Five people are trapped in a crypt and are shown their futures by the evil cryptkeeper. They are given the option of avoiding their fates – by avoiding living out the rest of their lives.

Tales from the Crypt (1972)
  • Rating: (3,047 votes)
  • Tagline:DEATH LIVES in the Vault of Horror! »
  • Runtime:92 minutes
  • Director: Freddie Francis
  • Countries:UK, USA
  • Actors:
    Joanne Clayton (segment 1 "And All Through The House")
    Joan Collins
    Arthur Edward Grimsdyke (segment 3 "Poetic Justice")
    Peter Cushing
    Charles Gregory (segment 4 "Wish You Were Here")
    Roy Dotrice
    Ralph Jason (segment 4 "Wish You Were Here")
    Richard Greene
    Carl Maitland (segment 2 "Reflection of Death")
    Ian Hendry
    George Carter (segment 5 "Blind Alleys")
    Patrick Magee
    Enid Jason (segment 4 "Wish You Where Here")
    Barbara Murray
    Maj. William Rogers (segment 5 "Blind Alleys")
    Nigel Patrick
    James Elliot (segment 3 "Poetic Justice")
    Robin Phillips
    The Crypt Keeper
    Ralph Richardson
  • Genre:Horror
  • Producers:
    Charles W. Fries
    executive producer (as Charles Fries) 
    Max Rosenberg
    producer (as Max J. Rosenberg) 
    Milton Subotsky
    producer  
  • Plot: Five people are trapped in a crypt and are shown their futures by the evil cryptkeeper. They are given the option of avoiding their fates - by avoiding living out the rest of their lives. Written by <76277.216@compuserve.com>
  • User's comment: by BaronBl00d (baronbl00d@aol.com)

    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.


  • Quotes: The Crypt Keeper: Who's next? The Crypt Keeper: Perhaps... you? Charles Gregory: [Revived to life, twitching and screaming in pain] Oh, Enid!
  • Also known as: Från andra sidan graven (Finland - Swedish title), Från andra sidan graven (Sweden), Condenados de ultratumba (Spain), Contes d'outre-tombe (France - dubbed version), Cuentos de ultratumba (Mexico - imdb display title), Geschichten aus der Gruft (West Germany), Haudan tuolta puolen (Finland), Histoires d'outre-tombe (France), Im Horrorkabinett (West Germany), Mesék a kriptából (Hungary - imdb display title), Opowiesc z krypty (Poland), Racconti dalla tomba (Italy), Relatos de la cripta (Argentina - imdb display title), Treis stagones aima se palia dantela (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title),

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