Despite the film's title, none of the stories showcased appeared in the EC comic "The Vault of Horror." The story "The Neat Job" originally appeared in "Shock SuspenStories," and each other story originally appeared in "Tales from the Crypt."
Filmed August-September 1972. The only "Amicus" anthology in which Peter Cushing does not appear, as he was still shooting another "Amicus," "And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973)," which began July 17.