Seeing him later during film exploration in more fun and unusual roles was amazing, from At the Earth's Core and those times he was Doctor Who, and he always managed to bring an air of dignified mischief to them as well. The story of him and Christopher Lee being asked to leave a cartoon matinee for laughing like mad bastards always warms the heart~
So sad that Peter Cushing had lost his wife around the time of this movie. He's such a great actor and I've heard that he was great to work with too. That role must have have been difficult for him to play, and yet he's amazing as always. One of the true horror greats and sad we lost him.
apparently, this movie was therapeutic to him as it helped him with grief. he talks to a picture of his actual wife, which did him more to get out grief than anything else had done.
Ironically some of his best work was done following his wife's death,. he really threw himself into the work and so we got some really excellent performances from him despite the sad circumstances
@@jaymartin8273 I legit feel his finest performance as Baron Frankenstein was that last one after his wife died, "Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell." He plays the character with a lot of pathos that isn't there in the previous movies.
I'm still wondering how the guy from the fourth story ended up in Hell. Not just because he was the most innocent of the five, but because his wife wished him alive forever. If she wished him alive forever, then how did he end up in Hell?
He was allowed to leave and receive punishment first because he was the most innocent. However, he still wound up in hell because of his financial scheming. The rest are still confined to their torment of being forced to relive their final acts over and over until being allowed the time for their suffering to end. The interpretation of Hell here is that it is essentially a recycling area for souls to be cleansed.
@@theobserver6579 That seems pretty thin to me. Making money **back then** didn't hurt other people as much as it does now. He was just trying to look out for this family, albeit in a bizarre way. And he gets sent to hell for that?? I find it a matter of no adults minding the candy store--they just legit weren't paying attention and thought we wouldn't either. #JusticeforRalphJason
That clip of "demon knight" is one of my favorite parts of the movie too! I laugh my ass off every time I see it! Billy Zane is an extremely underrated actor, he made the whole movie worth watching! Sik
He was motherfuckering in 'Sniper' with Tom Berringer as well! He was actually offered the lead in 'Titanic'...the part that went to DiCaprio, but wisely turned it down so he would not be seen as a teen heartthrob, and limited to future roles.
Ya, that old gothic feel and existential dread. Liked the morality play of this one, but there was something about British horror at the time (and always with that same diffuse lighting) that was just weird and unsettling beyond the story being told.
I'm old enough to remember this movie when it first popped up on TV. That last episode always scarded the crap out of me. Blackness, razor blades, and a mad dog, nightmare fuel.
Amicus did a ton of these things--Asylum, The House That Dripped Blood, and Dr. Terror's House of Horror, to name a few. They were all directed by Freddie Francis, produced by Amicus founder Milton Subotsky, and contained fine casts of veteran British actors, notably Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Amicus was Hammer's main competition in the horror genre, and actually outlasted them.
Even more, when his wife first died, he didn't even want to work. Christopher Lee had to drag him into "Horror Express." Speaking of, I'm sure we've all heard the story Lee liked to tell about being emotionally blackmailed into doing the later Hammer Draculas. But taking note of all the pictures of Lee with his wife and daughter with Cushing on the set of "Dracula A.D. 1972" (something not especially prevalent with their other movies together), I'm convinced Lee really signed on to do A.D. '72 so he could keep Cushing company and Cushing wouldn't be so lonely.
What would Christmas be without an ax murdering Santa Claus? And this is back when the crypt keeper was a crusty old man and not a crusty old puppet. Happy holidays, Brandon.
for the guy who was revived after being embalmed, there IS a solution, though it's a bit inconvenient. He can't die, so just pump him full of morphine until he can't feel pain anymore and will stop thrashing around and fix him. Extract the embalming fluid and put regular blood back into him, surgically fix any broken parts, and wait for him to recover. He can't die so all you can do is fix him, right?
