Creepshow (1982)
64 %
Reviews Counted: 25 Fresh: 16 Rotten:9 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Consensus:
It's uneven, as anthologies often are, but Creepshow is colorful, frequently funny, and treats its inspirations with infectious reverence.
Runtime: 2 hrs
Synopsis: In this collaboration with Stephen King, director George Romero assembles a distinguished cast and pays vividly hued homage to the E.C. horror comics of the 1950s. (This film appeared years before the TALES FROM THE CRYPT series.) Five creepy tales are strung together by a framing story... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, E.G. Marshall
Director: George A. Romero
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Reviews
The segments are consistent in quality and the film is still effective and entertaining.
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06/20/08
This horror omnibus tickles the funny bone while stripping it of its flesh, so that hysterical laughter comes as fast as the frights and as thick as the blood.
10/15/07
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.
04/18/07
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he old Amicus movies used EC originals to better effect and with more brevity, for all their cardboard sets.
02/09/06
A wickedly funny horror anthology. Creepshow is a devilish delight, and the most entertaining film George Romero ever directed.
01/26/06
Romero and King have approached this movie with humor and affection, as well as with an appreciation of the macabre.
10/23/04
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Horror film purists may object to the levity even though failed, as a lot of it is.
08/30/04
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