Welcome to another in our series of “TALES FROM THE CRYPT” reunions. This episode’s guest – JOHN LEONETTI – isn’t just a great director of photography and director, he’s from one of HOLLYWOOD’S LEGACY FAMILIES. His dad FRANK LEONETTI was a sought after gaffer who helped light THE WIZARD OF OZ and SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN. John’s brother MATT LEONETTI DP’d movies like POLTERGEIST, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, COMMANDO and JAGGED EDGE. While John would go on to DP and direct movies like THE CONJURING and ANNABELLE, John’s really here to celebrate the thing we all have in common: TALES FROM THE CRYPT. We’ve said on the podcast repeatedly what a remarkable experiencing it was making Crypt. How Crypt Changed TV With hindsight, we can now see all the many ways in which Crypt really was remarkable. And remarkably influential. Crypt changed television because Crypt changed HBO. Before Crypt, back in the 1990’s, the feature film world and the TV world were two separate things. One could – like Robin Williams or Tom Hanks – go from TV into features. But, if you were going from movies into TV? Your career was dying. The first two original series at HBO – First And Ten and Dream On – were basically regular TV shows but with t**s and the word “f**k” thrown in. Then Crypt executive producers – Joel Silver, Dick Donner, Walter Hill and Bob Zemeckis approached HBO with an idea to do little horror movies every week as a TV show – all based on a classic comic book from the 1950’s. How Crypt Changed HBO John Kassir – the voice of the Crypt Keep