The first story is about a golddigger (played by Joan Collins) who kills her husband for financial gain. As is often the case with horror anthology stories, she gets her comeupance too. Not a bad story with quite a bit of bloodshed (admittedly, the blood is an unusually bright red, but that's probably the best fake blood available during the early 70's).

The next story involves a philandering man who gets into a car accident. This one is rather difficult to follow and is easily the weakest part of the anthology.

The third story is a deliciously wicked tale of a couple wealthy men plotting to drive their neighbor out of town. Of course, they go too far and drive him over the edge, resulting in suicide. It doesn't quite end there, but I won't reveal the boffo ending. Overall, this one is excellent and perhaps the best in "Tales from the Crypt".

The fourth story is basically a redux of the monkey paw tale with the moral being, "Be carful what you wish for because you just might get it." It's nice to see Roy Dotrice, though. (He's just great as the perverted Fuckaire in "Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers")

The fifth story is another very good addition to this anthology, and it involves an obtuse army officer running an institution for the blind. There is a time when the officer's insensitivity causes a disaster, and the blind people take matters into their own hands. What until you see what they have in store for this guy!

The last story wraps things up with the reason behind the storytelling. I won't spoil the ending by divulging the details, but it is safe to say that it has a nice twist.

The bottom line: "Tales from the Crypt" (1972) is one of the best horror anthologies out there, a must-see for any anthology buff.

** NOTE: The more dots on the domino, the better the movie. 12 dots means it's the best of the best while zero dots means it's the worst of the worst. **