“Perhaps I should swap in some music more appropriate for a horror anthology” I know I’m not the only one that was hoping for that “come on and dance with me” ear worm from Night Train to Terror Edit: fixed some grammar
@@ShadowSonic2 i don’t actually which one it was. But the one from Night Train to Terror is just too catchy, Brandon has a pretty good review for that film
I always hated the 3rd story because you really felt sorry for Peter Cushing's character, and yes even if he did get his revenge and the prick died, you still don't feel any satisfaction! I guess that's mostly because the majority of the story is seeing this old poor man suffering and the revenge part felt kinda quick. And after hearing the trivia, I now even feel more sorry for Peter Cushing! I give him cred for still doing it even though he was in depression, but damn!...
I have the complete digital copies of all three comic series, plus a few others that are in the adventure, war, and fantasy settings. Excellent to read on your tablet.
Both are pretty good, though, I wasnt sure if it was this one that had the terrible vampire restaurant story with the Masseys. It started with such a good vibe but the goofy fangs and blood were awful!
Same. It’s not the holiday season until I see that terrible nail polish looking blood lol. They remade that story on the television show as well. If you haven’t seen it, seek it out, but I prefer the movies version.
I just showed this movie to my wife recently. Randomly found it streaming and was shocked at how good it was since I saw it when I was a kid. I'm really thankful for seeing this review. More people should see this movie, I think. The "Oh, sh*t!" moments were pretty epic, even if a little illogical. Thanks for this!
Cushing was awesome as always and was an incredibly nice guy with a great sense of humor too from what I've heard, it's a pity there aren't too many like in left in Hollywood, in fact we're pretty much left with the dead opposite these days. It really was particularly sad when he lost his wife, he adored her and was completely devastated and never got over it. In fact when he got diagnosed with prostate cancer not too long afterwards he didn't bother getting any treatment, even though without it he still ended up living another 10 years.
i miss good old fashioned Horror Anthology movies, the modern ones just aren't as good as the old ones. if you combine the Tales From The Crypt's Poetic Justice & Blind Alleys segments with The Vault Of Horror's The Neat Job & Drawn and Quatered segments you'd have the greatest Horror Anthology movie ever. each segment are so amazingly done and convey a full emotion filled story in such a short time.
There are modern horror anthology movies? I'd imagine there's only a handful and they're all direct to video/streaming. And we're talking the bottom rung of streaming apps.
@@unclefranklin4575 sadly most are just like you say, but some are actually fairly decent. off all the modern ones i've seen Trick R Treat, The A.B.C'S Of Death, VHS, and Chillerama were all entertaining (Chillerama was extremely over the top and bonkers).
When you mentioned the killer dressed as Santa was six-foot-three, I was reminded of the old Porky Pig cartoon, "Bye, Bye, Bluebeard," and that moment when Bluebeard shows up with a big ruler next to him showing that he's 6 feet, 3 inches tall.
@@chadkimmel8957 Peter Cushing is a creep shop owner who is the sort of presenter character. Everyone who buys something from his shop but cheats him then has something bad happen to them which we see in each story. Donald Pleasence is in it too.
I would have loved to see the two stories that were originally planned 'Body Count' and 'Fat Tuesday' be adapted, especially if they ever did a reboot.
Finally, someone agrees with me about the Monkey's Paw segment. That always bothered me that he was being punished when it was his wife that caused the problems with her wishes.
That Tales from the Crypt series remake of 'All Through the House' scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. I'd just gotten a new TV for Christmas, and that episode was one of the first things I happened to watch on it one late Saturday night. For weeks after I was scared to death to look out my window, afraid I'd see that psychotic Santa grinning in at me. Even today it's one of the creepiest episodes of the entire series, imo.
That episode of Tales from the crypt "The Ventriloquist's dummy" is literally the reason for my fear of dolls. I thought it was Child's Play or Slappy from Goosebumps, but after seeing that episode as an adult it clicked in my head and I was like "oh yeah, that was the thing from my nightmares."
Years ago I caught the last part of this, Blind Alley, but never knew what the movie was. For years it's been bugging me. For a while I was convinced I'd imagined it. So thanks for the review. That's one mystery solved.
