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| Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 10833
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6305033048
UPC: 086162678738
EAN: 9786305033042
ASIN: 6305033048
Theatrical Release Date: March 9, 1972
Release Date: January 1, 1998
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Condition: TAPE vg ORIG> CLAMSHELL BOXbox has normal wear XRENTAL
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 26
 Classic Thriller October 28, 2005
Stephan D. Mahler (Erie, PA United States)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I remember watching this movie when I was in junior high as part of one those school film holiday film festivals or whatever and I will say this....this movie scared the CRAP out of me....but it was in the same way really cool. Five stories, five different people, and five deaths that make the viewer say "Okay...that is really screwed up." Each twisted tale is a macabre story that has one of the characters dying by some ironic twist of fate brought on by themselves...only to find out they are already dead and in Hell itself. Even though the HBO Tales from the Crypt series was good,...a bit cheesey humor from the puppet zombie,....this was a great suspense thriller and I do hope that it is brought to DVD sometime soon.
Great Horror Anthology December 7, 2005
Raymond E Clermont (Orleans, Ontario Canada)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
One of the few rare gems in horror. If you deem yourself a horror fan you simply cannot miss this movie. Rent it or better yet, buy it but most definitely, do not miss it!!! For those reviewers who have been asking for the movie on dvd, check out this site: www.monstersinmotion.com and search for the movie... you'll be pleasantly surprised.
 Fine Amicus Horror Anthology February 26, 2006
DonnaReviews (Northeast USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
"Tales from the Crypt" is an Amicus horror anthology with five stories that unfold when five tourists stray from their tour and wind up in a sealed catacomb with a mysterious crypt-keeper (Sir Ralph Richardson) who questions them about their lives. Each tourist has a tale of the macabre to tell and as usual, it is a mixed bag, but overall, one of Amicus' best, my top favorite being "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors."
My favorite, by far, is the first with Joan Collins as a sinister, sexy, swingy wife who murders her husband on Christmas for his insurance policy as a homicidal maniac disquised as Santa Claus stalks her home. This tale is beautifully executed with a minimal of dialogue. As Christmas carols play and hubby contentedly reads the paper, Collins hits him over the head with a poker and then is left to dispose of his body as her daughter Carol (the always superb Chloe Franks) awaits Santa impatiently upstairs. The color in these films is wonderful and the mod 70's decor is well suited with psychedelic pictures and white and apricot walls, a white shag rug -- great vivid colors that go with the bright red stage blood. And Collins is in her youthful prime here, for those who only know her from "Dynasty." She was quite a beautiful babe. She also has the delicious toughness that would have made her a wonderful actress in film noir and works well here. This segment moves beautifully to its creepy climax and the sinister Father Christmas, tall and angular like one of those wooden decorations, is fantastic.
Each member of the cast has committed some sort of sin, so ostensibly the cryptkeeper is giving them their day of reckoning. All in all, great fun.
One of the best horror films I've ever seen... April 19, 2002
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3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This film scared the you-know-what out of me 30 years ago and engraved itself in my memory. It's still an absolute trip. Superb example of what I consider real horror with roots in the Boris Karloff/Vincent Price/Peter Cushing, et al genre. Creative, imaginative, thinking person's horror as only the British can produce. Watch it at night, perhaps alone. If you're really brave, wait until a midnight snowstorm next winter... heh-heh...
Old School Horror is the best! December 22, 2004
Nita (Chicago IL, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Best horror flick of all time. Not a lot of gore, like the useless so called horror films of today. The storyline was easy to follow, unlike horror films of today, which some of them can be very difficult to follow. You can watch the film two, three, times and it still doesn't make sense. Back in the seventies, creative writers were abundant and was good at the craft- making a good ol' scary flick. Horror films of today are just a waste of time and money, plain and simple.
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