Creepshow 2
This second horror anthology presents more eerie tales based on Stephen King stories that include a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and a hitchhiker who wants revenge and will not die.
3 September 1963, New York City, New York, USA
3 November 1946, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
15 April 1947, Houston, Texas, USA
10 December 1914, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28 September 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA
26 April 1960, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
13 April 1964, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 February 1925, New York City, New York, USA
20 May 1929, Santa Rosa, California, USA
21 September 1947, Portland, Maine, USA
31 May 1960, St. Clair Shores, Michigan, USA
19 August 1960, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
29 November 1952, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
15 January 1932, Breckenridge, Texas, USA
July 12, 2010
The film does at least have a rich visual palette and some well drawn (if distinctly unfunny) animated sequences that play in between each segment. These factors are small compensation for everything else, however.
March 26, 2009
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.
May 09, 2016
1987's Creepshow 2 never matches the heights of its predecessor, but those looking for more of the original's blend of throwback comic book chills and gory shocks should give this loving restoration from 88 Films a look.
July 12, 2010
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.
October 16, 2012
In the realm of anthology horror, you could do a lot worse. I'm looking at you "Tales from the Hood."
July 12, 2010
George Romero contributes the screenplay this time, basing it on some tastefully selected Stephen King morsels.
June 24, 2006
Just as you can't judge a '50s comic book by its lurid cover, so you can't judge a cheapo, three-part film by its sources.
July 17, 2012
Aims to recapture the original's seamless pastiche (it's an imitation of an imitation) and fails. But it has an easily digestible, junky sense of humor about it.
May 26, 2006
It's filled out with a shoddy, animated wraparound sequence and it's all dropped in the hands of an inexperienced director, Michael Cornick.
January 01, 2000
Part of the problem is that King's short stories simply work better in print.
October 30, 2008
A satisfying follow-up that retains the same macabre yet spirited tone.
May 20, 2003
The episodes are marginally interesting, but each is a little too long. And each could be fully explained in a one-sentence synopsis.
