
Tales from the Crypt is a British horror movie, made in 1972 by Amicus Productions. 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 EC's Tales from the Crypt. The reason for this, according to Creepy founding editor Russ Jones, is that Amicus 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 story "Wish You Were Here" was reprinted in the paperback collection The Vault of Horror (Ballantine, 1965). The other four stories in the movie were among the eight stories reprinted in Tales from the Crypt (Ballantine, 1964).
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Director: Freddie Francis
Cast:
Joan Collins ... Joanne Clayton (segment 1 "And All Through The House")
Peter Cushing ... Arthur Edward Grimsdyke (segment 3 "Poetic Justice")
Roy Dotrice ... Charles Gregory (segment 4 "Wish You Were Here")
Richard Greene ... Ralph Jason (segment 4 "Wish You Were Here")
Ian Hendry ... Carl Maitland (segment 2 "Reflection of Death")
Patrick Magee ... George Carter (segment 5 "Blind Alleys")
Nigel Patrick ... Maj. William Rogers (segment 5 "Blind Alleys")
Robin Phillips ... James Elliot (segment 3 "Poetic Justice")
Ralph Richardson ... The Crypt Keeper
Plot: Five people are trapped in a crypt and are shown their futures by the evil cryptkeeper. They are given the option of avoiding their fates - by avoiding living out the rest of their lives.



