Report From the Grave

"And you thought there was a lack of scientific creativity. A man invents a way to read memories of the dead."

-- DVD description for the episode

Report From the Grave
Season	7
Episode	8
Airdate	June 14, 1996
Comic Source	Vault of Horror #15
Next Episode	Smoke Wrings

Plot

A scientist named Elliot invents a way to read memories of the dead. To test the device, Elliot and his girlfriend Arianne break into the crypt of a dead serial killer.

Opening Segment

"Greetings, hack-riculture fans. I'll be with you in a moment. I've just got to finish with the Artie-chokes."

[Crypt Keeper chokes a man]

"Come on, Artie, die already. Now, a little water and some fear-tilizer, and before you know it, I'll be horror-vesting my own field of screams. You didn't know your pal the Crypt Keeper had a green thumb, did you? Well, I do. And the rest of me is pretty damn moldy, too. Which brings to mind tonight's tale. It's about a scientiest who's a bit of a scare-cropper himself. I call this one "Report From the Grave."

Closing Segment

"Poor Elliot. Thought his field was physics. Turned out it was die-olgy and that's not the worst of it. Elliot only read the first part of Tymrak's book, where he tied up Arianne. If Elliot had read a little futher, he would have seen Tymrak's chop-ter two! I've got to get back to my planting. I've already sown the scare-its and the terror-nips, which means I have got just one more crop to put in."

[camera pans to show a mans face sticking out of the dirt]

"Squash!"

[Crypt Keeper stomps the head deeper into the ground]

"Squash!"

Trivia

• This episode was referenced in House on Haunted Hill (1999).

Gallery

Mike Vosburg's comic cover

Elliot

Arianne