“I mean, some of these so-called academics make the shark in "Jaws" look like fuckin' Flipper!”

Spooktober 2018: #12
weird place to introduce myself to Romero’s filmography but i didnt even know he directed this until his name showed up on my screen haha. really entertaining though and i’ll make sure to watch some zombie work of his soon. 

not exactly sure how to rate this but it’s definitely a solid spooky time. liked some of the segments much better than others but didn’t actually dislike any of them either. my favourites were Father’s Day and The Crate. not all stories show the same level of acting on display as those but it’s mostly good performances with one or the…

Just tell it to call you Billie, you bitch!
-Henry

Ever spend decades thinking you had seen a film, rewatch it... and then realize you had actually never seen it? Either that or I forgot everything there was to remember about the film, but how does one forget psychotic Leslie Nielsen tormenting Ted Danson and that amazing head of hair? Seems unlikely.

A goofy fun horror anthology that pays homage to those classic 50s horror comic books like Tales from the Crypt and The Vault of Horror. The clear vision helps the quality to stay status quo across the board, but the real reason for the synergy is the whole production falls under one director and one screenwriter.

George A.…

Creepshow is a horror anthology from 1982 and did moderately well at the box office. It was directed by George Romero and written by Stephen King. The film acts as an homage to the E.C. and D.C horror comic books of the 1950's.

The film consists of 5 short stories tied together bookended by a couple of short scenes featuring a young boy who is punished by his dad (Tom Atkins) for reading a Creepshow comic. The stories are as follows:

Fathers Day:
This story follows a family get together where a story is told regarding Aunt Bedelia (who hasn't arrived yet) who allegedly killed her father due to a lifetime of being bullied and him having her sweetheart murdered.…

This hits me right squarely in the nostalgia. I loved this when I saw it as a kid, and it still holds up.

George Romero and Stephen King team up to craft a heartfelt love letter to the old EC horror comics. How could that be anything but awesome?

I like all of the segments, except for maybe the last one with the cockroaches. My favourites, however, were Something to Tide You Over and The Crate. Leslie Nielsen as a psychopath who has way too much fun engineering a terrible demise for his cheating wife and her lover (played by Ted Danson), is just delightful to watch. And The Crate is a fantastic monster tale that manages to instill a…

Horroctober #9

My second anthology horror movie on this list. This time a collaboration between two twisted minds. George Romero and Stephen King (who made his debut as a screenwriter and actor).

I'll review each segment separately. Some of them were really fun to watch and other were just...meh...

Prologue/Epilogue:

A great introduction and ending. It sets the tone of what is yet to come. But other than that, it doesn't give anything extra.

Father's Day: 3/5

A simple yet entertaining story. Performances where all good and the use of neon light was a creative asset. Could have lasted a bit more. But still, a great first story.

The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill: 2/5

Stephen King's introduction as an…

Hooptober #21

A Stephen King and George A. Romero collaboration, Creepshow is pretty decent anthology movie and a nice lighthearted horror movie. The film is fun and silly, with a distinctive comic aesthetic. The opening credits appear over creepy, hand-drawn images and sets the tone of the entire picture. The makeup and effects are generally pretty good here, especially in the earlier segments. Creepshow is certainly flawed though, being overlong and saddled with some weaker sections.

I'll review the film segment by segment:

Prologue / Epilogue: A decent wraparound but very perfunctory and not particularly memorable. 3/5

First segment: Father's Day. One of the most enjoyable sections, with a silly tone but also some good scares. 3/5

Second segment: The…