The Vault Of Horror (Final Cut)

[Dickieduvet]

Final Cut are to release The Vault Of Horror on Blu on March 28th

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Vault-of...A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

[oddbox83]

Uncut version -- available for the first time in UK!

This isn't correct though - the old Vipco DVD was uncut. Typical Final Cut attention to detail.

Hopefully though, it's a good sign if they've bothered to track down the BFI held material instead of just ignorantly using whatever the rights holders give them.

[Dickieduvet]

Chances are they might of just licensed the Scream Factory package, I'll try and contact 'em to find out.

[Ste7en]

I tried to watch it on The Horror Channel with the Mrs before Christmas and when it got to the end of the first story I turned it off.

It was the cut version. What a bloody mess!

Loved it when I was a kid. Especially the Drawn and Quartered segment

[drterror666]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

This isn't correct though - the old Vipco DVD was uncut. Typical Final Cut attention to detail.

Hopefully though, it's a good sign if they've bothered to track down the BFI held material instead of just ignorantly using whatever the rights holders give them.

They should have added 'on Blu-ray'!

[Pecker]

I already have the US import. I haven't bought TFTC yet, as it's still £20, and this is coming out at £23.

I'd love to support them, as you'd think that might make The House That Dripped Blood, Asylum and From Beyond the Grave more likely - though the latter is with Warners, so maybe not.

But I can't justify spending £45 on films I already have.

Strangely, I've yet to see a comparison between the UK & US TFTC releases, nor a review of the documentary.

Steve W

[jwf]

Originally Posted by Pecker

I haven't bought TFTC yet, as it's still £20

If you're near a HMV, Tales From The Crypt has been £9.99 pretty much since day one. I'd expect Vault of Horror to be roughly the same, given the distributor.

[Pecker]

Originally Posted by jwf

If you're near a HMV, Tales From The Crypt has been £9.99 pretty much since day one. I'd expect Vault of Horror to be roughly the same, given the distributor.

Cheers.

It's been £20 pretty solidly at Amazon UK since release - I think it was reduced for a short window.

I can't understand how Amazon are unable to strike a better deal than HMV.

Steve W

[Dickieduvet]

Just arrived, no extras.

Uncut

[Show spoiler]full neck tap scene

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[Pecker]

Do you have the US two-fer? Comparison?

Steve W

[Dickieduvet]

I don't Steve, but had a quick scan through and it looks decent to my peepers

[Ste7en]

Very nice.

Crap! No thumbs left today

[Bumblefeet]

Never heard of this one before. How does it compare to other anthology horror movies?

[stigdu]

I have the Scream Factory release, and although I'd prefer to support UK companies, the US disc is great (and uncut too, like this new UK one).

[WilsonBros]

"Death's Waiting Room".

I didn't know it was filmed in Bournemouth...

[oddbox83]

What ratio is it?

US disc has the uncut version in both 4:3 as provided by the BFI and as a correct 1.85:1 matte.

[oddbox83]

Originally Posted by Bumblefeet

Never heard of this one before. How does it compare to other anthology horror movies?

It's the sequel movie to Tales From the Crypt. It's pretty much the same sort of thing.

[Dickieduvet]

Originally Posted by oddbox83

What ratio is it?

US disc has the uncut version in both 4:3 as provided by the BFI and as a correct 1.85:1 matte.

1.85:1

Nothing in the way of extras just a scene selection. The printing is all over the place on the back cover too. Running times etc are all misaligned

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[Rockercub]

Originally Posted by Bumblefeet

Never heard of this one before. How does it compare to other anthology horror movies?

I wasn't that impressed, at least compared to Tales from the Crypt. But I recently watched Asylum, and it was more enjoyable than that. These are the only Amicus anthologies I've seen though, so I'd be curious to hear people's opinions about where it ranks overall.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by Bumblefeet

Never heard of this one before. How does it compare to other anthology horror movies?

"It would make a great story. I'd have been lucky to get £50 for it. There's no money in horror."

Rather effectively sent up in an episode of Steve Coogan's Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, Amicus' follow up to Tales from the Crypt the very next year, The Vault of Horror, offers more of the same but not as good. This time Roy Ward Baker takes the directorial reins and makes a solid but rather journeymanlike job of it, but then only one of the stories he has to work with (most culled from the pages of Tales from the Crypt and none, despite the screen credit, from Vault of Horror) is particularly good and the twists in the tales aren't as nasty. Instead we're in for a rather cosy horror anthology as five people find their lift takes them to an elegantly designed sub-basement rather than the ground floor and, while they're waiting for someone to let them out, tell each other of the disturbing recurring dreams that have been haunting them.

The first sees Daniel Massey tracking down his screen and real-life sister Anna Massey down to murder her so he can get her inheritance only to find the town she's moved to is populated by vampires; Terry-Thomas' neatness freak drives doting wife Glynis Johns to despair with his insistence on everything in its proper place; professional magicians Curt Jurgens and Dawn Addams find themselves on the wrong end of the Indian rope trick after humiliating a fakir in the marketplace; Michael Craig's horror writer fakes his own death in an insurance scam that goes awry when his partner in crime Edward Judd leaves him buried alive and medical students Robin Nedwell and Geoffrey Hughes (of the seemingly endless run of 70s TV spinoffs of Doctor in the House) intervene; and Tom Baker's painter uses voodoo to have his revenge on Denholm Elliott's crooked art dealer only to find he's painted himself into a corner as well.

It's a solidly watchable entry in the Amicus anthology stakes, the stories fairly tame (though the fact that the film's biggest shock is a closeup of Arthur Mullard didn't stop the film from being heavily cut in the US) with nothing to frighten the horses but some surprisingly restrained performances from Terry-Thomas and Tom Baker, the latter in the days when he favoured quiet intensity over flamboyance. Amicus didn't exactly roll out the boat on this one: Baker's story may be set in Haiti but his location work doesn't get much beyond St. Margaret's station just across the road from Twickenham Studios where the film was shot.