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Tales That Witness Madness

R Released Oct 31, 1973 1h 30m Horror List
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 28% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
A doctor (Donald Pleasence) recalls cases of an invisible tiger, time travel, a tree named Mel, a cannibal luau.
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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …each story is worse than the last… while a nicely mounted film, as you'd expect from Freddie Francis, these are some of the poorest, most childish stories I’ve ever seen on the screen... Rated: 1/5 May 5, 2024 Full Review Chris Alexander Alexander On Film A superior British horror film and one of the finest examples of the multi-story shocker. Apr 27, 2020 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid It's all very unsatisfying, and baffling to think that this was a big enough project to attract Ms. Novak. Jul 2, 2012 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ben T A blatant copy of ‘Asylum" that lacks the spark. The stories are mediocre and uninspiring. None of them really has anything to offer. ‘Dynasty' star Joan Collins stars, but adds nothing worth mentioning. If you've seen "Asylum' you will probably be disappointed. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/24 Full Review Audience Member Freddie Francis may have been a fine cinematographer, but he couldn't direct for toffee. This lamentably bad portmanteau horror features career-worst performances from several A-listers, including Joan Collins, Kim Novak, Jack Hawkins (re-voiced by Charles Gray) and Michael Jayston. On cheap sets and a budget of nothing, four deeply unexciting tales unfold with the finesse of cold rice pudding. Tigers, penny farthings, horny trees, cannibalism, none of it makes sense, and the framing device even less so. Abby small, as Marty Feldman might say. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I don’t care what anyone says, these old school horror movies are so bad they’re good!! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/23/20 Full Review martin a Donald Pleasence is just wonderful as the Asylums manager explaining the cases of his four residents and why they ended up there, Any enjoyable four tale horror romp Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Good fun and easy to follow. I love anthology films and think it is a shame that not more were made. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A series of short stories that are connected only by their dependence on our imagination - not anyone's sanity. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A doctor (Donald Pleasence) recalls cases of an invisible tiger, time travel, a tree named Mel, a cannibal luau.
Director
Fred Francis
Producer
Norman Priggen
Screenwriter
Jennifer Jayne
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
World Film Services
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 31, 1973, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 12, 2017
Runtime
1h 30m
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