Howard H
Short story telling at its finest...three stories that are captivating and diverse enough to warrant screentime...
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
12/25/23
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Mike R
Letdown after the first, deserved a better script but completely awful
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
12/04/23
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Audience Member
Very solid. Tells 3 creepy tales
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
10/20/23
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Matthew D
Three more creepy horror stories from Stephen King and George Romero!
Director Michael Gornick's horror comedy anthology Creepshow 2 (1987) is nearly as awesome and entertaining as George Romero's Creepshow (1982). I can easily see myself rewatching both Creepshow movies around Halloween for spooky thrills. Gornick gets how to let a horrific scene play out and set up for freaky and entertaining kills.
Author Stephen King and screenwriter George A. Romero returns from the first Creepshow for three more gnarly tales of terror. I had a laugh at the dark humor and really enjoyed the wooden statue avenging the elderly, a mysterious purple blob consuming rotten teenagers, and a hit and run perpetrator getting haunted. I like King's political messaging behind each narrative. He always has many layers to his horror stories. Casting director Leonard Finger found pretty great actors for all these bit parts.
In the opening animation, we're introduced to the eager Creepshow comic fan Billy, portrayed by an excitable Domenick John. Tom Savini's ugly host The Creep is very playful with Joe Silver's eerie voice for The Creep is great. The bully voices are so funny.
For the first main story, Old Chief Wood'nhead, I have to give it to George Kennedy for a solid depiction of an elderly Southern shopkeeper named Ray Spruce. I like how he's respectful to indigenous people and their native culture. Dorothy Lamour is good as his reluctant wife Martha Spruce, subtly portraying American bigotry and trust. Frank Salsedo is so nice as the honorable Ben Whitemoon.
Holt McCallany is annoying and frightening as the Hollywood obsessed Sam Whitemoon in redface, unfortunately. David Holbrook is funny as the disgusting fat sugar fiend Fatso Gribbens. Don Harvey is good as the nervous Andy Cavanaugh with his wicked Firebird car. Dan Kamin is awesome as Old Chief Wood'nhead with his bow, tomahawk, and scalping knife. Stephen King demonstrates America's old racism and prejudice against native people as well as native pride and honor by the uncle's oath.
The Raft's cast of scumbag teenagers are excellent. The Raft is definitely my favorite and the simplest story. King shows show these sex crazed guys are both garbage and the girls foolishly touch or allow themselves to get too close to the blob. Paul Satterfield's idiot jock Deke is a total sleaze. Jeremy Green's Laverne is also useless at formulating a plan and sadly gets assaulted by Randy. Daniel Beer is excellent as the disgusting creep Randy. You think Randy will be the smart, science student who saves them, but King makes him a creep too as well as arrogant in thinking he got away. Page Hannah is pretty and sympathetic as Rachel and foolishly tries to touch the blob. Her scream, "It hurts!" is the most haunting part of Creepshow 2.
The Hitchhiker features crazy car stunts with Tom Wright's hilarious declarations of "Thanks for the ride, lady!" all the way through. Lois Chiles' cheating wife Annie Lansing, who pulls a hit-and-run is a chillingly realistic villain. She cheats on her husband, runs a man over, doesn't stop to help, is only concerned for the price of her car, and despises the black man that she killed. David Beecroft's gigolo charging per orgasm as Annie's Lover is such a funny opener. Richard Parks is great as Annie's husband George Lansing, who reports the crime. Stephen King is hysterical as the concerned, yet nonchalant truck driver.
Editor Peter Weatherley's steadfast cuts keep these stories moving along quickly. I like how he does not cut away from the scariest shots, so the viewer has no choice but to gaze on in horror. Creepshow 2 is a cool 92 minutes long, so it never overstays its welcome. Cinematographers Tom Hurwitz and Richard Hart opt for bright daylit wide shots and crawling camera pans for Creepshow 2.
Production designer Bruce Alan Miller makes a small Western shop, a proud warrior statue of a native chief, a lonesome wooden raft, to a living blob creature. Special effects wizards Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger make a wooden statue move, a purple blob melt away flesh like it's made of black acid, and create a quirky zombie for Creepshow 2's vicious kills.
Composers Les Reed and Rick Wakeman recorded all these eerie synth lines and exciting keyboard parts for Creepshow 2's delightful film score. I love hearing 80's synths in horror films. It's almost as cool as John Harrison's iconic Creepshow 80's synth score.
Costume designer Eileen Sieff Stroup makes dozens of outfits for all sorts of classes of people. I like how clearly late 80's they all look. Makeup artists Ed French, Tom Savini, Gregory Nicotero, Everett Burrell, Howard Berger, Mike Trcic, and Joanna Robinson do everything from cute blush to faces melting down to the skull.
In short, Creepshow 2 is a real blast and sure to be a Halloween treat for horror fans.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
09/11/23
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MR WALTER'S TRANSFORMERS Official
Well the movie I will be honest it's not bad or good but okay but a little disappointing. Three Stories. A wraparound with no blood, No comic book filters in the stories and FOR PEAK SAKE where is a new issue when we need it!
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
08/17/23
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Serge C
Sadly it doesn't even come close to the original. Except for "The Raft" which still holds up decades later terrifyingly and... slick.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
06/22/23
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