27.2.10

from beyond the grave (1973)

AKA Creatures. Creatures from Beyond the Grave. Tales from Beyond the Grave. Tales from the Beyond. The Undead.
"You know damn well you don't live here, your place is hell."
Portmanteau piece linked by Peter Cushing as a sinister antiques seller. It tells four stories of people who have tried to cheat him in some way. The stories include "The Gate Crasher", where David Warner frees an evil enity from an antique mirror, "An Act of Kindness" featuring Donald Pleasence and Diana Dors, "The Elemental", has Ian Carmichael tormented by a vicious sprite, and "The Door", where an antique door houses a malevolent spirit.
As with all anthologies some stories are better than others, but overall this is a well acted series of horrors.

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