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looks cheap but so damn funny, 15 July 1999

Author: mcfly-31 from anaheim, ca

Hate to say it guys, but I liked this one better. One was good, but this one is so silly, so comical at times, that I just loved it. If you're unfamiliar with the format, there are 3 short stories featured here. Up first is a wooden indian that adorns the front of a general store, coming to life to kill the goons who gunned down his owners. Holt McCallany is very strong as the foul mouthed leader of the gang. And the way he gets his...hoo boy. Number two has a man-eating oil slick(?) snacking on teens on a wooden raft. And most people are right when they say it looks like a big hefty bag. And a moment that will have you rolling, and that will give teenage boys ideas and have men remembering fondly when they may have done it, is where the surviving guy takes a peek under the surviving girls sweater. Good to see where this dudes priorities are; two of his friends are dead, he's nearly been killed, and he decides its a good time to look at boobies. I loved it. But my absolute favorite of both Creepshow films is the hitchhiker story. It's so hysterically unrealistic that it still makes me laugh all these years later. With Lois Chiles mind-losing dialogue, and the dead guys constant "thanks for the ride, lady!" I can't imagine a funnier, more exciting short story than that. In a perfect world Tom Wright, who played the hitchhiker, wouldda been nominated for an Oscar. Also a high five to the campy look of the film, with all three films set in the middle of nowhere, one at sea, one (mostly) in the woods. A lot of fun I say, though most hated this one.

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Great sequel with plenty of gore and laughs., 21 December 2004

Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

"Creepshow 2" is a pretty enjoyable horror anthology that features some gruesome surprises.The first tale "Old Chief Woodenhead" is about a wooden Indian statue outside a small general store which comes to life when some local youths kill the elderly couple during the robbery. This story plays like a routine slasher flick with the statue as the killer.The special effects are excellent and there is a good amount of gore.Unfortunately the script is predictable and the acting from the younger cast is unconvincing.The second tale "The Raft" is about some teenagers who,whilst hanging out on the raft,are slowly eaten by a blob-like creature which lives in the lake.This story is fast-paced and appropriately gruesome with truly satisfying climax.The third tale "The Hitchhiker" is about a woman who does a hit-and-run on a hitchhiker and thinks she's got away with it,only to be confronted with the dead hitchhiker numerous times down the road.This story offers plenty of scares and the hitchhiker is hilarious with his incredibly funny line 'thanks for a ride,lady'.All in all if you enjoyed the first "Creepshow" give its sequel a look.8 out of 10.

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Not as good as the original, but a treat and fun entertainment for any horror anthology fan!, 3 November 2007

Author: Danny Blankenship from Petersburg, Virginia

Once again the two legendary masters teamed up again that being Stephen King and George A. Romero for another edition of Creepshow, rightfully titled "Creepshow 2". The sequel isn't as good as the 1982 original, because it's made cheaper you can tell that by the cinematography, and the film is shorter only three segments instead of five and star power is missing. Yet still the film thrills, chills, and brings justice and revenge style terror that any horror fan will cherish and consider a classic to watch over and over.

First story is a good old western justice tale of revenge titled "Old Chief WoodenHead" which is set in a rural desert small Arizona town. And the theme centered around the town is it's dealing with hard times a bad socially depressed economy and George Kennedy("Airplane" and "Cool Hand Luke") stars as a generous and do easy storekeeper who's too generous to customers by letting them have items on credit. And yet the only hope that he puts in return and what he lives for is a stature of a wooden Indian outside his store. One day he receives a gift of worthy stone from an Indian man named Ben Whitemoon who says this is payback for his people's debts. Only the episode turns to a violent and tragic end with the store getting robbed and destroyed by modern day punks in search of money so they can flee to Los Angeles to start a new life. After the tragic end, it's payback time and justice Indian style with warpaint and all! Overall good segment that was well done and I love the justice and revenge it shows.

Next tale is "The Raft" about a group of weed smoking and sex driven teens that being two males and two females who take a trip to a lake to do some supposed harmless swimming. Only the plans turn to a sinking river type nightmare. Upon entering the lake one by one they notice a slime like chemical spill or substance of some type that seems to travel and move around the lake fast and at ease. One by one each discover the blood sucking nightmare is a sinking reality. Watch as the segment ends it's slick and clever as a no swimming sign is shown hidden behind trees and brush! Last but not least a classic tale "The Hitchhiker" staring beauty queen Lois Chiles as Annie Lansing a wealthy and attractive and elegant woman who's living in upstate Maine and she's having her fun and entertainment from the services of a male escort. After getting up one night from her affair she finds she's gonna be late and she doesn't want to end up in divorce court! So while speeding back on the interstate when exited onto the I-395 Maine ramp she hits a hitchhiker. And it shocks her, now it's hit and run. And it's a reality nightmare that will not end, as Annie finds this is a highway of terror! Just like in the horror film the villain never dies no matter how many times you kill them. Also look for Stephen King who has a small cameo as a truck driver in this one. Really a good way to end the film.

