Creepshow R
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DVD Features:
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours
- Video: Color
- Released: September 8, 2009
- Originally Released: 1982
- Label: Warner Home Video
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Note: Theatrical trailer
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
- Audio:
- Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo - English
- Subtitles - English, French
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Carrie Nye, E.G. Marshall & Viveca Lindfors | |
Performer: | Ted Danson, Gaylen Ross, Ed Harris, Stephen King, Robert Harper, Don Keefer, Bingo O'Malley & Joe Hill | |
Directed by | George A. Romero | |
Screenplay by | Stephen King | |
Composition by | John Harrison | |
Produced by | Richard P. Rubinstein | |
Director of Photography: | Michael Gornick |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"I want my cake!"
- The undead corpse of Nathan Grantham coming back on Father's Day
"Just tell it to call you Billie!"
- Henry Northrup (Hal Holbrook) after feeding his loudmouthed wife (Adrienne Barbeau) to the monster in the crate
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4.8/5 --
The lighting, color palette, splashy FX work, and caricature acting all combine to make Creepshow one of horror's most distinct and enduring films.
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Dread Central
The team-up of director George A. Romero with King was seen as a monumental summit; the movie that resulted from their collaboration is uneven, but its best bits hold up as well as anything in either master's canon.
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The Ringer
...The best things about CREEPSHOW are its carefully simulated comic-book tackiness and the gusto with which good actors assume silly positions...
New York Times
Rating: 2/4 --
Creepshow feels incomplete. Its slapstick humor is not enough to hold the attention it could gain from using a betterly written script. [Full review in Spanish].
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Cinelipsis
...The film is top of its class....CREEPSHOW feels like a real labor of love and Romero produces more genuine startling effects than anyone in recent years...
Variety
Rating: 3/4 --
Romero and King have approached this movie with humor and affection, as well as with an appreciation of the macabre.
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Chicago Sun-Times
he old Amicus movies used EC originals to better effect and with more brevity, for all their cardboard sets.
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Time Out
Product Description:
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 Harris and Ted Danson, CREEPSHOW is eerie, engaging entertainment.
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 Harris and Ted Danson, CREEPSHOW is eerie, engaging entertainment.
Plot Synopsis:
CREEPSHOW presents five tales of horror, gore, and morbid humor, written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero. The film's style is a tribute to E.C. Comics, the campy horror comic books of the 1950s. Beware of (or watch for) a scene featuring hundreds of cockroaches...
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Black Comedy
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Theatrical Release
Production Notes:
- Theatrical release: October 31, 1982.
- An E.C.-style comic book adaptation of the film, drawn by artist Berni Wrightson (SWAMP THING) was released to coincide with the film.
- The "Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" story bears a close resemblance to the H.P. Lovecraft tale, "The Colour Out of Space," which was adapted into the 1987 film THE CURSE.
- Ed Harris appeared in director George Romero's KNIGHTRIDERS in the previous year.
- Joe King, who plays the young boy in the framing story, is the son of screenwriter Stephen King.
- An ashtray in the film turns up in all five stories.
- CREEPSHOW was followed by a sequel in 1987.
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 5,118
- UPC: 883929077366
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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