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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 90% of the 328 1970s horror movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
357 audience votes
Key crew
- Freddie FrancisDirector
- Milton SubotskyScreenplay
- Douglas GamleyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joan CollinsJoanne Clayton
- Peter CushingArthur Edward Grimsdyke
- Roy DotriceCharles Gregory
- Richard GreeneRalph Jason
- Ian HendryCarl Maitland
- Patrick MageeGeorge Carter
- Barbara MurrayEnid Jason
- Nigel PatrickMaj. William Rogers
- Robin PhillipsJames Elliot
- Ralph RichardsonThe Crypt Keeper
- Geoffrey BayldonGuide
- Martin BoddeyHusband
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Themes
immortalitysanta claussupernaturalwishbased on comicanthologydogtombstrangerbooby trapjingle bellscommunicating with the dead
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