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- BFI identifier47298
- Date1972 (Copyright)
1972-11-15 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisWhile touring some catacombs five people lose the rest of their party and are ushered into a cavernous vault by a cowled figure who reveals what the future may have in store for each of them. 1. A woman who has just murdered her husband is menaced by a lunatic in a Santa Claus costume. 2. A man, killed in a car crash after having left his wife for his mistress, returns from the dead a year later as a zombie. 3. An old man is driven to suicide, but rises from the dead on the anniversary of his death. 4. In a variation on the story 'The Monkey's Paw', a couple facing bankruptcy are granted three wishes. 5. The insensitive supervisor of a home for the blind is taught a lesson by the inmates. (Synopsis)
- Work historyA film with framing tale and 5 segments:[1] And All Through the House; [2] Reflection of Death; [3] Poetic Justice; [4] Wish You Were Here; [5] Blind Alleys The cast list divided into sections (And All Through the House, Reflection of Death, etc.) appears in the closing credits. The opening credits list the actors in the following order: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick Magee, Barbara Murray, Nigel Patrick, Robin Phillips, Ralph Richardson, Geoffrey Bayldon, David Markham, Robert Hutton, Angie Grant, Susan Denny, Manning Wilson, Chloe Franks, Kay Adrian, Carlos Baker, Martin Boddey, Dan Caulfield, Melinda Clancy, Paul Clere, Sharon Clere, Clifford Earl, Edward Evans, Frank Forsyth, Peter Frazer, Irene Gawne, George Herbert, Harry Locke, Oliver MacGreevy, Stafford Medhurst, Jayne Sofiano, Tony Wall and Hedger Wallace. Ralph Richardson is cited as such in the opening credits, but appears as 'Sir Ralph Richardson' in the film's closing cast list.
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- CreditsDirected by: Freddie Francis
©/Presents: Metromedia Producers Corporation
An Amicus Production: Amicus Productions
view all - CastRalph Richardson (the crypt keeper) Framework Story
Geoffrey Bayldon (guide) Framework Story
Joan Collins (Joanne Clayton [1]) And All Through the House
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Title
Tales from the Crypt (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/95D6-A118-B859-BFB0-6971-WCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
16mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
16mm Colour Positive - CTA - Combined - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Based on stories by Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig and William Gaines - SCR-17024
Ephemera: publicity - PBS-47298
Small pressbook held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-834913
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-834914
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-0ay
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-0aq
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-0ap
view all - Articles
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes December 2013
BFI Southbank Programme Notes December 2017
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +Tales from the Crypt
Work - 47298 - 1972 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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