TALES FROM THE CRYPT

RALPH RICHARDSON - "THE CRYPT KEEPER"
GEOFFREY BAYLDON - "GUIDE"

"Tales From The Crypt" was a 1972 movie produced by Amicus Productions. "Tales From The Crypt" was based on EC Comics "Tales from the Crypt", a USA bi-monthly horror comic anthology series published from 1950 to 1955. The 1972 movie has the well known dramatic actor Ralph Richardson playing the part of "The Crypt Keeper" and Geoffrey Bayldon as "Guide". Bayldon is well known in the science fiction and fantasy genre - having played roles in "Doctor Who", "Catweazle", "Worzel Gummidge", "The Tomorrow People", "The Storyteller" and "Space 1999". Five strangers become lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of their future and how they will die. They are given the option of avoiding their fates - by avoiding living out the rest of their lives. First they must experience what they will do in their futures - or is it their pasts? The segment are: "And All Through The House" "Reflection of Death" "Poetic Justice" "Wish You Were Here" "Blind Alleys" Sadly Richardson passed away on 10 October 1983 and Bayldon on 10 May 2017.

The following is a trailer from "Tales From The Crypt":

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