Sure it lacks the star power and budget and length of the original yet the stories are entertaining, fun, and revenge filled enough for any horror buff to cherish as a classic especially due to the work of King and Romero and the geography settings for this film was nice.

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***** POSSIBLE SPOILERS ***** Scary fun from Stephen King based on three of his stories..., 9 June 2007

Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

You have to be in the mood to watch this sort of thing late at night and I was definitely in the mood although I was about to turn the film off after the first story about the wooden Indian. I just wanted to watch that to see what DOROTHY LAMOUR was doing in a horror film. I notice she won a Saturn award for the role but I was underwhelmed by her performance.

However, if you stay with it, CREEPSHOW 2 improves with each story. There are no real touches of originality in any of them except for the clever use of animation used quite extensively and very effectively to bridge the gap between stories.

CHIEF WOODEN HEAD gets the film off to a start about a couple running a store in the middle of the desert without paying customers who are left some valuables by an Indian who owes them a debt. What they don't know is that their store is about to be invaded by a trio of ruthless thugs led by an Indian lad who is willing to kill in order to grab whatever loot he can. Their death is avenged by--well, guess who? Some clever touches here, but nothing that really stands out. Nice performance by GEORGE KENNEDY gives the whole tale some much needed class.

THE RAFT is compulsively watchable once you see the set-up wherein four attractive young couples decide to swim out to a raft where they are all about to meet their grisly deaths. PAUL SATTERFIELD in his yellow speedos is the standout among these and his demise is particularly chilling. It's got all the requisite suspense and horror you'd expect from King and the special effects are particularly gruesome. DANIEL BEER as Satterfield's worried pal does a nice job, especially in the scene where he almost takes advantage of the sleeping gal.

THE HITCHHIKER could easily have been the one that steals the show, but it becomes a little too repetitious and fond of its own dark sense of humor to be taken seriously. Howevere, LOIS CHILES is very convincing as the distraught woman at the wheel who does everything she can to get rid of a dead man who keeps coming back for more.

Summing up: Give it a chance and it becomes compulsively watchable in the old tradition of horror king Stephen.

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Creepy, But Lacking The Quality Of The First, 6 October 2001

Author: Perry Mercer (Blackace) from Glendale, AZ

I'd have to say one of the first mistakes of Creepshow 2 is that there are only 3 stories. What was Romero & King thinking? After being served up 5 wholesome stories in the first Creepshow, I was excepting a lot more from the sequel. At least 5 or 6 stories would have been perfect. Of course this would have made the budget a little bigger and we can't have that, now can we?

In any case, Creepshow 2 offers 3 stories named "Old Chief Woodenhead", "The Hitchhiker" & "The Raft". We start with Old Chief Woodenhead which centers around some punk Indian boys who rob a convenience store owner and kills him. What the boys aren't aware of is the wooden Indian statue outside the store. This thing comes to life to take revenge for the old man. The story is pretty lame. Yes, this is fictional horror, but this is ridiculous. There's nothing in the story that tells us WHY or HOW this statue comes to life. Did someone sprinkle pixie dust on it? Was it possessed by the old man? What gives?

The second story, which seems to be everyones favorite, is "The Raft".

This was one of the creepiest tales I've ever seen. Even both versions of the Blob didn't creep me out as much. I think the key element that makes this story work in the music and sound effects. It's extremely creepy and keeps you senses on the edge as you wait to see what happens next. The story focuses on four teenagers who travel way, way out to a secluded lake to take a swim onto a bolted raft. The story never says WHY they would travel this far just for a swim in this lake. Apparently is was a favorite place of choice at one time. In the opening scene you seen them driving along a deserted road, so you know they aren't no where near any civilization. Once they get there, they strip down to their swim suits and head out to the raft, unaware of the black, stringy oil slick that's moving slowing toward them. This thing is HUGE, and I'm curious as to how deep the oil slick travels downward, as we are only shown the top of the water. As you can guess, this thing is alive and hungry. What happens next is pretty gruesome. Nuff said.

