Tales From the Crypt / Vault of Horror (Double Feature)

First, there is no Vault of Horror in this double feature. Second, Tales From the Crypt reminds me a great deal of falling into the well in the backyard: great and lugubrious fun. Peter Cushing is the highpoint of the flick, especially during takes when he's in the studio restroom lamenting over his acceptance of a clam bagel at a little shop in Pickadilly Circus. We know this because Roy Ward Baker has installed a small video camera in the paper towel holder. Ironically, Peter has also stashed his liquor in the same place and nearly comes to blows with old man Baker, who was at the time diddling Peter's mistress. But why go on about it when it can all be seen in the extras contained in this dvd? Search me. But dear God, Peter does hold forth. He talks on various unrelated subjects in what is purported to be a discussion on the infiltration of communism in present day London's vampire district. He drinks his port, he struts theatrically to and fro mugging for the camera, he inexplicably tosses cinders on the hardwood floor, he adjusts his satin ascot, he clucks, croons and flounders, but not once does he admit that he has compromised the entire production by sleeping with director, his nibs, Ian McHenry of Bluejay Way. I give this film two stars, one for each of Ingrid Pitt's cleavages in another movie: Countess Dracula.

So good stories at that year and remarkable performances by the artists.
Even now, the horror, suspense and terror are present in every minute of these classic british films.

All of these pathetic and ostensibly uninformed "Armchair Amateur" Film Critic's and "Rank-Egghead" Roger Ebert's who use an unregulated "public" platform to commit acts of "libel" and "defamation" against the DVD/Film Distributor Executive's, Engineer's, and Marketing Rep's who all worked very hard to bring films like these out of "the vault", and in essence, merely to "whine" about what they EXPECTED TO GET but feel that somehow they DID NOT GET from this very inexpensive, (albeit 50% "Edited For TV"), but extremely well packaged "TWO-FER DVD" set are in need of psycho analysis and possible incarceration! But they at least need to do these three things... Firstly, GET OVER IT! This set cost you anywhere from a miniscule $7.50 to buy USED, to a whopping $12 bucks to get a brand-spankin' NEW copy still unwrapped and virginal! So, be happy about what you DID GET, and "Cowboy Up" already! Secondly, if an "UNCUT" version of the "BONUS" feature included at no extra charge is so damned important to all continuing to WHINE about being "ripped-off" by the distributors, why don't you go pay $25-40 bucks for the U.K. version, and shell out another $100 bucks for a cheap "Region-Free" player, then just "Shut Up" already! And finally, we should all be grateful for what WE DID GET in this really great "TWO-FER DVD" set showcasing one of the very best and one of the truly "cheesiest" in a short-lived franchise of fantastic, frightening, and "FAB" films known to all of us here in "America", (where "natural-born" citizens allegedly have "rights" and "laws" to "protect" us from untrue, unwarranted, or unfounded acts of "slander" that may be viewed in any forum or form of "public"-ation!), and to our friends from "across the pond" who gave them to us many years ago as "Amicus Anthologies"... And I for one, cannot think of anything worth a "whine", and am grateful!

It's great that Tales From the Crypt has been released on disc. I can finally get rid of my old vhs tape.
The film is a fun anthology; my favorite deals with the kindly Peter Cushing and his cruel neighbor; then there's a Christmas Eve story featuring Joan Collins and a psycho on the loose; also, a man in an accident gets a rude awakening; and a bunch of blind men get some revenge.
This one's lots of cheesy '60's fun. A fiendish favorite.

Now if only we could see a dvd release of Dr. Terror's House of Horrors!!!!!

First "Tales from the Crypt" deals with a group of five tourists gets lost during a tour in a graveyard where they find themselves in a crypt. They meet a creepy fellow known as The Crypt-Keeper (Sir Ralph Richardson) that tells them their futures in five horrific stories such as "All Through the House" which tells us the story of a woman that murders her husband and finds out that a maniac in a Santa Claus outfit is out there waiting for murder. "Reflection of Death" deals with a man who dreams about his future of being dead, "Poetic Justice" has a poet who wants revenge in his own hands, "Wish You Were Here" is a modern re-telling of The Monkey's Paw story but in a gruesome manner. And finally "Blind Alley" has an abusive new head of a Blind-people home getting a taste of his own medicine when the angered blind patients decide to make play a deadly "Saw"-esque game with him on revenge.

"The Vault of Horror" is a fellow-up to "Tales from the Crypt" about five men trapped in the basement of a building where they tell each other visions of their futures in five horrific stories. The first story is called "Midnight Mass" which deals with a man who wants a simple bite to eat at a restraunt that opens only at night literally gets it when he discovers it's not what it appears to be, "This Trick'll Kill You" has a Colonial overlord stealing a special magical rope that soon teaches him a lesson he will never forget. "Bargain in Death" has two insurance swindlers that get what's coming to them in a bad way and finally "Drawn and Quartered" has an artist that practices with voodoo to make his paintings have a magical effect on those that have been drawn.

Two fantastic 70's horror anthologies from Amicus are based on the infamous EC horror comics "Tales from the Crypt" and "The Vault of Horror" features Peter Cushing, Tom Baker (Doc Who Fame), Joan Collins and Patrick Magee. Both movies are pure fun and geninuely scary with great tension and gruesome violence even for the PG rating, fans of horror anthology movies look no futhur as these are must see movies and they definitely paved the way for the popular cable show "Tales from the Crypt".

This 2-Disc DVD set contains excellent picture and sound with the only extra being a trailer for "Vault of Horror" and not "Tales from the Crypt", but that's alright but what matters is that these are finally on DVD.