Creepshow (1982) Movie Info
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | Creepshow (1982) |
| Director | George A. Romero |
| Screenplay Writer | Stephen King |
| Based on Novel by | Original stories inspired by EC Comics |
| Lead Actors | Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau |
| Cast | Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Stephen King |
| Genre | Horror, Anthology, Comedy |
| Release Date | November 12, 1982 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h (120 minutes) |
| Budget | ~$8 million |
| Language | English |
| Country | United States |
| Box Office (Worldwide) | ~$21 million |
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A boy is in his room reading a comic book instead of doing his chores. His father barges into the room and grabs the comic book the boy is reading. To teach the boy a lesson, the father slaps him and throws the comic book, entitled Creepshow, away and threatens to spank him if he ever finds him reading Creepshow comic away.
The father then justifies his reason for throwing the comic away to his wife, stating that he doesn’t like what his son reads in the book. Later that night, as the boy is in his room hating his father, he sees a ghostly figure in his window beckoning him closer.
This is the beginning of one of the greatest horror movies that you’ll ever see. I know from that description it doesn’t sound like much, but once the movie gets going it never stops. Given to us by two of the undisputed masters of terror, Creepshow was written by Stephen King and directed by his close personal friend George Romero.
This movie is an homage to the horror comics that were published by EC Comics in the 1950’s. To get a little off subject, EC Comics were made famous for their comic titles Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror and The Haunt of Fear. Unfortunately, comic books were the target of parental groups in the 1940’s and 1950’s for their “potentially harmful effects on children.” I guess not much has changed really, but I digress. The best thing about EC Comics is that it’s the same comic that Mad Magazine was spawned from, so not all is bad. Anyway, back to the review.
A sleeper hit at the time of it’s release (November 1982) this classic gives us five “Jolting Tales of Horror”. They are: Father’s Day, The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, Something to Tide You Over, The Crate and They’re Creeping Up on You!.
Father’s Day is about Nathan Grantham, a despicable patriarch who was killed on Father’s Day seven years ago by his daughter Bedelia. She bashed him in the head with a marble ashtray as he screamed for his birthday cake. His ungrateful, money grubbing relatives got together from then on annually for dinner on Father’s Day. Seven years after his death, Nathan Grantham comes back from the dead in a quest for the cake he never got. This story also gives us a cameo by Ed Harris.
Next we get The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill (originally titled “Weeds”) was adapted from a previously published short horror tale by Stephen King. This is about a dimwitted backwoods hick who thinks a newly discovered meteorite will provide enough money from the local college to pay off his $200 bank loan. Instead, he finds something much different. Stephen King does a fantastic job as the Jordy in this story, which is easily the funniest of the lot.
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