It is a diverse and exciting selection that looks like a terrifying and powerful template that tells about five terrifying tales. These five stories are based on popular comic books in the fifties that speak of torture, murder, destruction, blood, extreme violence and other horrific events of the last century. These tales are in one feature, and the film may evoke fears of traditional bogeymen and the agony that prevailed.
This horror omnibus tickles the funny bone while stripping it of its flesh, so that hysterical laughter comes as fast as the frights and as thick as the blood.
This five-part film, based on the format of 50s horror comics, marks one of the few times George Romero has directed someone else's script (it's by Stephen King), and the results are only mildly interesting by the standards of his Dead trilogy.
