Nigel P This is an anthology film of the type prolific during the 1970s, which became something of a speciality for Amicus Productions. Five fairly lightweight stories feature an exceptional cast including Terry-Thomas as the meticulously house-proud Arthur Critchit ("Can't you do anything neatly?"), his wife Eleanor played by Glynis Johns; Daniel and Anna Massey as brother and sister Harold and Dona Rogers; Curd Jürgens as a magician on holiday in Amicus' cut-price India doing dodgy business with a terrific Dawn Addams; Michael Craig in a grave-robbing tale alongside Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies and Arthur Mullard, who were comedy actors popular at the time; finally, future Doctor Who Tom Baker as Moore, a cash-strapped painter who falls victim of voodoo magic in Haiti and gets revenge on scammer Denholm Elliot and Terence Alexander.The framing device features Thomas, Jürgens, Baker, Daniel Massey and Craig who enter an elevator, a scene which opens the film. The loud bombastic music jars with this scene in my view. Five men, all methodically ignoring each other as people do in lifts as the soundtrack bangs and crashes around them – how much more effective it would have been if the music had been low and sinister. Anyhow, their joint destination, although none of them could foresee it, is an elaborate chamber bedecked with food, seemingly at the basement of the building. It is here they recount their stories and dreams to one another. All of them are revealed to be hugely flawed.The final twist in the story, and just where they are, is not massively surprising, but the success lies in the way in which their fate is revealed. Never a company for lavish theatrics, Amicus nevertheless had an occasional knack of delivering something truly spine-chilling (Moore's protracted revenge is a case in point).The cast are uniformly excellent, never betraying their worth for the occasional silliness of the stories in which they feature. One of Amicus' trademarks was that their films were tinged with a sense of humour that assured its audience that the horror was not to be taken too seriously. Sometimes this approach worked, and sometimes to the detriment of the tales being told, yet with such a lot going on, the pace never falters. When the comedic elements were not successful, it seemed as if the horror itself was being ridiculed.

BA_Harrison Five strangers enter a lift that takes them to the wrong floor—the sub-basement—where they find comfy chairs and drinks waiting for them. With no exit from the room, they settle down and begin to tell each other about the recurring dreams that they have been having (as you do).In the first story, Midnight Mess, Rogers (Daniel Massey) travels to a strange town in order to murder his sister Donna, who has inherited all of their father's money. After doing so, he visits a restaurant where he is served a most unusual meal, and finds himself providing refreshments for the rest of the clientèle, who only come out after dark.The next dream, The Neat Job, is relayed by neat freak Critchit (Terry Thomas), who constantly berates his wife Eleanor (Glynis Johns) about being tidy. After a stressful afternoon, Eleanor eventually snaps, and shows Critchit just how organised she can be when she wants to.Dream number three is titled This Trick'll Kill You and stars Curd Jürgens as a magician who, with the help of his wife, finds a trick that is guaranteed to wow the audience. Shame they don't get the opportunity to try it out in front of one.Bargain in Death, the penultimate story, has author Maitland (Michael Craig) devise a life insurance scam that involves him being buried alive after taking a drug that induces a death-like state. Unsurprisingly, things don't go quite as planned.Tale number five is Drawn and Quartered, in which struggling artist Moore (Tom Baker), residing in Haiti, discovers that he has been exploited by three men. A quick visit to the local voodoo man gives him the power to exact revenge through his paintings.Based on the EC comics of the same name, The Vault of Horror is a rather uninspired collection of tongue-in-cheek tales of the macabre that are neither scary nor all that shocking; a decent cast can do little to make this mediocre material shine. There is, however, some fun to be had from the occasional spot of garish comic-book gore, so if you do decide to check the film out, be sure to watch the unedited version to get the full ghoulish effect.Oh, and no prizes for guessing that all of the men in the lift are actually dead.

