Creepshow

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Summary: Best. Movie. Ever. 'Nuff said.
Review: ----- PLEASE RELEASE AN AMAZING SPECIAL-EDITION DVD RELEASE OF CREEPSHOW!!! -----

This was the first horror film I ever saw, and I can't express in words just how special this film is to me. Great atmosphere, great stories, and it was made by Stephen King & George A. Romero - the two biggest names in the horror industry. You honesty CANNOT go wrong with this timeless classic dedicated to macabre 1950's E.C. horror comics.

Spectacular! 101%!

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Summary: 2.5 stars! Fair to okay film.
Review: Adrienne Barbeau is the only attraction in this film. I used to like it, but it is very dated now.

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Summary: Excellent movie, abomination of a DVD
Review: Being a fan of both Stephen King and George Romero, "Creepshow" has always been among my favorite horror flicks. Campy at times perhaps, but that's the whole point - to bring a comic book feel to film. And it offers a perfect balance of silly comic horror and genuine horror, making for a very enjoyable viewing experience if one remembers not to take it too seriously.

What you get is 5 mini stories, some of them better than others but all offering plenty of shocks and chills. It opens with "Father's Day," where a deceased victim of murder rises from the grave for a nice little Father's Day surprise. One of the better ones. "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" follows, where Stephen King takes on the lead role as a hillbilly who finds a meteor with a nasty habit of making green hair grow on, well, everything. This one is more funny than scary but still good. King does a great job as the clumsy and unintelligent-but-likeable Jordy Verrill. Next up is "Something to Tide You Over," where a vengeful man (Leslie Nielsen) gets even on his cheating wife and her lover (Ted Danson) by burying them both in the sand and letting the tide take care of the rest. This is my second favorite of the bunch. It's cool to see Nielsen take on the role of the "bad guy" for a change. Goes to show his versatility as an actor. Ted Danson is great too. What follows is "The Crate," in my opinion the best one. It's also the longest one. Hal Holbrook plays a loser whose nasty wife gets what she deserves when he finds a mysterious blood-thirsty creature locked away in an old crate. This is the darkest and creepiest of the stories. Pure fun, with top-notch acting from everyone. The final story, "They're Creeping Up On You," is the only one I've never liked. An eccentric millionare with a roach phobia just can't seem to get rid of his little crawling friends no matter what he does. Anyone who doesn't like roaches is advised to skip this one. The final scene will take away your appetite for at least a few days.

Now that I've talked about the movie itself (easily 5 stars), I have to comment on this sorry excuse for a DVD (0 stars). This has to be THE worst transfer ever put on DVD. I used to think it couldn't get any worse than the first edition single-disc transfer of "Scarface," but I was wrong. "Creepshow" was put on DVD just for the sake of putting it on DVD. NO CARE whatsoever was put into presentation. As another reviewer has mentioned, the movie literally "jumps" throughout the entire time. Grain and those annoying "hairs" appear on the screen almost every second. The VHS offers better picture quality; that says a lot. The only bonus feature of this DVD is the trailer, which I suppose is cool, but let's get real. Another slap in the face is the scene selections. The inside of the DVD case advertises 41 scene selections in the "Scene Index" card, but that's misleading, as the movie only has 21 actual scene selections. So if you want to watch one specific scene, 9 times out of 10 you will need to select the *closest* scene to the one you want and end up scanning forwards or backwards to get to the one you really want. Yet another example of a poorly thought-out DVD.

Bottom line: "Creepshow" is a great cult flick that deserves a MUCH better DVD. If you have the VHS stick with that. Only get this DVD if you no longer own a VCR or absolutely must own all of your movies on the DVD format. "Creepshow 2" recently got a new DVD edition that does it justice, so maybe there's some hope that "Creepshow" will eventually get the same treatment someday. Until then, we must settle for this lackluster DVD.

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Summary: Crappy Director. Good Writer.
Review: That crappy director George A. Romero, partners up with writer Stephan King to create fun semi-fright fest.

