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Fortybelowsummer - Yo dawg, I heard you like rankings so

5. Something to Tide you Over: I kind of have an issue with 2 out of 5 stories having the same premise of revenge from beyond the grave when there are so many other possibilities. Leslie Nielsen is great as the villain in this one, but it has a more serious tone that makes me like it less than Fathers Day. The idea of being buried in the sand with the tide coming in is intriguing, and the dead couple are sufficiently creepy when they come looking for payback. I dont even dislike it, but it is my least favorite of the stories.

4. Theyre Creeping Up on You!: This one hits different if youve ever dealt with cockroaches. Needless to say, they are, as Upson Pratt likes to say, bastards. I had them briefly in an old apartment and they can produce anxiety even if you arent a pathological entomophobe. Crawling all over you and eventually inside you, blech. This one is short, sweet, and effective and if that ending doesnt make your skin crawl at least a little bit then I dont know what to tell you.

3. Fathers Day: Good ol revenge from beyond the grave story. The reanimated old man corpse is definitely scary (wheres his cake?) and the music, atmosphere, and special effects are cool. The birthday cake head is a nice ending, even if it feels a bit abrupt and unsatisfactory not knowing if Richard and Cass get their candles blown out (its implied they do). The introduction of the comic book effects is a fun addition that carries throughout.

2. The Crate: I think its hilarious that the guys reaction to hearing about the crate monster is Perfect! Just the thing Ive been looking for to conveniently kill my bitch wife. The performances in this one are really good, but the star is obviously Fluffy the crate beast. The ape-like creature with fangs and claws that can devour a person whole is exactly the type that you picture lurking under your bed. Or yknow, in a mysterious crate under the stairs or something. Good, gory fun, and I like to think Fluffy was out for more blood after surviving his fall into the quarry.

1. The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill: Despite his numerous cameos, I always think about this role when I think about Stephen King movie appearances. I dont know why I like this story so much, but the overly exaggerated dimwit yokel character is funny, and the plot is both silly and unsettling. Honestly, imagine that stuff growing on you and all around you, to the point of knowing you have to kill yourself as it marches ever onward. Pretty messed up.

Like most anthologies, Creepshow has its ups and downs, and it certainly feels like the combo of King, Romero, and Savini could have produced something a bit better, but overall, it really is some of the most fun youll have being scared.

Lightning - Its showtime!

This is a collection of Stephen King stories (with a VERY loose bit of connecting tissue) that includes both short story adaptations and adaptations of a comic he wrote for this film. The whole thing is framed as EC Comics style horror stories and the comicbook styling gives it an aesthetic of pulpy fun.

The first short, Fathers Day, is extremely basic with one of the simplest stories you can imagine. While it is fine theres really no substance to it other than a zombie coming back and killing some people. However, the camp visuals give it a bit of a jolt. The second, The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, just didnt work for me. In this Stephen King plays a truly stereotypical hick character that is just too cartoonish for either the horror or the comedy to work. The third short, Something to Tide You Over, was my favourite, with a young Ted Danson and a surprisingly quite chilling performance from Leslie Neilsen. The setup is effective and the twisted justice is exciting to see unfold. The fourth short, The Crate, is nearly as good, working as a pulpy and effective creature feature. The creature itself works and the lead is suitably loathsome. Lastly Theyre Creeping Up on You is again very simple but it works as a nasty bit of grossout horror that King sometimes enjoys.

Overall, this is a very light collection of stories that vary in quality, and the framing device is so minor it may as well not exist. However they are all in good fun, making this an enjoyable watch.

3/5

Seginustemple - Five vignettes with a pulpy comic-book vibe, I think the one with Leslie Neilson torturing Ted
Dansen is head and shoulders above the rest because it's treated seriously. Those burial/drowning
scenes get pretty intense. Then I would go Stephen King vs. the Kudzu Comet > Birthday Cake
Zombie (featuring Ed Harris dancing) > Dr. Cockroach > Crate Monster, with the last one being
the only real stinker as it drags on too long.

Bitto - Rating: C-

I generally really like short stories and especially horror short stories. So I'm a little shocked that I didn't rank this very high. It's definitely due to The Crate. This is the longest of the stories and the worst by a pretty significant margin. Even outside of its very questionable premise, it just functionally isn't a good story. I feel like the story would be so much better if you cut out basically every character except the Crate and the two chess-playing professors. One of them knows about the Crate and is horrified; the other heard about the Crate and wants to use it nefariously. But whatever, we gotta kill the wifey, am I right??? Anyways, the other short stories are fine. I think my favorite is actually the farmer and the meteor, with an incredible performance by Stephen King. I remember watching this and was like "holy shit, this guy is terrible" but then I learned it was King and I was like "holy shit, this is hilarious". Anyways, it hits the right angle of memorable, horrifying, and funny. I also like the beach one and the cockroach one. They do their job well. The beach one is a little long, but it justifies its length because the rich guy does feel a little unstoppable at first. The cake one is......fine, but feels way too long for what it's going for.