tales from the crypt (1972)

"There's no way out that way."
Portmanteau where five people, (including Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, and Ian Hendry), lost in a crypt are told how they will died by the mysterious crypt keeper (Ralph Richardson).
As with all anthologies, there is good, bad and indiferent here. So if you don't like one, you may prefer the next one along.

death laid an egg (1968)

aka La morte ha fatto l'uovo.
"Don't ask me to understand anything."
A husband and wife (Jean-Louis Trintignant & Gina Lollobrigida) run a newly automated chicken farm along with Gabrielle (Ewa Aulin), their secretary, who is haunted by a car crash that killed all her family. But with the husband having an affair with Gabrielle, it's only time before the tranquility is shattered.
A stylish thriller, which leaves you guessing right to the end, but lacks a certain spark to make it a classic.

cause for alarm (1951)

"Whatever made you think I'm perfect."
George (Barry Sullivan) is a bedridden man due to a heart condition, who believes that his wife (Loretta Young) is having an affair with his doctor (Bruce Cowling), an old friend. Believing they are about to kill him he writes an incriminating letter, then confronts his wife with his allegations, threatening her with a gun, before collapsing dead. Now the race is on to retrieve the letter, before the authorities recieve it...
Film noir, that ratchets up the paranoia and suspense with a subtily adept script.

man-thing (2005)

"It has chosen who will die."
An oil company's men are vanishing when exploring drilling points in an American swamp region. A new sheriff in town (Matthew Le Nevez) investigates and finds himself up against an ancient native american legand, the Man-thing, the ultimate eco-warrior.
Full of clichés, with standard bad guys, wise native americans, and plot holes you could drive a bus through, but overall an ok 90 minutes.