Tales from the crypt (1972) part2

[KraalThal]

Would even the most insane criminal announce his presence by ringing a bell?

[skinwalkerxxx]

when I saw this recently I was surprised this was the same story from the tv show. the tv show version by Robert Zemekis was much more over-the-top and glossy, very "Spielberg".

Anyway Alexy Colby is hot, even as a murderer. she was like a 70s version of angelina jolie.

[BikiniDeathSquad]

this is the first killer santa right?

[TheDouchesupreme]

love these so much, danke Croby !!

[Sajjadkhan456456]

when i was i kid i saw this type of story a rich young man marries her, after marriage she murder him for his money or property when she come back home and find the keys of the locker and did not find any where suddenly she thought the keys in the grave with his husband in the night she goes to the graveyard a dig his grave he returns as a zombie, because his experiments involved raising the dead some body tell me the story name plz

[GamaScythe]

I like the episode from the series better.

[mtzionbunny]

i just wanna know how this story ends!

[Discoduckaroo]

i wonder why carol dose not help her mom poor mom

[jeprice08]

@Discoduckaroo I don't think she knows that she's in trouble. She trusts Santa.

[xtiml]

oooh freaky santa claus had me going chilly willy..

[KRAZ1E5150]

damn what a crazy bitch !!!

[adamagnus]

thanks for the upload. LOVE this movie especially "blind alley"

[Salieri1760]

This should have been in Silent Night Deadly Night

[CazK88]

There would be NO WAY in hell she could get away with murder today as she did in the 70s lol..All the evidence and trails she left behind would've all linked to her these days. LOL.

[carmaj156]

@CazK88 Actually on those days it was already posible to track her down. Blood residues, position of the body fingerprints, footprints (even when you can't see them). All those things were too obvious. Plus, 70s criminalistic technologies were well advanced those days.

[Dswaned]

@CazK88 who cares it's a story and that's ALL! Lol is this CSI we're watching? or Tales From The Crypt?? I hate ppl who analyze the shit out of things wtf haha

[CazK88]

@Dswaned

Ok then...fool...go ahead and commit a murder. Let's see if you can get off easy lol...

[carmaj156]

I bet that guy had a boner when she was digging for the keys.

[pole52]

I was just thinking why is she screaming? Santa just came to give her a massage, but that's what she gets for killing her husband.

[MsSongbird32]

I like this version better than the remake!!

[nabz103]

Fuckin hell Joan Collins would get it NOW let alone back then. Woman is ridiculous.

[OnPointAndOnTheGrind]

this was a classic

[Hallinilla9]

I think the santa killer in this movie is scarier than the one they had in the Tales from the Crypt series episode. He is less obviously a maniac.

[FeastOnBrains]

DANG hes lucky to have a milf as hes wife.

[Apachecatdog]

The woman is ridiculously foolish in the first story. If she had merely called the police she could have blamed the homicidal maniac for her husbands murder, it was an excellent opportunity! But what did she do? She ruined her chances and ended up getting a murderous massage from Father Christmas instead...

[skinwalkerxxx]

@Apachecatdog my thoughts exactly. I thought it was a flaw in the story. if she doesn't do that, what's the point of the crazy Santa? just to punish her at the end? I think it would have been better if kills husband and hides him and get away with it but then a Santa comes in, she thinks he's the crazy one, she kills him but he's just a regular Santa. and she goes to jail for it.

[AximusPrime81]

The blood always had looked more like paint

[1Thompsonmusic]

@AximusPrime81

They were hopeless at blood in the 70's. It was too bright. What were they stupid or something?

[AximusPrime81]

@1Thompsonmusic Or it was cheap

[PhflyDan1]

If this CRACKER had put as much effort into Christmas preps as she did planning to kill the husband, she MIGHT actually have enjoyed it!!

[PainMonkey]

Proof that rich house wifes should murder their husbands in methods with less blood.

[osu67]

They showed this movie at my school in 1985 during a half day/teacher workday. We paid .50 cents to watch it. It scared the SHIT out of me, AND....my parents were away for the week in Nags Head, NC. I was petrified at home and turned every single light on in the house all night.

[jaroncreed]

it looked more like she was getting a massage rather than being strangled lol

[DaveFromBrooklyn]

Death by Shoulder Massage. Kind of reminds me of the crime & drama tv shows back in the day when no one really bled after being shot in the gut.

