Aged badly. Probably rated a bit high because of names behind it.

Classic. It has aged well and the practical effects and makeup still impress. Stories are evocative of the EC horror comics and it showcases the ooey-gooey aspects of those blood drenched pages. Even Stephen King's ridiculous acting doesn't ruin the film, though it does detract.

This is one of those movies that I like to pull out every 5-7+ years or so and give it a watch. It's nothing special today, but a few of the episodes stick with you, just like the old Tales from the Crypt TV show, Ray Bradbury presents, and the like. But man does that last episode really make me itch.

These Stephen King penned short stories really recall the classic EC horror comics of the 1950s. It also helps that George A. Romero mixes in the garish comic book colors to every story with each beginning and ending with actual cartoon/comic book sequences. The stories themselves are all good. There is some corny gore, with lots of really red blood, but not much in the way of slashings, stabbings or anything like that. There are some jumpy scares, primarily in the opening story about a vengeful corpse in "Father's Day" and from the captured Antarctic baboon monstrosity of "The Beast". There are also a couple of stories of prolonged horror with the surprisingly funny acting of Stephen King himself in "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" and from Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson, who trade a little torture in "Something To Tide You Over". And to finish things off, we have the cockroach chaos of "They're Creeping Up On You". Choosing a favorite story of the five presented here is a tall order. Leslie Nielsen is nuts as the scorned Richard Vickers and he wins my favorite character vote, although Adrienne Barbeau, E.G. Marshall and Stephen King are also excellent. The greatest compliment I can give this anthology is I can't pick a favorite story from all of them.

wtf this is utter crap i only watched 20 min could not take it so bad ..... And tales from the crypt is 1000x better