Creepshow 2 1987

When the curtain goes up, the terror begins.

6.218 / 10   525 vote(s)
R
Horror Comedy

The rotting Creep himself is back with three new gruesome tales of horror that will make your skin crawl; a cigar store wooden Indian comes to life to avenge the store owner's brutal murder at the hands of three punks in "Old Chief Wood'nhead." The chills continue with "The Hitchhiker," The chilling tale of a woman who keeps running into, and over, the same mutilated man on a lonely road.

Release Date 1987-05-01
Runtime 1h 30m
Directors Leonard Finger, Richard Hart, Tom Hurwitz, Michael Gornick, Joseph Winogradoff, Katarina Wittich, Grace Prinzi, Gina Randazzo
Producers Mitchell Galin, Richard P. Rubinstein, David Ball
Writers George A. Romero, Stephen King

Oh yeah, this had a PROFOUND effect on me as a child and not only because it made me want a wooden Indian... and still honestly want one. But also because the stories were just fun.

Scary fun when you are a little kid. Not so scary fun when you are an adult, but... fun. I grew up in rural America in the 80s, parents really didn't censor, they would take you to see Robocop and Nightmare on Elm Street, because there was more faith in children then.

Somehow that became wrong.

I don't really remember going to see this in the theater. I do remember seeing a cartoon of the lake segment. I do remember catching this on HBO one weekend, and I totally remember renting it for sleep overs.

And it ALWAYS was a win, especially when you know the other kid hadn't seen it yet. It was like Evil Dead II in my high school years. They haven't seen it yet? Yeah, we are renting that, you are going to love it.

So it still has that place in my heart and, when I watch it, it is still fun. It is still imaginative. It is still entertaining.

GenerationofSwine