Tales from the Crypt
DEATH LIVES in the Vault of Horror!
Directed by Freddie Francis
Produced by Amicus Productions, Metromedia Producers Corporation
A darkly playful horror anthology where a sinister Crypt Keeper delivers morality tales laced with supernatural irony and macabre comeuppance.
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.
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