Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Bugs, Black Comedy, Zombie, Cult Classic, Revenge, Monsters, Comic Book, Aliens, Mad Scientists, Campy, Disturbing, Suspense, Occult, Sea, Infidelity, Surreal, Gore, Animals
Tagline: The most fun you'll ever have being scared!
Plot: In this collaboration with Stephen King, director George Romero assembles a distinguished cast and pays vividly hued homage to the E.C. horror comics of the 1950s. (This film appeared years before the TALES FROM THE CRYPT series.) Five creepy tales are strung together by a framing story involving a young boy being punished by his father for reading the gruesome, titular comic book. "Father’s Day" tells the tale of a family patriarch exacting beyond-the-grave revenge on the daughter who murdered him. In "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill," a Maine hayseed (King himself in a ridiculously over-the-top performance) is overtaken by a meteor-based plant growth. A cuckolded husband exacts watery revenge on his cheating wife and her lover in "Something to Tide You Over." A hairy beast in a box is used for nefarious purposes at a university in "The Crate." Finally, in "They’re Creeping Up on You," a wealthy, arrogant New Yorker with a fear of germs has a disturbing run-in with cockroaches during a blackout. While the stories are a bit brief, the style is appropriate for the anthology format. Romero’s use of garish colors to mimic the ink in comic books is visually appealing, preventing the gore on display from being too off-putting. Featuring early appearances by actors such as Ed
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 This film doesn't really have many down points at all, it never gets boring, it's scary, funny, gory, has a great cast, and once again proves that Stephen King is one of the greatest writers of all time. A Classic.--Ian Button (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
Overall this is an affectionate homage that just doesn't seem to have enough of an edge to it to work as a creepy horror anthology, but if you're looking for something to put on during a rainy day, then Creepshow fits the bill nicely.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
The film is gory, the great music by Joel Harrison is reminiscent of "Halloween" and the shocks kick ass. In short, this is a must-see and is still very accessible, even to pimple-faced teenagers that haven't seen much beyond "Scream."-- (eSplatter.com)
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Stephen King
The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining |
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| Cast |
Hal Holbrook
The Firm, All the President's Men, Men of Honor |
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 | Ed Harris
The Truman Show, The Rock, A Beautiful Mind |
 | Ted Danson
Saving Private Ryan, Three Men and a Baby, Body Heat |
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| Fritz Weaver
The Thomas Crown Affair, Marathon Man, Fail-Safe | Leslie Nielsen
Airplane!, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear | |
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| John Harrison
Day of the Dead, Creepshow 2, Tales from the Darkside |
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Colorful, amusing, and awfully simple - just like a comic book. 80s answer to Tales from the crypt, and one of George Romero's most lighthearted productions.  --Slicer-Dicer (SlasherPool)
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