Stephen King's and George A. Romero's tribute to the horror anthology comic books they grew up loving, Creepshow is a gaudy, silly but affectionately made horror/comedy. It consists of 5 stories, ranging from the good ("Something to Tide you Over") to the odd ("Father's Day") to the not-so-good ("Th
Stephen King's and George A. Romero's tribute to the horror anthology comic books they grew up loving, Creepshow is a gaudy, silly but affectionately made horror/comedy. It consists of 5 stories, ranging from the good ("Something to Tide you Over") to the odd ("Father's Day") to the not-so-good ("The Lonesome Death of Jody Verrill"). "Something to Tide you Over" has the novelty of a pre-comedy Leslie Neilsen going nose-to-nose with Ted Danson, while "Father's Day" features some shlocky but fun effects work from Tom Savini (and a young Ed Harris). "The Lonesome Death of Jody Verrill" has a fairly awful lead performance from Stephen King which screams self-absorption, but generally Creepshow is a lot of fun, with suitably hammy performances all round, some gore courtesy of Savini and enough laughs to satisfy. Very enjoyable.
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