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Overview

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Director:
Freddie Francis
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:
Horror more
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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Ghoulish Fun more

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
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
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:
Richard Greene was second choice to play Ralph Jason. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During most of the "All Through The House" segment, the amount and placement of the blood on the newspaper, the carpet, and Joanne's hands changes between shots. 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:
Featured in Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor more

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17 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Ghoulish Fun, 10 July 2000

Five people wander off on a tour and come upon the crypt-keeper. Each tells his or her last memory. Each one confesses to doing something wrong. The crypt-keeper listens to each before telling the five what has happened to them and where they are. Easily this is one of the best Amicus horror anthologies. It is well-crafted, well-acted, and suitably directed by genre stalwart Freddie Francis. All of the stories are pretty good, with three standing out. The first story about Christmas and a loose killer is well-done and shocking for its day. The best story stars Peter Cushing as a genial old man suffering desolation and humiliation from a heart-less(no pun intended) neighbor. Cushing does a wonderful job here, and in a way it is a sad performance as it was made shortly after the death of his long-time wife Helen. The last story is almost as good about a group of blind residents who stop taking being treated poorly and give out punishment to a military man with razor-sharp justice. Patrick Magee and Nigel Patrick both excel in this little vignette. The frame story is also well-executed and Sir Ralph Richardson hams it up amicably as the keeper of the crypt. A great group of frightening stories...each with a moral of sorts.

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