I loved Tales From the Crypt. I saw it with my mom in NYC TV in the 80s, the best story was with Peter Cushing, my mom also would give a middle finger when the crypt keeper said " Whos next, perhaps you?" and I would laugh so hard at this. My mom now is 77, and she still creeps me out when she says the line from the Monkeys Paw segment, " I wish for lots and lots of money" to mess with me, great video!
Thanks for this review. I had seen this movie when I was pretty young, and the maze with the razors embedded in the walls stuck in my memory but I couldn't recall what the movie was.
There is an earlier anthology similar to this called Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965) starring Peter Cushing in the Keeper role, this is set on a train and also stars Christopher Lee. This movie is the inspiration for the Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horrors" Halloween specials.
I think ComicTropes just covered the comic book version of that first story in his recent Bad Santas video - love it when two of my favorite UA-cam channels overlap!
I love all those British anthologies, I have most of them on video. My favourite Amicus anthology Is Dr Terrors house of Horrors, it as a quality feel to it.
one thing i like about this movie is that it makes the Crypt-Keeper's host role a little more in-universe, with there being someone he tells the stories to besides just the audience
Personally really like this one, it does play it VERY straight and more or less eschews with the gallows humor ( whereas the old EC comics had *some* of that and the HBO series doubled way down on it) but these are very good adaptations and an over all pretty great anthology movie
I'm so happy you did a review of this awesome movie! It's one of my favorites of all time. The intro music makes me smile 😁. Keep up the great reviews!
I've never seen this film before.GOOD job on the video Brandon,your comments always has me in stiches!!! LOL.Your content and movie selections separates you from other film reviews-I SALUTE YOU.Keep'em coming.
Great review Brandon, thank you. I still love the fact that Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (fantastic singing voice - check him out in "The Return of Captain Invincible" - still awesome) were the best of friends in real life. Also they were both total professionals and really nice people, each with a great sense of humour. Certain 'modern' actors should take note and learn - no hissy fits, if you don't mind. Just sayin'.
I have a Christmas CD called Tales From The Crypt wish you a merry Cryptmas. There are Christmas songs sang by the voice of the Crypt Keeper and a audio story version of All Through The House. Track it down it's cheesy funny. HA right as the woman was cutting up her reanimated husband, UA-cam cut to a power tools ad From Menards !
Now I want to see you do a review of Psychomania I am sad that my original 70's vhs release of it is shot but I at least was able to watch it 12 times in a 10 years span of buying it from a garage sale it watches more like early horror comedy
THIS....great review. I miss the days where I could turn on the tv and just leave it on a movie solely because Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee was in it......without even knowing the title or premise. They were that good. We were seriously lucky to have them
If they made another "Tales From The Crypt" movie would you want it to be an anthology or one story?
Anthology. No question.
You could do it like the Hammer anthologies where they are separate stories that tie the characters together somehow.
Anthology. Has to be.
Anthology, naturally. Just what made the films work (I liked Demon Knight, but you need TFTC to be a proper anthology flick)
@@MutaScale
They could do the anthology like how Trick or Treat did. Have the stories have characters that tie into each story
Peter Cushing is a national treasure.
This was my favorite film as a kid.
That he is, that he is.
I’ll never get tired of seeing him in old school horror movies, especially if it includes Vincent Price and Christopher Lee.
Seeing him later during film exploration in more fun and unusual roles was amazing, from At the Earth's Core and those times he was Doctor Who, and he always managed to bring an air of dignified mischief to them as well. The story of him and Christopher Lee being asked to leave a cartoon matinee for laughing like mad bastards always warms the heart~
mine too! but I didn't know its name until now! Crazy that it's a Tales from the Crypt movie.
Pete was always awesome, even I first became aware of him when I was 10.
So sad that Peter Cushing had lost his wife around the time of this movie. He's such a great actor and I've heard that he was great to work with too. That role must have have been difficult for him to play, and yet he's amazing as always. One of the true horror greats and sad we lost him.
apparently, this movie was therapeutic to him as it helped him with grief. he talks to a picture of his actual wife, which did him more to get out grief than anything else had done.
Peter Cushing crushing it here.