The final story is called, "The Hitchhiker" and it's about a prostitute that cheats on her boyfriend and then travels home, but accidently hits a Hitchhiker on the way. Not wanting to stop because the boyfriend may find out she's been cheating or she may end up in jail for murder, she flees the scene only to encounter the Hitchhiker again and again and again. This story is pretty gruesome as you watch her run the Hitchhiker over and over again. Each times she sees him again, all the blood, broken bones, and disfigurement can be seen It's a bit funny at times as he continues to ask her for a ride every time she drives into him. The story isn't bad, but it's nothing special either. The ending it pretty much what you would expect.

Overall, Creepshow 2 is a good rental. I'd say rent Creepshow and Creepshow 2, but watch the second one first and then view the much better first one. Will there every be a Creepshow 3? At this point it doesn't look good. Steven King looks like a sick man these days and Romero is working on other projects. Maybe someone else will take the reigns and run with this one. We can only hope.

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A worthy but flawed sequel, 14 June 2007
Author: liveronastick from United Kingdom

Creepshow 2 was released in 1987 and was directed by George Romero's regular cinematographer Michael Gornick. Gornick, who was a late replacement for the original director FX maestro Tiom Savini, cut his directorial teeth on several episodes of Laurel's Tales From The Darkside and was a natural choice to make the film. He does a commendable job with what is clearly a modest budget and three stories that are not as engaging, gripping and frightening as those available to Romero in his original 1982 film.

Only one of the three stories has been previously published, the other two being originals devised for the film by Stephen King and scripted by Romero. The first story is called Old Chief Woodenhead and stars Hollywood veterans George Kennedy and Dorothy Lamour. It concerns a wooden storefront statue of an old Indian chief that comes to life to avenge the death of two elderly people by a gang of youths. It is the least impressive of the three tales but retains a certain ghoulish charm.

The second story is The Raft. Originally published in King's 1985 short story collection Skeleton Crew (with a slightly different ending). The segment is about four scantily-clad teenagers who arrive at a deserted lake, late one summer, for an afternoon swim but find that something thoroughly unpleasant is waiting for them. The special effects are well below par with King himself commenting that the monster in the lake looks something like "a dirty old man's raincoat". However, this episodes's grim punchline would make The Cryptkeeper himself chuckle with approval.

The third and probably best story is The Hitchhiker and stars Louis (Moonraker) Chiles as a bored, rich housewife who regularly enjoys the services of a handsome gigolo. On her way home from such an encounter she accidentally runs over a young Hitchhiker (played by stuntman Tom Wright) killing him instantly. Terrrified by the consequences of her actions she quickly leaves the scene of the accident. However, a few miles down the road she sees the Hitchhiker, bloodied and amazingly returned to life, limping towards her. To reveal any more would be to dampen this segment's sick delights but I will say that it features a neat cameo by King himself as a foul-mouthed truck driver.

A fourth story called Pinfall was planned for the movie but later dropped due to the faltering budget. It concerned an overweight band of beer-chugging bowlers that are murdered by a rival bowling team and come back from the dead for revenge in true EC style. Its a shame we will never get to see this story but it is very close in theme and structure to both Oldf Chief Woodenhead and The Hitchhiker.

All in all, Creepshow 2 is worth a look and remains a guilty pleasure of mine that I have enjoyed with alarming regularity over the years. It may not be up to the standards set by the first Creepshow but there are more painful ways to spend an evening. Ask The Hitchhiker...

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Lousy sequel, 1 June 2009

Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

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"Creepshow" was a hit when in came out in 1982 so it was inevitable that there would be a sequel. Too bad it's so terrible. It tells three "horror" stories with a animated sequences attaching them together. The first is "Old Chief Wood'nhead". It's about an elderly couple (George Kennedy and Dorothy Lamour in her last role) killed by a gang of thugs. An old wooden Indian Chief comes to life and avenges them. The second is "The Raft" with a bunch of brainless teens on a raft in the middle of a lake and being killed by something. It's supposed to look like an oil slick but looksa more like a huge Hefty bag! The last is "The Hitch-Hiker" where a woman (Lois Chiles) accidentally runs down a hitchhiker and drives away...but the corpse of the hitchhiker keeps coming back and trying to kill her.

The stories are all written by George Romero from stories by Stephen King. King does a cameo as a truck driver and makeup master Tom Savini appears briefly as the Creep. You think with all this talent behind the camera you'd get a great movie. Sadly that's not the case. The stories are heavy-handed, boring, not even remotely scary and obvious at every turn. The acting ranges from OK to terrible--only Chiles gives a good performance. The animated wrap around segment contains some of the worst animation I've ever seen (even by 1987 standards). It wouldn't even pass muster with Hanna-Barbera. Add to that boring and badly done gore and you got a real dog. The only bright spots are a pretty good score, Chiles and a guy in bed at the beginning of "The Hitch-Hiker" segment (David Beecroft) who is absolutely stunning. I saw this film originally back in 1987 and his body and face has never left me. There's also an amusing little quote from Colliers magazine back in 1949 that points out that comic books are NOT damaging to kids! Still this is basically another worthless horror movie sequel. It bombed so we (thankfully) never got "Creepshow 3".

