Anthologies Pt1

After getting into watching Amicus production horror anthologies, I began looking for more. I've always loved them before, but I guess I got incentive. I do want to say my least favorite from Amicus is Vault of Horror. The stories didn't seem as smooth as the other films, like they were forced or rushed. The stories are good concept wise but something is lacking.

SPOILERS MAYBE

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors don't be fooled. They are on a train the whole time. The tarot cards Dr. Terror (Peter Cushing) reads from his tarot cards to tell the passengers their fate. Two passengers being Christopher Lee and a young Donald Sutherland. Besides the cards being damn specific and death being used wrong (but honestly death sounds and looks more omnious just because most people dont study tarot.

Asylum  was awesome. A doctor goes to an asylum and is promised a job if he can distinguish who
of the patients is really a doctor who went delusional. Each patient gives a description of how they ended up there. The stories are fun and I didn't expect the ending.

Tales from the Crypt was quite well done. However in this one they give you a hint to the end. Just pay attention to the beginning. This movie is most similiar to Vault of Horrors but better. In my opinion.

From Beyond the Grave was a cursed antique shop kind of thing. Peter Cushing ran a shop and if you cheated him he screwed you. Though in my opinion the guy who didn't cheat him still got screwed.

Spoiler Alert: The guy had to destroy the door he bought to save himself and his girlfriend. So he was out of his money and had nothing to show for it. Screwed.


So I watched a british anthology film called Little Deaths. It was all sexual. A couple bring home hobos to care for and rape. Something about semen killing people or something. And something S&M. After a point, I stopped paying attention. Especially after the first story's ending. There was no real build up to it. Suddenly it was hobos gone wild.

Another horror anthology I watched farther back was Nite Tales, yes N I T E. It was one of those ghetto horror blaxploitation things. All in all it was a pretty decent movie. Unless I'm confusing it with other blaxploitations (I've watched a few all around the same time) there are 3 stories. The third one is most memorable because it had to do with Bloody Mary, serial killers, and the question of clowns at midnight.

Snoop Dog's Hood of Horror is another anthology centering around a neighbor and Snoop Dog's soul collecting job. The stories are pretty interesting, especially the first with the girl given the power of spray painting come true and what she decides to do with it and her consequences for doing so. The movie goes part cartoon at some point which I think is cool. There is a story in there that had potential but ending up a little to vulgar for my tastes. Some spoiled rotten kid has to bunk with war vets and is driving them up the wall with his arangements and basically horrible human nature.

Now I'm tiring out but yeah Peace out.