As he usually does
Ironically some of his best work was done following his wife's death,. he really threw himself into the work and so we got some really excellent performances from him despite the sad circumstances
He’s my crush crush crush
@@jaymartin8273 I legit feel his finest performance as Baron Frankenstein was that last one after his wife died, "Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell." He plays the character with a lot of pathos that isn't there in the previous movies.
Has he ever done otherwise? The man can do no wrong in my book.
Still way better than third Tales or third Creepshow movies combined.
Well that goes without saying!
Hey Brandon ever thought about putting together your own Rifftrack Crew to Rip through a Few
@@TheBrandonTenold You should take a look at I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) with Joan Collins, Donald Pleasence and Caroline Munro.
@@wimvanderstraeten6521 What a movie!
They both have 0% on RT
I'm still wondering how the guy from the fourth story ended up in Hell. Not just because he was the most innocent of the five, but because his wife wished him alive forever. If she wished him alive forever, then how did he end up in Hell?
He was allowed to leave and receive punishment first because he was the most innocent. However, he still wound up in hell because of his financial scheming.
The rest are still confined to their torment of being forced to relive their final acts over and over until being allowed the time for their suffering to end.
The interpretation of Hell here is that it is essentially a recycling area for souls to be cleansed.
You could handwave it away by saying the guy who was with his wife took the statuette and wished away her wish. Still, the ending sucks regardless.
It could be viewed as his body returning to life, albeit a painful one, while his soul passed on to the afterlife.
@@theobserver6579 That seems pretty thin to me. Making money **back then** didn't hurt other people as much as it does now. He was just trying to look out for this family, albeit in a bizarre way. And he gets sent to hell for that??
I find it a matter of no adults minding the candy store--they just legit weren't paying attention and thought we wouldn't either.
#JusticeforRalphJason
Good point 😄
That clip of "demon knight" is one of my favorite parts of the movie too! I laugh my ass off every time I see it! Billy Zane is an extremely underrated actor, he made the whole movie worth watching! Sik
I've seen that clip countless times but I still chuckle everytime I see it.
@@Rando1975 me as well
He was motherfuckering in 'Sniper' with Tom Berringer as well! He was actually offered the lead in 'Titanic'...the part that went to DiCaprio, but wisely turned it down so he would not be seen as a teen heartthrob, and limited to future roles.
@@christhayil8354 yuup...and Tombstone...and the underrated superhero flick, The Phantom! Sik
@@sik7476 He even was in The Boys!
Richardson was also in Dragonslayer and Time Bandits, a great character actor.
And lent his voice to “Watership Down” 😄
Time Bandits nice
He was in 1936's H.G Wells 'Things to come' and as a diplomat in 1977 'A bridge too far'.
He also played Dr. Watson on the radio opposite John Gilgud as Sherlock Holmes. One of their episodes featured Orson Welles as Professor Moriarty!
Poetic Justice was just brutal to watch. Peter Cushing's performance was a real tear jerker.
The segments of the movie are called:
And All Through The House...
Reflection of Death
Wish You Were Here
Poetic Justice
Blind Alleys.
IMO, that third sketch is the best part Peter Cushing ever played.
You just made me remember a childhood tv show I forgotten, "Freaky Stories".
I THOUGHT THATS WHAT IT WAS!!!!
Thank you so much! I remembered that intro so well, but not what the show was called! Now I need to rewatch it.
It happened to a friend of a friend of mine...
All these years later and I still remember the antics of Larry and Maurice.
Thank you! This would've driven me insane.
Since next month is 2022, you should review the movie Soylent Green
A 1970s British horror anthology? That is my jam. Plus, that sequence where the guy walks through the razor blade hallway was creepy.
Ya, that old gothic feel and existential dread.
Liked the morality play of this one, but there was something about British horror at the time (and always with that same diffuse lighting) that was just weird and unsettling beyond the story being told.
I'm old enough to remember this movie when it first popped up on TV. That last episode always scarded the crap out of me. Blackness, razor blades, and a mad dog, nightmare fuel.
Yes it was!
