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From Beyond the Grave (1973)
Director: Kevin Connor
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Although a vast improvement on the derisory Vault of Horror, this seventh Amicus horror omnibus, using stories by R Chetwynd-Hayes, suffers from much the same faults as its immediate predecessors. As usual there's one really good episode (a remarkable sub-Pinter piece on witchcraft with a stunning performance from Angela Pleasence), but the others are at best average. And the linking story, with Cushing manning an antique shop, is feeble even by Vault of Horror standards. The script's concentration on suspense and visual effects, with a minimum of dialogue, should be a virtue; but the Amicus budgets are so low (with name casts a priority) that the technique frequently results in sequences of cramping boredom.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: Kevin Connor
Producer: Max J Rosenberg, Milton Subotsky
Cast: Peter Cushing, David Warner, Donald Pleasence, Ian Bannen, Diana Dors, Angela Pleasence, Margaret Leighton, Nyree Dawn Porter, Ian Carmichael, Ian Ogilvy, Lesley-Anne Down full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 98 mins
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