CREEPSHOW
2
CAST
Lois Chiles, George
Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, A big wooden
indian
DIRECTOR
George Romero
YEAR OF
RELEASE
1987
The first
time Stephen King wrote a screenplay that
George Romero directed they called it
Creepshow and it was great. The second time
they called it Creepshow 2 and Mistershoes
was dissapointed. The three tales are not
quite the quality of the original, and the
wraparound is awful. The first story is about
a wooden indian who avenges his murdered
shopkeeper and is terrible. With a slow
predictability, it's a good vs evil slashfest
that begins and ends boringly. The second, my
favorite, is The Raft, in which four 80's
teens venture onto a lake to have a swimming
party. However, the lake inhabits a strange
surface-roaming black blob that eats them one
by one. The only sanctuary is a wooden raft
in the middle of the lake... Finally, a
hitchiker tale sporting the quote "Thanks for
the ride, Lady!" about 100 times. A woman is
in a hurry home so she doesn't get caught
cheating on her husband. She hits a hitchiker
that just keeps coming back. The wraparound
previously mentioned is about a boy who deals
with bullies by buying giant venus flytraps
to eat them. The whole movie is too fast and
the first story makes you feel cheated. The
original is superior in so
many ways- go get that one. Skip this one
unless you REALLY dug the first one, or
you're a fan of wooden indians who
kill.
SHOCK/SUSPENSE
2
GORE
3
CAMP
3
OVERALL
3
