Amicus - The (other) Studio That Dripped Blood

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by VicDakin

Just luv Tales from the Crypt (1972),can't remember when i first saw it,must of been the beeb's double bill on sat nite,but it has always stuck with me,especially Peter Cushing as Arthur Edward Grimsdyke (segment 3 "Poetic Justice"),one of his finest moments on screen.

Likewise.
The best segment ever in an Amicus anthology.

I love them all though!

One of Cushing's finest turns.

A Classic by any standards!

[DrTerror]

Originally Posted by Reaper@Cult Labs

The best segment ever in an Amicus anthology.

Sure, everybody likes Poetic Justice - still, I have to make a counter argument for The Man who Collected Poe from Torture Garden.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by DrTerror

Sure, everybody likes Poetic Justice - still, I have to make a counter argument for The Man who Collected Poe from Torture Garden.

I always thought Torture Garden was terrible and have never bothered with it on dvd.

Does it need re-evaluating?

[DrTerror]

Originally Posted by Demdike

I always thought Torture Garden was terrible and have never bothered with it on dvd.

Does it need re-evaluating?

I think it's worth re-watching for the final story - other than that, you've got Enoch (gold-digger falls foul of man-eating cat - kinda similar in feel to the David Warner story in From Beyond the Grave), Terror Over Hollywood (starlet discovers Hollywood stars are robots - embarassingly bad, but still fun) and Mr Steinway (killer piano - one of the worst stories ever put to film).

Worth seeing, just speed through the third story.

[Vampix]

It's got to be Tales from the Crypt for me too, as has been said the segment "Poetic Justice" is superb.The scene where Peter Cushing's zombified corpse rises from a fog-enshrouded graveyard oozes atmosphere.My second favourite is From Beyond the Grave.They're both classics of the genre IMO, and would both easily make my Brit horror top 10.

[SharonLynette]

Tricky, I can't pick between;

Torture Garden (1967)
Asylum (1972)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
The Vault of Horror (1973)
From Beyond the Grave (1973)
...And Now the Screaming Starts (1973)


Which is a super long list. I do love a good portmanteau though, but "...And Now the Screaming Starts" is such a good title, this isn't my only reason to short list it. I think I might have to go with Asylum though as I have fond memories of it and I'm really looking forward to watching it again now I have a copy.

[Demoncrat]

So i'm the solitary Deadly Bees fan then? Twas a hard choice really, great posters btw, love that Psychopath one

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

So i'm the solitary Deadly Bees fan then? Twas a hard choice really, great posters btw, love that Psychopath one

Don't worry; I seem to be the sole Skull fan!

[SharonLynette]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Don't worry; I seem to be the sole Skull fan!

I just don't seem to have seen either of them, they do appear to come in a set together though. They will have to go on my list.

I really liked The Birthday Party which I don't think anyone else would vote for (I voted for Asylum in the end)

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by SharonLynette

I just don't seem to have seen either of them, they do appear to come in a set together though. They will have to go on my list.

If you're set up for it, then there is a nice Blu-ray available (as a double feature with Hammer's The Man Who Could Cheat Death) dirt cheap on Amazon marketplace.