Yet another horror anthology from Amicus--their seventh--this one too is a haphazard affair that fails to satisfy. Based on four stories by Chetwynd-Hayes, the episodes are linked by Cushing as the proprietor of a creepy antique shop who gets revenge on cheating customers by condemning
them to supernatural fates after they leave the store. In the first tale a man is possessed by the spirit of Jack the Ripper after purchasing an antique mirror. The second has a retired army officer, who is dominated by his wife, falling into an affair with the daughter of a mysterious peddler
(played, respectively, by Angela Pleasence and her father, Donald) and using voodoo to disp...
Released:
1974
Rated:
PG
Length:
98 mins