Tales from the Crypt

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Certificate: 15
Running Time: 89
Retail Price: £14.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Five strangers go with a tourist group to view old caves. Separated from the main group, they find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper, who details how each of the strangers will die.

...And All Through the House: After Joanne Clayton (Joan Collins) kills her husband on Christmas Eve, she prepares to hide his body but hears a radio announcement stating that a homicidal maniac (Oliver MacGreevy) is on the loose.

Reflection of Death: Carl Maitland (Ian Hendry) abandons his family to be with Susan Blake (Angela Grant). After they drive off together, they are involved in a car accident. He wakes up in the wrecked car and attempts to hitchhike home but, no one will stop for him.

Poetic Justice: Edward Elliott (David Markham) and his son James (Robin Phillips) are a snobbish pair who resent their neighbour, retired garbage man Arthur Grymsdyke (Peter Cushing) who owns a number of animals and entertains children at his house.

Wish You Were Here: Businessman Ralph Jason (Richard Greene) is close to financial ruin. His wife Enid (Barbara Murray) discovers a Chinese figurine and wishes for a fortune.

Blind Alleys: Major William Rogers (Nigel Patrick), the new director of a home for the blind, makes drastic financial cuts, reducing heat and rationing food for the residents, while he lives in luxury with Shane, his Belgian Malinois.

Special Features:
None

Video Tracks:
Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English

Directed By:
Freddie Francis

Written By:




Starring:
Joan Collins
Peter Cushing
Richard Greene
Ian Hendry
Patrick Magee
Nigel Patrick
Robin Phillips
Ralph Richardson
David Markham
Angela Grant
Susan Denny
Martin Boddey

Casting By:
Ronnie Curtis

Soundtrack By:
Douglas Gamley

Director of Photography:
Norman Warwick

Editor:
Teddy Darvas

Producer:
Max Rosenberg
Milton Subotsky

Executive Producer:
Charles W. Fries

Distributor:
Final Cut Entertainment

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I'm hoping for Vault of Horror to be re-released.  That is dying (no pun intended) to have a digitally remastered widescreen release.
posted by floyd_dylan on 26/6/2010 07:18
6 / 10
From my e-mail correspondence with the PR company, they didn't mention Vault of Horror as their planned releases will be of classic Universal horrors.  I will ask him though.
posted by David Beckett on 26/6/2010 12:07