Vault of Horror #20

In "About Face!", the Vault-Keeper introduces a chilling tale of vengeance and transformation: once a celebrated lion tamer, Lydia Armstrong now hides behind a veil after a brutal attack by a black panther left her scarred and broken. When her chauffeur, Steve, betrays her with her own money and another woman, Lydia turns to witchcraft—not for healing, but for retribution. Her spell restores her beauty, but in Florida, Steve’s face begins to rot, a horrifying mirror of her own past.

In "The Reluctant Vampire!", the Crypt-Keeper introduces a chilling tale of deception and desperation, where Mr. Drink, the night watchman at the Blood Donor Center, struggles to maintain his cover as a man of science—while secretly feeding on the very lifeblood he’s sworn to protect. When a missing record book threatens to expose him, and the center’s dire need for more donations pushes him to new extremes, his carefully constructed lies begin to unravel.

In "Grandma's Ghost!!" from Vault of Horror #20 (1951), little Peggy is haunted not by the living, but by the memory of her grandmother’s final moments—her last request for pills, her sudden passing, and the strange comfort she finds in the gardner’s quiet presence. After the funeral, her aunt and uncle, certain they’ve inherited the old woman’s fortune, conspire to eliminate Peggy before she turns twenty-two, but the girl’s growing belief that her grandmother’s spirit is guiding her begins to blur the line between fear and fate. As the family’s dark plans unfold, Peggy’s visions grow stronger—leading to a terrifying picnic and a final, fiery reckoning in the basement, where the past refuses to stay buried.

In the chilling halls of Croydon Insane Asylum, the Old Witch introduces a tale of twisted power and retribution, where Doctor Blackpool’s cruel experiments on his patients go unnoticed—until the very people he torments decide to turn the tables. As the asylum’s dark secrets fester and the patients endure endless torment, a quiet rebellion brews in silence, waiting for the moment to strike.