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u/Hope499 Jul 24 '15
WHERE IS MY CAKE BEDELIA??
Crate monster scared the SHIT out of me as a child...damn monkey monster thing.....
Leslie Nielsen just awesome in the rising tide role....
A great movie no doubt.
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Jul 25 '15
The Crate. One of the most memorable scenes is where the monster is knocked in the back of the head with a wrench, and the monster abruptly and swiftly turns around in a very unnatural manner. I laughed about that scene for years.
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u/sp00kyscary Jul 24 '15
God, I love Creepshow so much. My dad showed it to me when I was a kid, and I've been watching it every Halloween ever since. It's a perfect anthology that has so many good elements to it: awesome effects, great writing, spot-on acting, campy 80s horror goodness.
My favorite is probably "Something to Tide You Over." It's such a chilling revenge story, and I think Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson were some of the best actors in the whole anthology. I love the end where Nielsen just goes into a hysterical laughing fit. "I CAN HOLD MY BREATH FOR A LOOOOOONG TIME!"
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u/iscream22 Jul 24 '15
That moment when Hal Holbrook shoots Adrienne Barbeau and everybody claps, CLASSIC
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u/Allycat86 Jul 24 '15
Out of all the anthologies I've seen, this is definitely one of my favorites.
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u/filmfiend999 Jul 24 '15
Amazing film and I was about Joe Hill's age in the film when I first saw it. "How about another shot, dad??" The third installment was a pile of crap from a few years ago, except for the robot wife segment, which was pretty amusing. The actual third Creepshow is the Tales from the Darkside movie.
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u/edwart_ Jul 24 '15
I love this movie. I can put it on anytime of the year and watch a different part and be totally entertained.
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u/Nivramss Jul 24 '15
I liked it. I like the stories and the comedic parts of it. One thing I hated about it is Stephen King's acting. He should stick to writing.
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u/Maomi_Xiaojie Jul 24 '15
That was definitely the more comedic skit, probably made more so by the acting. It was just goofy and then sad.
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Jul 24 '15
I honestly thought it was a disappointment. I found it to be a little boring. And am I the only one who got freaked out by the plant story?
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u/begrudged Jul 25 '15
Even though I disagree with you, a lot, I absolutely hate it that you got downvoted for your opinion. That shit happens in this sub a lot.
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Jul 24 '15
I prefer the second, but I'll always love the first
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u/Maria_LaGuerta Jul 25 '15
The lake tar scene scared the living shut out of me as a child. I had the image of a woman screaming covered in black goo for the longest time in my head.
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u/SaraFist Jul 24 '15
This is one of the earliest horrors I can remember watching. I actually prefer the second, because the final segment of the first ties in to a severe phobia of mine... actually, it might be responsible for it...
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u/megatom0 Jul 24 '15
Ah such a fun movie. This was one series I always hoped would get rebooted or had some kind of spiritual successor (I know Tales from the Crypt, but more recent ya know).
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u/Maomi_Xiaojie Jul 24 '15
This is one of the first films I remember from my childhood, along with House on Haunted Hill and Return of the Living Dead. So this movie always makes me think of my dad who got me interested in horror originally. Aside from my personal reason to like it, the movie offers a good variety of creepy, funny, and suspense. The colors are beautiful throughout, which is something that the second movie lacked a bit. Don't get me wrong, second one was great, but I prefer the first one.
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u/Mistersinister1 Jul 24 '15
I grew up watching these. They don't do horror like this anymore. I have the tales from the crypt series and both creepshows. Just saddens me what horror has turned into. Romero, king and carpenter redefined horror. It seems American Horror Story attempts that genre but fall short. Some of the writing is ok but I feel it tries too hard and isn't really terrifying. Tales was filled with a bit too much irony and became quite predictable watching it as kid was still pretty terrifying. My daughter of 4 loves horror and scary stuff but she isn't too impressed with tales. She even shrugged off Nightmare on elm street. I leave it to her to pick a movie on Netflix and I come back in to her watching hellraiser. Kids got taste. These godfathers of horror need to collaborate and shoe film makers of today what horror looks like. Jump scares and found footage has saturated the industry and has no originality.
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u/monkeybatter Jul 24 '15
One of my all-time favorites.
High point: Really distinctive cinematography and special effects, terrific stories and an appropriately cool musical score. Low point (for me, anyway): Stephen King's "Jordy Verrill". Wayyy too over the top.
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u/SauzaPaul Jul 24 '15
I remember successfully getting a grownup to buy tickets for me and my friends to see this R Rated movie when it came out.
All the segments are still fantastic to this day, but nothing ever creeps me out, and film and in real life, than ugly-ass cockroaches. I HATE THEM!
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15
This is definitely one of my favorite anthology films. Although I saw the second one first, I still prefer this one. Romero and King created one hell of a movie.