Customer Reviews
One of the worst sequels ever - By: Mr. David R. Brock, 22 Nov 2008 
A dismal affair alll round. Boring, badly made & pointless.
At least the original entertained.
Twice the charm - By: Peter J. Hodgson, 20 Nov 2008 
Slightly less here in the story area, this time we only have 3 stories, 4 if you count the wraparound story. As weak as this is when compared to the original it is still great to see a sequel that doesnt suck...Creepshow 3! sucked so bad. Romero & King have a smidge less involvement in this but that doesnt stop Creepshow 2 from standing out. Tom Savini is back as the go-to FX master & the only gripe I have with this is the animated wraparound story but I suppose it doesnt hurt trying somethin new. Avoid Creepshow 3. Keep an eye out for the new Creepshow Raw online series out soon. Catch the trailer on youtube or bloodydisgusting.com
Creepshow 2 does make you flesh creep but doesn't scare - By: Great White, 22 Dec 2007 
I love Creepshow. The most scariest 15 rated horror movie by the makers George A. Romero & Stephen King with five tales of pure shocking horror. It's a shame that Creepshow 2 doesn't have that factor. This time George & Stephen wrote the script but the film wasn't directed by Romero & therefore doesn't retain the scares & shocks like the first one. There are so many thing wrong with this one.
One, you don't get five tales as you did in Creepshow, instead you just get three.
Two, the dark comic book stylings of the original are ditched & a more kid friendly comic book animation styling is placed instead. The creep isn't quite as convincing as he was during the first one when you just saw him on the comic book with speech bubbles instead of real speech as he is here.
Three, the atmospheric score of the first film is gone too. The theme that i loved so much & scared me as soon as the credits started was gone & some other music was used. They should have kept it as for me that was Creepshow's signature theme & summed up what you were about to see.
Four, Where were the scares? hardly any of it scared me. Where was the Creepshow scares & shocks that i loved so much?
Those faults aside it still is enjoyable to watch with great characterisations & the odd bit of gore but sadly thats it. The interweaving story of Billy & his beloved comic were interesting but hardly scary. The stories themselves are good & thats it. Some horror, some laughs, a bit of nudity & thats it. I did feel cheated after watching it as i was expecting horror like the original & it didn't deliver. What it did deliver though were three tales of just desserts which i guess was good to see the "evil" characters get what they deserved.
This could have been so much more with George behind the camera & the inclusion of two more stories, this would have been great but sadly its just passable. Great shame.
But if you love Creepshow & you haven't seen this then it's worth a look, just don't expect too much from it & you have a good time. You expect to be scared,sorry either stick with the original or choose tales from the crypt instead.
HALF WAY DECENT WITH SOME LARGE NAGGING PROBLEMS - By: stuart, 26 Oct 2007 Waiting to see the new Creepshow comic book, young Billy, (Domenick John) arrives when The Creep, (Tom Savini) drops them off & begins leafing through the book, reading three stories.
The Good Stor(ies): Old Chief Wood'nhead-Running a general store in a drying up town, Ray Spruce, (George Kennedy) & Martha Spruce, (Dorothy Lamour) are presented with a special gift for their services. Immediately afterward, Sam Whitemoon, (Holt McCalllany) Fatso Gribbens, (David Holbrook) & Andy Cavanaugh, (Don Harvey) decide to rob the store, leaving the couple for dead. The Indian sculpture in front of their store, Old Chief Wood'nhead, comes to life & tracks them down one-by-one. This wasn't bad, & is overalll pretty decent. The special effects for the statue are excellent, applying a "wooden" body-suit to make it move & act just like a wooden statue coming to life. It even creaks, too. It steals alll the best scenes, especiallly the assault in the garage & inside the trailer park, which are both quite suspenseful due to it's presence. The kill scenes also show some verve, as we gets attacks by a volley of arrows, a swipe to the head with an axe, & a pretty nasty scalping. On the downside, the story is kinda predictable, which ruins the experience a little as you know exactly what's gonna happen. It's basicallly a routine slasher film with the statue as the killer, & it plays out exactly as it would be expected.