It's a movie composed of many shorts movies. One involving a zombie after his father's day cake. Another involvig a meteor and a lonely guy(which seems to be the same idea that "Evolution" had). A story about a man getting some revenge against a few of his enemies. A story about a monster-filled crate, and a story about a man and cockroaches.

All them pretty funny. Had a few moments that would make you jump, but overall, it was only good. Did not find it very exciting, but I was sitting at a wierd angle when I saw it, so I don't know. If I was looking head on it might have been different.

By the way. It's not very scary.

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Summary: Warner Bros please do a Special Edition?
Review: Warner this movie is a horror classic.The first DVD release was a slap in the face to fans.This movie is crying out for a new DVD version.On the new DVD get Stephen King,George A. Romero,and Tom Savani together in a room and record a commentary track,it would be the best horror commentary ever.You know if Anchor Bay had there hands on this movie we probably would of had a Special Edition by now.It would also be nice to see new Interviews with stars Ed Harris,Ted Danson, and even Stephen King as Jordy Varrel.This movie is well over 20 years old and it has never had a Special edition release on video,and I dont know why?It was a huge hit on video.I think fans should write letters to Warner Bros about a new version of Creepshow?It's a horror classic! As the father in Father's Day would say "I want my special Edition DVD Bedelia?!"

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Summary: It will tickle your funnybone...
Review: From the portal that are the wind-blown pages of comic book fane, the skeletal phantom stares outside your window beckoning you into the underworld of darkened imagination. Grasp the boney hand of your robed host and be ushered into the theatre of nightmares...

Prologue: Why God Made Fathers.

A brutish father berates his boy about possessing a copy of a "Creepshow" comic book, lifting a hand to him when admonished about the girlie magazines he himself keeps in his underwear drawer. Even with an apology, the man disposes of the boy's precious acquisition in the trash-can outdoors, to which infernal progeny utters his curse, accompanied by his daemonic projection, which leads us into the first tale...

I. Father's Day.

Family secrets are unearthed at the reading of a will wherein a murdered father takes his revenge upon his killer, his very own sister, as well as his vulturous and pretentious relatives seeking to pick his monetary legacy clean; his rotting corpse rises from the grave to claim his prize...all he wanted was his cake, with an additional main course included on a platter...

II. The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill.

Stephen King plays an isolated hick who witnesses a meteor fall to earth, and forthwith opportunistically seeks to sell it, in his ignorance, to the so-called "Department of Meteors" at a local college, but ends up cracking it, thus releasing a luminous alien solution which causes everything it touches to sprout a vicious moss-like substance, including Jordy himself. Fearing doctors will amputate his infected hand, he opts for intoxication instead, and subsequent suicide, but not before receiving a "visitation" - a drunken hallucination from his deceased preacher father who appears in a mirror, warning that Jordy not immerse himself in the bathtub, that he would be "signing his own death warrant", but he does anyway, causing him to be covered in the vegitation, and so perishes, begging "God" that his luck may be good enough to accomplish this act "just this once", and so his wish is granted. Amusingly, the constant and ubiquitous drone of the Letharginator announces increased rainfall, upon which the green plague subsists and spreads; ironically commenting to viewers that the county will turn green so fast, that it will be miraculous...

III. Something to Tide You Over.

A man named "Richard" {Leslie Nielsen} gains revenge upon his cheating wife by burying she and her lover "Harry" {Ted Danson} to the neck at the beach at low tide; which will of course, eventually yield full saturation, and it is all recorded on film for his entertainment. As an additionally amusing touch, he positions a monitor where Harry can see his adulterous lover being submerged by the waves. He vows revenge, and returns along with the girl, as seaweed-draped zombies seeking his death, to which Richard is driven insane...

IV. The Crate.

A gutless hen-pecked Professor siezes the opportunity to be rid of his overbearing wife via a demonic creature in a crate, luring her into its jaws that tear limb from limb, after which he ingraciously throws it into the lake, but you just can't keep a good monster down...

I must remark about the appearence of this creature, which is one of the most fearsome in cinema to date {kudos to Tom Savini}, almost rivalling Rawhead Rex, and would make for a wonderful pet.

