You get five stories with a wrap-around involving a group of people touring a crypt who find themselves trapped in a room with the "Crypt Keeper" (this pre-dates the puppet, for those of you who are unfamiliar...). He goes down the line, expounding to each of them their grisly fates.
The stories are all well crafted, clever and memorable - with the slight exception of the second, "Reflection of Death", which I found to be the weakest, but definitely not BAD. Joan Collins being terrorized by a deranged, Santa-clad killer after murdering her hubby on Xmas is a classic and, of course, "Wish You Were Here" which actually has a pretty damn dark and gruesome ending. Gotta love the hard-ass fucker running the home for the blind getting his comeuppance, which acts as a good 'finale' for the film. For sure a classic British horror anthology everyone should check out.
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