Tales from the Crypt (1972)

Directed by

Freddie Francis

Genre

horror film, comedy horror, zombie film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 347 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five strangers in a crypt each get a vision of how they will die from a mysterious figure. The movie shows their separate stories, each one built around a twist of fate that leads to a grim outcome.

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What happens

Tales from the Crypt is a 1972 British horror anthology film from Amicus Productions, directed by Freddie Francis. It consists of five separate segments and a wraparound, based on short stories from the EC Comics series Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror, and The Haunt of Fear. In the film, five strangers (Joan Collins, Ian Hendry, Robin Phillips, Richard Greene and Nigel Patrick) in a crypt encounter the mysterious Crypt Keeper (Ralph Richardson), who makes each person in turn foresee the manner of their death. Tales from the Crypt was one of several Amicus horror anthologies produced during the 1970s. It was released by Cinerama Releasing Corporation on March 8, 1972. Another EC Comics-based anthology, The Vault of Horror, followed in 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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