HorroRated archive entry
HorroRated pickTales from the Crypt
HorroRated verdict
- Directed by
- Freddie Francis
- Written by
- Johnny Craig, William Gaines, Milton Subotsky, Al Feldstein
- Produced by
- Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky, Charles W. Fries
Why it’s HorroRated
Five stories, five terrible people, five very satisfying outcomes. Tales from the Crypt is EC Comics brought to life with a real mean streak and a keeper who clearly enjoys his job. It's tidy, it's dark, and the moral math is always balanced at the end. A perfect anthology.
Synopsis
A small group wanders into the catacombs below a cemetery and meets a figure who seems to have been expecting them. He walks each visitor through a tale about their worst impulses and what followed from those impulses. Tidy, mean, and morally satisfying in the way only horror that believes in consequences can be.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- March 9, 1972
- Runtime
- 1 hour 33 mins
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- PG
- Entry type
- Movie
