Tales from the Crypt (film)

Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Freddie Francis
Screenplay by	Milton Subotsky
Based on	Tales from the Crypt; The Vault of Horror; by Al Feldstein; Johnny Craig; Bill Gaines
Produced by	Milton Subotsky; Max Rosenberg;
Starring	Joan Collins; Peter Cushing; Roy Dotrice; Richard Greene; Ian Hendry; Patrick Magee; Barbara Murray; Nigel Patrick; Robin Phillips; Ralph Richardson;
Cinematography	Norman Warwick
Edited by	Teddy Darvas
Music by	Douglas Gamley
Production; companies	Amicus Productions; Metromedia Producers Corporation;
Distributed by	Cinerama Releasing Corporation
Release date	8 March 1972;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£170,000
Box office	over $3 million (US) or $1,890,000

Tales from the Crypt is a 1972 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis.^[4] 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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^ ^a ^b Ed. Allan Bryce, Amicus: The Studio That Dripped Blood, Stray Cat Publishing, 2000 p 84-93
^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^ "Tales from the Crypt". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 March 2024.