The portmanteau horror movie was hardly new at this point as Tales of Terror had already been out three years by the time this movie was released, which I am sure was the first. Regardless, this became the concept for higher profile movies and serials such as Creepshow and Tales from the Crypt.
Peter Cushing is the Doctor in question, who boards a steam train, cramming into a carriage with five other men. He reveals that he can predict their future with his tarot cards (his "house of horrors" as he calls the deck) and baits them all into wishing to know what misfortunes lie in their near future and how to avoid them.
Now five short movies play out with the same morality play consequences with the twist ending as the aforementioned movies. A couple are fun and interesting, and all are wonderfully shot, but there are moments when you can feel them stretching the thin material a little too far, especially in Donald Sutherland's segment. It reminded me a lot of Horror Express, which followed seven years later.
This movie really needed Vincent Price in it, but it's decent one-off watch as it is, but in no way a classic of the genre or of any the cast's acting careers.
Peter Cushing is the Doctor in question, who boards a steam train, cramming into a carriage with five other men. He reveals that he can predict their future with his tarot cards (his "house of horrors" as he calls the deck) and baits them all into wishing to know what misfortunes lie in their near future and how to avoid them.
Now five short movies play out with the same morality play consequences with the twist ending as the aforementioned movies. A couple are fun and interesting, and all are wonderfully shot, but there are moments when you can feel them stretching the thin material a little too far, especially in Donald Sutherland's segment. It reminded me a lot of Horror Express, which followed seven years later.
This movie really needed Vincent Price in it, but it's decent one-off watch as it is, but in no way a classic of the genre or of any the cast's acting careers.