mando

HI,

please help ... trying to find name of the following ... british black and white film, possibly in the 1950s, men telling stories of how they died and in one Glynis Jones playing the wife who kills and then puts her husband's body parts into jars and kept on saying "neat, neat, neat".

searching net for last 3 hours and not finding anything and driving me crazy

thanks

penfold

Ignoring the date and colour/lack of, this sounds very much like The Vault of Horror (1973) - did you watch it on a B&W TV perhaps??

Especially if you consult the Wikipedia page for it... The Vault of Horror (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

smudge

It's definitely VAULT as it is Terry-Thomas, as the over fussy husband, who ends up neatly stored in the jars..

Smudge

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Stephen Laws

If you're intending to track down the movie - be aware that there are two versions of it (potentially three). Whereas the original British release shows Glynis' murder of Terry Thomas with a hammer, the American release seems to 'bottle out' of the nastiness and shows a freeze-frame still instead. Similarly, in a sequence where Daniel Massey is hung up and 'bled' by vampires, the original British release shows the scene - but the American release again uses a freeze-frame. A nasty shot of a chap's severed hands was cut (if you'll pardon the pun) from the original British cinema release when released on both of those versions - although I'm advised that there is a video or DVD release out there somewhere that contains it.

Cheers
Stephen Laws
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mando

thanks so much - can sleep at night now (well, at least until I watch it again )

Dame Starry

I'd forgotten about this film - I always thought that the pairing of Glynis Johns with Terry Thomas was inspiring.

DS x.