I must say I am still not really a fan of the first two stories, but the third story and the wraparound (and monsters rule OK!) always leave me feeling pretty good about the movie. Thanks for putting this one on, @papawoof.bsky.social

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"We don't like to boast."

John Carradine gets one more badass understated line reading before beginning his sad decline.

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I think this last segment is actually my favorite of the three. I really like Stuart Whitman, and I love the way the townsfolk pop up en masse every time he turns around.

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The film's theatrical trailer gives away the fates of both of the characters played by Simon Ward and Donald Pleasence.
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Body count: three humans, one half-human, one cat, and one bird.
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Vincent Price and John Carradine filmed their scenes in one week.
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John Carradine was the second choice for the role of R. Chetwynd-Hayes in the film.
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Klaus Kinski was offered a major role in the film, but turned it down. He was then replaced by Richard Johnson, who took the role.
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Patrick Magee has only eight lines in the entire film.
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Only a moderate success on its theatrical release, the film did good business when it was released onto the fledgling video rental market on the VHS, Betamax (and V2000 in Europe) formats in 1982.
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Vincent Price was the second choice for the role of Eramus in the film.
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The final theatrical film of director Roy Ward Baker.
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The song B.A. Robertson sings in the film, 'Sucker for Your Love' was released in the UK as a flexidisc giveaway with a magazine to help publicize the film.
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Budget: $1.7 million.
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Rock band UB40 are featured on the credits to this film film. They had only been in existence for just over two years when this film was released and had one hit album with three UK top ten singles behind them. By the mid 1980s they had become a huge international act
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In the final segment "Humgoo Story" the village is called "Loughville". This is an anagram of "Ghoul ville".
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The name of the "vampire film producer", Lintom Busotsky, is a tongue-in-cheek anagram of the name of the film's producer, Milton Subotsky.
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The film was shot in 24 days.
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Christopher Lee was approached to play the role of R. Chetwynd-Hayes in the film, which was ultimately played by John Carradine.
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