Vault of Horror *solved*

[don of forest view rd e12]

any one know a film simllar to DEAD OF NIGHT & HAFEWAY HOUSE ,

about the same year, about people traped in a basement telling stories

DON

[catflap]

Hardly the same year (the best part of three decades later) but is there any chance it could be "Vault of Horror" (1973)?

[Santonix]

name='catflap']Hardly the same year (the best part of three decades later) but is there any chance it could be "Vault of Horror" (1973)?

Also known as "Tales From The Crypt" and I think it was released in 1972. With Ralph Richardson, Richard Greene, Joan Collins...... et al. The best of the stories starred Nigel Patrick as an ex army colonel who ran a retirement home with the aid of his Alsation dog.........

[Sgt Dudfoot]

Vault Of Horror was a different film to Tales From The Crypt and was released in 1973. It starred Tom Baker, Anna Massey amongst others. I think Terry-Thomas was in one of the segments. An anthology film near the time of Dead Of Night, and again Ealing, was Train Of Events but I don't think the basement entered into it, and it was about people who were affected by a train disaster.

[smudge]

Yup - VAULT was the one where the lift descends to the (13th floor) basement. CRYPT is where the subjects of the stories are taking a cave tour and get lost - when they run into the Cryptkeeper (wonderful nonsense from Ralph Richardson !)



Indeed, T-T was in VAULT as the meticulous man who marries scatty Glynis Johns and whose component parts finally wind up in meticulously labelled jars on his neat and tidy shelves....



SMUDGE

[DB7]

Don't they both have a similar ending? The (living dead) participants exiting to a netherworld?

[Sgt Dudfoot]

name='DB7']Don't they both have a similar ending? The (living dead) participants exiting to a netherworld?

Yes, and this is also the case in another Amicus portmanteau Dr Terror's House Of Horrors where the characters are all in the same train compartment which at the ends ends up taking them to the aforementioned netherworld, which is surely Hell?

[Jim]

name='Santonix']Also known as "Tales From The Crypt" and I think it was released in 1972. With Ralph Richardson, Richard Greene, Joan Collins...... et al. The best of the stories starred Nigel Patrick as an ex army colonel who ran a retirement home with the aid of his Alsation dog.........

Ah! I think I remember that one - did it have razor blades in it?

[smudge]

name='Jim']Ah! I think I remember that one - did it have razor blades in it?

It did indeed Jim...



VERY nasty ! Good job they left most of it to the imagination back then...



SMUDGE

[Jim]

name='smudge']It did indeed Jim...



VERY nasty ! Good job they left most of it to the imagination back then...



SMUDGE

I can't remember Nige ever playing a nasty role, although he must have done at some time.

[smudge]

name='Jim']I can't remember Nige ever playing a nasty role, although he must have done at some time.

Oh yes, he was a horrid old wotsit in VAULT OF HORROR and (as is always the case on these morality playlets) he well and truly got what he deserved...!



SMUDGE

[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)

[smudge]

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



Smudge

[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

The Midnight Man: The Official Website of the author Stephen Laws

[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.