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Hal Holbrook,
Adrienne Barbeau,
Fritz Weaver,
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George A. Romero
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: Warner Home Video
: Horror, Supernatural/Occult, Killer Critters, Mad Science, Mad Science
: 120 min.
: English
: English, French
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Two of the most venerable names in the horror field, author Stephen King and director George A. Romero, present this anthology of original twisted tales inspired by the E.C. horror comics of the 50's and 60's (themselves a more direct basis for the popular Tales from the Crypt TV series). The five stories are framed within the pages of a comic book which a boy's insensitive father has thrown in the garbage. The first tale, "Father's Day," features a zombie patriarch returning to claim his Father's Day cake; "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" stars King himself as a slack-jawed yokel whose discovery of a radioactive meteorite turns him into a walking weed; "Something to Tide You Over" presents a deadly-serious Leslie Nielsen as a cuckolded husband who plans an elaborate seaside revenge; "The Crate" unleashes its ferocious man-eating contents on the enemies of a meek college professor; and "They're Creeping Up On You" pits obsessively-clean billionaire E.G. Marshall against a swarm of cockroaches in his sterile penthouse. The chapters are uniformly creative, filmed in garish comic-book colors, and Tom Savini's makeup effects are quite memorable (particularly the monster from "The Crate"), though the campy treatment does become exhausting after two hours' runtime. The final segment is the most impressive, thanks to Marshall's over-the-top performance, though the planned scope of the cockroach invasion was drastically reduced (no doubt due to budget constraints). ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
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by Emomovieluver
January 16, 2003 - 5:59 PM PST
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4 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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Attaching George Romero and Stephen King's name to a film of course attracts viewers who are fans of both as well as raises the bar on what to expect. One of the better anthology type films due mainly to the intriging, compelling and chilling storylines and the star talent featured in the pieces, "Creepshow" succeeds as a memorable collection of shorts. Anthology pieces are a tough call. Each story is too short to fully develop. You have to condense the action from a full feature to 20 min. Still, most of the stories here work very well, my personal favorite being "The Crate" and it's vile beast.
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