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''. The film was released in select countries in 2002, the Philippines in 2003, and released direct-to-DVD in the US in 2006. It stars

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, Jennifer Grey, and

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with Avi Nesher directing. It is based on the film ''

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''.

Plot

Crypt Keeper intro

The Crypt Keeper is in

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wearing his hair in " deadlocks" as he states that one of his favorite things about Jamaica are the "eye-popping honeys" as it shows different

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-clad women that are nearby. He then talks about how he just finished wrapping up his new movie in Jamaica. He introduces the movie and tells them "Don't worry, the beast is yet to come."

Story

Dr. Alice Dodgson ( Jennifer Grey) is fired from a hospital due to her involvement in the death of a patient. With few options, she decides to take a job as a nurse in Jamaica caring for Wesley Claybourne (

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), a young man apparently suffering from

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. Alice falls in love with Wesley, but she fears that she and Wesley are the targets of a voodoo

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. She befriends Caro ( Kristen Wilson), a local girl. Caro advises Alice that any recrimination from the Voodoo community will only come as a result of her interference with their practices. Tension mounts as Alice suffers additional unexplained phenomena. Caro is revealed as the cause of the strange goings-on; she is seeking revenge against Wesley because their father Paul (

) killed Caro's mother and rejected Caro as his daughter, denying her an

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. Caro attempts to paralyze Alice and turn her into a

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, but Alice is only partially paralyzed. Alice causes Caro's plan to backfire, and Caro is turned into a zombie instead. Alice and Wesley abandon Jamaica and move back to the

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. The local Police Chief takes Caro into his home and puts her in his bed. In the post-credits, there are

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of the Crypt Keeper's intro as the credits are shown.

Cast

* Jennifer Grey as Dr. Alice Dodgson *

as Paul Claybourne *

as Wesley Claybourne * Kristen Wilson as Caro Lamb *

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as J.B. *

as Matthew Hope * Ron Taylor as Superintendent Archibald * Erick Avari as Dr. Peter Winsford * Dorothy Cunningham as Violette * Kathy Owen as Dr. Shaba * Jessica Collins as Jackie *

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as Dr. Javitz * Natasha Budhi as Dori *

John Kassir John Kassir (born October 24, 1957) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as the voice of the Cryptkeeper in HBO's '' Tales from the Crypt'' franchise. He is also known for his role as Ralph in the off-Broadway show '' Ree ...

as The Voice of

The Crypt Keeper ''Tales from the Crypt'' was an American bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1955, producing 27 issues (the first issue with the title was #20, previously having been ''International Comics'' (#1–#5); ...

Production

A third ''Crypt'' movie was planned on the release of ''Bordello of Blood'', but due to the low box office take of that film, this film's references to the ''Tales from the Crypt'' franchise and Crypt Keeper intro and credits were removed until the DVD release.

Release

This movie was originally released for foreign countries in 2002. The movie saw release in the Philippines on September 18, 2002, and was also released in Japan on January 25, 2006. It was not released in the United States until May 2, 2006 on DVD. It was later released on Blu-ray in the United States on December 4, 2012.

References

External links

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