Tales from the Crypt(Movie, 1972)

Name: Tales from the Crypt
Genre: Horror
Released: 1972
Duration: T01:32:00
Rating: 3.5

| 1h 32min | Genre: Horror

Rating: 3.5/5 (with 119 votes)

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 short stories from the EC Comics series Tales from the Crypt by Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, and Bill Gaines. The film was produced by Amicus Productions and filmed at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England. In the film, five strangers (Joan Collins, Ian Hendry, Robin Phillips, Richard Greene and Nigel Patrick) in a crypt encounter the mysterious Crypt Keeper (Ralph Richardson), who makes each person in turn foresee the manner of their death. It is one of several Amicus horror anthologies produced during the 1970s. ()

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About Tales from the Crypt

Five people find themselves in a tomb. The Crypt keeper explains why they are there through a series of frightening stories. Based on the classic comic book.

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Trailer for Tales from the Crypt + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Tales from the Crypt (1972) - Trailer HD 1080p(Trailer, 1:57)

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Plays in: England

Made by: Amicus Productions, Metromedia Producers Corporation

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 18 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Bosnian (BS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 03/09/1972

Cast: Ralph Richardson, Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, Patrick Magee, Barbara Murray, Nigel Patrick, Robin Phillips, Geoffrey Bayldon, David Markham, Robert Hutton, Angela Grant, Barbara Murray, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, Robert Rietti, Martin Boddey, Peter Fraser, Ann Sears, Peter Thomas

Director: Freddie Francis

Producer: Milton Subotsky, Max Rosenberg

Screenwriter: Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, William Gaines, Milton Subotsky

Director of Photography: Norman Warwick

Composer: Douglas Gamley

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Tales From The Crypt The Movie"

"Tales from the Crypt 1"

"Condenados de Ultratumba"

"Contes d'outre-tombe"

"Histoires d'outre-tombe"

Keywords: communicating with the dead, santa claus, crypt keeper, supernatural, immortality, tomb, booby trap, stranger, jingle bells, christmas, anthology, based on comic, wish, old-age home, dog

Revenue: 3,000,000 USD