[Mintaka55]

Joan Collins was incredibly sexy back then.

[mcog2006]

Doesn't Joan Collins remind you of the woman in A clockwork orange that's just about to get raped by Alex and his Droogs.

[SophiaIsWise]

Looks like she was massaged to death

[OnPointAndOnTheGrind]

@SophiaIsWise lmao!

[VansenandWellsCo]

Ah, homicidal Santa is giving her a nice backrub.

But seriously, I love this film and owned it in VHS and now on DVD.

Awesome anthology from the time when good movie making was taken for granted.

[MsSouthernman]

I loved all of the Tales from the Crypt episodes; especially the little skeleton host.

[bubbawhale]

THE SANTA IS A LIE

THAT SANTA CLAUSE IS A HOMICIDAL MANIC THAT IS A SPY

[Stereolabdream]

Its a good little story, that one, even if the ending was a touch weak.

Interestingly, this is the third Amicus anthology horror film I've seen with the opening story involving a matrimonial murder and a basement!- its the same in "Asylum" and also "Vault of Horror"...

[TheDickstaple]

how can u smoke on christmas thats so queer...

[rem2267]

@TheDickstaple -- What in the world are you talking about?

You do realize that your statement is ironic to the core - you are disparaging smoking, when there's 2 murders in the story. Let's see...smoking vs. murder.... Hhmmm... Boy, that IS a tough one. {rolls eyes}

[movielothario]

There's an episode of "Tales From the Darkside" called "In the Cards" about a fortune teller, played by Dorothy Lyman (Naomi on "Mama's Family"), who ends up with a cursed deck of tarot cards. It's from the first season, episode twelve, I think. Does anyone have that one?

[MsSouthernman]

@movielothario I saw that one too. If I find it, I'll let you know.

[movielothario]

@MsSouthernman Thank you!

[onemooners]

second time seeing this, good story

[diseym]

looks santa was giving her a realy bad neck massage

[tfkisawesome]

Why'd she just kill that guy?

[mdumas43073]

@tfkisawesome He's her husband, and had a life insurance policy naming her as the beneficiary.

[rem2267]

@tfkisawesome -- Surely (or Shirley, if you prefer) you're joking, right?

[TheGodParticle]

I think Joan is about 70 now, I'd still give her one...

[7QW2KQXQ]

@ 5:19 that scared the hell out of me. I was not expecting that.

[opendtuning]

I loved the Christmas carols in this one, shame about the goodwill to all men...

[Zomular]

I knew it, as soon as I saw the christmas tree on part 1, the story was 'And all through the house...' Great tales from the crypt story. This is my #1 favorite comic story to read around Christmas. CRYPT KEEPER, VAULT KEEPER, AND OLD WITCH ROCK!!! If only 'Papercuts' would write good stories on the new TALES from the CRYPT comic series, instead of stories that are pretty lame and crappy.

[POISENMIND2]

LOL! We've just decorated our living room and it looks uncannily like this one, appart from the bug-eyed frog and the tin fire chimney.

I aint looking foward to f*****g Christmas this year.

[powetcrusher]

i forget why did she kill her husband?

and what will happen to the litle girl going to do after she saw santa kill her mom? if that dosent scar you for life i dont know what will

[999Cerberus]

in the show of the first season the crypt keeper says don't worry about the little girl Santa only likes older women and she killed her husband for the money and she was seeing another guy too

[Skulldini]

@powetcrusher Well ya know, that maniac might've killd the little girl too afterward.

[forrykid]

@powetcrusher

I'm sure "Santa" will kill the kid, too...as soon as she starts screaming.

[hypnodance]

@powetcrusher I just hope "Santa" was into older women, if you catch my drift.

[Silverlarkspur87]

@powetcrusher I believe she killed her husband for life insurance money

[azrial4421]

Always good to carry around the life insurance policy right after you kill someone. Its like she had to remind herself why she killed him... so stupid

[rfree14]

Did Joan Collins died?

[saturnlover9]

@rfree14 in the movie yes

not in real life

[phangirl90]

Even though this version of the story is better, I still think John Kassir did a great Cryptkeeper even though his was a puppet lol.

[saturnlover9]

@phangirl90 yeah cause you get to see joan collins get it

[MrKdkeener]

the Christmas music playing through out adds so much texture to the story. The little girl is darling as well.

[mdumas43073]

@MrKdkeener I've always wondered if those carols were from an actual album or something done expressly for the film. That arrangement of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" is actually quite good.

