Creepshow (1982)
Creepshow (1982)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Hal Holbrook
Henry Northrup (segment 'The Crate')
Adrienne Barbeau
Wilma Northrup (segment 'The Crate')
Fritz Weaver
Dexter Stanley (segment 'The Crate')
Leslie Nielsen
Richard Vickers (segment 'Something To Tide You Over')
Carrie Nye
Sylvia Grantham (segment 'Father's Day')
E.G. Marshall
Upson Pratt (segment 'They're Creeping Up On You')
Viveca Lindfors
Aunt Bedelia (segment 'Father's Day')
Ed Harris
Hank Blaine (segment 'Father's Day')
Ted Danson
Harry Wentworth (segment 'Something To Tide You Over')
Stephen King
Jordy Verrill (segment 'The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill') / Screenplay
Warner Shook
Richard Grantham (segment 'Father's Day')
Gaylen Ross
Becky Vickers (segment 'Something To Tide You Over')
Jon Lormer
Nathan Grantham (segment 'Father's Day')
Bingo O'Malley
Jordy's Dad / Cameos
John Harrison
Composer
John Amplas
Nathan's Corpse (segment 'Father's Day')
David Early
White (segment 'They're Creeping Up On You')
Iva Jean Saraceni
Billy's Mother (segments 'Prologue' / 'Epilogue')
Christine Forrest
Tabitha Raymond (segment 'The Crate') / Assistant Director
Tom Savini
Garbage Man #2 (segment 'Epilogue') / Makeup Effects / Makeup Artist
Tom Atkins
Stan (segments 'Prologue' / 'Epilogue') (uncredited)
Ann Muffly
Lenora Castonmeyer (voice) (uncredited)
Charles Van Eman
Bartender (segment 'The Crate')
Richard P. Rubinstein
Bearded Party Guest (segment 'The Crate') / Producer
Carol McCloskey
Party Guest (segment 'The Crate')
David Garrison
College Party Host (segment 'The Crate')
Darryl Ferrucci
Fluffy (segment 'The Crate')
Marty Schiff
Garbage Man #1 (segment 'Epilogue')
Peter Messer
Yarbro (segment 'Father's Day')
Katie Karlovitz
Maid (segment 'The Crate')
Cletus Anderson
Host (segment 'The Crate') / Production Design / Special Effects
Chuck Aber
Richard Raymond (segment 'The Crate')
Joe Hill
Billy (segments 'Prologue' / 'Epilogue')
Nann Mogg
Mrs. Danvers (segment 'Father's Day')
George A. Romero
Director / Editor
Salah M. Hassanein
Executive Producer
Bonnie Priore
Makeup Artist
Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Larry Stensvold
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Content RatingR
Budget$8,000,000
Box Office$21,028,755
Filming LocationsPittsburgh · New Jersey, United States
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Creepshow is a 1982 American horror comedy anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, making this film his screenwriting debut. The film's ensemble cast includes Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Carrie Nye, E. G. Marshall, Viveca Lindfors, Ted Danson and Ed Harris, as well as King himself. The film was primarily shot on location in Pittsburgh and its suburbs, including Monroeville, where Romero leased an old boys' academy (Penn Hall) to build extensive sets for the film.
Creepshow consists of five short stories: "Father's Day", "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" (based on the King short story "Weeds"), "Something to Tide You Over", "The Crate" and "They're Creeping Up on You!" Two of these stories were adapted from King's short stories, with the film bookended by prologue and epilogue scenes featuring a young boy named Billy (played by King's son, Joe), who is punished by his abusive father for reading horror comics.
Creepshow is an homage to the EC horror comics of the 1950s, such as Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror and The Haunt of Fear. In order for the film to give viewers a comic book feel, Romero hired long-time effects specialist Tom Savini to replicate comic-like effects.
The film earned $21 million in the United States. It was followed by a 1987 sequel, Creepshow 2, directed by the first film's cinematographer, Michael Gornick, written by Romero and based on stories by King. A second sequel, Creepshow 3, was released in 2006, without involvement from either Romero or King.