Post by wmcclain on Oct 27, 2023 22:12:25 GMT
Vault of Horror, The (1973), directed by Roy Ward Baker.
"There's no money in horror" -- man planning to get himself buried alive.
This entry in the Amicus series of horror anthologies seems more "comic book" than the others. Our entries:
The film has a censorship history you can find in the wikipedia. The home video editions are supposed to be uncut but the Blu-ray definitely has a blackout mask covering a scene of blood being drained from our victim.
The complete film series:
Available on Blu-ray from Shout Factory.
"There's no money in horror" -- man planning to get himself buried alive.
This entry in the Amicus series of horror anthologies seems more "comic book" than the others. Our entries:
- Prologue: Five men descend in an office building elevator to a basement that shouldn't exist. They find a nice bar and for some reason decide to drink and relate their worst nightmares.
- Midnight Mess: Your sister is a vampire living in a vampire village. Are you sure you want to murder her and go out for a meal after? (Featuring real-life siblings Daniel and Anna Massey. She was in other notable thrillers, including Peeping Tom (1960) and Frenzy (1972)).
- The Neat Job: Fussy Terry-Thomas finally decides to get married so he will have a housekeeper to care for his many hobbies. You can easily push that scheme too far. His "young" wife is the great Glynis Johns, age 50 here.
- This Trick’ll Kill You: Stage magician Curd Jürgens travels to India to find new tricks. When encountering real magic he really should leave it alone, and definitely not murder to acquire it.
- Bargain in Death: When will people learn? These clever plans of "I'll pretend to be dead, be buried and then secretly dug up so we can collect the insurance" -- how often do that work out? Especially when medical students who need a body are in the house?
- Drawn and Quartered: Tom Baker (Dr Who #3) is an artist who discovers he is being cheated. He buys some voodoo (the priest shaking his head sadly) and returns home to get revenge on his enemies.
- Epilogue: The explanation for the setup doesn't make much sense.
The film has a censorship history you can find in the wikipedia. The home video editions are supposed to be uncut but the Blu-ray definitely has a blackout mask covering a scene of blood being drained from our victim.
The complete film series:
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
- Torture Garden (1967)
- The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
- Asylum (1972)
- Tales from the Crypt (1972)
- The Vault of Horror (1973)
- From Beyond the Grave (1974)
Available on Blu-ray from Shout Factory.