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Creepshow (1982)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 9

It's uneven, as anthologies often are, but Creepshow is colorful, frequently funny, and treats its inspirations with infectious reverence.

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It's uneven, as anthologies often are, but Creepshow is colorful, frequently funny, and treats its inspirations with infectious reverence.

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Two of the most venerable names in the horror field, author Stephen King and director George A. Romero, present this anthology of original twisted tales inspired by the E.C. horror comics of the 50's and 60's (themselves a more direct basis for the popular Tales from the Crypt TV series). The five stories are framed within the pages of a comic book which a boy's insensitive father has thrown in the garbage. The first tale, "Father's Day," features a zombie patriarch returning to claim his

R, 2 hr. 1 min.

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Aug 21, 2001

Warner Bros. Pictures

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All Critics (27) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (22) | Rotten (9) | DVD (14)

George Romero, collaborating with writer Stephen King, again proves his adeptness at combining thrills with tongue-in-cheek humor.

March 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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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.

April 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment (1)
Chicago Reader
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Romero and King have approached this movie with humor and affection, as well as with an appreciation of the macabre.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comment
Chicago Sun-Times
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Horror film purists may object to the levity even though failed, as a lot of it is.

August 30, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comments (4)
New York Times
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Genuinely creepy, satirical and occasionally daft horror tales with a distinctly moral bent.

July 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | Comment
Empire Magazine

All of the pieces of Creepshow come together in a smorgasbord of ghastly images, welcome humor, and solid, old-fashioned storytelling.

October 30, 2008 Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com | Comment
DustinPutman.com

The segments are consistent in quality and the film is still effective and entertaining.

June 20, 2008 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

The participation of so many who were originally involved in the film makes this a palatable collection of anecdotes

October 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

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.

October 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment

Unfortunately, it never quite gels.

April 18, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comments (2)
TV Guide's Movie Guide

he old Amicus movies used EC originals to better effect and with more brevity, for all their cardboard sets.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment (1)

A wickedly funny horror anthology. Creepshow is a devilish delight, and the most entertaining film George Romero ever directed.

January 26, 2006 Comment
Fantastica Daily

Colorful, amusing, and awfully simple - just like a comic book.

October 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Slasherpool | Comment

A horror anthology not without its grisly charms

December 5, 2003 Comment
Lawrence Journal-World
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Audience Reviews for Creepshow

Richard Vickers: Wentworth! I suggest you get out of here! May I remind you, dear boy, I have the gun! "Five Jolting Tales of Horror"Creepshow is a pretty good horror anthology. I still didn't like it that much, but it is one of the better efforts in the genre that I have seen. I liked two out of the five of stories,

October 13, 2011
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Melvin White

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Classic franchise written by Stephen King and directed by 'zombie' Romero, starring an all star old school line up including the legendary Leslie Neilsen, Ted Danson, Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Harris, Don Keefer and Stephen King himself....some greats in there folks. The stories are basic but this may be down

August 14, 2011
phubbs1

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    1. White: Good evening there, Mr. Pratt. Got bugs again, huh, Mr. Pratt?
    2. Upson Pratt: Don't you talk to me like that, you hear?
    3. White: What way, Mr. Pratt?
    4. Upson Pratt: Like I was crazy.
    5. White: No, sir, Mr. Pratt, sir. I don' think you're crazy, not at all. I was just trying to think, who might have a 24-hour fumigating service. l might be able to get Pirelli Brothers out here by, shall we say 11:30.
    6. Upson Pratt: You might go far, White. I've noticed that, in service jobs people like yourself often do. People of color, Yes, 11:30 will be fine.
    7. White: Thanks, Mr. Pratt, sir. I'll call them just as soon as l finish with that shower on 23.
    8. Upson Pratt: Do it first, do it now!
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Billy: (sticking a pin into a voodoo doll of his father) Ready for another shot, dad?
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. White: Good evening there, Mr. Pratt. Got bugs again, huh, Mr. Pratt?
    2. Upson Pratt: Don?t you talk to me like that, you hear?
    3. White: What way, Mr. Pratt?
    4. Upson Pratt: Like I was crazy.
    5. White: No, sir, Mr. Pratt, sir. I don?t think you?re crazy; not at all. I was just trying to think?who might have a 24-hour fumigating service. l might be able to get Pirelli Brothers out here by? Shall we say 11:30.
    6. Upson Pratt: You might go far, White. I'v noticed that, in service jobs?people like yourself often do. People of color, Yes, 11:30 will be fine.
    7. White: Thanks, Mr. Pratt, sir. I'll call them just as soon as l finish with that shower on 23.
    8. Upson Pratt: Do it first. Do it now!
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Upson Pratt: Go out and f**k somebody. But wear a damn rubber, everybody's got the damn herpes these days.
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)
    1. Upson Pratt: Orlando? Florida? I don't give a f**k if you decided to take the kids to Attica this year. There are still roaches in this place, Reynolds. I killed one not five minutes ago.
    – Submitted by Creep F (8 months ago)

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