| Stephen King writes as George Romero directs the spine-tingling horror-fest Creepshow. Warner has done a passable job on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. A small amount of dirt and grain show up in a few key scenes, though overall this is a solid transfer with bright colors and even looking fleshtones. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 and sounds very flat. While a Dolby 5.1 remix would have certainly been welcome, this 2.0 soundtrack works well within the confines of the movie. All aspects of the dialogue, eerie effects, and scary music are free of any distortion or hiss. Also included on this disc are English and French subtitles. Sadly, Creepshow fans will have to wait for the next incarnation of this movie; the only extra feature on this disc is a measly theatrical trailer.
This is a very entertaining tribute to the EC horror comics of the 1950s from the director of Night of the Living Dead. The five stories, written by Stephen King, are bookended with some nice comic-book art by Bernie Wrightson and a cute framing story involving a boy whose father objects to his "Creepshow" magazines. The stories themselves feature an all-star cast and great special effects by makeup wizard Tom Savini. "Father's Day" and "Something to Tide You Over" deal with vengeful zombies, "The Lonely Death of Jordy Verrill" is a Blob-derived tale with King taken over by an alien plant; "The Crate" has a henpecked professor feeding his shrewish wife to a toothsome monster; and "They're Creeping Up on You" features a finicky landlord plagued by cockroaches. "The Crate" is probably the best of the lot, but the last story is the most memorable. There's
nothing more disgusting than thousands of squirming cockroaches, and the final shot is one of the horror cinema's classic gross-outs. Witty, grotesque, and visually engaging, Creepshow is a treat.
"The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill" is based on King's short story "Weeds" which first appeared in May 1976 issue of Cavalier. King's short story "The Crate" which was first published in the July 1979 issue of Gallery.
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