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Tales from the Crypt
Why this pick
Another EC Comics-derived Amicus anthology, with compact morality tales, grimly playful horror, and a similarly cosy British portmanteau-film atmosphere.
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MOVIE1973 1h 23m GBR
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Its interconnected, old-dark-house stories deliver the same measured British Gothic mood, ensemble framing, and wicked anthology variety.
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Asylum
Why this pick
Roy Ward Baker brings a closely related Amicus sensibility: a framing mystery, five sinister cases, restrained shocks, and deliciously macabre payoffs.
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From Beyond the Grave
Why this pick
A haunted antique shop links four sharply told supernatural cautionary tales, preserving the period British chill and ironic comeuppance that define The Vault of Horror.
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Tales That Witness Madness
Why this pick
A psychiatrist’s unsettling case histories offer another anthology built around strange human fixations, with an elegant 1970s British horror texture and escalating unease.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Terry-Thomas
Arthur Critchit (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
John Forbes-Robertson
Wilson (segment 2 "The Neat Job")
Ishaq Bux
Fakir (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")
Michael Craig
Maitland (segment 4 "Bargain in Death")
Robin Nedwell
Tom (segment 4 "Bargain in Death")
Geoffrey Davies
Jerry (segment 4 "Bargain in Death")
Mike Pratt
Clive (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")
Frank Forsyth
Male Customer (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")