Creepshow (1982)

Directed by

George A. Romero

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, anthology film, science fiction film, monster film, zombie film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 1,164 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a horror comedy movie made of five separate scary stories. The stories are tied together by a framing device about a boy who gets revenge with a comic book. The movie is meant to look and feel like old horror comics from the 1950s.

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What happens

Creepshow is a 1982 American horror comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King in his screenwriting debut. It consists of five segments intercut with a sixth story acting mostly as an opening and epilogue; two of the segments, "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" and "The Crate", are based on stories by King, while the others are original material he wrote for the film. The film stars an ensemble cast including Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Carrie Nye, E. G. Marshall, Viveca Lindfors, Ted Danson and Ed Harris, with King and his son Joe portraying the respective main characters of two segments. It was primarily shot on location in Pittsburgh and its suburbs, including Monroeville, where Romero leased an old boys' academy (Penn Hall) to build extensive sets for the film. Creepshow is an homage to the EC horror comics of the 1950s, such as Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror and The Haunt of Fear. In order for the film to give viewers a comic book feel, Romero hired long-time effects specialist Tom Savini to replicate comic-like effects. The film earned $21 million in the United States. It was followed by a sequel, Creepshow 2 (1987), directed by the first film's cinematographer Michael Gornick, written by Romero and only featuring segments based on King stories. Two further works in the franchise were made without involvement from either Romero or King: the film Creepshow 3 (2006) and an eponymous television series (2019–2023). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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