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Creepshow 2

Creepshow 2

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: * Three classic tales of horror*
Review: "Creepshow 2" is a set of three mini series of silly and yet funny stories. First, my personal favourite, being "The Raft" is about four teenagers going swimming out in a lake. There is an oil slick in the water, and it is after them. I found "the raft" to be funny, silly, disgusting and scarey all at the same time. I dont know how people can actually use their great minds to think of the strange things in life. But "The Raft" is a must see episode and it is the first in the "Creepshow 2" video.

Secondly, is "The Indian". I must admit this was my least favourite as it didnt have a real scarey theme to it. It is about two owners of a shop, in a real desserted town, business is doing very badly. They own an antique shop, in it is a big indian statue. Visitors come along and meet the business owners and kill them. The Indian comes to life and seeks revenge. A below average mini series of the "creepshow 2" video. This is why I gave the "Creepshow 2" video a rating of four stars.

Thirdly, is "the Fireman", this one had me laughing cause it was very silly. It has a woman driving around at night, and she accidentally runs a fireman over, she feels bad about it, but speeds off nonetheless. The fireman becomes a living dead and will stop at nothing to ruin this ladies night. You have got to watch this one to figure it out. A Big Laugh, and creepy as well.

All in all, I give "creepshow 2" 4 stars. It is great, I highly recommend anyones viewing. It will have you laughing, scared, and really get you thinking. Thinking what would I do in that situation.

A DEFINITE CLASSIC with just a minor downfall "the indian",

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Hello Boils and Ghouls!
Review: This is a great collection of short stories. Chief wooden head being my favourite! It is definately worth buying.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Three Effective and Scary Horror Tales
Review: The team of Stephen King and George Romero are back with three more hair raising tales. And all three are scary in their own right, more so than the five tales in this movie's predecessor.

"Ol' Chief Woodenhead is about a wooden indian that comes to life in order to exact vengeance for the murders of his kindly shopkeeper owners.

"The Raft" is the best story of the lot. A gelatinous "thing" attacks four helpless teenagers stranded on a raft anchored in a lake in the middle of nowhere. Kind of "Jaws" meets "The Blob" this is insanely creepy and alone makes the video purchase worthwhile. The special effects are great and the fear factor high as you watch the teens gradually realize there is no escape.

"The Hitchhiker" has two things going for it, lots of blood and Stephen King as a potty mouthed truck driver. The constant reappearance of the dead hitchhiker was somewhat confusing and not properly explained, but it's a movie so I'll let it slide. There's a good helping of car-on-pedestrian carnage that's a great way to gross out a squeamish friend.

As in the first movie there are little snippets of animation throughout that are an added treat, this time a venus fly trap gets a tasty and nutritious meal (just ask Jonathan Swift, oh wait, he's dead). Bottom line, if you own the first movie you have to have the sequel, which in my opinion is far scarier than the first movie. So all you little Creeps out there get your copy now!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Check out 'the Raft'...it gets five stars
Review: both creepshow 1 and 2 were big let downs. these are two films that i think only made it because of the star power behind them(stephen king and george a. romero-'night of the living dead') but if i had to choose between the two, i would recommend part two. creepshow 2 tells three stories: one about some stupid indian that comes to life, one about a dead hitchhiker that wont die, which was just way overdone and last there is ONE good story titled 'THE RAFT' a group of friends go out to an abandoned lake to swim and relax on a raft(they couldnt just go to a pool?) they arrive to find that there is something in the water, this blob like thing or as one of the friends descirbes it, "an oil slick" but this 'thing' is deadly they find out after one of them is pulled into it, burning and screaming for help. in the end all of them are sucked into it except one who finally gets the chance to swim for it when suddenly...Ok i wont give it away. youll have to see the ending for yourself. not a must-see as a movie, but definitely a must-see for 'THE RAFT'

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Okay, but not as good as the first
Review: What can I say. Creepshow (the first one) is a classic...well done, great stories, cameo appearance by Stephan King (this is often a trademark of movies made from his novels and stories), and a well constructed connecting 'wrapper' about a young boy who buys EC comics (didn't we all?)

I expected more of the same with Creepshow II, but was disappointed. The movie contains three shorts as compared to five in the first release - and the quality is not the same. There's more gore -- but a lot of blood and gore do not (inof itself) a good movie make.

Additionally, these stories were more mundane and usual than the ones in the first film. By far the best was "The Raft". The last one about the hitchhiker is an overdone theme, originally from a Twilight Zone episode, which has appeared in many anotholgies since. Hey guys, let's do something different! Lots of other b&w pulp horror shorts are available.

Well, I can't really recommend this one whole-heartily, though I will probably buy it when it is available on DVD (because I DID enjoy the first release and I tend to complete collections). Folks who enjoy the genre will probably want it to fill out their libraries. Just be aware that there are better titles available for the money.

~P~

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What A BORE!
Review: Only good scene is where we get a glimpse of Lois Chiles half-naked hot bod!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Extremely disappointing
Review: I fell in love with Creepshow 1.The last two tales were brilliant,loaded with gore galore,terrific scares and great monsters.I was rather excited when I heard about the sequel,Creepshow 2.The poster looked really cool and the stories sounded great.I was extremely disappointed after it ended. The stories were way too short and there were only three,whereas the first had five tales that were very long.The plots were rather dumb.The first tale with the living indian statue was good,but

the plot of the last two were flat.The acting was wooden too.For the most part,the characters were cardboard cutouts.The Creep,indian,elderly storeowners and the demented hitchhiker were decent,but the rest of the characters were as stiff as bricks.The best tale is by far The Raft,but even that was cheesy.The monster was laughable,though the deaths were very cool.The film is quite gory and pretty scary,but it's just boring and too slow to be entertaining.No where near the brilliance of the original.The reason for the two star rating? The use of gore was good (not as good as the first), the special F/X were decent and Tom Savini gave an excellent performance as the Creep.Those things,of course,can't make a movie.Just stick with the original.Rated R for gory horror violence,strong language and brief nudity.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Finnaly the creep is found!
Review: I went to Block Buster and found CreepShow 2.I went home and i wanted to watch it so i did i watched it about 5 times,Finnaly they made a CreepShow that has the creep!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Amusing
Review: I have two main complaints with this movie. The first is the length. It's simply too short. The three stories could have been more elaborate, or they could have added one or two additional stories. The second complaint is about the third story. I'm glad the Hitchiker was short, it was a sad attempt at comedy or just deserts for an adulterer. Old Chief Wooden Head and the Raft were entertaining. The Raft was pretty scary, it shows the damage a slick can do. Like what an oil slick does to wildlife, but worse.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Richer and scarier than the original
Review: Still the same as the first, but this time the stories are being told by an ugly dungeon keeper or something, and there are only three stories instead of five. But at least each one of these stories topped any of the stories from the first. These stories have better plots and are far more entertaining and easier to watch than the first. Still not all that good, but good enough.


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