Tales from the Crypt - Season 3 Episode 5 Top Billing
Barry Blye is a frustrated actor who will do anything to get a part. He's been rejected by every acting company because he doesn't have the right look. Bad luck follows him all over. First his girlfriend breaks up with him. Then he's kicked out of his apartment. Then his old rival Winton Robins, who has ""the look"", gets a part in a weird theater's production of Hamlet. Barry goes into a frustrated rage and strangles him to death to take the part. He is shocked when he learns that the theater is really a mental hospital.
Year: 1996
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Country: United States of America
Studio: HBO
Director: William M. Gaines, Steven Dodd
Cast: John Kassir
Crew: Barry Josephson (Producer), Charles Skouras III (Producer), Robert Zemeckis (Producer), Walter Hill (Executive Producer), David Giler (Executive Producer), Richard Donner (Executive Producer)
First Air Date: Jun 10, 1989
Last Air date: Jul 19, 1996
Season: 7 Season
Episode: 93 Episode
Runtime: 25 minutes
IMDb: 7.96/10 by 890.00 users
Popularity: 154.184
Language: English
Keyword : coffin, puppeteer, puppet, anthology, based on comic, gothic horror, crypt keeper, dark fantasy, horror anthology, supernatural power, nudity, horror