I love the old portmanteau horrors! Whenever there was a story that didn't grab you, you know that there'll be something different coming along pretty shortly.

From Beyond The Grave is my favourite.

Thanks for the awesome vid! Only got into Amicus a year ago but have now obsessively collected all the anthologies. Torture Garden is a bit flat, but for me House that Dripped Blood and Asylum are tied for first. If you could switch the ditch the Waxwork segment from House and bung in the Vampires cloak from Asylum, you'd have the ultimate anthology. A video ranking individual stories would be amazing!

Nice video, loved the Amicus films and the first story in Asylum scared the life out of me aged about 12, the glory days of the BBC2 horror double bills!

I read today that Amicus is going to be revived. I hope they do them justice as I bloody love these films. Hugely entertaining. Asylum is probably my favourite although frankly they´re all so much fun.

Watching horror films as a child, me too! I was only six years old when I started watching the double feature of Universal Horror on Sunday afternoons that aired on a local station. I also had to fit the viewing in between brunch. My mom was a really good cook and family time was very important for all of us. Thanks for the reviews.

It's so funny how much I get used to a close-to-the-mouth microphone sound over the more DIY of relying on the computer microphone. But good comments.

In The House That Dripped Blood, I always loved the little details like the estate agent’s name being A. Stoker

The simplicity of some of the stories often worked in their favour. I remember an episode of ITV's Thriller 70's series,( I'm the Girl he wants to kill) which mostly consisted of a man running around an empty office block hunting a woman - saw it at age 11. Absolutely terrifying.

Good video, love these films. My order would be (best to worst) 1.) Tales from the Crypt 2.) The House that Dripped Blood 3.) Vault of Horror 4.) Asylum 5.) From Beyond the Grave 6.) Torture Garden 7.) Dr Terror's House of Horrors Hurts to put that last but, apart from Christopher Lee and the severed hand, I find the stories pretty weak. My favourite story from all of them is probably the Denholm Elliot story in THTDB as 'Dominic' has always creeped me out!

Great video Michael Huge fan of the Amicus movies. So great to see another fan .

The first story in The House That Dripped Blood about Dominique has forever freaked me out!!! I sometimes picture him sitting in the dark in the corner of my bedroom when I can't sleep! Absolutely terrifying!!! Same goes with the evil Santa in "All Around The House" with the amazing Joan Collins!

They were all immensely enjoyable. Great stories (if a bit camp) brilliantly dekivered by excellent acting talent

Another terrific video Michael. I remember the embalming fluid scene only too well.

I'm 63 years old. I can honestly say that I saw Tales from the Crypt in the theater which I loved, and a few months later Asylum in the theater, which I couldn't sleep for a week because of the butcher paper gag. I was 12.

These were the late night horror movies I might see on local channels after midnight on Friday or Saturday nights or even on Saturday afternoons. Great fun in those days.

Takes me back also , am doing a rewatch at the moment after upgrading some of my titles to blu ray.

Totally agree that Asylum is the best one. The best segment for me though is An Act of Kindness in From Beyond the Grave. Bannen and Pleasance give superb performances. I also noticed recently that some of their dialogue crops up in an episode of League of Gentleman.

,Dr.Terrors House of horror' is absolutely a masterpiece, gorgeous 👍

For me, the jackpot is anything with the triumvirate of Lee, Cushing, and the fabulous Michael Gough, whom I can't stop watching. He makes me laugh like none other. One of my guilty pleasures is a film called Konga where Gough is totally off the chain. His performance in that is so right it's wrong ( or maybe, so wrong, it's right???) Don't even get me started on Tales from the Crypt, and the early '90's HBO series that came out when I was 15...so amazing!

Tales the white jaguar is also in another amicus production and the stories are just right. I saw the film while on a overnight stay at a friends house his mom and dad checked it out of the local library and had a old film projrctor So much fun with just the right amount of fright

Great films and always nice to see them getting some love my order would be 1. House that Dripped Blood, 2. Asylum, 3. Tales from the Crypt, 4. Dr Terrors House of Horrors, 5. Voult of Horror, 6. From Beyond the Grave and 7. Torture Garden....but every film has at least one stand out story that makes for essential viewing!

Thank you! I've not keen on "Torture Garden" but so many seem to be. The piano segment is just ludicrous to me. I've watched the film many times wanting to like it more, but...no. The segment with Donald and Angela Pleasence in "From Beyond the Grave" is really icky and messed up...and marvelous. "Matches...shoelaces..."

Brilliant video matey subbed

I really enjoyed your video. I've been a huge fan of Hammer and Amicus since watching them as a kid, on late night BBC and ITV in the 80's. All seven films are great, it was hard putting them in order, have included my favourite story too: 7 - Torture Garden (The Man Who Collected Poe). 6 - House that Dripped Blood (Waxworks). 5 - Dr Terrors House of Horrors (Disembodied Hand) 4 - Vault of Horror (Drawn and Quartered) 3 - From Beyond the Grave (An Act of Kindness) 2 - Asylum (The Weird Tailor) 1 - Tales from the Crypt (And All Thru the House) Interesting to note that Peter Cushing was in six of the seven films - although he was part of the framing story in two of those, interestingly, the first and last. I could easily make a case for saying that the four segments he was in are four of the best ever stories and could put them together and make a 'best of' amicus anthology film. There aren't any terrible stories but some of the weaker ones for me are: Bargain in Death (Vault); Mr. Steinway (Torture) and The Elemental (Beyond Grave). But I love them all really.

I have seen most of them but I love in no particular order the house that dripped blood The tarot cards on the train , asylum & tale from the crypt Joan collins before dynasty !

Amicus and hammer made the best horror movies of all time, at least for me

Is it just me or did Amicus use the same white Jaguar in house that dripped blood , tales from the crypt and asylum? I know I saw that jaguar in three movies !

agree with most of your ratings,i love correcting people who always think these films were made by hammer.

You describe these films brilliantly but I`m a big fan of "Torture Garden" especially with the spectacular funfair shots at the start of the show . The introductory lift scene in "Vault of Horror" is also pure magic but I`m not keen on Tom Baker who just looked out of place with his dated hairstyle and terrible clothes . I really like all the films and actually saw "Doctor Terror" at the cinema back in the day . Roy Castle was slightly irritating as the cocky jazz hipster , but Alan Freeman gave a creditable performance in the creeping vine story . Also a mention for Max Adrian who was superb in the vampire section .

Suprised at the choices,Beyond The Grave is either first or second for me

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