Vault of Horror #17

In "Till Death...", a grieving man named Steve is shattered by the death of his wife, Donna, but his loyal servant Jebco offers a desperate hope—through a forbidden voodoo ritual, she can return. Though the resurrection brings her back to life, it comes at a terrible cost: Donna begins to decay, and Steve, unable to bear her suffering, takes his own life. Yet Jebco, true to his devotion, performs the same dark magic on Steve, binding him to her in undeath—forever united, but forever cursed.

In "The Chips Are Down!", the Crypt-Keeper introduces a tale of greed and retribution set in a remote sawmill, where a secret government contract promises fortune—but at a terrible cost. When a new saw promises to meet impossible production demands, two partners conspire to cheat their third out of his share, only to face a horrifying reckoning when the victim’s spirit rises from the grave with a vengeance.

In a distant castle with a belfry that looms over the land, a young apprentice watches in silence as the royal bell ringer performs his duty for decades—never once allowed to ring the bell himself. On the Queen’s birthday, the old man is finally given permission to toll the great bell all day, but when his apprentice demands his turn and is refused, a moment of rage leads to a violent act. The King arrives just in time to witness the murder, but the true punishment is far more chilling than any sentence. The Vault-Keeper warns us: some bells are meant to be rung by hands that never knew the weight of guilt.

The Old Witch introduces a chilling tale of guilt and retribution, where the severed torso of Henry Bodwin returns to haunt his brother Norton, dredging up the dark secret of their murderous past. With the weight of a double indemnity payout and a corpse that refuses to stay buried, the brothers’ twisted scheme begins to unravel in ways neither expected.