Tales from the Crypt (film)

Tales from the Crypt is a 1972 British horror film, directed by Freddie Francis. It is an anthology film consisting of five separate segments, based on stories from EC Comics. Only two of the stories, however, are actually from ECs Tales from the Crypt. The reason for this, according to Creepy founding editor Russ Jones, is that producer Milton Subotsky did not own a run of the original EC comic book but instead adapted the movie from the two paperback reprints given to him by Jones. The movie was one of many Amicus horror anthologies made during the 1970s and features an all star cast, including Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Richard Greene, and Roy Dotrice, with Ralph Richardson as the Crypt Keeper.

Five strangers go with a tourist group to view old catacombs. They do not realise that they are all dead. Separated from the main group, they find themselves in a room with the mysterious Crypt Keeper Ralph Richardson, who details how each of the strangers have died.After Joanne Clayton Joan Collins kills her husband Martin Boddey 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. She sees the killer who is dressed in a Santa Claus costume outside her house but cannot call the police without exposing her own crimes. ........

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