Review of Tales from the Crypt

I didn't find this quite as good as Asylum but then this never had the Robert Boch writing. The opening credits with the Highgate cemetery is a great beginning and Ralph Richardson is fine with the bookends if not quite as fiery as we make have hoped. The individual episodes are all modern day scenarios as usual and some are better than others. Poor Joan Collins has a difficult job just of her own, but makes as good a job of it is she can, and the stark room and Christmas tree is excellent, as is the wonderful Father Christmas. Peter Cushing is wonderful as ever but the story is woeful. The final piece starring Patrick Magee goes on a bit but he is as great as ever and makes it probably the most succesful scene.