History Film / VaultOfHorror

In the United States the film was released in an edited version that replaced some of the gorier moments with freeze frames, to bring the rating down from R to PG. This version was also used for the U.S. DVD release, although the Blu-ray release uses the uncut version.

* Bowdlerization: Some prints of the film put a black patch over the beer tap stuck into Harold and edit a few frames out of the hammering of Pritchit. Unfortunately, this included the US DVD release (the Shout!/Scream Factory Blu-Ray release pairing it with ''Film/TalesFromTheCrypt'' is restored).

* Bowdlerization: Some prints of the film put a black patch over the beer tap stuck into Harold. Unfortunately, this includes the US DVD release.

* Bowdlerization: Some prints of the film have the tapping of Harold in "Midnight Mess" blacked out. Unfortunately, this includes the US DVD release.

!!Synopsis (From Wikipedia):

Harold Rogers (Daniel Massey) tracks his sister Donna (Anna Massey-- his real sister!) to a strange village and kills her to claim her inheritance. After settling down for a post-murder meal at the local restaurant, he discovers the town is home to a nest of vampires: his sister is not as dead as he thinks, and he becomes the dish of the night when his jugular vein is tapped out as a beverage dispenser.

* AssholeVictim: Arthur Critchit.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In "Midnight Mess" and "Bargain in Death", the villainous main characters' comeuppance comes at the hands of just-as-evil punishers who just happen to encounter them and unknowingly make them pay.

Moore (Creator/TomBaker) is an impoverished painter living on Haiti. When he learns that his work has been sold for high prices by dealers and critics who told him that it was worthless, he goes to a voodoo priest and his painting hand is given voodoo power; whatever he paints or draws can be harmed by damaging its image. Returning to London, Moore paints portraits of the three men who cheated him (Creator/DenholmElliott, John Witty, Terence Alexander) and mutilates them to exact his revenge. However, he has previously painted his own self-portrait, and he must protect it to prevent himself being harmed.

Moore (Creator/TomBaker) is an impoverished painter living on Haiti. When he learns that his work has been sold for high prices by dealers and critics who told him that it was worthless, he goes to a voodoo priest and his painting hand is given voodoo power; whatever he paints or draws can be harmed by damaging its image. Returning to London, Moore paints portraits of the three men who cheated him, and mutilates them to exact his revenge. However, he has previously painted his own self-portrait, and he must protect it to prevent himself being harmed.

* InNameOnly: None of the stories are from the titular comic (four of them are from ''Tales From the Crypt'', the second one is from ''Shock [=SuspenStories=]''), and The Vaultkeeper was omitted.

The obsessively neat Arthur Critchit (Creator/TerryThomas) marries Eleanor (Glynis Johns), a young trophy wife who is not quite the domestic goddess he hoped for. His constant nagging about the mess she makes eventually drives her mad. She hits him over the head with a hammer then cuts him up, storing the pieces in neatly labeled jars – including his “odds and ends.”

* KickTheSonOfABitch: In "Midnight Mess" and "Bargain in Death", the main characters' comeuppance comes at the hands of just-as-evil punishers who just happen to encounter them and unknowingly make them pay.

''Vault of Horror'' is an AnthologyFilm released in 1973 by the British Creator/AmicusProductions. It is a horror anthology, adapting five stories from the Creator/ECComics titles ''Tales from the Crypt'' and ''Shock [=SuspenStories=]'' (though none, [[NonindicativeName strangely enough]], from the actual ''Vault of Horror'' comic).

''Vault of Horror'' is an AnthologyFilm released in 1973 by the British Creator/AmicusProductions. It is a horror anthology, adapting five tales from the Creator/ECComics titles ''Tales from the Crypt'' and ''Shock [=SuspenStories=]'' (though none, [[NonindicativeName strangely enough]], from the actual ''Vault of Horror'' comic).

* AdaptationalVillainy: Compared to the comic, most characters are attributed some terrible deed to justify their suffering.
** Harold in the original "Midnight Mess" comic was just some poor schmoe who wandered into the wrong restaurant while visiting his sister. Here he murders his sister so we don't feel too bad for him.

** He verbally abuses his wife to tears on a daily basis. This, after all but admitting to a friend in the beginning that he ''only'' got married in the first place so he'd have someone to keep house for him.
* TheDogBitesBack: "Midnight Mess", "The Neat Job", and "This Trick'll Kill You" couple this with PayEvilUntoEvil as the victims of the wicked turn into their punishers.

'''Rogers:''' ''[{{spit take}}]''

* InNameOnly: None of the stories are from the titular comic (4 of them are from Tales From the Crypt, the second one is from Shock SuspenStories), and The Vaultkeeper was omitted.

* NeatFreak / SuperOCD: Critchit, in "The Neat Job".

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