Product Description

Two macabre masters - writer Stephen King and director George A. Romero - conjure up five shocking yarns, each a virtuoso exercise in the ghouls-and-gags style of classic '50s horror comics. A murdered man emerges from the grave for Father's Day cake. A meteor's ooze makes everything ... grow. A professor selects his wife as a snack for a crated creature. A scheming husband plants two lovers up to their necks in terror. A malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia becomes the prey of a cockroach army. Add the spirited performances of a fine cast (Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, E.G. Marshall and King himself) and the ghoulish makeup wizardry of Tom Savini. Let the Creepshow begin.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11007 in DVD
• Released on: 1999-10-26
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

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Inspired by the controversial E.C. Comics of the 1950s--which also provided the title and inspiration for the popular Tales from the Crypt TV series--director George Romero and screenwriter Stephen King serve up five delightfully frightful stories. Utilizing comic-book panels, animated segues, and exaggerated lighting and camera angles, Romero and cinematographer Michael Gornick come very close to replicating a horror comic in film format. The results mix fine acting with the morbid sense of humor and irony that made the E.C. books so popular in their heyday. Actors such as Leslie Nielsen, Hal Holbrook, Ted Danson, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Harris, E.G. Marshall, and even King appear in the stories, which include tales of a sinister father's day celebration, a mysterious meteor, seaweed-draped zombies, a monster in a crate, and a cockroach-phobic millionaire. Fiendishly fun fare from one of horror's most famous directors. --Bryan Reesman

Customer Reviews

Creepshow........
Creepshow is 1982 Anthology Horror movie directed by George Romero and written by Stephen King. It stars Stephen King, Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, E.G.Marshall, and Ed Harris. It contains five stories: "Father's Day", "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", "Something to Tide You Over", "The Crate" and "They're Creeping Up on You!". Two of these stories, "The Crate" and "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" (originally titled "Weeds") are previously published King short stories. It's considered a sleeper hit at the box-office amongst horror fans, considering it made $21 Million Dollars domestically. The film itself serves as a homage to EC Comics' Tale from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror & The Haunt of Fear.

These days, this movie can be found in bargain bins everywhere where movies are sold and is a good buy, if you ask me. It's another one of my favorites. One I recommend to all.

Fun
This is a fun movie. No real blood or gore, but plenty of thrills and chills.
It proves you don't need a bunch of split blood and guts to make a good horror flick.

Classic, pure and simple
Creepshow is a name that I feel gets often overlooked in the horror community. Directed by George Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead), the film is comprised of 5 short films based on tales by Stephen King. It's a fantastic homage of sorts to the E.C horror comics of the 50's, and is a great mixture of horror with a touch of comedy thrown in for good measure. The result is a well put together, slightly but not too campy two hours of entertainment.

Father's Day: Perhaps the shortest feature, this is a tale about a wealthy family getting together for a Father's Day dinner. However the deceased father rises from his grave to get revenge on the family who desperately wanted his money after his passing. Oh and he wants cake too.

The Lonely Death of Jordy Verril: Another relatively short piece featuring Stephen King himself as the ignorant yokel Jordy Verril. A meteor crashes to earth near Jordy's home, so he decides to pick it up and try to sell it at the college. However the meteor emits some strange goo that causes weeds to grow everywhere, like on Jordy for instance.

Something to Tide you Over: Great feature starring Leslie Nielson as the bad guy who buries his wife and the man with whom she is cheating with up to their necks on the beach. He then lets the rising tide deal with the two of them. However he may not have seen the last of them as they rise again as the living dead.

The Crate: The longest feature by far, a professor and custodian discover a crate underneath the stairs at a college. After prying it open, the unleash a vicious ape-like beast that has a taste for human flesh. A fellow professor then utilizes the crate to rid himself of his overbearing and dominating wife.

They're Creeping up on you: A mean spirited millionaire with a bug-phobia is having an intensifying roach problem.

Overall I'd say that all of the short films are quite enjoyable, and the little animated sequences in between the segments are a unique touch. Creepshow is well casted, generally well acted, and just a lot of fun to watch. If you love horror with a bit of humor as well, you can't beat this movie!