[SophiaIsWise]

This is really an excellent segment of the movie. You alomost forget there's very little to almost no dialogue. And it really doesn't need very much. Joan Collins is an excellent character actress! :)

[Toha15]

he came mommy,its Santa,he came to kill you

[Chaaarge]

lol, she died from a massage :D

[TheDarkregicide]

it would be cool ifthey made a remake

[EddiePharmD]

Well they did kind of.....the 1990's tv series redid this story for one episode.

[vg7thedemon]

and it was the first episode of the series really

[bootcamp777]

I think the Xmas music is from the

Morman tabernacle choir

[LWN92]

anyone know where I can listen to those versions of the christmas carols in this segment?

[kittypaw92501]

i think this scene is like one of the storys from the t.v. show when it was on.idk maybe, this is still a pretty good movie for its time.

[JBinOtown]

Despite how old this film is, it still sticks in your head....absolutely creepy and nightmarish.

[rem2267]

@JBinOtown -- ...and another young'un heard from. Yeah, real OLD -- 1972!!!

[dimsdale321]

At 3:45. The entrance of the homicidal santa is one of the creepiest moments in any horror movie i've seen. It has a dream like feel to it, as he slowly shifts up to the house ringing that little bell of his *shudder*. When you finally see him, he looks like a homeless man dressed like santa, with a filthy face and costume to match. Love that he doesn't say a single word, adding to the crazy image he is portraying. Like Michael Myers, who went so mad that he stopped talking. This is underrated.

[singalongsue1]

Joan collins is a real sexy bird...unlike Jordan...she's just a pseudo sexy bird with plastic bazookas...and Joan collins is intelligent !!!Katie is just lucky with street smarts !!

[dulcefantasia15]

lmao..haha the santa is really creepy...

[eulesssucks]

like the xmas music in the background, it gives it an extra creepyness!! Good movie

[FarrenfollowsBen]

yes the music is awesome!

[JohnathenConnor]

normally i wouldnt commit a crime but if she asked me to help her i would say YES cause shes a pretty lady!!

[VOMMHATRED]

Damn that murderous wife is so fit.

[1Thompsonmusic]

@VOMMHATRED

It's Joan Collins

[CHINEKEDIIGWEADAMMA]

@VOMMHATRED yup, that's joan collins for u, never lost her shape for anything throughout her acting carrier....

[area51er6]

at least this one shows what happened ,she got strangled

[shwmehvn]

I saw this when I was like 10yrs old, that Santa scared the crap outta me. Xmas, music, a tree, snow outside (never mind the dead guy) but a cozy feeling just the same. And creeping outside is 6ft 3, homicidal-maniac trying to get in; dressed as santa no less. I swear to this day, when I'm cozy at home I always double check the locks and windows. Sad but true. Funny how some things stick to ya over the years.

[drunk3director]

I saw this in the theater in 1972 when I was only 8. Totally scared me where I was afraid to move. No other movie ever did it like this one.

[tygersflowerz]

@drunk3director Your parents were nice to take you to a scary movie back then. My mom let me pick out a lot of scary movies at the video store back in the '80s when I was around that age, but I don't think she would've taken me to see them at the theater.

[drunk3director]

I pestered her to take me there because it was the last night it was being shown and it started at 8PM. When I got home at 10PM, I was too scared to move and finally fell asleep at 1AM. I was only 8 Y.O. in 1972, It was around Easter time and I had a few days off from school.

[tygersflowerz]

@drunk3director Nice mom. :-)  I suppose if I'd really pestered enough, it's possible my mom would've too.... she's kind of a pushover. But I loved those weekend trips to the video store. VHS... those were the days.

[rem2267]

@shwmehvn -- ..."never mind the dead guy".... LOLOL

[naggedd]

nice cover-up with the wine glass of blood

[naggedd]

i like the newer version of the first story better. it's called "Tales from the crypt- and all through the house"

[crazyonemexican]

I was debating which version I liked best, both being so good but i've got to admit, even though the other santa was in a way more creepier, I find this one to be not only creepier, but deeply disturbing, just his face alone tells of his insanity. This one scared me more than the newer version.

[bumholey2]

Rosie from "coronation street" looks just like Joan Collins in this film !!

[bumholey2]

That phone looks like something out of an Anne Summers shop!!! Don't ask how I know !! lol

[deirdre27]

It does! Don't ask how I know... lol

[MissLeigh78]

who is anne summers.