V. They're Creeping Up On You.

An isolated acarophobic stockbroker penned -up in a skyscraper faces a pernicious legion of roaches who stop at nothing to infest his secured and safe-guarded room, despite his efforts at extermination. The widow of a man he drove into ruin utters a curse, and thus his nightmares consume him, from the inside-out...

VI. Needling Dad.

Two garbage men {the moustached one played by prop-master extraordinnaire Tom Savini} find the Creepshow comic book which is as Billy's incremental bible, and find that the "authentic Voodoo doll" offer has been excised to order. The little devil-child Billy pierces the effigy of his 'dad', causing sharp stabs of pain to assail him with incapacitating torment. And thus with the accompanyment of his grim companion of the night, Billy happily gains his revenge: "I'll teach you to take My comic books..." "...ready for another shot, dad?" and he deserved it.

I really enjoyed the segueways between the stories as well, in which the demon winds turn the pages, displaying all of those fun gadgets and offers reminiscent of The Johnson-Smith Catalog, and then onto the next tale of terror and joy. The DVD also contains the theatrical preview which should probably be seen first. Of note, Creepshow 2 is just about as good as the first, so for more ghoulish entertainment, it also comes highly recommended.

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Summary: freaky!!
Review: I haven't seen Creepshow 2, nor know what it is about, but I enjoy and have the 1'st one. I was shocked that Mr. King is in it HIMSELF. He finds a meteor in his yard and it makes everything grow. It is one of my favorite parts with "Something to tide you over" the end of that skit was freaky. You will just have to watch it and find it out yourself. Not only do I love horror movies, but this is a TRUE CLASSIC with Children Of The Corn.{John Franklin was perfect in that}. My favorites in this movie are:
THE LONESOME DEATH OF JORDY VERILL 5/5
THE CRATE 4/5 {VERY CREEPY}
SOMETHING TO TIDE YOU OVER 4/5

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Summary: Fine EC comics influenced horror anthology...
Review: The teaming of Stephen King and George A. Romero resulted in this wonderful tribute to the horror comics of the 1950's, loved by children, universally despised by parents for their gruesome and violent content.
This fun and original film relates five chilling and somewhat cartoonish horror stories. The first and best is "Father's Day", an atmospheric tale of a vengeful corpse rising from the grave to take revenge on an eccentric family. Well paced, with one of the most awe inspiring 'zombie rising from the grave' sequences, this is everything a horror film should be. It also features a hilarious eighties style disco dancing sequence, as comic relief from the scares.
Next up is "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", played mostly for laughs, it tells the story of an idiotic farmer's plan to sell a freshly landed meteor soured by an infectious space fungus that quickly covers his body. Stephen King hams it up as the hopeless Jordy Verrill and is perfect in the role. A loving tribute to the sci-fi films of the 1950's.
Another zombie tale is up next, "Something To Tide You Over", a wronged husband murders his wife and her lover in a most unique way and finds himself confronted by two seaweed covered zombies seeking justice. Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson are absolutely stellar in this entry. The music is very interesting too, ranging from a homage to the horror film scores of the forties and fifties to more contemporary synth rock usually found in italian gore films.
The film loses ground with the fourth story, "The Crate"-about a carnivorous ape-like creature discovered under the stairwell of a college. The creature figures prominently in a professor's scheme to murder his annoying wife (played very well by the beautiful Adrienne Barbeau). This story moves slowly compared to the others and seems overlong. It is redeemed by an incredibly gory scene of a man having half his face bitten off by the simian monster, this is an unforgettable scene.
The final story is not recommended for those with insect phobias, "They're Creeping Up On You" stars E.G. Marshall as a bitter millionaire who isolates himself in a high rise condominium apartment. The cleanliness obsessed geezer soon finds himself visited by hordes of ravenous cockroaches. This entry is without a doubt the most disgusting.
Fueled by an all star cast, great material, awesome special effects and a unique comic book like atmosphere that makes all the mayhem seem more fun than offensive, Creepshow is one of the eighties best horror films. I highly recommend this DVD.