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Creepshow

1982 120 min ★ 6.9 Horror, Comedy

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

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Cast

Hal Holbrook

Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")

Adrienne Barbeau

Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")

Fritz Weaver

Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")

Leslie Nielsen

Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")

Carrie Nye

Sylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day")

E.G. Marshall

Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")

Viveca Lindfors

Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day")

Ed Harris

Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")

Ted Danson

Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over")

Stephen King

Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")

Details

Director

George A. Romero

Screenplay

Stephen King

Tagline

"The Most Fun You'll Ever Have BEING SCARED!"

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$8,000,000

Revenue

$21,028,755

Production

Laurel Entertainment, United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)

Reviews

talisencrw

May 10, 2016

★ 8/10

I know I'll probably get a lot of flak for suggesting this, but I strongly feel that this anthology piece director Romero did, largely helped by Stephen King, is Romero's finest outing outside of his seven zombie films (of which so far I've seen five). One of the best by one director as well--and it puts the much-more-celebrated 'Twilight Zone: The Movie', which came out around the same time, to s...

Andre Gonzales

May 10, 2023

★ 5/10

I was so terrified of this movie as a kid. Now that im older its not so scary at all. Still a good movie even tho its old and poorly made.

Dr_Nostromo

January 31, 2026

★ 9/10

94/100 Written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero, this film is arguably one of the best horror anthologies ever made. An exquisite mixture of horror and hilarity, you'll find yourself creeped out and laughing out loud at the same time. The stories are bizarre and filled with an all-star cast of veterans and a few recognizable newcomers who go on to be big themselves. Even Stephen...