Crypt of Horror #17

In "The Beast from the Deep," the sudden blast of a fog horn from a newly built lighthouse stirs an ancient horror buried beneath the sea. What follows is a relentless assault on the isolated island of San Noble, as the prehistoric creature, drawn by the sound, emerges to wreak havoc—until it meets its end at the hands of a naval battleship.

In "The Survivors!" from Crypt of Horror #17, a time capsule sealed decades ago is unearthed by a towering, fanged ape-like creature, awakening a group of long-frozen astronauts. Stranded in a twisted future where monstrous beings once human roam the ruins, the survivors must fight to stay alive—until only one remains, facing a fate that redefines what it means to be human.

In "Dead Man's Escape!", a desperate convict attempts a daring bid for freedom by being tossed into the bay inside a corpse bag—only to find himself dropped into a deep, hidden well instead. Trapped in the dark, submerged in silence, he soon realizes the well isn’t empty, and something ancient and hungry stirs beneath the surface.

In "The Invasion," Bill and his wife hunker down during a storm, cut off from the world by a dead radio and a TV stuck on a single channel. What they see on screen—a chilling news report of a Martian invasion, flying saucers over Coney Island, and a cold declaration of Earth’s annihilation—drives Bill to a tragic, desperate act. But the horror they witnessed was just a broadcasted drama, a fictional tale that blurs the line between fiction and reality in a moment of isolation.

In "Terror on TV," a live broadcast takes a horrifying turn when vampiric monsters infiltrate a television studio, turning the set into a real-life nightmare. As the cast and crew are attacked, viewers at home remain oblivious—caught in the chilling illusion that the violence is just part of the show.

In "The Clock Maker," Jo finds herself drawn into a chilling tale of obsession and retribution when a watchmaker named Ben Loftus, aided by a mysterious witch woman, crafts timepieces with a life of their own. When his wife Lois betrays him, Loftus turns his cursed creations against her, setting in motion a deadly game where time itself becomes a weapon.

In "Premonition," a college student returns home after a terrifying vision of his town's destruction by hellish demons. Though relieved to find his parents alive and well, subtle details begin to unsettle him—details he can't quite place, like the faint flicker of something unnatural in their shadows.

In "Sssshhh," two men move through a darkened house with silent precision, each step weighted with tension as they approach a sleeping child. The quiet becomes a burden, the silence a living thing—until the truth of their mission reveals itself in a moment of fragile, desperate love.