Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.
Ralph Richardson
- The Crypt Keeper
- (as Sir Ralph Richardson)
Angela Grant
- Susan (segment "Reflection of Death")
- (as Angie Grant)
Storyline
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- TriviaPeter Cushing is said to "act as himself" in this movie. Cushing's wife had died recently, and he was very depressed. His character is a widower who uses an ouija board to talk with his dead wife. The dead wife is said to have been called "Helen" - the name of Cushing's real wife.
- GoofsIn the "Wish You Were Here" segment, Enid wishes her husband to back to life forever, but at the end it is revealed that he and the others have gone to a place where those who have died without repenting go.
- Alternate versionsThe 2007 Region 1 DVD from Twentieth Century-Fox contains some extra scenes when compared to the original theatrical and previous home video releases. At the conclusion of the story "Poetic Justice," previous releases showed the man beginning to open the bottom part of the Valentine's letter, it then cuts to him screaming and covering his face with his hands, and then cuts back to the letter to reveal a still beating, severed heart inside the paper. The 2007 release actually shows the heart when he opens the letter, his scream is heard off-screen, then it cuts to him covering his face, then cuts back to the shot of the heart as in previous releases except, the shot is slightly longer. In the story "Wish You Were Here," when Enid chops up Ralph with the saber, there is a shot of Ralph's exposed intestines which was not present in previous releases.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Stephen King's World of Horror (1986)
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BRILLIANT
This film is brilliant and would be a brilliant double-bill with the Vault Of Horror (which is the un-official sequel)
The best stories are : The one with Peter Cushing as Mr Grimsdyke who gets his bloody revenge on the man responsible for his suicide, The one with Patrick Magee as one of the patients at a home for the blind who get their revenge on a selfish new owner, and the Monkeys Paw-esque one where the woman wishes her husband back from the dead and regrets it.
This film is surprisingly gory for it's time and some of the endings of the stories make you wince and think "Oh God, that would be really horrible" (especially the fourth and fifth ones)
a great film and probably the best of the Amicus horror compendiums
9.5 out of 10
The best stories are : The one with Peter Cushing as Mr Grimsdyke who gets his bloody revenge on the man responsible for his suicide, The one with Patrick Magee as one of the patients at a home for the blind who get their revenge on a selfish new owner, and the Monkeys Paw-esque one where the woman wishes her husband back from the dead and regrets it.
This film is surprisingly gory for it's time and some of the endings of the stories make you wince and think "Oh God, that would be really horrible" (especially the fourth and fifth ones)
a great film and probably the best of the Amicus horror compendiums
9.5 out of 10
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- Jun 4, 2000
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Geschichten aus der Gruft
- Filming locations
- Highgate Cemetery, Swain's Lane, Highgate, London, England, UK(opening credits)
- Production company
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- Budget
- £170,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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