Creepshow 2
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Actor: Domenick John, George Kennedy, Lois Chiles, Philip Dore, Tom SaviniDirector: Michael Gornick
Brand: STARZ/SPHE
Cinematographer: Richard Hart
Producer: David Ball
Producer: Mitchell Galin
Producer: Richard P. Rubinstein
Writer: George A. Romero
Writer: Lucille Fletcher
Writer: Stephen King
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
Published: 2001-03-01
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-26
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
DVD Reviews of Creepshow 2
DVD Review: Creepy and Fun...Three Tales To Keep You Up At Night
Summary: 5 Stars
Creepshow 2: Movie Review
Grade: A-
...O.K., it's not so scary that you'll stay up at night, but the three tales included are creepy in their own fun little way. Stephen King [who, in case anyone doesn't know, (but should know, you're not a horror fan if you don't!) wrote such novels as Cujo (Signet), The Shining, The Green Mile : The Complete Serial Novel...I could go on for a long time] and George Romero (you have to be kidding me if you don't know him and his world-famous zombie movies: Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition), Day of the Dead, George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (Unrated Director's Cut), and, most recently, George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead) have teamed up to make a sequel to Creepshow, (which I haven't seen...yet) and they've done it in such a great fashion that you think you're actually in an `80's horror comic. Each story plays like a full movie, and guess what? That means three times the fun and terror...
The first of these tales, "Ol Chief Woodenhead", is a perfect way to start the movie, it being the best of the trio. An old shopkeeper living in a town that has long since died still remains loyal to his store, along with his life-size model of an Indian Chief, despite his wife's protests to sell the place. He refuses, the store has kept money in his pockets; he can't give it up now. Besides, he has ties with the town and its Indian tribe living in the outskirts, they owe him some money. The local Indian Chief soon shows up, and he comes bearing the tribe's greatest and most prized possessions, for the old shop owner to keep for now, until the tribe has collected enough money to pay him in cash. After much arguing, the shopkeeper reluctantly agrees to take it, therefore honoring the tribe. But trouble soon follows, as three robbers, one of them even one of the tribe, steal the treasures. They make off literally like bandits, and each goes quickly back to their homes to get ready to leave to Hollywood with their money. But they're not going anywhere if `Ol Chief Woodenhead can stop it...Coming to life and stepping off the porch he stood on for all those years, he grips his axe and gets ready to do what needs to be done..Not scary, but great story-telling! Grade: A
The next tale, "The Raft" pits spring-breakers against a man-eating oil slick, and you have to wonder which one came up with the idea, SK or GR. The teens, in college, park their car by an isolated lake, and, seeing a lone raft in the middle of the lake, decide to hop in and swim to it. But one of them sees something in the lake (the oil slick) drag down a duck, and "eat" it. Fearful, they start to get scared. And that's when the first one dies. The slick, which is very hungry, (I don't think the duck filled it up) wraps around her leg (the first one to die) and pulls her off the raft, dragging her under. Did I mention that the slick can "move" around the lake, following food? The only problem I had with this one was that the oil slick looked pretty fake at times, and the whole plot got kind of cheesy at times too. Still, creepy and well thought out. Grade: A-
The last tale, "The Hitch-Hiker" just falls short of the par that the first two were on. A woman driving down the streets of lonely `ol Maine has thought on other things, like coming up with an excuse for being late coming home, (she's having an affair, and forgot the time to come home to her husband, who's never late coming home) hits a hitch-hiker, killing him. After seeing the damage, (to the hitch-hiker and her fancy expensive car) she decides to just drive away, or, do a hit-and-run. But the hitchhiker, who's still dead, has other plans for her...But the plan for this tale just isn't as great as the first two tales. I think the story isn't as good as the first two, (a lack of imagination for Stephen King? That's a first!!!) and in the end it just didn't click. It was still pretty good though, and the ending makes it worthwhile. Grade: B-
To put the cherry on the top, all of this is wrapped around an animated tale of a boy and his comic. The art looks great, and in the end the whole movie is great, with minor flaws, mostly in the special effects department; the acting was good, for the most part. An excellent nod to the eighties, and plain out horror in general.
Description of Creepshow 2
THREE TALES OF HORROR: A HIT AND RUN DRIVER IN THE HITCHHIKER A WOODEN INDIAN ON THE WARPATH IN OL' CHIEF WOODENHEAD & FOUR FRIENDS WHOSE VACATION ON A SECLUDED LAKE TURNS INTO ANIGHTMARE IN THE RAFT. FEATURES: WIDESCREEN, THEATRICAL TRAILER, PHOTO GALLERY.Bestsellers in DVD
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