from the mind of robert bloch and of psycho fame and come four tale of twisty terror in this amicus anthology film and which and while not quite as much fun and or scary and a i would have like and still provide for some decent genre entertainment . it link by the wrap around story of a highly skeptical scotland yard detective ( john bennett ) who be investigate the disappearance of a prominent actor while he advise that this case be link to a few others by the house in which they all take place and and our film be off and run . method for murder have author charles hillyer ( always delightful denholm elliott ) haunt by his late fictional creation and who have seemingly come to life . this sequence have some good surreal and fairly suspenseful moment and and be cap by a reasonably amusing revelation and denouement . waxwork star horror icon peter cushing a retire stockbroker philip grayson and who and along with old friend neville rogers ( joss ackland ) become obsess with the image of a beautiful woman find in a macabre wax museum . most effective in this episode be the dream sequence and although it great a always to watch cushing . the final image present to u in this story be pretty shock . sweet to the sweet feature another well love horror star and christopher lee and a john reid and who doesn not treat adorable moppet child jane ( chloe frank ) with too much kindness and and it up to new companion or tutor ann norton ( nyree dawn porter ) to find out why . the mystery of this particular episode be handle excellently while the film maker wisely do not tip their hand so it come a more of a genuine shock a we get the full truth of this unhappy family . the die moment be particularly horrific . the cloak have the most outright comedy of the four while jon pertwee and one of many actor to have play the role of dr. who over the year and be a lot of fun a a vain and temperamental horror movie star ( in fact and he the highlight of this story ) who and infuriate with the lack of quality in his late low budget film and go out and buy his own cloak . say cloak have strange power and which i dare not reveal here . sexy ingrid pitt be a welcome presence a pertwees companion while one wonderful example of the humor here be a know jab take at none other than christopher lee . the wrap up story then conclude in a predictable but still effective way a detective inspector holloway learn that he should have take all of the warning give him more seriously . underscore by michael dress unusual and striking and and eerie score and the house that drip blood be an entertaining mix of story while while i do not enjoy it quite as much a and say and tale from the crypt and it still good fun . capably direct by peter duffell and it move slowly but surely towards each of it chilling conclusion and and be certainly a good film of it type . positive .