A quintet of men find themselves trapped in a deep, mysterious high-rise building basement where they relate their recurring nightmares to each other. 1st and most eerie tale, "Midnight Mess" - Ruthless criminal Rogers (a solid Daniel Massey) tracks down his sister Donna (a marvelously sinister Anna Massey) to a remote small town which turns out to be populated by vampires. 2nd and most darkly amusing story, "The Neat Job" - Overbearingly neat and tidy nit-picker Critchit (a perfectly irritating Terry-Thomas) drives his sweet, long-suffering wife Eleanor (the delightful Glynis Johns) murderously around the bend with his annoying fussiness. The sick punchline to this one is simply great. 3rd and most nifty yarn, "This Trick'll Kill You" - Arrogant magician Sebastian (well played to the cocky hilt by Curt Jurgens) and his wife Inez (lovely Dawn Addams) seal their gloomy fates when they steal an Indian rope trick. 4th and most ironic segment, "Bargain in Death" - Shrewd con artist Maitland (the excellent Michael Craig) concocts a seemingly foolproof insurance scam by faking his own death, but his plan goes horribly awry. Arthur Mullard contributes a winningly droll turn in this one as a clumsy oaf gravedigger. 5th and most nasty vignette, "Drawn and Quartered" - Struggling, destitute, bitterly vindictive painter Moore (a splendidly performance by Tom Baker, who's barely recognizable beneath a big, bushy beard) uses voodoo to get revenge on three greedy fellows who exploited him. Capably directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a tight script by Milton Subotsky, sharp cinematography by Denys N. Coop, a supremely spooky'n'shivery score by Douglas Gamley, a morbidly funny line in wickedly witty gallows humor, and tip-top acting from a bang-up all-star British cast, this film makes for a good'n'gruesome omnibus outing.

Another melange based on William H Gaines tales fron E. C.. comic books , produced by Amicus: Max Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky. A classic terror movie formed by five segments well realized and magnificently played . Vintage horror film financed by Amicus with a Great British Cast and formed by several episodes full of creepy events , chills, thrills , gore and guts. It stars with five strangers at an eerie and sisister room .Later on , there they tell how each of the strangers will die . As they explain fantastic visions about their nightmares . It deals with 5 segments with five protagonists : Real-life brother and sister, Daniel Massey-Anne Massey, Curd Jurgens, Michael Craig, Terry Thomas, Tom Baker get in a lift that transports them to a non exit lounge in the basement of a skyscraper. There they confide their recurring nightmares. Each segment has at least 1 killing. It is formed by 5 stories :Midnight mess with Daniel Massey, Anne Massey. The neat job with Terry Thomas, Glynis Johns. Bargain in death with Michael Craig, Edward Judd. This trick will kill you, with Curd Jurgens, Dawn Addams, Jasmine Hilton . And Drawn and quartered with Tom Baker, Demholm Elliott .The rest of the cast is no less impressive, though delivering brief but enjoyable interpretations. And now ...who is next....

Amicus sixth portmanteau movie that simply slaps down its thrilling and terrifying tales, butressing with dreary slabs of plot and chatter, concluding into eerie results. As at a rare room join five strange people who star 5 segments , all of them are filled with mystery , suspense , terror , grisly killings , twisted events and horrible happenings . The British star-studded results to be pretty good with a plethora of notorious actors . Well made terror antology film, and in some places was released as Tales of Crypt II, being compellingly filmed by the gore-minded lad Roy Ward Baker. The better episodes involve the suburban wife Glynis Johns driven to killing and her house-proud husband Terry Thomas constantly nagging about the housekeeping, resulting in an impeccably tidy disposal of a corpse. As well as the surprising story of a rope with a mind of its own starred by Curd Jurgens, Dawn Addams, including nice special effects. . Each story harbours an ingeniously creepy and ghoulish conceit and at the end each tale takes place a grand guignol climax. The great cast is pretty good, giving nice performances , though Edward Judd, Demholm Elliott, Anna Massey have a few lines.. Most stories previously appeared in American comic books as Tales of Crypt from EC comics as well as in The haunt of fear. Colorful , adequate cinematograhy , shot at Shepperton studios . It was compellingly accompanied by a thrilling and suspenseful musical score .

The motion picture was professionally directed by the British horrormeister Roy Ward Baker, though another terror specialist director, Freddie Francis, was the original choice to shot. Here Baker emphasising the frightening, dramatic and suspenseful possibilities. Roy directed a great number of films. Deemed to be a terror expert, as proved in The monster club, Mask of death, And now the screaming starts, The legend of the 7 gold vampires, Asylum, Dr Jekill and his sister Hyde, The scars of Dracula, The vampire lovers, The anniversary. Roy Baker also directed some Hollywood fims such as Inferno, House in the square, A night to remember, Don't bother to knock, and Night with sleep. Rating : acceptable and passable. 6/10. Worthwhile watching.

The idea of a horror anthology movie interested me, so I sat down to watch this movie tonight. While the basic structure and idea was good, I was amazed at how sluggish and indifferent most of the five episodes were. Most of this seemed to be because of relatively poor writing--this SHOULD have been a lot more interesting than it was.

The first, third and fourth segments were all completely forgettable and so I won't bother elaborating on them. They just weren't very interesting or scary. The second one, starring Terry-Thomas, wasn't exactly brilliant, but was pretty enjoyable and the final scene, though a tad cheesy, made me really laugh--so it was worthwhile. The only one of the five that really worked well was the final segment that starred Tom Baker (you know, the Dr. Who that everyone liked so much in the 1970s). Baker played an angry artist who wanted revenge on three men who had cheated him and the way this played out was indeed clever. Because of this and the concluding scene, at least the movie ended on a positive note. However, due to the film's highly uneven nature, I'd not recommend it. It's not so much bad--it's just not very good either. Apparently, I am in the minority, though, as several other reviewers liked it.

By the way, a very, very similar film was also made by this same production company, ASYLUM, as it involves four different stories strung together with a central theme. However, ASYLUM is a better and more interesting picture.