Joanne
Background
Joanne Clayton is a resident of Burley, West Yorkshire. She is married to Richard and her daughter is Carol.
During the events of Tales from the Crypt (1972) played by Joan Collins
Joanne, Maitland, Elliot, Jason and Rogers are taking a tour of some catacombs along with others. The Guide warns everyone to stay close together and then tells the history of the catacombs during the reign of Henry VIII. He again warns them to stay close so they don't lose their way. Joanne notices her brooch is missing and Maitland helps her find it. They find out that while waiting for Joanne to find her brooch, the rest of the group has left them. Jason suggests one way which leads to a dead end and a door suddenly opens. They go inside the room on the other side of the door and when Rogers suggests they go back, the door suddenly closes. The Crypt Keeper appears and when they start asking him questions, he tells them they will have their answers "all in good time". He has them sit down and asks Joanne why she came to the crypt.
Husband sneaks into the living room with some presents for the Christmas Tree and as he is reading the newspaper, he is hit in the head with a poker by Joanne. Joanne takes Husband's keys from his pocket and opens a safe and pulls out a life insurance policy and starts to read it. Daughter calls down to Joanne from her room and Joanne tells her she will be right there. Joanne starts to clean the area but goes upstairs when Daughter calls to her again. Daughter asks if Santa has come yet and Joanne tells her to go to sleep. Joanne goes back downstairs and opens the present Husband had put under the tree, revealing it to be the same brooch she almost lost in the crypt. She goes back to cleaning her murder scene when a bulletin comes on the radio warning about an escaped Maniac wearing a Santa costume. The Maniac walks to the house and knocks on the front door and tries to open it. Joanne sees him and starts to lock all of the doors when she realizes she can't call the police with Husband's body still in the house. She tosses Husband's body down the basement stairs and comes up with the idea to try and blame Maniac for Husband's death. After cleaning the living room she starts to call the police when she notices Daughter's room is open. She looks for Daughter and Daughter rings a bell behind the entryway curtain. Daughter tells Joanne she let Santa in and Maniac runs after Joanne and strangles her to death.
Joanne starts to tell The Crypt Keeper she had no intention of, but then trails off. The Crypt Keeper then questions Maitland about his plans. The Crypt Keeper accuses Maitland of being in a hurry to leave his wife and children and when Elliot accuses The Crypt Keeper of playing games with them, Elliot's story starts. Elliot admits to The Crypt Keeper that he doesn't like Grimsdyke. Jason asks what he is doing locked in the crypt and The Crypt Keeper tells his story. Rogers walks up to The Crypt Keeper and demands to know what Jason saw. The Crypt Keeper tells Rogers he should heed his warning and another story begins. The Crypt Keeper tells them they may go and the door they entered opens once more. Jason walks to the door and The Crypt Keeper tells them they are there for not repenting for their despicable sins. Jason then falls into a pit of fire and the others get up and walk to the open door to meet their fate.