THE CRYPT is a cheap shot-on-digital-video copy of THE DESCENT made with only a fraction of that film's budget and, indeed, talent. It's about the most unconvincing group of female thieves ever who for their next job have to break into some subterranean passages in order to steal a fortune. Inevitably once they get underground they discover that they're not alone and something very sinister is guarding the loot.Having watched a ton of shot-on-video productions over the last few days, I can report that this one is better-shot than most. The individual scenes have depth and a sheen of quality that you don't normally see in this genre. There's not much incident here, just a lot of creeping around in the dark, with the occasional bit of atmosphere. It's no DESCENT, that's for sure. The menace comes from a cool-looking zombie which is way underutilised. There's a bit of brief gore but mainly this is all tease and no pay-off.

The Crypt starts in 1979 with a guy breaking into a coffin and stealing a ring off of a corpse. As he reaches back in for more jewelry, the lid slams down, severing his hand. The entrance to the crypt seals, trapping him inside. We move ahead thirty years, and Perry is getting out of prison and his girlfriend P.J. meets him and three more trailer trash party girls join the get together. Gina mentions an underground vault built in the 1930s, which contains wealthy peoples final resting place. Equipped like coal miners, with picks, flashlights and ropes, they venture down into the abyss. Gina's backpack is emptied mysteriously and they see ghosts. Do they leave? Of course not, they are greedy. Gina removes a necklace from a skeleton and says that the corpse opened it's eyes. A loud rumbling occurs and some of the dead awaken and attack the grave robbers. Karma takes over, offing the evil perpetrators, one by one. Do not waste your time on this garbage.

This is not as bad as comments describe it. Regarding the flashlights what is the problem. There is nothing wrong with flickering ghosts as no one has seen ghosts so far. Come on its only an assumption guys. It is a crypt and years back people were buried in crypts to save space and it is possible that the ghosts guard their belongings from being robbed. Yes the acting was something terrible but for that we cannot blame the script. One thing we need to keep in mind is that we are seeing a horror movie which is an imagination and does not require any thinking and not a history movie or a documentary. Also one comment wa indicating two interconnected levels in the crypt one having sky high water and the other containing neck deep. Did u observe that the levels are of different heights.

Seeing this film was a mixed bag. The story is very simple, yet that's not necessary a bad thing for a movie like this. However a little more character background for the individual girls would have made the movie a lot more suspenseful (you'll actually hope they survive for another reason rather than hoping for a boob flash).The acting is terrible. Especially when they have to do something else than just scream and look scared.The nudity is there (and nice looking girl too) but it only helps to make the movie look even more low budget.There's a lot of atmosphere in the movie, once they go into the crypt. However everything above is just lame. From the opening car theft to the planing room.The ghosts look scary (with their all white) eyes, but they don't exactly look like they've been buried for 70 years. Considering the budget, they are definitely one of the highlights of the film.Another highlight are the somewhat sudden scares, like ghost appearing for just a second before it fades into the dark.I think both the movie and director have potential to do wonders with a larger moneybag (like $5 millions or something).Cut out the stupid stuff like the opening car theft and the ending (the last 10 minutes or so). Get some better actors, and don't use an all female cast. It's not very believable. Add more character development for the supporting leads. Remove the unnecessary nudity. Improve the ghost make-up, and remove the flickering (so unoriginal). Add more environmental dangers like crushing concrete, holes/traps and stuff.Last but not least (and I'm not sure about this), add to the story a reason/hint why the crypt may be haunted. Something like a necromancer was buried there. This could even be the secret agenda of one of the grave robbers.