I know that you're out there asking why we would ever devote a section to just covering anthology videos. [Excuse me
tyranist, sorry to interrupt, but why would you devote a section just to covering anthology videos?--Rish] Well, I have
found in reviewing them, that it is often difficult to communicate all of the pertinent information. This page attempts to
not only catalog anthology videos, but provide details about their origins. Anthology videos are often all grouped around
a single author's stories. But which ones?
In addition, I have noticed that most anthologies were originally made for TV. To this end, they do not normally include
the level of violence and gore that most horror films do, but are made with a different motive in mind. These stories are
usually meant to be terrifying in their idea instead of in their delivery. We all watched Twilight Zone, those stories
scared us for days because of what they meant, not what they showed us. Anthology videos are pretty much down the
same line.
I've organized them chronologically. Since the idea behind this little project is to list the original authors behind the
stories in the videos, I have indicated the original author when I have that information or simply "No previous author" if
the story is an original teleplay. I hope you enjoy.
| Tales of Terror (1962) | Morella The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar The Black Cat |
Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe Edgar Allen Poe |
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| Frame: None. | |||
| Black Sabbath (1963) (aka The Three Faces of Fear) | The Drop of Water The Telephone The Wurdalak |
Anton Chekhov Howard Snyder Alexei Tolstoy |
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| Frame: Boris Karloff introduces three tales of psychological horror. | |||
| Twice Told Tales (1963) | "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" "Rappaccini's Daugher" "The House of the Seven Gables" |
Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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| Frame: A skeleton turns the pages of a book by Nathaniel Hawthorne | |||
| Torture Garden (1967) | Enoch Terror Over Hollywood Mr. Steinway The Man Who Collected Poe |
Robert Bloch Robert Bloch Robert Bloch Robert Bloch |
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| Frame: Five fairground visitors are revealed where their secret desires will lead them by the myserious Dr. Diabolo (Burgess Merideth). | |||
| The House That Dripped Blood | Method for Murder Waxworks Sweets to the Sweet The Cloak |
Robert Bloch No Previous Author Richard Matheson No Previous Author |
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| Frame: A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house. | |||
| Tales from the Crypt (1972) | And All Through the House Reflection of Death Poetic Justice Wish You Were Here Blind Alleys |
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown |
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| Frame: A cryptcreeper played by Ralph Richardson, takes some guests on a tour of their futures among the catacombs. | |||
| Asylum (1972) | Frozen Fear The Weird Taylor Lucy Comes to Stay Mannikins of Horror |
Robert Bloch Robert Bloch Robert Bloch Robert Bloch |
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| Frame: A young doctor arrives at an asylum looking for work and is assigned to listen to the cases of four patients. | |||
| From Beyond the Grave (1973) | The Gate Crasher An Act of Kindness The Elemental The Door |
R. Chetwynd-Hayes R. Chetwynd-Hayes R. Chetwynd-Hayes R. Chetwynd-Hayes |
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| Frame: An antique dealer (played by Peter Cushing) with a shop called Temptations Ltd. gets revenge on four customers who try to cheat him. | |||
| Tales That Witness Madness (1973) | Mr. Tiger Penny Farthing Mel Luau |
No previous author No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: A scientist at a psychiatric institute (Donald Pleasence) tells a fellow scientist the bizarre stories of his inmates. | |||
| The Vault of Horror (1973) | Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown |
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown |
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| Frame: Five men trapped in the basement vault of an office building share visions with each other of thier demise. | |||
| Trilogy of Terror (1975) | Amelia Unknown Prey |
No previous author No previous author Richard Matheson |
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| Frame: There is none unless you count the fact that Karen Black is in all three parts.. | |||
| Creepshow (1982) | Father's Day The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill Something to Tide You Over The Crate They're Creeping up on You |
No previous author Stephen King ("Weeds") Stephen King Stephen King No previous author |
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| Frame: A kid (played by Stephen King's son Joe) has his horror comic book thrown out by his god-fearing father (played by Tom Atkins). As the comic pages flip in the wind, we get to see the stories contained within. | |||
| Screamtime (1983) | Killer Punch Scream House Garden of Blood |
