The Vault of Horror (1973)

R03/16/1973Horror1h 27m
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Everything that makes life worth Leaving!

Overview

The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Anna Massey

    Donna Rogers (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")

  2. Cast 1

    Terry-Thomas

    Arthur Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")

  3. Cast 1

    Glynis Johns

    Eleanor Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")

  4. John Forbes-Robertson

    Wilson (segment 2 "The Neat Job")

  5. Cast 1

    Curd Jürgens

    Sebastian (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")

  6. Cast 1

    Dawn Addams

    Inez (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")

  7. Ishaq Bux

    Fakir (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")

  8. Cast 1

    Michael Craig

    Maitland (segment 4 "Bargain in Death")

  9. Cast 1

    Edward Judd

    Alex (segment 4 "Bargain in Death")

The Vault of Horror (1973, Roy Ward Baker) Just as Britain's premier house of horror, Hammer Films, was entering the period of it's final decline in the early 1970s, a new challenger for the throne arose. This was Amicus Productions, founded in 1962 by two American screenwriters and producers, Milton Subotsky and Max Rosenberg. Beginning in 1965, with Dr. Terror's House of Horrors, Amicus focused on horror films, especially anthology film inspired by the 1945 British classic Dead of Night. In 1972 the studio released it's best known title, Tales from the Crypt. Based upon the EC comic...