Dawn Addams, Tom Baker, Michael Craig

Five men trapped in the basement vault of an office building share visions with each other of thier demise. Stories revolve around vampires, bodily dismemberment, east indian mysticism, an insurance s...( read more  read more... )cam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.

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R, 86 min.

Directed by: Roy Ward Baker

Release Date: March 16, 1973

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  • December 18, 2008
    Pure camp fun. Pretty watchable Amicus adaptation of five EC comics' stories. Some are weak (This trick'll kill you, Bargain in death) but the other three worth my money.
    Mystery and dark comedy from the great Brit horror anthologies.
  • December 21, 2006
    I'd have to say Drawn & Quatered was my absolute favourite of the lot. For it alone I'd give three stars. True Tales from the Crypt quality. The Neat Job was alright, as well, but the rest were rather dull.
  • October 3, 2008
    A sequel to "Tales From The Crypt" by Amicus.
    As with most horror anthology's they can be rather hit and miss, which this certainly is.
    The story starts with five men in a lift, only to be taken down to the basement and trapped. As they all sit around they start to tell each ...( read more)other their dreams and fears.
    First up is Daniel Massey's episode "Midnight Mess". In it he tracks down his sister (played by real life sibling Anne Massey) to a strange town with some strange residents. He eventually meets his end in a rather humorous way involving vampires. One of the better episodes.
    Next up is Terry Thomas in "The Neat Job". This is another one of the better episodes, with Terry Thomas' neat freak character being rather laughable.
    The third episode is "This Trick'll Kill You". Rather predictable and one of the worst in the anthology. It involves a man and his wife who are desperate to get their hands on an Indian girl's (who's not really Indian at all) rope trick. Of course there are terrible consequences.
    Next is the shortest and weakest story in my opinion. Intitled "Bargain In Death" it involves Michael Craig faking his own death in an insurance scam.
    Last is "Drawn and Quartered" and is defaintly the best of the lot. It stars Tom Baker as an artist who takes revenge on the people who lied to him using Voodoo. Whatever the artist paints comes true, so of course he paints portraits of the critics who doubled crossed him and altars them in some way to cause harm to his victims.
    Overall, "The Vault Of Horror" is very dated. It's worth watching for the few entertaining episodes, but overall pretty average.
  • November 4, 2009
    Not as good as the first Tales From the Crypt but still a solid anthology. All the stories are at least decent with the last about the artist who kills by voodoo paintings being the best by far of the 5. And it ends like normal for these type of anthologies, I think the first o...( read more)ne just had better acting and overall better attention to detail, but again this is a very watchable anthology and since it comes in a double disc format with the first one for as cheap as 5 bucks its worth the money for sure.
  • February 24, 2009
    One of the best of the Hammer/Twickenham/Shepperton Studios horror anthologies. Every one of them was superb. This one rivals Ed Bloch's Asylum (1972).
  • January 9, 2009
    A rather disappointing followup to Tales from the Crypt. Doesn't have any of the atmosphere or suspense the original film nicely built up. It also doesn't help that the bloody climaxes of each story have obviously and amateurishly been edited out. Some even go so low as...( read more) to end on a goofy still-frame. Only the first and last stories were even remotely memorable. Although it was a nice treat to see Tom (Doctor Who) Baker pop up in this. The fact they just recycled the 'twist' ending from Crypt was a bit of a downer, though. With so many great stories from the EC comics to choose from, they just didn't do the series justice this time around. Nice try.
  • November 10, 2008
    For vintage horror this is one of the best. For vintage horror Amicus were in my eyes better than Hammer and both tales from the Crypt, Vault of horror (or vault of terror as it was called over in the US), The house that dripped Blood, Asylum were just a few of their great horror...( read more)s that really sent a shiver down your spine. This is a creepy and genuinely frightening film as it starts off with an uneasy atmosphere as the five protagonists enter a lift which travels down to a very small room and this is where the stories unfold as one by one the men tell their horror stories that they have dreamt about. I was amazed by the cast they got to star in this fairly gruesome horror Terry Thomas who I knew from School for Scoundrels and Disney's Robin Hood, Tom Baker I knew from Doctor Who, Curt Jurgens I knew from The spy who loved me and Glynis Johns from Mary Poppins. All are in this film and I was blown away by that fact.

    The stories start with MIDNIGHT MESS as a man kills his sister in cold blood for money but ends up getting his just desserts when he goes to a restuarant after closing Oops! The second story is THE NEAT JOB which stars Terry Thomas as a man obsessed with tidiness and neatness which pushes his wife played by Glynis Johns to the edge of sanity. third story is THIS TRICK'LL KILL YOU and stars Curt Jurgens as a magicians willing to give this life for an extroridinary trick. Fourth story BARGINS IN DEATH deals with a man who fakes his death to reap the insurance money with his end, however not everything goes according to plan. Fifth story is DRAWN AND QUARTERED which stars Tom Baker as a artist wanting to get revenge on the people who cheated him, if only he had heard of the saying that karma willgive you what you give to others. Which then follows the chilling twist that I have always loved in these movies and watch again and again. This and the original Tales from the Crypt movie ( don't get me wrong I really loved the series) are easily the most bone chilling horrors I have ever watched. Too bad that they don't make them like this anymore, I feel that horror nowadays has lost that edge that the horrors of the 70's and 80's had.

    If you love this one then check out the other animus anthology horrors like Dr Terror's House of Horrors, Asylum, Tales from the crypt, The house that dripped Blood and From beyond the grave.
  • August 29, 2008
    wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch....this has got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that the director of this Horror, Mystery & Suspense movie had done a really good job of directing this movie ...( read more)because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...i think that tom baker (who played doctor who n does the voice over on the hit tv show little britian)..plays a good part thoughout this movie n its really a good movie 2 watch thorughout
  • August 14, 2008
    this is one of my favorite series ive been watching since was about 6 its just an all around awesome show

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