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Creepshow is a american film of genre Comedy directed by George A. Romero released in USA on 10 november 1982 with Hal Holbrook
Creepshow (1982)
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Add to a movie listCreepshow is a 1982 elemental black comedy and horror anthology film directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King, making this film his screenwriting debut. The film's ensemble cast included Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson and E. G. Marshall, as well as Stephen King himself in his actorial debut. The film was shot on location in Pittsburgh and its suburbs, including Monroeville. Romero leased an old boys academy (Penn Hall) to build extensive sets for the film.
It consists of five short stories: "Father's Day", "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", "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 King), who is punished by his father for reading horror comic books.
The film is an homage to the EC and DC horror comic books of the 1950s such as House of Mystery, House of Secrets, The Witching Hour, 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 make comic-like effects for the film.
The film received $21,028,755 domestically, qualifying it as a sleeper hit, and remains a popular film to this day among horror genre fans. Over the years, Creepshow had grown from near-positive reviews by the time the film was made, to favorable reviews to this day and a cult following.
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A young boy named Billy gets yelled at and slapped by his father, Stan, for reading a horror comic titled Creepshow. Stan reminds his wife that he had to be hard on Billy because he does not want their son to be reading such "crap". As Billy sits upstairs cursing his father with hopes of him rotting in Hell, he hears a sound at the window, which turns out to be a ghostly apparition in the form of The Creep from the comic book, beckoning him to come closer.Actors
Hal Holbrook
(Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate"))
Adrienne Barbeau
(Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate"))
Fritz Weaver
(Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate"))
Ted Danson
(Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over"))
Leslie Nielsen
(Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over"))
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