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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Gore Movie Release: 1982 DVD Release: 10/26/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 0 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Total Copies: 64 Genres: Horror, Creature Film, Supernatural Horror, Natural Horror See Also: Creepshow [Blu-ray], Creepshow

Two of the most venerable names in the horror field, author Stephen King and director George A. Romero, present this anthology of original twisted tales inspired by the E.C. horror comics of the 50's and 60's (themselves a more direct basis for the popular Tales from the Crypt TV series). The five stories are framed within the pages of a comic book which a boy's insensitive father has thrown in the garbage. The first tale, "Father's Day," features a zombie patriarch returning to claim his Father's Day cake; "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" stars King himself as a slack-jawed yokel whose discovery of a radioactive meteorite turns him into a walking weed; "Something to Tide You Over" presents a deadly-serious Leslie Nielsen as a cuckolded husband who plans an elaborate seaside revenge; "The Crate" unleashes its ferocious man-eating contents on the enemies of a meek college professor; and "They're Creeping Up On You" pits obsessively-clean billionaire E.G. Marshall against a swarm of cockroaches in his sterile penthouse. The chapters are uniformly creative, filmed in garish comic-book colors, and Tom Savini's makeup effects are quite memorable (particularly the monster from "The Crate"), though the campy treatment does become exhausting after two hours' runtime. The final segment is the most impressive, thanks to Marshall's over-the-top performance, though the planned scope of the cockroach invasion was drastically reduced (no doubt due to budget constraints). ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

Hal Holbrook - Henry Northrup
Adrienne Barbeau - Wilma Northrup
Fritz Weaver - Dexter Stanley
Leslie Nielsen - Richard Vickers
Carrie Nye - Sylvia Grantham

Stephen King writes as George Romero directs the spine-tingling horror-fest Creepshow. Warner has done a passable job on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. A small amount of dirt and grain show up in a few key scenes, though overall this is a solid transfer with bright colors and even looking fleshtones. The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 and sounds very flat. While a Dolby 5.1 remix would have certainly been welcome, this 2.0 soundtrack works well within the confines of the movie. All aspects of the dialogue, eerie effects, and scary music are free of any distortion or hiss. Also included on this disc are English and French subtitles. Sadly, Creepshow fans will have to wait for the next incarnation of this movie; the only extra feature on this disc is a measly theatrical trailer. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide