Le caveau de la terreur

Titre original : The Vault of Horror

1973
14A
1h 27m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,5/10

6,5 k

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An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.

Liretrailer1 min 18 s

3 vidéos

55 photos

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,5/10

6,5 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 nomination au total

Anecdotes
Despite the film's title, none of the stories showcased appeared in the EC comic "The Vault of Horror." The story "The Neat Job" originally appeared in "Shock SuspenStories," and each other story originally appeared in "Tales from the Crypt."

Gaffes
(at around 57 mins) The first thing seen in the voodoo hut is a mask obviously meant to be of Haitian origin, though it's actually of Pacific Northwestern Native American origin.

Citations
Waiter (segment 1 "Midnight Mess"): Good evening. The table d'hôte is rather nice, sir. Juice, soup, roast, sweet, coffee.
Rogers (segment 1 "Midnight Mess"): That'll be fine!

Autres versions
The original UK version, also originally shown in US theaters with an R rating, differs from the version used for the Nostalgia Merchant videotape and pay-TV showings as follows:
Tale 1: Full-motion scene of Daniel Massey hung upside down with a tap in his neck, shuddering as the waiter pours glasses of blood and hands them out. In the cut version, entire section replaced by a still frame of same.
Tale 2: After Glynis Johns hits Terry-Thomas on the head with a hammer, blood spurts out, and he falls backward out of frame. The cut version becomes a still frame when the hammer makes contact with the head. The ending shows four shelves of her husband's body parts neatly preserved in jars, including one labeled "Odds and Ends." The cut version shows only the first two shelves.
Tale 5: When the publisher gets his hands chopped off by the paper cutter, the camera dollies in as he continues screaming, holding out his bleeding stumps.

Connexions
Featured in Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell (1987)

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8/10

E.C.'s second most popular title receives a movie adaptation!

The Vault of Horror (1973) was another Amicus adaptation of the stories that were originally published in comic book form during the fifties. These stories came from the minds of publishing guru Bill Gaines and his staff of brilliant artists and story tellers. E.C. during the fifties was a hugely successful independent comic book company. But due to concerned parents and the crack down on comic book publishers by conservative politicians "who were protecting the children" created the Comic Book decency code that moralized all future comic books.

These brilliant stories first appeared in the VAULT OF HORROR series. Unlike the first film, the main character narrator is missing, other than that, it's the same omnibus style of film making. Odd stories with even mondo bizarro endings. Five tales that'll make you crave for more! Stars Terry-Thomas, Denholm Elliot and Glynis Johns. Watch out for the European cut. It has more blood and gore than the tamed U.S. release.

Highly recommended.