Tales from the Crypt
Directed by:
Freddie FrancisScreenplay:
Milton SubotskyCinematography:
Norman WarwickComposer:
Douglas GamleyCast:
Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick Magee, Barbara Murray, Ralph Richardson, Robert Hutton, John Louis Mansi (more)Plots(1)
Five tales of twisted terror unfold as a mysterious monk predicts the future of each of five tourists and reveals the horrifying crimes that each is plotting. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (1)
I don’t like anthology films very much and this one is very weak at that. Twenty minutes is not enough for most authors to develop an interesting story, so I expected that they would bet either on atmosphere or black humour, but Tales from the Crypt is woefully lousy and unsatisfactory in every aspect. I can be more forgiving with the first and the last stories, which reach at least an average level, but I’d rather not speak about the “shocking” twist of the entire film, I don’t think it would have been surprising even in 1910.
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