SeeQuant Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Rainey Dawn This is the sequel to Tales from the Crypt (1972), another corny fun horror anthology.The frame work story is of 5 men that are in an elevator that ends up on the basement floor where the door opens and they all enter a room, sit down to tell us 5 different stories of their recurring nightmares.Story 1: Midnight Mess. A tale of vampires. This one is super corny - in particular the extra long fangs on the vamps. Not my favorite of the groups of tales.Story 2: The Neat Job. A tale of a neat freak and his new wife. This one I kinda liked for some reason. I found humor in him being very extreme with his neatness.Story 3: This Trick'll Kill You. A man and his assistant wife go to India to find a new magic trick for their show. It's an okay segment.Story 4: Bargain in Death. Death insurance scam that goes wrong - unexpected twist happens. It's a pretty good segment.Story 5: Drawn and Quartered. A poor painter goes to Haiti and learns voodoo. He gets back London to get revenge on those that scarfed at his artworks. A fun segment, not to bad at all.6/10

one-nine-eighty A British horror masterpiece and classic brought to you by the Amicus studio who brought you classic titles such as "Dr Horror's House of Horror" and "Tales from the Crypt". This may look dated now but the strength of this film lies its tense thrills and horrific suspension of disbelief. I remember watching this film as a young boy with my father as we explored cheap horror and Hammer house classics, years (and years and years) later I can still watch this film with huge fondness. Roy Ward Baker masterfully brings us five stories shared by five men trapped in a luxurious office basement while wrapping it up with one central story which doesn't disappoint/ Starring class acts such as Tom Baker, Terry Thomas, Daniel and Anna Massey this 1980's film really packed a punch and still does. This is more a case of cult classic than epic masterpiece this film is a must for low budget horror fans, British horror fans, and anyone with a taste for Hammer horror. I'd like to think even modern audiences can enjoy this film, especially with the full uncut bloody version.Top marks and both thumbs up, you won't be disappointed with this top draw British Horror film.

Adam Peters (62%) An entertaining portmanteau based spook show that passes the test of there being more good sections than bad, in fact none of the segments are what I'd call being of poor quality. The cast has a few famous British faces including the always fun Terry-Thomas in one of, if not the best section of the whole piece. Dr Who star Tom Baker also appears. All the stories are interesting enough with good pacing to each meaning this never really drags once; although it must be said that this isn't a very scary film and I doubt anyone ever lost much sleep over it. There is a bit of blood and gore, not a lot though, but this is still an entertaining watch that is worth tracking down for fans of classic British horror.

Lee Eisenberg Although it has essentially the same plot as the earlier "Tales from the Crypt", "The Vault of Horror" still holds its own. A group of men get trapped in a room and tell each other their dreams, all of which seemed...so real. Probably the most interesting segment was the second one, in which Terry-Thomas (the Englishman in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World") and Glynis Johns (the mom in "Mary Poppins") play what turn out to be the opposite kinds of roles with which they're usually associated. It's just fun to see the twists that occur in each segment, and then the twist at the end of the movie. It's a good time the whole way through.So yes, there is no trick. AND DON'T TRY TO PROVE OTHERWISE!