Tales from the Crypt #20

In this chilling tale from Tales from the Crypt #20, a nervous passenger on a storm-lashed voyage learns that stateroom 13 is cursed—rumored to be haunted by a corpse the captain once buried at sea. When the ship’s dark secret begins to surface, the dead rise in vengeance, and the Crypt-Keeper warns that some sins never sink with the body.

In "A Fatal Caper," a group of teenagers pull a chilling prank by swapping a corpse in a casket with one of their own, dressed as a mystically summoned monster—unaware the real body inside was buried with a deadly secret. When the undertaker refuses to dig it up, citing the deceased died of leprosy, the teens' laughter turns to dread as they stare at their own hands, realizing too late the cost of their recklessness.

Janet Bennett fears her brother Gregory is pushing himself too hard—so she turns to Dr. Wentworth for help, asking for medicine to ease his stress. The doctor prescribes something, but when the old-fashioned druggist hands over the bottle, the doctor’s quick glance at the label leads to a chilling realization: the contents, though labeled correctly, are anything but. As the truth begins to surface, the implications of what’s been in the bottle—and what it’s been doing—start to unravel in a way no one could have foreseen.

In "Impending Doom!", a chance encounter between an artist and a stonecutter spirals into a tense web of past regrets and present danger. When the artist draws a face that eerily matches the stonecutter, the resemblance becomes impossible to ignore—especially when the stonecutter’s wife, Ellen Kordova, reveals a secret history with him. As old emotions resurface, the line between memory and menace blurs, leaving the artist trapped in a moment that may be his last.