Amicus did a ton of these things--Asylum, The House That Dripped Blood, and Dr. Terror's House of Horror, to name a few. They were all directed by Freddie Francis, produced by Amicus founder Milton Subotsky, and contained fine casts of veteran British actors, notably Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Amicus was Hammer's main competition in the horror genre, and actually outlasted them.
It's a frikkin beautiful torture kill device.
I'm amazed at Crushing ability to main composure when acting in his story when dealing with grief
He’s fantastic in this.
That's _Cush_ ing, not Crushing.
Even more, when his wife first died, he didn't even want to work. Christopher Lee had to drag him into "Horror Express."
Speaking of, I'm sure we've all heard the story Lee liked to tell about being emotionally blackmailed into doing the later Hammer Draculas. But taking note of all the pictures of Lee with his wife and daughter with Cushing on the set of "Dracula A.D. 1972" (something not especially prevalent with their other movies together), I'm convinced Lee really signed on to do A.D. '72 so he could keep Cushing company and Cushing wouldn't be so lonely.
@@ConstantineFurman That absolutely sounds like something Chris Lee would have done. He and Peter were great friends and Lee loved him very much.
@@ConstantineFurman I'll buy that story :=)
What would Christmas be without an ax murdering Santa Claus? And this is back when the crypt keeper was a crusty old man and not a crusty old puppet. Happy holidays, Brandon.
for the guy who was revived after being embalmed, there IS a solution, though it's a bit inconvenient. He can't die, so just pump him full of morphine until he can't feel pain anymore and will stop thrashing around and fix him. Extract the embalming fluid and put regular blood back into him, surgically fix any broken parts, and wait for him to recover. He can't die so all you can do is fix him, right?
I'm up for the trial run...
I would take the statue and I would just say I wish the woman did not make the wishes it with the Statue.
See it that works.
@@marlawhite1430 going by onkey paw rules she'd probably just be erased from existence, that way she would never make the wish
Monkey paw always has a catch no matter the wish.
@@licentiousdreams So WishMaster and Leprechaun franchises are basically regionally-based Monkey Paw stories? Hm. Never thought about it like that. :/
"Who's not going to kill me at the end? Who's not going to kill me at the end?"
Seriously, that was my favorite joke of the whole video XD
"Which way did he go? Whcih way did he go?"
“Perhaps I should swap in some music more appropriate for a horror anthology” I know I’m not the only one that was hoping for that “come on and dance with me” ear worm from Night Train to Terror
Edit: fixed some grammar
Wasn't it the theme from "Freaky Stories"?
@@ShadowSonic2 i don’t actually which one it was. But the one from Night Train to Terror is just too catchy, Brandon has a pretty good review for that film
@@ShadowSonic2yup
I like all of his needle drops. Green slime rules
I always hated the 3rd story because you really felt sorry for Peter Cushing's character, and yes even if he did get his revenge and the prick died, you still don't feel any satisfaction! I guess that's mostly because the majority of the story is seeing this old poor man suffering and the revenge part felt kinda quick. And after hearing the trivia, I now even feel more sorry for Peter Cushing! I give him cred for still doing it even though he was in depression, but damn!...
Cushing was hired to play the villain of that story but he asked if he could play Grimsdyke instead because, of course, he identified with him more.
@@ConstantineFurman Ah ok. Yeah that makes sense.
@@ConstantineFurman Interesting. Where does that info come from? As far as I knew, he was only ever up for playing Grimsdyke.
@@knshinn2 There have been several sources for that over the years. I think the last time I heard it was from the Peter Cushing Appreciation Society.
I guess it was his way of dealing with his grief.
Peter Cushing's segment in this movie still makes me cry
Peter Cushing’s acting is hands down the best part of the movie
.....and la Collins. Richardson (God from Time Bandits) is very entertaining as well in the best British way.
and Patrick McGee......awesome...
I have the complete digital copies of all three comic series, plus a few others that are in the adventure, war, and fantasy settings. Excellent to read on your tablet.
Where'd you get the digital copies?
Yes, where did you manage to find that?
