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    Unique ID Code: 0000130998
    Added by: David Beckett
    Added on: 25/6/2010 14:23
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    Tales from the Crypt

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    Certificate: 15
    Running Time: 89
    Retail Price: £14.99
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    Content Type: Movie

    Synopsis:
    Five strangers go with a tourist group to view old caves. Separated from the main group, they find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper, who details how each of the strangers will die.

    ...And All Through the House: After Joanne Clayton (Joan Collins) kills her husband on Christmas Eve, she prepares to hide his body but hears a radio announcement stating that a homicidal maniac (Oliver MacGreevy) is on the loose.

    Reflection of Death: Carl Maitland (Ian Hendry) abandons his family to be with Susan Blake (Angela Grant). After they drive off together, they are involved in a car accident. He wakes up in the wrecked car and attempts to hitchhike home but, no one will stop for him.

    Poetic Justice: Edward Elliott (David Markham) and his son James (Robin Phillips) are a snobbish pair who resent their neighbour, retired garbage man Arthur Grymsdyke (Peter Cushing) who owns a number of animals and entertains children at his house.

    Wish You Were Here: Businessman Ralph Jason (Richard Greene) is close to financial ruin. His wife Enid (Barbara Murray) discovers a Chinese figurine and wishes for a fortune.

    Blind Alleys: Major William Rogers (Nigel Patrick), the new director of a home for the blind, makes drastic financial cuts, reducing heat and rationing food for the residents, while he lives in luxury with Shane, his Belgian Malinois.

    Special Features:
    None

    Video Tracks:
    Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English

    Directed By:
    Freddie Francis

    Written By:




    Starring:
    Joan Collins
    Peter Cushing
    Richard Greene
    Ian Hendry
    Patrick Magee
    Nigel Patrick
    Robin Phillips
    Ralph Richardson
    David Markham
    Angela Grant
    Susan Denny
    Martin Boddey

    Casting By:
    Ronnie Curtis

    Soundtrack By:
    Douglas Gamley

    Director of Photography:
    Norman Warwick

    Editor:
    Teddy Darvas

    Producer:
    Max Rosenberg
    Milton Subotsky

    Executive Producer:
    Charles W. Fries

    Distributor:
    Final Cut Entertainment

    Your Opinions and Comments

    I'm hoping for Vault of Horror to be re-released.  That is dying (no pun intended) to have a digitally remastered widescreen release.
    posted by floyd_dylan on 26/6/2010 07:18
    6 / 10
    From my e-mail correspondence with the PR company, they didn't mention Vault of Horror as their planned releases will be of classic Universal horrors.  I will ask him though.
    posted by David Beckett on 26/6/2010 12:07