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Summary: great old cheesy stuff!
Review: ...I though this was suposse to be scary! I still love this movie! its so cool! if you are a hardcore horror fan find some other movie! i have to admit i do jump at a few parts but other than that i just laugh! if you haven't seen it yet, get out and buy it or rent it.
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Summary: FUN TIMES YO!
Review: Now heres some saturday night fun. Put the kiddies to bed and pop this in. Its a series of short films and theres one for everyone. First, its not scary stuff. Sorry stevie and george, i just didnt feel my legs quaking on this one. But hey, i had a good time anyway. Who can't get a chuckle out of good old pops wanting to know "wheres my pie!"...And the one with the guy who gives his wife to the new friend in the box, precious! My favorite of the bunch was with the bugs. I know people like the old codger in this one. Fitting, very fitting. So if you want the horror lite version of the saturday night gorefests, this is a good one. Consider it an apetizer to more sinister and bloodier fare you might have on tap.
DVD wise, pretty average. To average. and whats with the 2.0 sound! come on!
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Summary: Fun, creative, Steven King/George Romero collaboration
Review: One of the great underrated horror/comic movies and one of the best adaptations of Steven King material for the big screen. The five stories are artfully tied together by the sinister score and the very creative animated sequences (also look for the marble ashtray that makes an appearance in each of the segments). The acting is all over-the-top hilarious. Subtle it is not. Who would guess director George Romero could bring out the humor in King's material better than any other director to date?
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Summary: A very half and half film
Review: There really isn't a lot to say about "Creepshow"; it is what it is. It's the horror movie equivalence to a horror comic book. It has five stories in it, each about twenty minutes long, give or take. Story one is "Father's Day', which is just ok. Story two was "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", the worst of the bunch. The third is "Something to Tide You Over", the best of the stories. Fourth is "The Crate", the next best. And the last is "They're Creeping Up on You", which was just ok. This is mostly an intersting look at stars before they were famous, like Ed Harris, Ted Danson, Leslie Neilson (he isn't joking around here, trust me), and also some familier faces (at the time), E.G. Marshell, Hal Halbrook, and several others. This is good, just not great because of the varied quailty of the stories. Stephen King (who wrote the script) played Jordey Verrill, and as much as I like and respect him, he can't act, and that really drags his segment down, on the other hand he didn't give himself much to work with anyway. Tom Savini did the gore and make up, and as usual, did an excellent job with it. George Romero directed this film with a lot of love for the genre, really striving for the comic book feel with all the colors and background looking like it's actually a page from the comics. Over all it's worth a look.
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Summary: "The most fun you'll ever have being scared!"
Review: I doubt a truer ad line was ever concocted. Back when it was made, Creepshow was a serious happening. The world's bestselling horror writer and the respected and fiercely independent director of two icons of horror cinema [Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead] had joined forces to make a horror movie. Needless to say, more than a few stars were willing to take a trip out to The Burg for the honor of getting rubbed out by zombies, crate monsters, weeds, or cockroaches. King's script (his best in my opinion) is simplistic as a comic should be and Romero's direction is highly stylized (great care was taken to give the sets a simplistic look, as if they could be drawn instead of photographed), thus making Creepshow one of that last truly great anthology horror movies. No fan of King, Romero, or horror movies should be without a copy. Highly recommended.
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Summary: GEORGE ROMERO & STEPHEN KING- Horror Master's gone wrong!!!
