Amazon.com video review:
Before Creepshow and the Tales from the Crypt TV show became popular, this little-known film was the original adaptation of the famous
E.C. horror comic. While visiting an underground catacomb, five tourists
(including Joan Collins) venture off into a secret room where a mysterious,
robed man shows them the horrible fates that will befall them should they
decide to go through with the dastardly deeds they have secretly planned.
These include killing a spouse, running away with a mistress, driving a
neighbor out of town, using a mysterious idol to fulfill greedy wishes, and
abusing the inhabitants of a home for the blind. While not as stylishly
spooky as the E.C. adaptations that followed it, this particular compendium
has its creepy moments and features a fine cast, including Collins, Peter
Cushing, and Patrick Magee, who many may remember as the crippled author in
A Clockwork Orange. --Bryan Reesman
