Tales from the Crypt (film)

Tales from the Crypt
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFreddie Francis
Screenplay byMilton Subotsky
Based onTales from the Crypt
The Vault of Horror
by Al Feldstein
Johnny Craig
Bill Gaines
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyNorman Warwick
Edited byTeddy Darvas
Music byDouglas Gamley
Production
companies
Distributed byCinerama Releasing Corporation[1]
Release date
  • 8 March 1972 (1972-03-08)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£170,000[2]
Box officeover $3 million (US)[2]

Tales from the Crypt is a 1972 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis.[3] 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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbfc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 84-93
  3. ^ "Tales from the Crypt". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 March 2024.