The stories are adolescent, of course, but that's the whole idea.
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Before "Tales from the Crypt" there was "Creepshow," at least on the big screen. "Creepshow," made in 1982, is based on those old, gory, sexy E.C. horror comics of the late forties and early fifties, the ones that were eventually banned by the comic-book industry itself under pressure from civic and religious groups.
Written by Stephen King and directed by fright-flick veteran George Romero ("Night of the Living Dead"), "Creepshow" presents a quintet of stories reminiscent of the kind that many of us still remember from the glory days of terror comics. Introduced by an animated Grim Reaper, the stories leap out of a comic-book framework into real life; or death, as the case may be. It's good, not-so-clean, not-so-wholesome, sometimes-scary fun.
The stories are adolescent, of course, but that's the whole idea. Remember, it's comic-book stuff. The first story stars Viveca Lindfors and Ed Harris in "Father's Day," a tale about a mean, old man who was knocked off by his daughter a few years earlier. He comes back from the grave to get his revenge.
The second story is an amusing interlude called "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill," starring King himself. He's a one-man show playing a backwoods hick who finds a meteorite in his front yard. Naturally, he has to touch it, and when he does he gets a green gunky fungus on his fingers, which soon spreads all over his body. It's pretty funny, actually.
The third story is called "Something to Tide You Over" and stars Leslie Nielson as a wronged husband who gets even with his unfaithful wife and her lover, played by Ted Danson. Nielson drowns them both, but, as you know, sometimes they come back.
The fourth installment is my favorite, "The Crate," starring Hal Holbrook as a college professor with an obnoxious wife, played by Adrienne Barbeau. A colleague finds a mysterious box down in the cellar of one of the school buildings. It's marked "Arctic Expedition, 1834." In the crate is a monster that devours anything in sight. So the professor invites his wife to take a peek. "Just tell it to call you Billie."
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