Creepshow 2

Name: Creepshow 2
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
Released: May 1, 1987
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 39
Cast: George Kennedy

1987

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New World Pictures | Release Date: May 1, 1987 | R

Starring: George Kennedy

Summary: Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.

Director: Michael Gornick

Genre(s): Fantasy, Horror, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Pat Graham

A second helping of horror tales inspired by an old 50s comic-book series. Original Creepshow director George Romero contributes the screenplay this time, basing it on some tastefully selected Stephen King morsels. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Working from a script written by original helmer Romero based on a trilogy of lesser works by King, Creepshow 2 is a satisfying little anthology of terror that won't scare you so much as entertain you. Read full review

Hal Boedeker

The production values are downright dowdy. Creepshow looks more like Cheapshow. Yet the strong writing offsets the film's weaknesses. Creepshow 2 may not have the major-league excitement of The Exorcist or Aliens, but in its own right, it succeeds. The persistent screams from the audience tell you that. [13 May 1987, p.D7]

Johanna Steinmetz

The film's main fare is three Stephen King horror stories, presented as comic books come to life. Stringing them together are scenes about an all- American youngster, a Creepshow comics fan who outwits the neighborhood bullies with his mail-order Venus flytraps. The Creep, who delivers the comics, acts as host for this anthology. It's a complicated framing device, but it puts the film squarely in the camp of kids' movies. [07 May 1987, p.3C]

John Allemang

Like the nasty comic books of many a misspent youth, Creepshow 2 is, deliberately, a sometimes lurid and overdrawn anthology. It consists of three unconnected tales of modern American death, a Creepshow comic book come to life. It is as if Romero and director Michael Gornick are determined to spare grownups the embarrassment of taking horror seriously. [01 June 1987]

Richard Harrington

King and Romero -- the horror genre's equivalent of the daily double -- are back on the storyboard for 2, but with director Michael Gornick in charge, 2 goes nowhere slowly. Part of the problem is that King's short stories simply work better in print. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Whereas Romero's approach to this material is distinctly tongue-in-cheek, Gornick makes the mistake of giving the stories a straightforward treatment that merely heightens their inherent weakness. Both pictures use animation to tie things together, though the cartoon work in both is weak. Read full review

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adamhui78

Jun 13, 2017

Though not nearly as memorable as its predecessor, it's still a fun adaptation of some creative Stephen King short stories (particularly The Raft). When I saw it during its theatrical run, my parents got offended and made us leave about halfway through. So it was years later as an adult thatThough not nearly as memorable as its predecessor, it's still a fun adaptation of some creative Stephen King short stories (particularly The Raft). When I saw it during its theatrical run, my parents got offended and made us leave about halfway through. So it was years later as an adult that I revisited it, and although it wasn't very scary, it had a few great lines and memorable scenes. "Thanks for the ride, lady!"… Expand

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ScienceAdvisor

Mar 10, 2018

Abysmal directing, acting, and some of the worst cell-shaded animation I have ever seen.

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