Directed by:
Freddie FrancisScreenplay:
Milton SubotskyCinematography:
Norman WarwickComposer:
Douglas GamleyCast:
Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick Magee, Barbara Murray, Ralph Richardson, Robert Hutton, John Louis Mansi (more)VOD (1)
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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.
(Final Cut Entertainment)
Reviews (1)
I don’t like anthology films very much and this one is very weak at that. Twenty minutes is not enough for most authors to develop an interesting story, so I expected that they would bet either on atmosphere or black humour, but Tales from the Crypt is woefully lousy and unsatisfactory in every aspect. I can be more forgiving with the first and the last stories, which reach at least an average level, but I’d rather not speak about the “shocking” twist of the entire film, I don’t think it would have been surprising even in 1910.
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