Santa... Definitely not one for the kids though.
