Creepshow 2 (1987)
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This less-satisfying sequel to the 1982 George A. Romero/Stephen King anthology presents a new trio of King stories, framed in a similar EC Comics-style format -- this time featuring some rather lackluster animated segments involving horror-host "The Creep," who introduces each chapter… More This less-satisfying sequel to the 1982 George A. Romero/Stephen King anthology presents a new trio of King stories, framed in a similar EC Comics-style format -- this time featuring some rather lackluster animated segments involving horror-host "The Creep," who introduces each chapter with pun-heavy gallows humor. The stories vary widely in quality: first there's "Old Chief Wood'nhead," involving a cigar-store Indian who quite literally guards the entrance to an old general store and comes to life to avenge the murders of the elderly couple (George Kennedy and Dorothy Lamour) who owned it. The middle segment, "The Raft," features a group of obnoxious teenagers stranded on a raft in the middle of a lake at the mercy of a murderous oil slick which looks like a bunch of plastic garbage bags stitched together. Both of these suffer in comparison to the closing segment, "The Hitchhiker," in which a bored, promiscuous socialite (Lois Chiles) mows down a hitchhiker, who refuses to stay dead, returning again and again to torment her at every turn, rasping "Thanks for the ride, lady!" Despite its strengths -- a livelier pace, some creatively gory set pieces -- this is a much cheaper-looking effort than its predecessor, with the deft guidance of Romero conspicuously absent (long-time collaborator Michael Gornick took up the directorial reins); as a result, King's gross-out sensibilities don't come off as well. Makeup maestro Tom Savini appears in heavy makeup as a live-action version of The Creep, and King pops in for a bit part as a redneck trucker. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Gornick
- Written By
- George A. Romero
- Genres
- Horror
- In Theaters
- May 1, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- New World Video
Critic Reviews
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Pat Graham, Chicago Reader
George Romero contributes the screenplay this time, basing it on some tastefully selected Stephen King morsels.
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Variety Staff, Variety
Tied together with some humdrum animated sequences, three vignettes on offer obviously were produced on the absolute cheap, and are deficient in imagination and scare quotient.
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, Time Out
Just as you can't judge a '50s comic book by its lurid cover, so you can't judge a cheapo, three-part film by its sources.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
The episodes are marginally interesting, but each is a little too long. And each could be fully explained in a one-sentence synopsis.
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Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Part of the problem is that King's short stories simply work better in print.
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Cast
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Lois Chiles
as Annie Lansing
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George Kennedy
as Ray Spruce
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Dorothy Lamour
as Martha Spruce
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Tom Savini
as The Creep
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Domenick John
as Boy Billy
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Frank S. Salsedo
as Ben Whitemoon
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Holt McCallany
as Sam Whitemoon
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David Holbrook
as Fatso Gribbens
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Don Harvey
as Andy Cavenaugh
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Paul Satterfield
as Deke
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Jeremy Green
as Laverne
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Daniel Beer
as Randy
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Page Hannah
as Rachel
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David Beecroft
as Annie's Lover
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Tom Wright
as The Hitchhiker
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Richard Parks
as George Lansing
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Joe Silver
as Creep
- Gordon Connell
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Dan Kamin
as Old Chief Wood'nhead
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Dean Smith
as Mr. Cavenaugh
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Chere Bryson
as Woman at Accident
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Philip Dore
as Curly
- Jason Late
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Maltby Napoleon
as Indian
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Shirley Sonderegger
as Mrs. Cavenaugh
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Tyrone Tonto
as Indian