Yeah, where ya find em? Huh?
I find your lack of a reply.... disturbing...
I second his feeling of being.... Disturbed...
That last one with the blind people is one of my favorite anthology shorts of all time.
They remade that episode on the television show as well (not as good).
They also remade the Christmas one (but I like the movies version better).
5:43
If anyone cares, the cryptkeeper (from the HBO show, that is) assured the audience that the little girl wasn't killed.
I slightly prefer the vibe of Vault of Horror, but this is also pretty killer
Both are pretty good, though, I wasnt sure if it was this one that had the terrible vampire restaurant story with the Masseys. It started with such a good vibe but the goofy fangs and blood were awful!
@@gerard_torbitt It was bloody awful? Lol.
I legit watch this every December. It's not Christmas until Joan Collins gets stalked by Santa.
Same. It’s not the holiday season until I see that terrible nail polish looking blood lol.
They remade that story on the television show as well. If you haven’t seen it, seek it out, but I prefer the movies version.
@@stevenjacob1983 Yes! It's one of the early episodes too.
sadly she also got stalked by father time too and went from "kinda pretty" to "oh my god what the hell happened to her face" in a few short years :-)
@@diquadhumungersaur492in this movie she is still super hot though.
Reflection of Death, the second story, is actually taken from an HP Lovecraft story called "The Outsider".
That part with Billy Zane from Demon Knight always makes me laugh.
1:32 I knew that theme was from Freaky Stories. I grew up on anthology shows.
Points! I had to Google it myself
An absolute classic.
Reminds me of being allowed to stay up late as a kid.
I just showed this movie to my wife recently. Randomly found it streaming and was shocked at how good it was since I saw it when I was a kid. I'm really thankful for seeing this review. More people should see this movie, I think. The "Oh, sh*t!" moments were pretty epic, even if a little illogical. Thanks for this!
Cushing was awesome as always and was an incredibly nice guy with a great sense of humor too from what I've heard, it's a pity there aren't too many like in left in Hollywood, in fact we're pretty much left with the dead opposite these days.
It really was particularly sad when he lost his wife, he adored her and was completely devastated and never got over it. In fact when he got diagnosed with prostate cancer not too long afterwards he didn't bother getting any treatment, even though without it he still ended up living another 10 years.
One of my favorite films. Every story a winner. Massive Amicus fan here, their portmanteaus are masterclass.
i miss good old fashioned Horror Anthology movies, the modern ones just aren't as good as the old ones.
if you combine the Tales From The Crypt's Poetic Justice & Blind Alleys segments with The Vault Of Horror's The Neat Job & Drawn and Quatered segments you'd have the greatest Horror Anthology movie ever.
each segment are so amazingly done and convey a full emotion filled story in such a short time.
Black Sabbath from Mario Bava is also fantastic and a ton of fun
There are modern horror anthology movies? I'd imagine there's only a handful and they're all direct to video/streaming. And we're talking the bottom rung of streaming apps.
@@unclefranklin4575 sadly most are just like you say, but some are actually fairly decent.
off all the modern ones i've seen Trick R Treat, The A.B.C'S Of Death, VHS, and Chillerama were all entertaining (Chillerama was extremely over the top and bonkers).
I seen this at the drive-in, when I was a kid. Scared the crap outa me. Still one of my top 10 favorite movies.
Me hearing the opening Bach chords;
“Oh, he’s reviewing ‘Rollerball’!”
Hell yes, thought the same
"Super Zombie." I feel like the walking corpse would have glowing yellow hair and blue eyes
You know, Brandon might be known for Godzilla videos but his anthology reviews are phenomenal as well!
So I'm English. This film, to me, it's peak British horror. I love this film, its so entertaining
When you mentioned the killer dressed as Santa was six-foot-three, I was reminded of the old Porky Pig cartoon, "Bye, Bye, Bluebeard," and that moment when Bluebeard shows up with a big ruler next to him showing that he's 6 feet, 3 inches tall.
Please do The Vault of Horror next, it’s kind of a sequel to this.