Review: When I was a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's, there were many movies that I wanted to see because they looked so scary when their commercials aired on T.V. Also, the fact that they were RATED R also fueled my fears. Now that I'm older (and wiser) I have viewed ALL OF these movies that instilled fear in my once innocent soul and I can't figure out what the heck was I so scared of? ? ? CREEPSHOW has to be the UNSCARIEST movie ever made. Not only does it lack thrills, chills and logic, it's pathetically over the top, load, and cheesy. I don't know if the CHEESE factor was done purposely or by accident but the result is an over-acted mess of a horror film. That said, it still entertains. Why? Because it's absolutely hilarious and some of the performances are quite good- especially Adrienne Barbeau who plays a rather unpleasant but likable shrew.The Special effects are also quite attrocious. I understand the film was made over 20 years ago but that doesn't excuse the poorly constructed make-up effects. Considering this was a star studded Hollywood production more care should have been taken, unless they purposely designed these ghouls and monsters to look fake and if that was the case, then mission accomplished. I think I would have liked the movie better had they not had the ATTROCIOUS second story. Steven King is not much of an actor. As a matter of fact, he is rather irritating and since he was the sole protagonist of that lacklustre tale, it made it all the more unbearable. The idea is rather interesting for a horror movie and I am a big fan of horror anthologies but everything in this movie was very poorly done. It's even more grating when the talent involved is taken into consideration. Romero and King have done WAY better than this. The film's AMBITIOUS but CHILDISH and the end result is as scary as an episode of DENNIS THE MENACE.
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Summary: Movie is great, DVD is bad
Review: Just watched Creepshow on DVD the other night. This is one of my favorite horror movies. The stories are great...both funny and scary, with a wonderful cast of familiar faces who all seem to be having a good time with the material. Although this is one of the DVD's you can pick up very cheap, the picture quality is terrible. I found the first story to be crystal clear, then suddenly the rest of the movie looked like a VHS quality print. Blurry and dark overall. It's a shame really, because this is an awesome horror movie. Creepshow definitely deserves a remastered print at the very least. Deleted scenes and some commentary by Romero and/or King would be nice too (Come on, what else is George working on at the moment and Steve is technically retired!). Bottom line is, who knows when or if we may ever see a SE edition of this great film. Until then, for the price, it's worth it to have in your collection, but be warned: it's overall quality pales compared to a lot of other DVD's out there.
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Summary: Craapshow (1982) ;p
Review: I mean what I say, kiddies; this 1982 horror anthology is tacky and banal. Despite having a decent overall performance given by the star-studded cast (Leslie Nielson, E.G. Marshall, Andrienne Barbeau, etc.), "Creepshow" is perhaps the worst movie ever to emerge from the mind of director George Romero. There are a couple of reasons why. First of all, the concept is not at all original. Although the film's 5 spine-tingling tales were written by Stephen King, all of the creepy cartoon elements were robbed from William M. Gaines's EC comic books. Another severe flaw I noticed in "Creepshow" is its atmospheric tone. Past anthology flicks like 1972's "Tales from the Crypt" and 1968's "Dr. Terror's House of Horrors" were more appealing because they were carefully filmed in concrete, human settings. Although having a comic book vein in "Creepshow's" stories was a good intention, the movie as a whole became TOO MUCH like a cartoon. Garishly colored lighting and cheaply painted backgrounds (combined with a cheesy 80's score of new wave synthensizers) project the movie's gruesome death scenes with absurd, artificial panache. Finally, of course, each twisted tale ends with dull predictability. For anyone wanting to see a shocking, suspenseful anthology on Halloween night, I suggest you leave "Creepshow" on the shelf where it belongs.
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Summary: Great...need better transfer
Review: Good movie reminiscent of the old Tales From The Darkside. If you have a short attention span and love horror then here it is. It doesnt stay on any one story long enough to bore you. It is comprised of some of the greatest writer/directors of all time. If your a horror fan/collector then add this to your collection. PS: The sequel is good too.
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Summary: Good movie for parties...
Review: "Creepshow" is especially fun for me, because I work in a job where I feel underappreciated. Every bad person in this film gets his/her due; though there are some bad people left over, they'll be fine. A bunch of great stories, penned by King and directed by Romero, you can't help but have fun. Aside from the knowledge that this is comic book stuff, an element of humor pervades all of the action. I won't blab away any of the plots, but... The E.G. Marshall scene was best, but the (very serious) Leslie Neilsen scene was fun, too. Actually, Adrienne Barbeau & Hal Holbrook seemed to have the most fun. Also, Viveca Lindfors let herself look ugly, and, though she's advancing in years, she's has lovely class (she was the English teacher in "The Sure Thing", two years later). There's so much to say about this film, and, apparently, the critics wrote it off. Who cares?! This is loads of fun.
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