No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: Two creeps in New York steal three videos from a shop and run to a girlfriend's house to watch them. In the end they are killed by the monsters from the videos. | |||
| Nightmares (1983) | Terror in Topanga Bishop of Battle The Benediction Night of the Rat |
No Previous Author No Previous Author No Previous Author No Previous Author |
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| Frame: None. | |||
| Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) | Untitled Kick the Can It's a Good Life Nightmare at 20,000 Feet |
No previous author Unknown Jerome Bixby Richard Matheson |
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| Frame: Two men (Dan Aykroyd and Albert Brooks) reminisce about the old "Twilight Zone" series. "You wanna see something really scary?" | |||
| Cat's Eye (1985) | Quitter's Inc. The Ledge General |
Stephen King Stephen King No previous author |
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| Frame: A little girl (Drew Barrymore) defends her troublesome tabby cat to her parents. | |||
| Deadtime Stories (1985) | Peter & the Witches Little Red Runninghood Goldi Lox and the Three Baers |
No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: Unable to sleep, a boy's uncle tells him horror variations of fairy tales. | |||
| Creepshow 2 (1987) | Old Chief Wood'nhead The Raft The Hitchhiker |
No previous author Stephen King No previous author |
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| Frame: Billy (played this time by Domenick John) and his comic book featuring the Creep are back to tell us three more tales. These segments are fully animated. | |||
| Grim Prairie Tales (1990) | Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown |
Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown |
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| Frame: two travellers on the prairie happen to meet up and spend the night in the same location. They swap stories to pass the time. | |||
| Two Evil Eyes (1990) | The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar The Black Cat |
Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe |
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| Frame: There is no frame, just chapter breaks. | |||
| Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990) | Lost 249 The Cat from Hell Lover's Vow |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Stephen King Michael McDowell |
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| Frame: A boy (Matthew Lawrence) tells a witch (Debbie Harry) scary stories to keep her from eating him. | |||
| Body Bags (1993) | The Gas Station Hair Eye |
No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: A corpse in a morgue (played by John Carpenter) leads us through three horror stories. | |||
| Necronomicon (1994) | The Drowned The Cold Whispers |
H.P. Lovecraft ("The Rats in the Walls") H.P. Lovecraft ("Cool Air") H.P. Lovecraft ("The Whisperer in the Darkness") |
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| Frame: H.P. Lovecraft (played by Jeffrey Combs) breaks into a monastery library to read from the Necronomicon, Book of the Dead. These stories are what he gleans. | |||
| Trilogy of Terror II (1996) | The Graveyard Rats Bobby He Who Kills |
Henry Kuttner No previous author Richard Matheson ("Prey") |
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| Frame: None unless you count the fact that Lysette Anthony was in all three parts. | |||
| Campfire Tales (1996) | The Hook The Honeymoon People Can Lick Too The Locket |
No previous author No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: After a car accident out in the middle of nowhere, four teens tell scary stories around a campfire to . . . I don't know why they'd do it, actually. | |||
| Quicksilver Highway (1997) | The Body Politic Chattery Teeth |
Clive Barker Stephen King |
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| Frame: A traveling salesman (played by Christopher Lloyd) relates to the two terrifying stories to unsuspecting customers. | |||
| Terror Tract (2000) | "Nightmare" "Bobo" "Come to Granny" |
No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: A real estate agent (John Ritter) tells two prospective buyers the morbid history of the houses he shows off. | |||
| Campfire Stories (2001) | Unknown Unknown Unknown |
Unknown Unknown Unknown |
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| Frame: Mad scout leader tells scary stories around a campfire to unsuspecting, wandering teens. | |||
| Scary Tales (2001) | "Hit and Run" "I Ain't Got No Body" "The Death of . . ." |
No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: "Terminally Unemployed." A man visits a job placement agency only to find that the jobs they offer seem to be a little more dangerous to a body's health than he hoped. | |||
| Werewolf Tales (2001) | "Bestiality" "Dark Bite" "No Place to Hyde" |
No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: None. The stories are all about werewolves and there is a short intro mentioning that fact. | |||
| Exhumed | "Shi No Mori (The Forest of Death)" "Shadow of Tomorrow!" "Last Rumble" |
No previous author No previous author No previous author |
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| Frame: None. All three are chronological, and deal with the undead. | |||