I loved Dr Terror's Vault of Horror
I count it as 1, its from the same studio, it came just a year later, and is another horror anthology.
I like to think of From Beyond The Grave as the third in the trilogy even though it isn't EC. Still very similar vibe.
@@rodster6campingprepper I’ll have to look that one up
@@chadkimmel8957 Peter Cushing is a creep shop owner who is the sort of presenter character. Everyone who buys something from his shop but cheats him then has something bad happen to them which we see in each story. Donald Pleasence is in it too.
Planning on doing its follow up Vault of Horror, aka Tales From the Crypt 2? You know there is a Doctor in it.
I would have loved to see the two stories that were originally planned 'Body Count' and 'Fat Tuesday' be adapted, especially if they ever did a reboot.
Finally, someone agrees with me about the Monkey's Paw segment. That always bothered me that he was being punished when it was his wife that caused the problems with her wishes.
I suppose it was his fault that he married her in the first place?? Hmm....
To be honest, this is one of my favorite horror movies
1:33 A Freaky Stories reference in 2021. You are indeed a man of culture.
Thank you. it was driving me crazy
The guy with the uniform on,is in Asylum anthology ,as a mad Doctor.
As of terrifier 3, the most horrifying version of the santa claus story involves Art the Clown.
Hey Brandon does this mean you'll be talking about it's sequel the vault of horror on your next video?
Patrick Magee looked like a Jack Davis character come to life more than anyone else.
"Um, excuse me. If my wife wished I would never die, how come I'm here in the gateway to Hell? Don't I have to be dead for that or something?"
That Tales from the Crypt series remake of 'All Through the House' scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. I'd just gotten a new TV for Christmas, and that episode was one of the first things I happened to watch on it one late Saturday night. For weeks after I was scared to death to look out my window, afraid I'd see that psychotic Santa grinning in at me. Even today it's one of the creepiest episodes of the entire series, imo.
That episode of Tales from the crypt "The Ventriloquist's dummy" is literally the reason for my fear of dolls. I thought it was Child's Play or Slappy from Goosebumps, but after seeing that episode as an adult it clicked in my head and I was like "oh yeah, that was the thing from my nightmares."
10:09 Here's this for a fun fact: Before Cushing took the role, Grimsdyke was going to be a more minor character, without any lines of dialogue.
I love Brandon sense of humor. That is why is keep watching his videos.
Another PG rated movie from 70s which would NOT be PG or PG-13 today
Years ago I caught the last part of this, Blind Alley, but never knew what the movie was. For years it's been bugging me. For a while I was convinced I'd imagined it. So thanks for the review. That's one mystery solved.
I loved Tales From the Crypt. I saw it with my mom in NYC TV in the 80s, the best story was with Peter Cushing, my mom also would give a middle finger when the crypt keeper said " Whos next, perhaps you?" and I would laugh so hard at this. My mom now is 77, and she still creeps me out when she says the line from the Monkeys Paw segment, " I wish for lots and lots of money" to mess with me, great video!
Saw it when i was 10 in Australia and loved it. Cheers mate
I forgot about this movie 😯🍿👏🏾
My mom & I watched this *YEARS* ago & the opening scenario with Joan stuck with me!
Love horror anthology movies and this is one of my favorites.
Was not expecting a shout out to some classic Cancon gross out anthology this morning.
Brandon mentioned Psychomania. And that makes me happier than it should.
I never knew this film existed. Cool find, Brandon! Also, nice reference to the YTV show, "Freaky Stories".
I hope one day you get to Tales From The Hood. A lot of deep messages, and good horror anthology.
It's already a trilogy with the third one featuring Tony Todd.
@@Invidente7 I already knew that. Creepshow is one as well. I just heavily disregard the other two because they're not as good as the first one.
It was nice of Santa to give that young lady a good shoulder massage by the fire 😁
Yes I remember the protests of Silent Night Deadly Night and then when you look at the movie you're like big deal.
Thanks for this review. I had seen this movie when I was pretty young, and the maze with the razors embedded in the walls stuck in my memory but I couldn't recall what the movie was.
