1972 · anthology · amicus · ec-comics
Tales from the Crypt
Directed by Freddie Francis1h 33m1972
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who tells them each their fate. The enigmatic figure's macabre stories involve a wife dabbling in murder, a retired sanitation worker targeted by his suspicious neighbors, and an adulterer who may face a fitting demise if the yarns come true.
Our read: Tales from the Crypt (1972) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive anthology · amicus · ec-comics entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured anthology / amicus, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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“You want classic EC Comics comeuppance in five nasty British horror shorts.”
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