Creepshow (1982)
Creepshow (1982)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Hal Holbrook
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Leslie Nielsen
Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Adrienne Barbeau
Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")
E.G. Marshall
Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
Fritz Weaver
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Carrie Nye
Sylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
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")
Warner Shook
Richard Grantham (segment 'Father's Day')
Gaylen Ross
Becky Vickers (segment 'Something To Tide You Over')
George A. Romero
Director
Jon Lormer
Nathan Grantham (segment 'Father's Day')
Bingo O'Malley
Jordy's Dad / Cameos
Richard P. Rubinstein
Producer
John Harrison
Composer
John Amplas
Nathan's Corpse (segment 'Father's Day')
John Harrison
Composer
Michael Gornick
Cinematographer
David Early
White (segment 'They're Creeping Up On You')
Pasquale Buba
Editor
Iva Jean Saraceni
Billy's Mother (segments 'Prologue' / 'Epilogue')
Paul Hirsch
Editor
Christine Forrest
Tabitha Raymond (segment 'The Crate')
Tom Savini
Garbage Man #2 (segment 'Epilogue') / Makeup Artist / Makeup Effects
Michael Spolan
Editor
Tom Atkins
Stan (segments 'Prologue' / 'Epilogue') (uncredited)
Ann Muffly
Lenora Castonmeyer (voice) (uncredited)
Cletus Anderson
ProductionDesigner
Charles Van Eman
Bartender (segment 'The Crate')
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')
Chuck Aber
Richard Raymond (segment 'The Crate')
Joe Hill
Billy (segments 'Prologue' / 'Epilogue')
Nann Mogg
Mrs. Danvers (segment 'Father's Day')
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Content RatingR
Budget$8,000,000
Box Office$21,028,755
Filming LocationsNew Jersey, United States of America · Pittsburgh, United States
Genres
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, and Viveca Lindfors 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.