My favourite of these Amicus anthologies is The House That Dripped Blood - what a hoot.
There is an earlier anthology similar to this called Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965) starring Peter Cushing in the Keeper role, this is set on a train and also stars Christopher Lee. This movie is the inspiration for the Simpsons' "Treehouse of Horrors" Halloween specials.
A film that terrified me as a kid, every story more horrifying and dreadful the the previous. Still gives me chills.
That Christmas tree is the scariest thing in the movie. What the hell’s up with that thing?!
I think ComicTropes just covered the comic book version of that first story in his recent Bad Santas video - love it when two of my favorite UA-cam channels overlap!
This anthology remind me of Tales from the Hood and if you seen that then you already know what the twist at the end of this movie's going to be.
YES! I loved vault of horror more, these were late night premium cable delights
I like how the thumbnail is in the creepshow style
I love all those British anthologies, I have most of them on video. My favourite Amicus anthology Is Dr Terrors house of Horrors, it as a quality feel to it.
one thing i like about this movie is that it makes the Crypt-Keeper's host role a little more in-universe, with there being someone he tells the stories to besides just the audience
He’s not the vault keeper, he’s the Wizard Ulrich who slayed the dragon Vermithrax with help from Galin in Dragonslayer…..DUH!
Don’t forget The Supreme Being!
@@TheRealNormanBates Ahhh yes, Time Bandits. That was his final form after the ascension. 😂👍
Personally really like this one, it does play it VERY straight and more or less eschews with the gallows humor ( whereas the old EC comics had *some* of that and the HBO series doubled way down on it) but these are very good adaptations and an over all pretty great anthology movie
Most Amicus anthologies tended to have one story played for laughs. NOT this one!!!!!
FREAKY STORIES! Thanks a lot, Brandon, i did remember that show's intro, but not the name! You're right, I *really* appreciate it!
Thanks for doing a review on this movie! I remember seeing it as a kid, and I love seeing it so many years later on your channel!
I'm so happy you did a review of this awesome movie! It's one of my favorites of all time. The intro music makes me smile 😁. Keep up the great reviews!
The sheer nostalgia hit I got from hearing the "Freaky Stories" intro music! Thanks, Brandon!
Merry Christmas to you too Brandon!
I remember watching thus with my dad when I was younger
OMG THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES! I remember watching this one with my dad!
Great video, thanks for delivering on some Christmas spirit...
I've never seen this film before.GOOD job on the video Brandon,your comments always has me in stiches!!! LOL.Your content and movie selections separates you from other film reviews-I SALUTE YOU.Keep'em coming.
The thumbnail made me think this was going to be the one episode, I didn't even know this existed. Great theme reference too.
Happy Christmas Brando Tenold
Excellent review, Brandon. As usual.
I remember catching this movie as a kid and liking it. Also thought it had the worst looking blood I had ever seen.
Great review Brandon, thank you. I still love the fact that Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee (fantastic singing voice - check him out in "The Return of Captain Invincible" - still awesome) were the best of friends in real life. Also they were both total professionals and really nice people, each with a great sense of humour. Certain 'modern' actors should take note and learn - no hissy fits, if you don't mind. Just sayin'.
I have a Christmas CD called Tales From The Crypt wish you a merry Cryptmas. There are Christmas songs sang by the voice of the Crypt Keeper and a audio story version of All Through The House. Track it down it's cheesy funny. HA right as the woman was cutting up her reanimated husband, UA-cam cut to a power tools ad From Menards !
Now I want to see you do a review of Psychomania I am sad that my original 70's vhs release of it is shot but I at least was able to watch it 12 times in a 10 years span of buying it from a garage sale it watches more like early horror comedy
I saw this as a kid paired with Vault of Horror at the old Tower Drive in Theater in Tampa, FL. I was about 8 at the time. I LOVED IT. Still do.
Merry Christmas, Brandon!
THIS....great review.
I miss the days where I could turn on the tv and just leave it on a movie solely because Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee was in it......without even knowing the title or premise. They were that good. We were seriously lucky to have them