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Movie
description |
-Leslie
Nielsen
-Ted
Danson
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
involving
a
young
boy
being
punished
by
his
father
for
reading
the
gruesome,
titular
comic
book.
"Father?s
Day"
tells
the
tale
of a
family
patriarch
exacting
beyond-the-grave
revenge
on
the
daughter
who
murdered
him.
In
"The
Lonesome
Death
of
Jordy
Verrill,"
a
Maine
hayseed
(King
himself
in a
ridiculously
over-the-top
performance)
is
overtaken
by a
meteor-based
plant
growth.
A
cuckolded
husband
exacts
watery
revenge
on
his
cheating
wife
and
her
lover
in
"Something
to
Tide
You
Over."
A
hairy
beast
in a
box
is
used
for
nefarious
purposes
at a
university
in
"The
Crate."
Finally,
in "They?re
Creeping
Up
on
You,"
a
wealthy,
arrogant
New
Yorker
with
a
fear
of
germs
has
a
disturbing
run-in
with
cockroaches
during
a
blackout.
While
the
stories
are
a
bit
brief,
the
style
is
appropriate
for
the
anthology
format.
Romero?s
use
of
garish
colors
to
mimic
the
ink
in
comic
books
is
visually
appealing,
preventing
the
gore
on
display
from
being
too
off-putting.
Featuring
early
appearances
by
actors
such
as
Ed
Harris
and
Ted
Danson,
CREEPSHOW
is
eerie,
engaging
entertainment.
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