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Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   2,037 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Johnny Craig (comic book stories Tales From The Crypt and The Vault of Horror)
Al Feldstein (comic book stories Tales From The Crypt and The Vault of Horror)
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Release Date:
9 March 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
DEATH LIVES in the Vault of Horror!
Plot:
Five people get lost in a crypt and meet up with a strange crypt keeper who tells them stories of how they died. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Not Your Typical Bedtime Story! more (61 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joan Collins ... Joanne Clayton (segment "All Through The House")

Peter Cushing ... Arthur Edward Grimsdyke (segment "Poetic Justice")
Roy Dotrice ... Charles Gregory (segment "Wish You Were Here")
Richard Greene ... Ralph Jason (segment "Wish You Were Here")
Ian Hendry ... Carl Maitland (segment "Reflection of Death")
Patrick Magee ... George Carter (segment "Blind Alleys")
Barbara Murray ... Enid Jason (segment "Wish You Where Here")
Nigel Patrick ... Maj. William Rogers (segment "Blind Alleys")
Robin Phillips ... James Elliott (segment "Poetic Justice")
Ralph Richardson ... The Crypt Keeper
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Guide
David Markham ... Father (segment "Poetic Justice")
Robert Hutton ... Neighbour (segment "Poetic Justice")
Angela Grant ... Susan Blake (segment "Reflection of Death") (as Angie Grant)
Susan Denny ... Mrs. Maitland (segment "Reflection of Death")
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Additional Details

Runtime:
92 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:(Banned) (1972) (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (re-rating) | West Germany:18 | Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM14 | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1988) (cinema version) (cut) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

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Trivia:
Peter Cushing was originally intended to play Ralph Jason, but after looking at the script he persuaded the producers that he would do more justice to the role of Mr. Grimsdyke more
Goofs:
Plot holes: In the fourth segment, Enid wishes for her husband Jason exactly like he was before the accident. However, when he's brought in by the undertakers, he's been embalmed, which isn't how he was just before the accident. more
Quotes:
Maj. William Rogers: [Hearing his dog bark in the room beside him] Well, at least feed my dog, please!
George Carter: [Somber] He'll be fed alright.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hood of Horror (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor more

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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Not Your Typical Bedtime Story!, 26 January 2006
10/10
Author: ClassixFan from USA

Amicus Studios, best known for their anthology films nailed it with this effort from 1972. With five solid stories to chill your bones, this anthology is one of my favorite films, bar none. The film is packed with a solid cast that includes; Peter Cushing, Joan Collins, Ian Hednry and Richard Greene, just to name a few. My personal faves from this anthology would be; All Through the House, Poetic Justice and Wish You Were Here, but all five stories are really well done. The Peter Cushing story is particularly touching, Cushing does a wonderful job of playing a sad man, mourning the death of his wife, in his story, which very much paralleled Cushing's own life, as he was still in mourning over the recent loss of his own wife. If you're a fan of the macabre, then you owe it to yourself to seek this 1972 film out, it is quite tame by today's standards as far as blood and gore go, but the chill factor is definitely there.

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Joan Collins!!!! major-sharpe-1
What am I missing? justin_szczap-2
Was this segment in the movie? I might be thinking of something else. supermario2084
Regarding Ralph Jason Koosh_King01
Editing... justin_szczap-2
One question : Blind Alleys [Possible Spoilers] trinitymplayers
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