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Post by Flying Monkeys on Dec 22, 2018 22:58:27 GMT
4 story anthology strung together by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, as a local town late-night DJ.
The stories run in parallel, rather than in series like the old Hammer or Amicus anthologies, so it jumps around, keeping your attention.
The four stories are:
1. Santa's elves turn into maniac zombies - this one is very good 2. A couple's child comes back from the woods as a changeling - okay 3. Four students making a film in a former psychiatric hospital - not good 4. Krampus chases family through the woods - very good
It takes an hour to get going, but it's mad, daft, gory, b-movie stuff with Shatner at the helm.
Marvellous.
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Dec 23, 2018 4:45:03 GMT
It's far better than you might expect - people shouldn't let themselves be put off by the plot summary mentioning Santa killing zombie elves.
And the ending tied up all the storylines more neatly than I thought possible.
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Post by yggdrasil on Dec 23, 2018 12:10:58 GMT
4 story anthology strung together by Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, as a local town late-night DJ. The stories run in parallel, rather than in series like the old Hammer or Amicus anthologies, so it jumps around, keeping your attention. The four stories are: 1. Santa's elves turn into maniac zombies - this one is very good 2. A couple's child comes back from the woods as a changeling - okay 3. Four students making a film in a former psychiatric hospital - not good 4. Krampus chases family through the woods - very good It takes an hour to get going, but it's mad, daft, gory, b-movie stuff with Shatner at the helm. Marvellous. Loved the old Amicus films, as a kid I remember "Dr.Terror's House Of Horrors" very fondly"
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Dec 23, 2018 12:38:18 GMT
Loved the old Amicus films, as a kid I remember "Dr.Terror's House Of Horrors" very fondly" Is that the one where they're all on a train, on a journey to....? Christopher Lee followed by a crawling hand? Roy Castle's house surrounded by an carnivorous weed? Can't remember the others. A voodoo doll maybe?
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Post by yggdrasil on Dec 23, 2018 13:56:09 GMT
Loved the old Amicus films, as a kid I remember "Dr.Terror's House Of Horrors" very fondly" Is that the one where they're all on a train, on a journey to....? Christopher Lee followed by a crawling hand? Roy Castle's house surrounded by an carnivorous weed? Can't remember the others. A voodoo doll maybe? That's the one. They had another Amicus I remember with one part in a loony bin and the bloke running it had to run through a narrow corridor with razor blades in the wall and then they turned the lights out. Remember anything like that?
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Dec 23, 2018 14:26:32 GMT
That's the one. They had another Amicus I remember with one part in a loony bin and the bloke running it had to run through a narrow corridor with razor blades in the wall and then they turned the lights out. Remember anything like that? Can't say that I do, but it sounds interesting. Maybe Saw got their inspiration from it.
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Post by yggdrasil on Dec 23, 2018 14:40:31 GMT
That's the one. They had another Amicus I remember with one part in a loony bin and the bloke running it had to run through a narrow corridor with razor blades in the wall and then they turned the lights out. Remember anything like that? Can't say that I do, but it sounds interesting. Maybe Saw got their inspiration from it. Found it, anthology but not Amicus www.imdb.com/title/tt0069341/"When Rogers ignores the pleas of resident George Carter (Patrick Magee) for help, another resident dies from the cold and a stone-faced Carter leads the others in exacting revenge. Carter and his group subdue the staff, then lock Rogers and Shane in separate rooms in the basement as they construct a small maze of narrow corridors between the two rooms. Rogers and Shane are starved, leading to the dog becoming ravenous. After two days, Rogers' door is unlocked and he must find his way through with the lights off. He yells out in pain as Carter turns the lights on, discovering one corridor is lined with razor blades. Rogers makes it past, but finds Shane being let out from the room in front of him. He flees back towards the razors, but Carter turns the lights off and Rogers is heard screaming as the hungry dog catches up with him." Directed by that great stalwart of British cinema Freddie Francis.
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Post by Flying Monkeys on Dec 23, 2018 15:26:18 GMT
Ha! Yes, remember that one.
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Dec 23, 2018 22:13:47 GMT
Found it, anthology but not Amicus
Oh yes it is - as can be seen on your link if you look carefully.
To my mind, Tales from the Crypt and From Beyond the Grave are the two best Amicus pictures. Dr Terror's House of Horrors is the second worst.
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Post by Colin Sibthorpe on Dec 23, 2018 22:29:08 GMT
Nearly all the Amicus stories involved horrible people getting their comeuppance. But in one of the stories in Vault of Horror it was the victim who got sent to Hell. This always struck me as a bit harsh.
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