GL84 Disembarking an elevator, five men find themselves in a small room and proceed to tell their dreams to each other to pass the time until they are rescued.The Good Stor(ies):This Trick'll Kill You-Traveling to India, a magician looks to find a new trick to bring into his act. His assistant wants to leave, but after agreeing to another night, he happens upon a local performing a special rope trick. Wanting to know how it works, he tries to get the secret of the act but it soon resorts into something that none of them saw coming. This is a really interesting one that is quite fun. The central premise is quite fun and there's a central air of mystery to be had as it takes place in a foreign country with a seedy underside. There is one particularly gruesome effect when a fakir manages to push a knife right through his cheek, and the scene where his assistant climbs the rope, sees something at the top, screams and disappears, leaving nothing but a swiftly spreading pool of blood on the ceiling is particularly gruesome. Even the rope attack at the end is done well, and the only real part that isn't all that terrific is the long sequence where they try to figure out the trick. It goes on a little too long, but is the only thing wrong with it.Drawn and Quartered-Living in Haiti, an artist finds that his agent has been ripping him off by informing him his paintings are worthless while actually being sold for a lot of money in London. Meeting with a local witch-doctor, he finds that whatever he paints happens in real life. Traveling to London, he threatens revenge but it gets laughed at. Remembering his deal, he sets out to paint their futures for him to decide upon. This one here isn't anywhere near that bad, and is quite fun. The central premise is incredibly original and intriguing, and the fates suffered by the victims are fun to watch unfold. These are great ones and do get a few chills watching them, especially the gunshot one which is really suspenseful. Even the lead-up to the final twist has a few good parts going for it. The ending is a little predictable, but that's all that this one has against it.The Bad Stor(ies): Midnight Mess: Looking for his sister, a man arrives in a small town and finds her living alone. Warned away from going out at night, he decides to venture to the only open restaurant in town. Waiting to be served, he comes across a terrible secret that is particularly shocking. This one here is particularly uneven. Despite the strong central image of vampires planting spigots in a victim's jugular just like a wine cask or the most effective one where the curtains are pulled back to reveal a dining hall filled with reflection-less vampires, this one isn't that spectacular. The twist comes rather quickly, the whole thing is rushed out and this never once takes the time to build up to anything worthwhile. As well, the image of the incredibly fake vampire teeth protruding from the mouths is purely laughable. It's decent, but not that spectacular.The Neat Job-Moving in together, newlyweds quickly realize that his tidiness is a major source of irritation. As they spend more time together in the situation, it soon becomes even more irritable and distressful, and eventually she tries to make things right, to no avail. When it finally becomes too much to bear, she resorts to special means to get it solved. Simply put, this one is dull. It's not that horrific, nothing terribly shocking happens or anything at all, the twist is seen coming from a mile away and as a whole, the idea isn't that terrifying. This is the weakest of the stories and is easily forgettable.Bargain for Death-After realizing he's broke, a horror writer decides to fake his own death to collect the insurance money. As it works to perfection, he awakes in his casket and is soon dug out by medical students who want to bring him back to practice on. When it turns out that the cadaver isn't what they wanted, they resort to other means to get away. This one pretty much plays out like the first one, it's too rushed and doesn't have the time to build up to anything. Nothing is really remarkable about it, and it ends up not really making an impact on anything. The comedy in here is really dreadful and not that funny. It's only real bright spots are the nasty car crash and a pretty gory spade in the head death, but these here are the only things worthy about it.Today's Rating/PG-13: Violence.

atinder The Vault of Horror (1973)Also know Further Tales from the Crypt and Tales from the Crypt IIFive strangers meet and end up getting stuck in room, so then each of them tell them a dream,When first one Framing StoryHarold tracks down sister as their father died, so her their father as giving her everything so, he track her down,it's not every turn out the way he wanted to do This was one was just about decent, there some cool twist at the end of this movie, Did dose really a little out dated a bit.5 out of 10The Neat JobThe as got to be the most Stumper story I have seen, (My older brother his a bit like him) is very neatly but I don't think even, he said can't you do anything Neatly. I found the think way of the top act, the story, the ending was planing stupid.1/10This Trick'll Kill A bit better then the last storySebastian and is wife are India and looking for new trick and he finds this girl. who dose a trick,he want her trick and as he ask her to hotel room, it's her first mistake and His too.I didn't like sound effect in story at all, it's just sounded odd.. I didn't really get the rest of , for me it made sense at all, I found its very silly and ending I didn't really get it! (This another one that felt a little outdated as well)3/10Bargain in Death This wasn't to be bad, Scan between to Friends, back stabbing and then karma strikesthere one decent scarce Scene in this movie and I did I liked how story came to a end.Drawn and QuarteredThey saved the best story for last, I loved this, this was great story about Painter. who gets some voodoo pen /pins and start Draw with the them. He pain someone, when he wants his revenge , he dose nasty stuff the pictures , which happens to them in really life, for time this movie came decent.Some things did bother me in this movie, that would spoiler the movie over all I did enjoy the last story8/10Overall, This was very disappointing, then some really silly segments in this movie, the last story saved the movie a bit!7 out of 10 ,