The Crypt

Still at least a point for trying. Plus the scenes "down under" have a certain good look to them. The claustrophobia can be felt through the screen. But that's almost about it (unless you count the blood effects and one scene of nudity to the positive side as well). You can't possibly cheer the acting ... if you're serious about it.

Something the movie unfortunately is. Instead of playing it for fun (might have netted a few extra points here and there), it tries to be serious. It doesn't really work. If you don't mind the acting, you will mind the dialog. The "plot" is more than simple, but there are not many horror movies who have something complex to give to the viewer, so that doesn't really count. Not really worth a look ...

I watched this, because we get to see hundreds of movies for a very cheap price over here, almost for free, but if you really want to spend a few Dollars on this or rent the DVD, DON'T. It's just not worth it.

Watching a few talent-less girls crawl around in endless underground tunnels is awfully boring. The movie is not scary even a bit. The ghosts look totally ridiculous and make you want to hate all kinds of ghost stories. 1 hour and 22 minutes? Are you kidding me? The scenes were so repetitive that I felt like I'd been watching it for four hours. I was just waiting for it to come to an end, but no! Even when you do think it's over and you begin to cheer up, it starts all over again with the girl crawling back the same lousy tunnels we've seen at least a dozen times before!

Trust me, the only reasons I watched this were: It was late at night and I had nothing better to do and of course because it was almost a free watch! I give it 2 stars because I was fast asleep after watching this. YAWN.

A girl and her ex-con boyfriend are convinced to join a group of thieves planning to break into a sealed Depression-era crypt and loot the bodies of their jewelry. However the crypt just might be haunted...

There's nothing spectacular about this low-budget horror film, but it somehow ends up being a lot more entertaining than it has any right to be. The plot is incredibly light for its hour and twenty minute running time, so there are an excessive amount of "girls crawling through crypt corridor" scenes. The director doesn't skip ahead, even when the thieves are backtracking through areas we've already seen, and those sequences can get dull. (Short on plot though it is, I did notice at least one plot hole.) If you like cleavage, however, plenty is on display. A bit more cleavage than gore, perhaps unfortunately.

The acting isn't as bad as a previous comment would have you believe. Sarah Oh (PJ) and Abra May (Gina) are the standouts and luckily it's them who get the most screen time. Once the girls get into the crypt and start looking scared, there are no line deliveries bad enough to make you roll your eyes.

The sets are pretty incredible, if obviously too new to be built during the Great Depression, and unlike most low budget films they are actually lit very well. In fact sometimes the crypt corridors are a bit too bright - I think a little bit of darkness might have made for a scarier mood.

You've seen the flickering ghosts here in a billion other movies, so don't expect to have any nightmares after watching The Crypt, unless perhaps you're claustrophobic.

And yes, there is a brief topless shot of the beautiful Sarah Oh, which for some might make this rental worth catching all by itself.

What a film. Tried to be the next "Descent", but only made me want to cry. It was a confused mishmash of a story and even worse editing. First it was just a haunted crypt, then the undead appear ... and why exactly were people buried there in the first place? And the gang of thieves, they're very unbelievable characters. Like who in her right mind would go out on a 'job' while her younger brother lies dead in the back of a car? And the situation is so contrived, even their get-ups from the shirt and the shorts, down to the belt) are exactly the same! The film was directed by a certain Craig McMahon; the way it went it could easily have been directed by the late Ed McMahon ... it was so hilariously bad. Not even Sarah Oh's brief nude scene could save this film.

If you can't afford decent effects, at least have a decent script. If you can't have a decent script, have people who know how to act. If you can't have people who know how to act, you end up with The Crypt.

To say that this movie was uninspired would be a massive overstatement.

So poorly crafted and lacking in quality, that it's not even in the so-bad-it's-good category.

The movie starts with a stupid, over-acting, over-emoting, boggle-eyed grave robber doing his thing and paying the price. This is meant to be the hook that catches our interest, but all I felt was a sense of foreboding at how tedious the scene was.

Sadly, the movie went downhill from there. I'm not even going to waste time on further analysis.

Appalling. Don't waste 5 seconds on it.