malcp Review of Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt (1972)

How Saw might have looked if they'd made it in the 70s

[6/10 · 27 December 2012]

This was made at a time when cinema was dying in the UK and when sex and/or horror was about the only thing that audiences would pay to see. Whether it counts as 'Classic Horror' or not depends on your perspective on these things. I'm sure most of the people involved with it would rather have been doing something more honorable. Most of the tales are pretty feeble, the special effects are awful and without such stellar talent in the acting department and professional competence in almost every other area, this film would be a real dog. As it is, a dogs dinner is served up with the reverence due to a culinary feast. So despite the paucity of the material, the final product looks quite palatable and during consumption might even be considered to have a couple of small juicy bits.