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- 1987
- R
- New World Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1987
- R
- New World Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Summary Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.
Directed By: Michael Gornick
Written By: Stephen King, George A. Romero, Lucille Fletcher
- 1987
- R
- New World Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1987
- R
- New World Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Creepshow 2
39
6.9
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Summary Three more bone-chilling tales that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.
Directed By: Michael Gornick
Written By: Stephen King, George A. Romero, Lucille Fletcher
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
39
27% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
55% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
39
27% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
55% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Working from a script written by original helmer Romero based on a trilogy of lesser works by King, Creepshow 2 is a satisfying little anthology of terror that won't scare you so much as entertain you.
The production values are downright dowdy. Creepshow looks more like Cheapshow. Yet the strong writing offsets the film's weaknesses. Creepshow 2 may not have the major-league excitement of The Exorcist or Aliens, but in its own right, it succeeds. The persistent screams from the audience tell you that. [13 May 1987, p.D7]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.9
55% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
6.9
55% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
36% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
9% Negative
2 Ratings
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The episodes are marginally interesting, but each is a little too long. And each could be fully explained in a one-sentence synopsis.
Like the nasty comic books of many a misspent youth, Creepshow 2 is, deliberately, a sometimes lurid and overdrawn anthology. It consists of three unconnected tales of modern American death, a Creepshow comic book come to life. It is as if Romero and director Michael Gornick are determined to spare grownups the embarrassment of taking horror seriously. [01 June 1987]
Tied together with some humdrum animated sequences, three vignettes on offer obviously were produced on the absolute cheap, and are deficient in imagination and scare quotient.
First-timer Gornick's direction is so painfully inept that not one of the episodes is even slightly scary, let alone horrifying. The only terrifying thing about Creepshow 2 is the thought of Creepshow 3.
Whereas Romero's approach to this material is distinctly tongue-in-cheek, Gornick makes the mistake of giving the stories a straightforward treatment that merely heightens their inherent weakness. Both pictures use animation to tie things together, though the cartoon work in both is weak.
