Fresh
George Romero, collaborating with writer Stephen King, again proves his adeptness at combining thrills with tongue-in-cheek humor.
Variety Staff, Variety
Creepshow
The Most Fun You'll Ever Have BEING SCARED!
1982 · 2h · R
Comedy, Horror
Directed by
George A. Romero
Overview
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Director and cast
- George A. Romero Director
- Leslie Nielsen as Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
- Ed Harris as Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
- Hal Holbrook as Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
- Fritz Weaver as Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
- Ted Danson as Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
- Stephen King as Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")
- Carrie Nye as Sylvia Grantham
- Adrienne Barbeau as Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")
- Tom Savini as Garbage Man #2 (segment "Epilogue")
- Viveca Lindfors as Aunt Bedelia
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This five-part film, based on the format of 50s horror comics, marks one of the few times George Romero has directed someone else's script (it's by Stephen King), and the results are only mildly interesting by the standards of his Dead trilogy.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Romero and King have approached this movie with humor and affection, as well as with an appreciation of the macabre.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Horror film purists may object to the levity even though failed, as a lot of it is.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
Rotten
he old Amicus movies used EC originals to better effect and with more brevity, for all their cardboard sets.
Time Out
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