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44 years old โ old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Creepshow
"The most fun you'll ever have BEING SCARED!"
1982 2h 0m EN
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6.9TMDB ยท 1,203
HorrorComedy
Synopsis
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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.
โThe most fun you'll ever have BEING SCARED!โ
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")
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- George A. Romero
- Writers
- Stephen King
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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CINEMA
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Part of the "Creepshow Collection" โ so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by George A. Romero, shot by Michael Gornick. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by John Harrison. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Pasquale Buba shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Hal Holbrook and Adrienne Barbeau and Fritz Weaver carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "The most fun you'll ever have BEING SCARED!".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0083767 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
George A. Romero directs. Michael Gornick behind the camera. John Harrison scores. Pasquale Buba cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 144 years old โ old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Part of the "Creepshow Collection" โ so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 3Directed by George A. Romero, shot by Michael Gornick. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by John Harrison. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Pasquale Buba shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Hal Holbrook and Adrienne Barbeau and Fritz Weaver carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "The most fun you'll ever have BEING SCARED!".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0083767 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 16 themes, including "monster", "halloween", "gore", "meteor".
- 10Released under 11 different titles around the world.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Michael Gornick
- Original score
- John Harrison
- Editing
- Pasquale Buba
- Production design
- Cletus Anderson
- Costume design
- Barbara Anderson
- Makeup / hair
- Tom Savini
- Sound
- Larry Stensvold
- Runtime
- 120 min ยท 2h 0m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $8,000,000
- Box office
- $21,028,755
- Return
- 263% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Creepshow (1982)
Part of
Creepshow Collection
Three anthology horror films.
Also by
George A. Romero
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Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- talisencrwโ 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 shame. Definitely one to purchase and rewatch, for the horror aficionados amongst you. The 80's weren't so bad...
- Andre Gonzalesโ 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 Nostromoโ 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 King has a starring role in one story. Don't pass this one by, if you haven't seen it. Easter Egg: Try to spot the green marble ashtray in every story. -- DrNostromo.com
Production companies
Who made it
- LA
Laurel Entertainment
US
- UN
United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)
US
Key crew
- Makeup EffectsTom Savini
- ProducerRichard P. Rubinstein
- Executive ProducerSalah M. Hassanein
- Sound Re-Recording MixerLarry Stensvold
- Sound Re-Recording MixerGary Alexander
- Makeup ArtistBonnie Priore
- Sound Re-Recording MixerChris Jenkins
- EditorPasquale Buba
- Costume DesignBarbara Anderson
- EditorMichael Spolan
- Art DirectionLarry Fulton
- EditorGeorge A. Romero
- Associate ProducerDavid E. Vogel
- EditorPaul Hirsch
- Production DesignCletus Anderson
- Special EffectsCletus Anderson
- Producer's AssistantMaureen Andersen
- CastingCami Dempsey Taylor
- Production ManagerCharles Layton
- CastingTom Kibbe
- Lighting DirectorAlan Brennecke
- Unit ManagerRichard Feury
- Assistant DirectorChristine Forrest
- Property MasterBruce Alan Miller
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- monster
- halloween
- gore
- meteor
- buried alive
- cockroach
- based on comic
- anthology
- animated scene
- zombie
- living dead
- horror anthology
- absurd
- witty
- clichรฉ
- ridiculous
Release history ยท US
When it landed
- Theatrical1982-11-10R
- Physical1983-01-01Rยท Warner Home Video #11306 [๐๐๐๐ผ] (Clamshell) / [๐๐ฎ๐๐ช๐ญ] (Clamshell) / [๐๐๐๐พ] | ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ mรญnutัั
- Physical1987-01-01Rยท Warner Home Video #11306 [๐๐๐๐ผ] ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ mรญnutัั
Also known as
International titles
- Stephen King's CreepshowUS
- Creepshow 1CA
- Creepshow - Stephen KingAU
- Creepshow: Arrepio do MedoBR
- CreepshowSV
- Koszmarne OpowieลciPL
- Opowieลci z DreszczykiemPL
- Creepshow 1DK
- Venganza de ultratumbaMX
- ะะฐะปะตะนะดะพัะบะพะฟ ะถะฐั ัะฒUA
- Qorxu ลousuAZ
