| # | Episode Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original Airdate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Fatal Caper | Bob Hoskins | Gilbert Adler, Colman Dekay & A.L. Katz | April 19, 1996 (HBO) | Tales From the Crypt #20 |
| Mycroft, an elderly rich man, adds a stipulation in his will, stating that his two sons must find their long-lost brother or risk having their inheritance given away to charity. Also features Natasha Richardson and Bob Hoskins (who also directed this episode). | |||||
| 82 | Last Respects | Freddie Francis | Scott Nimerfro | April 26, 1996 (HBO) | Tales From The Crypt #23 |
| Three sisters - Lavonne (Emma Samms, Delores Kerry Fox, and Marlys Julie Cox) - think they have found a way out of their troubles when they discover a monkey's paw that grants them their wishes. | |||||
| 83 | A Slight Case of Murder | Brian Helgeland | Brian Helgeland | May 3, 1996 (HBO) | Vault of Horror #33 |
| A game of cat and mouse ensues between a female mystery novelist and her jealous husband (Christopher Cazenove), when he accuses her of cheating on him with her nosy neighbor's son. | |||||
| 84 | Escape | Peter MacDonald | Gilbert Adler and A.L. Katz | May 17, 1996 (HBO) | Vault of Horror #16 |
| During World War II, two Nazis, a traitor (Martin Kemp) and the man he betrayed, are trapped in a prison camp, where they must work together to escape. | |||||
| 85 | Horror in the Night | Russell Mulcahy | John Harrison | May 24, 1996 (HBO) | Vault of Horror #12 |
| A jewel thief (James Wilby)hides out in a hotel after being shot and meets a beautiful woman (Elizabeth McGovern) that only he can see. | |||||
| 86 | Cold War | Andy Morhan | Scott Nimerfro | May 31, 1996 (HBO) | Tales From The Crypt #43 |
| Cammy (Jane Horrocks) and Ford (Ewan McGregor) are two lovers on the wrong side of the law, but when Cammy has had enough and decides to get out, she brings home a man that reminds them why they're perfect for each other. Also stars Colin Salmon and John Salthouse. | |||||
| 87 | The Kidnapper | James H. Spencer | John Harrison and Scott Nimerfro | June 7, 1996 (HBO) | Shock SuspenStories #12 |
| A simple young man (Steve Coogan) takes in a homeless pregnant woman (Julia Sawalha) and falls in love with her but becomes jealous when her child is born, so he sets out to get rid of the kid forever. | |||||
| 88 | Report from the Grave | William Malone | William Malone | June 14, 1996 (HBO) | Vault of Horror #15 |
| After creating a machine that collects thoughts from the dead, resulting in his lover's death, a young man (James Frain) becomes obsessed with resurrecting her at any cost. | |||||
| 89 | Smoke Wrings | Mandie Fletcher | Lisa Sandoval | June 21, 1996 (HBO) | Vault of Horror #34 |
| A young man (Daniel Craig) with a strange device is hired onto an advertising company by an esteemed executive, but what the executive doesn't know is that the young man is in cahoots with her enraged ex-partner (Paul Freeman) who is out for revenge. | |||||
| 90 | About Face | Thomas E. Sanders | Gilbert Adler, A.L. Katz and Larry Wilson | June 28, 1996 (HBO) | Haunt of Fear #27 |
| A corrupt priest (Anthony Andrews) discovers that he is the long-lost father of two twin daughters: a beautiful, gentle girl named Angelica and an angry, deformed girl named Leah (played in a double role by Anna Friel), the latter of which goes mad when she thinks her father will leave her again. Also stars Imelda Staunton. | |||||
| 91 | Confession | Peter Hewitt | Scott Nimerfro | July 5, 1996 (HBO) | Shock SuspenStories #4 |
| A screenwriter (Eddie Izzard) finds himself as the prime suspect when a serial killer is on the rampage decapitating female heads in the city. Also stars Ciarán Hinds. | |||||
| 92 | Ear Today...Gone Tomorrow | Christopher Hart | Ed Tapia | July 12, 1996 (HBO) | Haunt of Fear #11 |
| Glenn, a gambling safecracker (Robert Lindsay) with a slight hearing loss gets entangled in a game between a mobster and his exotic wife and ends up getting the auditory system of an owl. | |||||
| 93 | The Third Pig | Bill Kopp | Bill Kopp and Pat Ventura | July 19, 1996 (HBO) | Original story |
| In this demented animated retelling of the fairy tale The Three Little Pigs, the Big Bad Wolf (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait) slaughters two of the three pigs (voiced by Brad Garrett and Charlie Adler), leaving the third pig (voiced by Cam Clarke), convicted of the murders. To exact revenge, the ghosts of the third pig's brothers inspire him to create a Franken-swine monster to take out the Wolf. | |||||