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Terrific sequel!, 29 June 2008

Author: John Lindsey (Johnlindsey289@hotmail.Com) from Socorro, New Mexico USA.

In a small town in Maine, a young boy named Billy is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new issue to his favorite comic book "Creepshow". The Creep (Played by Tom Savini and voiced by Joe Silver) arrives with his truck as he magically gives him his comic and tells the viewer three ghastly stories. The first story is called "Old Chief Wooden'head" tells a modern supernatural western revenge tale in which two old small town general store owners named Ray and Martha Spruce (George Kennedy and Dorothy Lamour) are offered a deal by a rich Native American of special jewelery which can offer them a good future if his tribe can pay back, unfortunately three hoodlums murder them and the store's wooden Indian comes alive as it seeks revenge. The second story "The Raft" has four college students having some fun in a forbidden lake get terrorized by a bizarre flesh-eating black goo as they must find a way to escape from it's wrath on a lake of blood. And finally "The Hitchhiker" has a cheating rich wife (Lois Chiles) driving her way home from scoring with a gigolo accidentally hits a hitchhiker as he won't stay dead until he avenges his death.

Very entertaining sequel to the brilliant George A. Romero/Stephen King cult masterpiece "Creepshow"! Sure Romero didn't direct this one but luckily he wrote the screenplay with stories that were originally intended for the first movie from Stephen King but never got made. "The Raft" is easily the creepiest and most intense of the stories cause of it's bloody special effects and idea of being trapped by a hideous man-eating goo like in "The Blob" (1958), there's some high tension in the story and is faithful to the Stephen King short story of the same name even though there is no explanation of the creature of where it came from. "Cheif Woodenhead" is good but predictable and weak despite it's rubbery non-realistic wooden Indian and "The Hitcher" is an unforgettable story especially for it's evil Hitchhiker zombie or ghost that speaks it's memorable quote "Thanks for the Ride Lady". Sure some of the animated sequences are cheesy but this is a fun and nice sequel to the popular "Creepshow" as it's worth watching for any anthology fan.

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Great way to end a fantastic series, 20 December 2007

Author: AngryGothChick from United States

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This is by far one of the best sequels I've seen in a long time.Micheal Gornick,the director of CS2,and also a crew member for the original,brings us three tales of horror with Stephen King and George Romero cease to keep us entertained and terrified.The stories are so wonderful made and written.

The first story is "Old Chief Wooden Head".We have a couple,senior citizens probably in their 50s or 60s that run an old Indian or general store out in a pretty dead town.The store owner,Ray has a strong connection to Chief Woodenhead,a wooden Indian statue that is outside the store.Ray's friend Benjamin,who is an Indian,probably the chief of his tribe gives Ray and his wife about $10,000 worth of jewelry and treasures to help pay off their debt.Later,Ben's nephew,Sam,who is obsessed with his hair and looks raids the store,with his two friends.One is a rich kid and the other is a fat slob.Eventually,they kill Ray and his wife and take the jewels.But,they don't get away with it.In an attempt for revenge,the wooden Indian statue comes to life and kills the three in violent ways,and the treasure is safely returned to Benjamin.

My rating 7/10 The second story is entitled,"The Raft" and it is by far my favorite story in the series.We have four young adults that go to a secluded lake for a swim,before Halloween.Out on the lake is a raft,or some sort of dock,and they decide to swim out to it.Eventually,Randy,probably the protagonist in this story seems some weird oil slick,and gets freaked by it.His three other friends think nothing of it,until it attacks.Racheal,probably Randy's girlfriend falls in and gets eaten pretty much.Snapping back to reality,Randy's two other friends,Lavirne and Deke try to think of some way to get away from it.But,our blob doesn't stop there.It eventually gets under the raft and kills Deke in a violent fashion...pulled through the raft,also breaking his leg in the attempt.(here is the rest of the raft in a nutshell)So the night passes by and its morning.Randy gets horny and tries to have sex with Lavirne,while she is sleeping.She wakes up screaming,to find the blob has been eating at her face.Two seconds later her face and body is covered with the blob and blood,then is drug to her death into the water.In the 'Every man for themselves' moment, and to save his sorry ass,Randy swims to shore,just in the nick of time.Being the idiot he is,he yells the famous last words,"I beat you!",then gets eaten.Our hungry killer goes back into the lake,then it cuts to a sign that says,"No swimming" hidden by a large bush.

