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21. Creepshow (1982 / 242 points)
Directed by: George A. Romero / Written by: Stephen King
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Why Its Significant - A pure & loving tribute to the horror comics of yesteryear, particularly EC Comics like Tales from the Crypt or The Vault of Horror, Creepshow was about celebrating a brand of horror that reveled in the dark and the strange before censorship took over, and was rife with vibrant comic book colors and campy narration perfectly capturing the tone of said comics. Of course - the creators are important here too. George A. Romero, famed zombie popularizer, and Stephen King, master of horror, uniting in one film with three of the stories here being totally original King works, making it essential viewing for any Stephen King completionist, and Romeros directing with heavy use of practical effects and innovative camerawork creating a visually stunning anthology piece throughout. And sure, while anthology formats have always been popular when it comes to horror in any medium, it just feels like Creepshow changed the game and certainly inspired a whole new wave of films and off-shoots deeply indebted to the film. It received two sequels (though the third may as well be unofficial), inspired the film Cats Eye (another collection of Stephen King tales), Tales from the Darkside TV spin-off (which itself had a spin-off called Monsters), 2018 Shudder TV series, & Halloween Horror Nights attraction.

The Rankers
Karo - 7
Snake - 9
Jcgamer107 - 11
Inviso - 13
Fortybelowsummer - 17
Mythiot - 19
Lightning - 20
Seginustemple - 20
Bitto - 23
Evilordexdeath - 24
Plasmabeam - 24
Johnbobb - 26
Rockus - 29

Karo - A horror anthology presented in the style of a cheesy pulp comic is separated into five shorts that get better as they go along, which are linked together with cool animated scenes that show pages from the magazine (complete with silly ads) in the transition.

Father's Day: This is a standard zombie tale that is highly unremarkable and uninspired, full of questionable costume work and is the very definition of the wrong kind of bad.

The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verril: A bumpkin who has clearly been sampling lead paint chips off the side of his barn fucks around with a meteor and turns into Swamp Thing. It is rather boring.

Something to Tide You Over: A graduate of the Bond School of Overcomplicated Villainy kills two people by drowning them in the high tide and so they come back as zombies and my god please stop with the zombies already that is so passe.

The Crate: A box is found under the stairs and there are bad things inside! This is the first one with any kind of complexity to it (the box goblin could represent evil in the heart of man), and it avoids the predictability of most of the other shorts.

They're Creeping Up on You!: The movie ends with this tale of a neurotic millionaire battling a roach infestation that turns into something truly horrifying. None of the other shorts are really that scary, but this one, oh lord. The bed. The motherfucking bed.

It is an uneven collection of short tales that embraces its stupidity as stylistic choice and it works for the most part. The film is somewhat carried by the latter half, but other than the misadventures of zombie grandpa none could really be considered bad.

Snake - Love, love, love this one! Probably the film that made me fall in love with anthology films my whole life after. Im not sure how many times I watched this as a kid but it was a lot. I love the films aesthetic, the vibrant panels and transitions that seamlessly blend illustration with live action tickling my tastes perfectly. Theres so much to love in each story, from macabre family drama, to goofy almost slapstick-style comedy mixed with body horror, Twilight Zone type cruelty, a creature feature, and my favorite of the bunch (and the one that always freaked me out the most), the creepy and disgusting bug-fest that preys on all sorts of fears. Of course, one throughline is dark comedy, and yeah I pretty much crack-up every time I give this film a watch. The performances are all over the top fantastic, perfectly matching the tone of each short. Its just so much fun every time and sometimes horror truly works best in quick bursts like these.

Jcgamer107 - 6/10

Inviso - This was just a fun movie. Its not the BEST movie, but its a horror film that knows its trying to be camp and knows its trying to tell a bunch of goofy little stories, and none of them really overstay their welcome because theyre not MEANT to be feature-length plots. I dont mind glaring plot holes in a film like this, because youre not supposed to take it seriously; its JUST meant to be creepy and offputting, but there are also some hilariously hammy acting choices that make it enjoyable to watch overall. Of the segments, I would say it goes: Something to Tide You Over > Theyre Creeping Up On You > The Crate > Fathers Day > The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill.

Jordy Verrill is dumb fun, and its just a chance for Stephen King (who is not an actorand this movie proves that) hams it up as this over-the-top redneck who gets infected by an alien plant. Its hilariously stupid. Fathers Day isstrange, but it has a fun kill count where this zombie just kills all his shitty relatives (after he gets killed first for being a shithead). Crate is very standard monster movie stuff, but Adrian Barbeau is AMAZING heinous in this, and youre kinda rooting for her henpecked husband to succeed. Creeping Up is an even MORE horrible character who LOVES being fucking horrible to people, and then he gets his absolute comeuppance at the hand of roaches. And Tide is easily my favorite, because Leslie Neilsen is having the time of his life as a charming psychopath, and the premise is so bizarre that it becomes funny in and of itself. The end result is every vignette carries a little bit of weight, and theyre all able to come together into a decent whole.