Amicus Films

The Vault of Horror – 1973

An Amicus Production
Produced at Shepperton Studios
93 Mins

Storyline

Five strangers board a descending lift, one by one, in a modern office block in London. They reach the sub-basement, though none of them have pressed for that destination. There they find a large, elaborately furnished room that appears to be a gentlemen’s club. The lift door has closed; there are no buttons to bring it back, nor any other exit. Resigned to waiting for help, they settle down with drinks and talk. The conversation turns to dreams, and each man tells of a recurring nightmare.

Hammer Connections – 20


Role	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Amicus Credits	Hammer Credits
CREW - 7
Camera Operator	John Harris	49	15 May 1925		3 Jul 2012	87	4	2
Chief Hairdresser	Mibs Parker					0	3	8
Chief Make-up Artist	Roy Ashton	65	16 Apr 1909		10 Jan 1995	85	4	36
Conductor	Douglas Gamley	50	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	16	3
Continuity	Betty Harley						2	6
Director	Roy Ward Baker	57	19 Dec 1916		5 Oct 2010	93	3	8
Music	Douglas Gamley	48	24 Sep 1924		5 Feb 1998	73	16	3
CAST - 13
Alex	Edward Judd	40	4 Oct 1932		24 Feb 2009	76	1	1
Bob Dickson	Maurice Kaufmann	45	29 Jun 1927		21 Sep 1997	70	1	4
Breedley	Terence Alexander	50	11 Mar 1923		28 May 2009	86	1	2
Diltant	Denholm Elliott	50	31 May 1922		6 Oct 1992	70	2	2
Gravedigger	Arthur Mullard	62	19 Sep 1910		11 Dec 1995	85	2	1
Jane	Marianne Stone	50	23 Aug 1922		21 Dec 2009	87	1	9
Landlord	Tommy Godfrey	56	20 Jun 1916		24 Jun 1984	68	2	2
Male Customer	Frank Forsyth	67	19 Dec 1905		2 May 1984	78	10	3
Old Waiter	Erik Chitty	65	8 Jul 1907		22 Jul 1977	70	1	1
Passerby On Street	Roy Evans	43	10 Jan 1930	10.01.1930		93	1	3
Restaurant Vampire	Jack Armstrong						1	1
Waiter	Jerold Wells	64	8 Aug 1908		19 Jul 1999	90	1	4
Wilson	John Forbes-Robertson	44	10 May 1928		14 May 2008	80	1	2

Footnotes

Filmed August-September 1972. The only “Amicus” anthology in which Peter Cushing does not appear, as he was still shooting Amicus’s “And Now the Screaming Starts!, which began July 17.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection