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Originally Posted by Toadliquor
Is anyone familiar with this production company? I recently watched a few of these by sheer coincidence. I decided to watch all the Peter Cushing movies I own that I have yet to watch. I watched Tales From the Crypt, The HOuse that Dripped Blood, and Dr. Terrors House of Horrors. Well the first coincidence I noticed besides Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, was that they were all Vignette type horrors (like Trick r treat or Creepshow), and on the house that dripped Blood, It finally hit me that they were all released by this Amicus company. I feel rather stupid since this is the first I'm hearing about them. I mean, I don't really read a lot about horror movies or anything, I just watch them. So I can sort of blame my ignorance on that, but I never heard them mentioned on any horror message boards before.
My questions are, is anyone really into them? Are they all vignette style? and is Peter Cushing and Chris Lee in them? And Does anyone have any particular favorites?
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Yeah, Amicus put out some really cool little films. They were an interesting alternative to Hammer in their day. Not all of their films are anthologies; one of my favorite single-story films of theirs is
And Now the Screaming Starts.
Asylum is pretty cool, too. It's actually another anthology film.
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee weren't always in them, either. But Amicus did borrow quite a bit of cast and crew from Hammer.
Another one of my favorites is called
The Skull, actually directed by Freddie Francis. That one actually does star Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Definitely recommended.