Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119744 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-04-24
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 867 minutes

Customer Reviews

Mistakes all around...
All of the reviews of this film are INCORRECT!! So be very cautious when reading them...
This "Vault of Horror" is the 1973 Amicus film anthology made by the same people who made "Tales from the Crypt" and "House That Dripped Blood". It has nothing to do with that "lousy" boxed set everyone is reviewing here.
This was actually a rather fun, black comedy series of tales about 5 men trapped in a tower basement who tell their nighmares to each other. Each ending with gruesome ends, that follows events they created in their own lives. This was 1 of a number of films made in the last 60's, early 70's dealing with this same genre, and it's a shame we here in the USA have no avaliability to get any of them on DVD, with the exception of Torture Garden and House that Dripped Blood. Asylum, also made by Amicus was quickly released a few years back, but is now gone. I am waiting for both Tales from the Crypt, the 1972 thriller and Vault of Horror from 1973 to be released. So when reading other reviews here, be careful, they are describing "The Vault of Horror" boxed sets of garbage films, not this well acted and fun thriller from 1973. Hope this helps to clarify.

Some Good. Some Bad. Nothing Riveting.
I am just going to review every movie on here so you can see which ones are good or bad.(best:***** worst:0)

Scream of the Wolf:*** Kind of boring, but still okay
Wolf Man:**** Good Movie. Bad Makeup.
Moon of the Wolf:** Okay Movie. Werewolf looks dumb.
Snowbeast:**** Entertaining. Good Creature but not seen enough.
Silent Night, Bloody Night:0 Boring as HELL!!!
Don't Look in the Basement:0 Huh? Pointless.
Jack the Ripper: 0 (AGAIN) One word why this movie sucks:Dubbing
Satanic Rights of Dracula:**** Very Entertaining.
House on Haunted Hill:***** Very Spooky. Vincent Price is great
Night of Living Dead:***** Scary. Disturbing. Dark. I loved it.

Overall, not worth it. Get Night of Living Dead, House on Haunted Hill, and Satanic Rights of Dracula and forget the others.

the best of the worst!
i saw this movie on the shelf one day and read the back of the box. i love horror films -- espicially old, cheesy ones. the reason i bought this set was [except for the cheap price] for 'silent night, deadly night'. however, that film isn't on the disc. it's actually 'silent night, bloody night', and older, more psychological film.

that kind of bummed me out at first, but then i discovered some treasures! [i had already owned 'night of the living dead', house on haunted hill' and 'pieces' on dvd]. my favorite [aside from the above-mentioned classics] is 'snowbeast'. it's a made-for-tv movie from 1977 about a yeti-like monster attacking a ski resort. it stars yvette mimieux and sylvia sidney [best known from tim burton films]. yes it's horrible, but it is quite entertaining.

as for none of these movies being remastered, that's fine with me. it only adds to the charm seeing these movies when they were actually released. i already own a remastered 'night of the living dead', so seeing this one is just like seeing it on television when i was eight or nine. extreme nostalgia!

if you are a horror movie fan and not expecting too much from a movie [which you can't with any horror film], don't need much in the way of extras [there are some cast and film info for some of the movies], and you're just looking for some dumb fun, i highly recommend this collection.

i also recommend its sister sets, 'fright night' and 'tales of terror', each with 10 so-bad-they're-good horror films!