Tales From The Crypt Page #2

Synopsis: Five persons are visiting a catacomb following a guide and get lost. They find that they are trapped in a crypt and, out of the blue, they see The Crypt Keeper (Ralph Richardson) that tells five stories: (1) And All through the House: On the Christmas Eve, Joanne Clayton kills her husband expecting to receive his insurance. She hears on the news that the police are seeking-out a serial-killer posing of Santa Claus. When the man knocks on her door, she can not call the police since the body of her husband lays on the living room, and Joanne locks windows and doors. When she looks for her daughter, she has a lethal surprise. (2) Reflection of Death: Carl Maitland leaves his wife and children and leaves town with his mistress. However something happens during their journey (3) Poetic Justice: The widower janitor Arthur Edward Grimsdyke is a good man that spends his leisure time with the children from the neighborhood. His heartless neighbor James Elliot does not like him and destroys his
Genre: Horror
Director(s): Freddie Francis
Production: Cinerama
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG
Year:
1972
92 min
Website
1,253 Views


I have a purpose.

- What sort of game are you playing?

- Game?

You're trying to

frighten us in some way.

What do you want?

To show you something.

Something in your own mind.

Something you are capable

of doing.

I don't wanna know.

Oh, but you must know.

You must.

[Children Chattering, Laughing]

[Chattering, Laughter Continue]

Thank you.

- We knew it was you.

- You knew it was me?

Dear old Punch though,

he's very nice, isn't he?

Ah, I know some of you

have to get home rather soon.

So there's your little present,

my dear. There.

- Thank you, Mr. Grimsdyke.

- That's all right.

Now shall I tell you something?

My wife's name was Helen. Mary Helen Grimsdyke.

I always called her Helen.

It's a nice name, isn't it? Yeah.

- Bye-bye then.

- Come on, Mark. Come on, Julie.

Come and sit here.

Bye-bye, Mark. Bye-bye, Julie.

- [Barking]

- Bye.

Bye.

Two little dickey birds

sitting on a wall.

One named Peter.

One named Paul.

Fly away, Peter.

Fly away, Paul.

Come back, Peter.

Come back, Paul.

That's it. [Laughs]

You think you could do that?

[Chattering]

What are you looking at?

Grimsdyke, of course.

His usual shell out

to the kids.

He does it every year

on his birthday.

- I don't know how you stand it.

- Stand what?

Living across the road

from that man.

He's a rubbish collector.

A dustman.

His place is an eyesore.

The toys he give those kids he finds

in the rubbish heap and repairs.

- Why doesn't he sell out?

- I've made him offers.

He's- He's sentimental

about that old dump.

Says he and his wife lived there

for their whole married life.

And now he wants to die there,

just as she did.

Well, it ruins the neighborhood

and depreciates the value of our property.

The inside must be like a pigsty.

He owns the place

free and clear.

Nothing we can do about it.

- Bye-bye. See you tomorrow. Shut the gate.

- [Barking]

Bye-bye.

Isn't there?

[Footsteps In Distance]

What on earth

have you been doing?

Somebody's just made an awful mess

of Mr. Baker's garden.

Poor Grimsdyke's neighbor.

He was so proud of his prize roses.

[Man]

My prize roses.

Years ofhard work.

It's Grimsdyke's dogs for sure.

This is too much. I'd like to make

an official complaint.

- [Whimpers]

- But you mustn't take them away.

They're my friends.

Sergeant, please.

It's a court order,

and they don't have licenses.

- I couldn't afford licenses.

- I'm sorry, Mr. Grimsdyke.

Sergeant, please.

- [Dogs Whimpering]

- [Door Closing]

[Van Departs]

Darling. Darling?

Are you there, darling?

Are you there, darling?

Can you hear me?

Can you hear me?

Is there any- anything

you wish to tell me?

Ah!

[Shudders]

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Milton Subotsky

Milton Subotsky (September 27, 1921 – June 27, 1991) was an American film and television writer and producer. In 1964, he founded Amicus Productions with Max J. Rosenberg. Amicus means "friendship" in Latin. Together, they produced a number of low-budget science fiction and horror films in the United Kingdom. more…

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