My rating 10/10 The last story is entitled,"The Hitchhiker".Here it is in a nutshell.We have a lady,probably a secretary in her 40s,cheating on her husband.She has an obsession with wealthy and money,and also likes to talk to herself as well.Late for work,she rushes out to get to work on time.On the drive,she gets distracted and accidentally runs a hitchhiker over.Being the idiot she was,the drove off,without seeing is he was alive,thus being a hit and run.On her drive,we think she is going insane,because she is seeing the hitchhiker everywhere.Every time we see him,he looks worse and worse,due to her running him over and shooting him so much.And all our hitchhiker says is,"Thanks for the ride lady!"In the end(she either commits suicide,or he kills her in revenge)Our main star's husband shows up in shock to find her dead in her car,with a sign that says "Dover",the same sign that the hitchhiker had throughout the story.

My rating 9/10 The music was amazing and the animation was fairly good as well,it was like Disney animation gone evil.If there is a fourth,Romero,Gornick,Savini and King must be involved!For your safety,please DO NOT watch Creepshow 3.It will make your eyes bleed form the terrible site.The movie is god awful,and wasn't directed by either Romero or Gornick.CS3 was brought to you by the idiots that made Day of the Dead 2:Contagium and Horror 101 and Horror 102.

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"I can't get worried about it, no matter how hard I try I just can't get worried about it." Not as good as the first but I still liked it., 9 January 2006

Author: Paul Andrews (poolandrews@hotmail.com) from UK

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Creepshow 2 starts with a young boy named Billy (Domenick John) picking up the latest issue of his favourite comic Creepshow handed to him by a freaky looking guy called the 'Creep' (Tom Savini). As Billy cycles off the Creep decides to share some of the frightening tales...

First up is a story called 'Old Chief Wood'nhead' which features a kind elderly couple Ray (George Kennedy) & Martha Spruce (Dorothy Lamour) who run a general store in the outback town of Dead River. They are both good people & are helping the local Indian community through hard times. However three punks, Sam (Holt McCallany), Fatso (David Holbrook) & Andy (Don Harvey) rob the store & kill Ray & Martha. They think they have gotten away with it but the spirits want their revenge...

Next up is a tale entitled 'The Raft' where four teenagers, Randy (Daniel Beer), Deke (Paul Satterfield), Rachel (Page Hannah) & Laverne (Jeremy Green) drive out to a remote river for some swimming & fun. They all swim out to a raft moored in the middle of the river when Randy spots a strange black 'thing' floating on the surface heading towards them...

The third & final segment is called 'The Hitchhiker' & has cheating wife Annie Lansing (Lois Chiles) trying to make 20 miles in 7 minutes to get home before her husband (Richard Parks) after sleeping with a male prostitute (!). However on the way she runs down a Hitchhiker (Tom Wright) & kills him. She drives away but the Hitchhiker has a nasty habit of reappearing...

Directed by Michael Gornick I really rather liked Creepshow 2, it's not as good as the original Creepshow (1982) but I liked it. The script by George A. Romero & Stephen King who has a small cameo as a truck driver in The Hitchhiker, produces two cool stories out of three, which in percentage terms isn't too bad is it? Creepshow 2 gets the duff story out of the way first with Old Chief Wood'nhead not being that good, it's OK but I though it went on a little bit too long & was a bit predictable. The Raft is generally regarded as the best segment & I have to agree, it's a nice little tale & has a cool surprise ending. Finally I quite liked The Hitchhiker as well, I thought it was a cool idea & could have made a really great story had the end been a bit stronger because as it is it ends on a whimper rather than a bang. Each story moves along at a fair pace although I did notice each one went on for longer than most individual stories in these horror anthology films at about 30 minutes rather than a 20 to 25 minute range. I also really liked the wraparound story & the simple yet strangely effective animation.

Director Gornick does OK & Creepshow 2 has a few nice scares & jump out of your seat type moments. Disappointingly the violence & gore doesn't add up to much but there's some nice stuff here all the same, someone shot with arrows, a scalp, some melted flesh, & a body in various states of mutilation.

With a supposed budget of about $3,500,000 Creepshow 2 looks good & is well made throughout. The special effects are good, the music is fine & the production values nice. The acting is OK & I have no real complaints.

I liked Creepshow 2 but then I like horror anthologies in general so maybe I'm being a bit lenient on it. Anyway I don't care as I enjoyed it & that's all that matters to me, personally I think it's well worth a watch.

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