Too much of everything

Excellent but underrated film

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This horror flick is an analogy of five stories of creepiness and horror - covering stuff from zombies to monsters to bugs. This film has that skin-crawling factor and those jumpy moments that will keep you on the edge of your seat.The acting is not terribly good, the music score is somewhat eerie and the plots for each story are fast-paced to a degree. There are not much of humor, drama or action in this horror flick - just plain weirdness and thrills. The make-up and visual effects were well done, definitely giving off that sensation of fright and outrageous horror.Not the greatest horror movie out there, but it's a good one to watch during Halloween.Grade B-

Creepshow based on the 1950s, Tales of the Crypt comic books series is a collaboration between director George Romero and writer Stephen King. Book ended with a young boy being scolded by his dad for reading scary comic books it is an anthology of five stories.All the stories are unfurled in a comic book style. 'Father's Day' is a short story with a few jolts about a cantankerous old man terrorizing his family and wanting his Father's Day cake even if it means coming back from the grave. The creepiest part is to see Ed Harris disco dancing.Stephen King hams it up in 'The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill' as a yokel who finds a meteorite that slowly turns him into a green moss like infestation on his body. This is the weakest story.In 'Something to Tide You Over' Leslie Nielsen takes revenge on her cheating wife and her beau by burying them up to their neck in sand and waiting for the tide to come in. However soon after something more than the tide comes in to haunt Nielsen.'The Crate' sees academic Hal Holbrook imagining all sorts of horrors befalling on his nagging wife. His colleague at the university opens a crate that unleashes a demon giving Holbrook an idea.'They're Creeping Up on You' sees E G Marshall playing a nasty Howard Hughes type tycoon with a phobia about germs living in a clinical, air sealed apartment that suddenly gets infested with cockroaches and he hates bugs.The first two stories are short but they get increasingly longer and thus lose their effectiveness. All the stories have some type of scares but at heart they seem to be morality tales on human phobias but the film is a mixed bag.

Five short stories by Stephen King (three originals and two self-adaptations), presented by director George A. Romero in the style of EC Comics. Neither "Father's Day" nor "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", "Something to Tide You Over", "The Crate" or "They're Creeping Up on You!" contain the pleasurable horrors to be derived by an old-school comic book--these twisted tales are just too ungainly; however, several of the performances are good, particularly Leslie Nielsen's in "Tide". Better than 1985's "Cat's Eye" (which Stephen King also had a hand in), but not as well-produced or as polished as Landis and Spielberg's "Twilight Zone: The Movie", released in 1983. Followed by "Creepshow 2" in 1987, wherein Romero adapted the King stories but didn't direct. ** from ****

If there's a better team to recreate the E.C. Comics on film, I haven't seen it. In the movie Creepshow, George Romero and Stephen King have created perfectly over the top renditions of 5 tales from the E.C. Comic series. It's a rather adventurous collection and contains a little something for everyone I believe. It is very well made and everything has a purpose from the gaudy, clashing colors to the crazy lighting and make up, and all the way up to the rather top- notch and eclectic acting. Brief Synopses and Descriptions:1. "Father's Day" (Ed Harris) - While awaiting their Aunt Bedelia's arrival to their Father's Day dinner party, a family regales itself with stories of how their aunt killed her father 7 years prior. But on this day, they're gonna wish Aunt Bedelia had made him his Father's Day cake instead. He'll have his cake and eat it too! What glorious make up they had for this one. 2. "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verril" (Stephen King) - A bit of comic relief, this tale is about a lonely country bumpkin who discovers a meteor that ends up having very curious effects and consequences. This one is short and sweet. It's very colorful and imaginative as it leaves you feeling sorry for the guy by the end haha. 3. "Something to Tide You Over" (Leslie Nielson) - When a vexed man finally exacts his revenge against his wife and her not-so-secret lover, they'll be up to their necks in trouble. A somewhat shocking and well drawn-out twist at the end, but this one will certainly have you holding your breath haha. 4. "The Crate" - When a janitor finds a crate under the stairs of a college containing an ancient creature with a veracious appetite, Henry Northrup sees this as an opportunity to finally break off his relationship with his wife, Wilma Northrup. This one is a very enjoyable ride to sit through. It's filled with suspense and a mild coating of dark humor throughout. It's hard to tell who the bad guy is in this one haha. 5. "Creeping Up On You" (E.G. Marshall) - A rich man with an aversion to insects gets his comeuppance from cockroaches. This one has some rather grand special effects and leaves us with an ending to die for. It all adds up to one hell of a classic that you'll find yourself coming back to over the years. So kick back, don't take it too seriously, and be ready for a good time!