Creepshow 2 (1987)

Good movie but grossly overrated

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

This time we got just three stories and new director. Sure, King's presence is felt throughout whole thing and sequel is more or less on the same level with original. Because of really great last story I even rated it bit higher than it's prequel. To all horror and King fans I strongly recommend to see at least that last one.6/10

Five horror stories.Generally speaking, I don't review horror films but Creepshow 2 has a connection to a 1958 science fiction film called: The Blob. The blob came from outer space on a meteor and starts killing people. The film was later re-made in the 1980s.But forget both versions and just watch a chapter of Creepshow 2 titled: The Raft. The Raft is basically a "blob story" but told in a much quicker, smarter, suspenseful and sexier way. About a group of attractive stoned teenagers on a raft who encounter a creature in a lake. As is the case in these things, there is the rather dumb lad and the more intelligent lad who spots the danger before it happens.As for the other four chapters of Creepshow 2, well I did not really warm to them, but I am more into science fiction than horror, so I would not pay too much attention to that.

This cheesy comedy horror sequel is worth a laugh or two if you're in the right silly mood… but it's far from being a good movie. Where the first CREEPSHOW had five or so stories and a snappy, blink-and-you'll-miss-it pacing, CREEPSHOW 2 is laborious, slow-moving and downright boring. This time around, there are only three tales, surrounded by an ultra-cheesy CARTOON wraparound that has really bad animation – and seems to be aimed at 4 year-olds rather than a mature horror fanatic looking for some blood. In fact, the only thing interesting about the wraparound is the appearance of Tom Savini, unrecognisable as the Creep, who chucks things from the back of a van a couple of times.The first story in CREEPSHOW 2 has the best cast, but is ironically the worst of the three. This is the most boring, laborious and uninteresting story you'll see, a simplistic revenge story in which a giant wooden Indian statue takes revenge after its owners are murdered. George Kennedy and Dorothy Lamour, two old-timers from the heyday of cinema, put in good work here, but their efforts are wasted in a story that boasts a few decent FX shot of the wooden Indian and little else. You may recognise one of the thugs, Don Harvey, from DIE HARD 2.The second story is based on a Stephen King story, and is definitely the most exciting of the bunch. Four teenage tearaways are trapped on a raft in a lake in the middle of nowhere by a gloopy blob that is pretty similar to the one in THE BLOB (surprise). There's a memorable scene in which the hero forgets about his peril and sneaks a peek up his (female) companion's shirt, and lots of slimy, sticky and quite disgusting special effects to stay in the mind. The segment's final image proves to be unforgettable, the only thing I could remember about this film 6 years after I first saw it.The final story is notable in that it stars Lois Chiles, better known as Holly Goodhead in MOONRAKER. Chiles is seemingly down on her luck here, whipping off her top within the first minute of appearing, and her acting isn't too good – far too over-the-top. However, the rest of the story ingredients are also over-the-top, so it seems somehow appropriate. This is the one with the famous quote "thanks for the ride, lady!", as a woman driver kills a hitch-hiker in a hit and run accident, and is subsequently haunted by his rapidly-falling-apart body. Tom Wright (the Jamaican cop from MARKED FOR DEATH) is the black hitch-hiker, and, despite the comedy, this is the film's strongest segment with some really icky gore effects. Stephen King also pops up in an amusing cameo as a trucker.CREEPSHOW 2 suffers from the lack of decent direction – Michael Gornick should stick to camera-work, as he shows no attempts at style, his direction bland throughout. George Romero's stories display a pleasingly macabre streak of humour but fail in the horror department, so this should definitely be viewed by comedy, and not horror, fans.

It's the sequel to the anthology series by Stephen King and George A. Romero. There are three main stories with animation in between. The first has Ray Spruce (George Kennedy) and wife Martha (Dorothy Lamour) as the owners of a tiny general store in the middle of nowhere. The wooden Indian has been out front for some 30 years. When the Spruces are killed in a robbery, the wooden Indian comes alive to right the wrong. It's a slow start. The tension isn't high. The Indian isn't that scary. He looks like a guy in makeup. There is no drama.The second story has four young people driving to an isolated lake. The water is cold and there's a blackish blob. It looks like an oil slick and the foursome gets stranded on the wooden raft in the middle of the lake. It is very simple and very effective. The special effects aren't that sophisticated but are also very effective. This is a much better section.Annie Lansing (Lois Chiles) is cheating on her husband. She's rushing to drive home late at night when she hits a hitchhiker (Tom Wright). She takes off but gets haunted by him. Stephen King does some over-acting. Annie is not an appealing character and nobody should care what happens to her. The tone should be moody but it overplays its hand. The music cues are too loud. It doesn't work. This is basically one out of three. The animated connecting scene don't work either. The middle section is very memorable even after many years since I last saw it. That's not enough.