[Etorias]

at least he gave her a nice back rub by the end

[TheCripplerChick]

That lady has got some seriously screwed-up priorities. Why didn't she call the police and blame the murder on psycho Santa guy? Would've been simpler than simultaneously barricading the house against the killer AND staging hubby's "fall."

[dpisceslady]

I guess you saw the remake on the later "tales from the crypt" That's exactly what happened but Santa got to her before the cops came.

[TheCripplerChick]

Ah. Well, still, she tried. Not that I wanted her to succeed. That's one seriously evil bi--er, witch. Seriously. She doesn't even shut the door. Imagine Carol coming downstairs hoping to see Santa and finding her dad dead.

[prostiedvizhenija]

because it's just a movie, it's how the script was written.

[TheCripplerChick]

Be that as it may, it's still a weak part of the story.

[DefLeppardVanHalen]

I would definitely bang Joan Collins, when she was in her prime, as shown here.

[grindhouseguru]

Hell yeah! She's gorgeous here.

[AlanSessler]

Dig that crazy phone. Is that made by Sports Illustrated? "And if you call today to subscribe to Sports Illustrated we'll send you absolutely free the new Shower-Head phone!"

[OllieMugwump]

I swear that's Goon Show announcer Wallace Greenslade on the radio. I suppose Milton Subotsky was a Goon fan as well.

[Vreal80]

There was another new version of this movie does anyone know where can I find it? How's is called?

[bubbaali021]

it was on an episode of tales from the crypt season 1

[benniquaid]

Joan Collins is so hot

[Traino6490]

LMAO when he reached through the door I jumped about a mile hahaha

[hazelova]

lol so did i!

[jedibill111]

Got me too, lol

[mylifeinrome7]

lol me too

[mgallachermgallacher]

Pretty Good Story.

[resnoex1]

omg Peter Cushing,my fav.

i love horror movies from the 1970's

the hammer/amicus ones.

Lee and Cushing

[Jendellyn]

All you need for a great Halloween night is a movie starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and / or Vincent Price. ;)

[superjoce]

i saw another version of this. same history it was chritsmas too

[oobxer]

I haven't seen this in years, Thank you for posting-This is such a great movie!

[gkangcruz]

I was kinda hoping she got away with it, well she almost did! lol

[gnomestoner]

i seen something like this on the tv series tales from the crypt

[sailorplutofan9]

yeah they had a tv version of this

which had the director's wife playing the woman who murders her husband(a blonde woman)

and larry drake as the homicide killing santa claus(who was really messed up)

[willfucker]

6:21-6:26; LOL

[willfucker]

That Santa is so motherfuckin creepy.

[sailorplutofan9]

not really

compared to the 1989 santa claus in the tv version

now he was fucked up

[foxgirl100]

oh please, look at how bright red & thick that blood is... it looks like poster paint.

[PeyserConley]

Well, it's pretty rare to see realistic looking blood in 70's movies. I think it still looks good enough, at least the illusion of murder works for me.

[lhkjk]

santa just wanted to give her a massage all along

[booshblue72]

Blimey! How fit is Joanie in this? ;-)

[LWN92]

Dammmmn, Joan Collins is pretty hot in this flick

[onemooners]

@booshblue72 she did look good :) :O

[doktorkloride]

:) Post more!

[croby]

the whole film is posted:) or what did u mean?

[doktorkloride]

I meant like post more episodes or post anything else that may spark our fancies, you have a great collection :)

[croby]

ah hehe...well I think the most of twilight zone and tales from the crypt series is already posted here on the tube!

[doktorkloride]

True!

[Jquuest]

oh yeah like she could get away with making it look like "Santa" killed her husband

[207ASS]

ohh i get it.

[207ASS]

CHeap movie they use the same brooch for the present and the lady in the crypt who dropped it.

[nickmoviemverdi]

ya its supossed to be the same one

[MissLeigh78]

Yeah, they used the same lady too! Those cheap bastards!

[crazyonemexican]

I think it has to do with some sort of message, like for example, the fact that after she killed her husband, then she opened the gift and saw that it was a brooch, you then know she HAD murdered her husband. The fact that she is carrying it means the murder is a thing of the past. Odd, but somehow trying to make sense of it.

[drunk3director]

Yeah, and both ladies look just like Joan Collins.