Asylum
Why this pick
A compact British portmanteau horror with an institutional framing device, eerie moral comeuppance, and the same pleasure in distinct macabre tales held together by a sinister host.
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Why this pick
A compact British portmanteau horror with an institutional framing device, eerie moral comeuppance, and the same pleasure in distinct macabre tales held together by a sinister host.
Why this pick
Its EC-comics-style anthology delivers grimly satisfying supernatural punishments, period British atmosphere, and a framing encounter with an ominous keeper of stories.
Why this pick
Another Amicus anthology, built around a cursed old house and several elegantly paced tales of obsession, vengeance, and uncanny consequences.
Why this pick
A close companion in tone: multiple chilling, darkly playful morality tales, with polished British horror performers and cruelly fitting supernatural outcomes.
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A carnival barker guides visitors through cautionary supernatural episodes, making it an especially apt match for the theatrical host-and-morality-tale appeal of From Beyond the Grave.
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01 / THE STORY
Four customers purchase (or take) items from Temptations Limited, an antiques shop whose motto is "Offers You Cannot Resist". A nasty fate awaits those who cheat the shop's Proprietor (Peter Cushing).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The Proprietor
Christopher Lowe

Edward Charlton

William Seaton

Rosemary Seaton
Emily Underwood

Jim Underwood

Reginald Warren