It goes without saying that if you tune into an Amicus anthology you cant expect million-dollar budgets. Or even hundred-dollar budgets. But this is part of the fun. These great, honest stories were banged out on a shoe-string and we love them.
I still think 'The House that Dripped Blood' (even though it doesn't actually drip anything, incidentally) is more enjoyable but 'The Vault of Horror' has a good go and brings us exactly the kind of fare we love to lap up.
It's always a bit silly to pick holes in a film like this but, forgive me, I must just say Terry Thomas gets a very raw deal: Everyone else is either a psychopath or a cold-blooded killer (or both) and Terry's great crime is 'being too fussy'! Well, I suppose that'll teach him to stray into 1970s British horror...
I still think 'The House that Dripped Blood' (even though it doesn't actually drip anything, incidentally) is more enjoyable but 'The Vault of Horror' has a good go and brings us exactly the kind of fare we love to lap up.
It's always a bit silly to pick holes in a film like this but, forgive me, I must just say Terry Thomas gets a very raw deal: Everyone else is either a psychopath or a cold-blooded killer (or both) and Terry's great crime is 'being too fussy'! Well, I suppose that'll teach him to stray into 1970s British horror...