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.
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
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December 18, 2008
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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.
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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.
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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)
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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).
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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