The Raft-Heading out to an abandoned lake, Randy, (Daniel Beer) Deke, (Paul Scatterfield) Laverne, (Jeremy Green) & Rachel, (Page Hannah) swim out to a raft floating in the middle for some relaxation. When a floating mass nearby takes an interest in them, they have to find a way to get away before it kills them alll. The blob in the lake is kinda cool. There is a lot of mystery surrounding it & you can't reallly tell how it's gonna end. As great as the mystery is, the creature just looks like a black tarpaulin floating in the water. The deaths are wildly over-the-top, as the blob eats through their flesh, leaving a mound of bloody bones & melted skin. It has a lot of great suspense, & the tension in the second half, where the creature begins to break through the holes in the wood is reallly creepy. The story moves along at a sharp pace, hardly ever slowing down & being reallly entertaining once it gets started. This is the segment that features the most satisfying ending & everyone gets their just desserts, featuring a twist that is the nearest the film ever gets to capturing any of the black humor that ran through the original. It's a reallly good story.
The Hitchhiker-Running late from a tryst, Annie Lansing, (Lois Chiles) hits a hitchhiker, (Tom Wright) accidentallly with her car, but fearing the repercussions, she takes off. As she struggles with herself for doing the deed, she encounters him repeatedly as she continues on. The most interesting thing here is how hard the woman fights against the hitchhiker. She runs him over with her car, runs over him & crushes him against trees continuallly. She does practicallly everything a human would reallly do in a similar situation, & it's quite fun to see them. The special effects in here did a very good job on the hitchhiker. Every time you see him, he's graduallly got more & more mashed to pieces thanks to Louis Chiles repeatedly driving over him with her car until there is but a skeleton left. The longer it goes on, the more it becomes distorted & the more gruesome it becomes. However, the segment becomes so ludicrously overblown in the escalating wrecking of the car in attempts to dispose of the hitcher that it earns far more on the laugh scale than ever does for its scares. It might have been more interesting if they played up how the mangled hitchhiker could have been a figment of her imagination. That reallly could've been played up more rather than a few passing hints at it. It's biggest problem, though, is that it gets repetitive after a while & they could have cut this segment down to keep it fresh. It feels like it's doing the same thing over & over, & it could've been trimmed down.
The Bad Stor(ies): While alll have their little problems, as a whole this one is decent enough. The biggest thing that these suffer from is an overalll bored feeling. They aren't that original either, as there's been tons of stories out there with the same general plot as these & do it much better. Also quite hard to sit through is the wraparound segments, which are quite terrible, have nothing to do with the features being presented afterward, & have none of the style & wit of the previous entry. That also applies to the stories, but this one mainly suffers from the lack of creativity.
The Final Verdict: While suffering from creativity & the lack of style from the others, this is still a lot of fun & an overalll decent enough film. It's not as great as the first one, but there's enough good stuff to give it a look if it appeals to you.
Creepshow 2 [1987] - By: Mr. Matthew J. Lee-williams, 15 Oct 2007 Many critics are far too hard on this film. Ok, it's not as good as the original, granted. Romero is not in the directing chair this time, Michael Gornick now taking the helm. The stories are now sliced to just three instead of the five seen in 'Creepshow' [1982].
But lets not forget Stephen King here, who not only contributes the tales with the help of Romero [most notably the classic tale from his very own collection 'Nightshift', 'The Raft'] but also turns up in a smalll cameo [he also starred in the first movie]. Also we have the wraparound story - this time in full animation - featuring the darkly hilarious Creep.
The movie is both scary & fun, the tales featuring a simple twist at the end, as one expects from such shorts as 'Tales from the Crypt'. My personal favourite is 'The Hitchhiker', where a guy thumbing a lift becomes the victim of a hit-and-run ... he is run over & over & over ... just watch it, you'll see.
The weakest segment here is probably 'Ole Chief Woodenhead', but even this story is watchable. And special effect make-up guy, Tom Savini, once again puts in an appearance here, this time as the Creep.
Halfway perfect, I'm giving Creepshow 2 a three-star rating. It doesn't live up to the original; the creepy & cool effects managed in 'Creepshow' reallly made the 1950s E.C. Comics come alive. But what sequel ever hits the mark?
