Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 17
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Average Rating: 3.3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 7
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Average Rating: 3.2/5
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This first theatrical feature spun off from the television series Tales from the Crypt (which was in turn inspired by the infamous EC horror comics of the 1950s) concerns a mysterious man named Brayker (Bill Sadler), who arrives at a church-turned-rooming house in a small town in New Mexico. Hot on his trail is an equally mysterious and very menacing figure known as the Collector (Billy Zane), who arrives with policemen in tow; he claims that Brayker stole some keys from him, and he wants the
Jan 13, 1995 Wide
Aug 22, 2006
MCA Universal Home Video
All Critics (24) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (17) | DVD (3)
Pic is neither funny enough nor scary enough to be fully satisfying as either a shocker or a spoof.
Between scenes of splattering gore in which severed heads literally roll across the floor, the movie has a good time spoofing itself and a gallery of mostly sleazy characters who confront a crew of blood-thirsty demons.
Next time out, let's hope it involves a story that can stand on its own, without having to be propped up by the Crypt Keeper's silly patter.
The movie isn't particularly well-paced, and I found it dull.
Good entertainment stretched to three times its natural length is rarely three times better, but bad entertainment dragged out that long will typically be three times worse.
There's still a lot of filler in this chiller.
Pinkett, at least, went on to better things.
Good-humored gore, ably directed by Ernest Dickerson.
The first in a series, but standards will need to impove if it's to survive.
Billy Zane's finest hour. Yeah, I know, that's depressing.
A big, dumb Night of the Living Dead rip-off with demons that convince you that Pumpkinhead must have reproduced. Fun junk.
Don't feel bad if you miss the first five minutes or have to leave for the last five because, not only are they completely expendable, but it's nothing you can't see every week in the comfort of your own living room.
The Crypt Keeper has always looked pretty dodgy if you ask me hehe a pretty bad puppet but hey its not all about him. The actual set for his crypt always looks cool in a Munster/Addams type way which is fun and kooky, nothing special though.So ye olde Crypt Keeper intros the story which is a feature length plot and
August 25, 2011Super Reviewer
This horror movie has a good background story, but I didn't like the characters, they didn't seem to fit right or something. This movie is kind of a mess, but it could be worse. Overall, it's just okay.
September 6, 2010Super Reviewer
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