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Creepshow
Creepshow
Credits
Title: Creepshow
Director: George Romero
Writers: Stephen King
Producers: Salah M. Hassanein
Richard P. Rubinstein
Composer: John Harrison
Cinematography: Michael Gornick
Editors: Michael Spolan [1]
Pasquale Buba [2]
George Romero [3]
Paul Hirsch [4]
Production
Production company: United Film Distribution Company; Laurel Entertainment, Inc.
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Released: November 12th, 1982
Rating: R
Running time: 120 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $8,000,000 [5]
Gross: $21,028,755 (US) [6]
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Creepshow is an American horror anthology film directed by George Romero with a screenplay written by Stephen King. Two sequel films, Creepshow 2 and Creepshow 3, were released in 1987 and 2006. The film features five vignettes, all written by King, wrapped inside of a framing story. The premise involves a young boy named Billy who enjoys reading an issue of Creepshow magazine, which includes the five stories. The titles of the stories, in chronological order are, "Father's Day", "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", "Something to Tide You Over", "The Crate" and "They're Creeping Up on You". Stephen King himself plays the titular dumbbell Jordy Verrill in "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill".

Stories[]

Framing sequence[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Joe King Billy
Tom Atkins Stan
Iva Jean Saraceni Billy's mother
Marty Schiff Garbage man #1
Tom Savini Garbage man #2 ("The Creep")

"Father's Day"[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Carrie Nye Sylvia Grantham
Viveca Lindfors Aunt Bedelia
Ed Harris Hank Blaine
Warner Shook Richard Grantham
Elizabeth Regan Cass Blaine
Jon Lormer Nathan Grantham
John Amplas Nathan's corpse
Nann Mogg Mrs. Danvers
Peter Messer Yarbro

"The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill"[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Stephen King Jordy Verrill
John Colicos Doctor
Bingo O'Malley Jordy's father

"Something to Tide You Over"[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Leslie Nielsen Richard Vickers
Ted Danson Harry Wentworth
Gaylen Ross Becky Vickers

"The Crate"[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
Hal Holbrook Henry Northrup
Adrienne Barbeau Wilma Northrup
Fritz Weaver Dexter Stanley
Robert Harper Charlie Gereson
Don Keefer Mike, the janitor
Christine Forrest Tabitha Raymond
Chuck Aber Richard Raymond
Cletus Anderson Host
Katie Karlovitz Maid
Charles Van Eman Bartender
Carol McCloskey Party guest
Richard P. Rubinstein Party guest
Darryl Ferrucci "Fluffy"

"They're Creeping Up on You"[]

Cast[]

Actor Role
E.G. Marshall Upson Pratt
David Early White
Ann Muffly Lenora Castonmeyer

Notes & Trivia[]

  • The tagline for this film is "The most fun you'll ever have... being scared!"
  • Billy has a Rodan action figure suspended from string on the ceiling of his bedroom. Rodan is a Japanese daikaiju and part of the Godzilla series of films. He had his own film in 1956. The toy was made by Mattel and released in the 1970s.
  • The segment "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is featured in the Femme Fatales episode "The Clinic".
  • The segment "Something to Tide You Over" is featured in the Femme Fatales episode "Help Me, Rhonda".
  • The segment "The Crate" is featured in the Femme Fatales episode "Libra, Part 2".
  • The segment "They're Creeping Up on You!" is featured in the Femme Fatales episode "Bad Medicine".

Recommendations[]

See also[]

External Links[]

References[]

  1. "Father's Day"; "They're Creeping Up on You"
  2. "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill"
  3. "Something to Tide You Over"
  4. "The Crate"
  5. IMDB; Creepshow (1982)
  6. Box Office Mojo; Creepshow (1982)
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