Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
When a tourist group become lost within ancient catacombs, they meet the sinister Crypt Keeper, who tells them each their fate. The enigmatic figure's macabre stories involve a wife dabbling in murder, a retired sanitation worker targeted by his suspicious neighbors, and an adulterer who may face a fitting demise if the yarns come true.
- immortality
- santa claus
- supernatural
- wish
- based on comic
- anthology
- dog
- tomb
- stranger
- booby trap
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Joan Collins
Joanne Clayton
Peter Cushing
Arthur Edward Grimsdyke
Roy Dotrice
Charles Gregory
Richard Greene
Ralph Jason
- Ian Hendry — Carl Maitland
- Patrick Magee — George Carter
- Barbara Murray — Enid Jason
- Nigel Patrick — Maj. William Rogers
- Robin Phillips — James Elliot
- Ralph Richardson — The Crypt Keeper
- Geoffrey Bayldon — Guide
- Martin Boddey — Husband
- Chloe Franks — Daughter
- Oliver MacGreevy — Maniac
- Susan Denny — Wife
- Directed
- Freddie Francis
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 353 ratings
- Studio
- Amicus Productions, Metromedia Producers Corporation
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1972 · You’re hereTales from the Crypt
Where it starts.
The Vault of Horror
1973
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
