Tales From The Crypt

Back in the 60's and 70's, a company called Amicus delivered a string of noteworthy anthology horror films. This five story collection is adapted from tales first told in the E.C. horror comics of the 1950's, and it's a good and ghoulish cinematic adaptation.

An excellent British cast brings this movie to life, as well as sterling, stylish photography by Norman Warwick and fun music by Douglas Gamley; film also makes good use of Bachs' Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

Death Lives in the Vault of Horror!

Five strangers go with a tourist group to view old caves. Separated from the main group, they find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper, who details how each of the strangers will die.

...And All Through the House
After Joanne Clayton (Joan Collins) kills her husband on Christmas Eve, she prepares to hide his body but hears a radio announcement stating that a homicidal maniac (Oliver MacGreevy) is on the loose.

Reflection Of Death
Carl Maitland (Ian Hendry) abandons his family to be with Susan Blake (Angela Grant). After they drive off together, they are involved in a car accident. He wakes up in the wrecked car and attempts to hitchhike home but, no one will stop for him.

Poetic Justice
Edward Elliott (David Markham) and his son James (Robin Phillips) are a snobbish pair who resent their neighbour, retired garbage man Arthur Grymsdyke (Peter Cushing) who owns a number of animals and entertains children at his house.

Wish You Were Here
Businessman Ralph Jason (Richard Greene) is close to financial ruin. His wife Enid (Barbara Murray) discovers a Chinese figurine and wishes for a fortune.

Blind Alleys
Major William Rogers (Nigel Patrick), the new director of a home for the blind, makes drastic financial cuts, reducing heat and rationing food for the residents, while he lives in luxury with Shane, his Belgian Malinois.


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Joan Collins, Oliver MacGreevy, Ian Hendry, Angela Grant, David Markham, Robin Phillips, Peter Cushing, Richard Greene, Barbara Murray, Nigel Patrick, Roy Dotrice, Patrick Magee, Ralph Richardson, Geoffrey Bayldon, Harry Locke

  Freddie Francis

  88 mins

  1972



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  English

  1

  2 - will only play on UK / European DVD player or multi region player

  Usually despatched within 5 working days

£12.47