A struggling actor (Jon Lovitz) can't get a role because of his looks.
His agent and girlfriend both leave him, but he's not going to give up that easy, he wants the role of Hamlet.
In order to secure a part in a strange production of Hamlet, he kills off his competition (Bruce Boxleitner)...
Only to discover that all of the actors in the play are escaped mental patients
and he's up for the role of Yorick!"
Tales from the Crypt was a bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published by EC Comics from 1950 to 1955, producing 27 issues. The first issue with the title was #20, previously
°International Comics;
°International Crime Patrol;
°Crime Patrol
*BTW if you happen to have any of these comic books collecting dust in your attic or something, they're going for anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 each depending on the issue..
and °The Crypt of Terror
for a total of 46 issues in the series. Tales from the Crypt: