The funniest thing for me, as someone who has worked with cockroaches, I know a few of the breeds they used for the "they're creeping up on you" segment. There are Discoid cockroaches and Dubia cockroaches in there among your standard German and American cockroaches, which are tropical species that live in rainforests. The only way you're getting discoids and dubias in your apartment is if you're really unlucky and in Florida. Mostly they are used for feeder insects (pet lizards and tarantulas love them), but they work great for film because they run like motherfuckers when in the light, searching for the nearest dark spot. Also discoids can't fly or climb slippery plastic or glass, so they're easy to handle on a set. You can tell that they're using some sort of air compressor or something to scare them out of the holes so they can spill out of various points in the set and they just let the fact they're in bright light cause them to scatter like mad. Very fun segment to watch when you realize how much of the creepy factor is just the roaches doing what they do best: avoid light.
This is why I love the Doc, he doesn't just simply review the movies. He gives in depth details and background regarding multiple aspects of the films.
"Something to Tide You Over" was the one I heard the most about on the playground, years before I had the stones to watch the film. But "They're Creeping Up On You!" is easily my favorite as an adult
King's acting is the definition of EXTRA AF. Leslie is awesome, even playing serious there's something funny about him. The lightining to me is also an extra point.
The Crate was my favorite segment. Hal and Adriane were great, and I loved the practical effects. Different stroke for different folks, I guess. Tide You Over was my second favorite so good choice there, Doc.
You earned a subscriber for damned sure! Honestly the crate was my most favorite segment, the monster was (in my opinion, but it's the internet so that doesn't matter lmao) very well designed and sufficiently creepy, especially for a 11 year old at the time who was "fearless" even now I'm 18 and I still get slight chills when I see it, all in all great review and I look forward to binging your videos now.
I wish horror anthologies were more popular today. I tend to prefer short horror simply because it keeps them from running a villain/monster into the ground with explanation. Would love to see you review more of this style of movie or even show!
“Scary Stories” botched that since Del Toro (though he produced and didn’t direct) said that all the stories would’ve lived in each others’ shadows, but it really should’ve been an anthology
This is one of the most fun anthology films. And so many famous faces in the segments: Tom Atkins, Ed Harris, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, EG Marshall & more. It’s fun they made a series based on the concept
- complains about how ted danson looks after his tv .....immediately proceeds to put 2 tvs and expensive cameras on the beach and allows them to short out from being drenched in water
I first saw Creepshow as a kid. A friends parents had dozens of boxes of VHS tapes full of movies and porn movies. That was how i first saw movies like Creepshow, Evil Dead and Mothers Day etc. And also the first porno!
@@ProfessorHubertFarnsworth It was called Tangerine . I dont remember ever seeing their mom or dad. Just a couple of kids in a big house full of boxes of unpacked stuff. Maybe the parents were in some of the boxes!😮
@@StanAlter As long as it wasn't homemade man, haha. Also, the first porno in a young boys life really is a special moment that you never forget, isn't it? Haha.
@@Nega_Man they're long gone but I'm sure they're okay. All of my buddies from school miraculously turned out okay. That's how friendship is supposed to work.
Leslie Nielsen was actually a dramatic actor before all the parody stuff. He was cast in the comedies because he delivered the lines seriously with his deadpan cadence. It was just hard for him to land serious rolls afterward because he loved doing he comedies, and that's what everyone associated him with.
I like that this film gave him a chance to revisit his dramatic roots. He was a gifted funny man, but seeing him be a serious actor is a treat since folks forget that
Im baked, sipping some mccaffee coffee, with this video playing 1/5th screen size approx, with Terraria on the other 4/5th. Its good. This is fun. I feel happy.
War Against Myself super baked here.. I have old episodes of murder she wrote playing on a portable DVD player while I'm playing a game boy that I duct taped to a George Foreman grill and watching this video bitchin!!!!
Leslie Nielson also played the father and school principal in the original Prom Night movie with Jamie Lee Curtis. He played regular dramatic roles before he found comical popularity in the Naked Gun series.
The only good thing I can say about Creepshow 3 is the story with the tv remote. It kinda reminded me of "Stay Tuned", but then it just made me miss John Ritter and made me angry. So....I take that back, there is nothing good about part 3!
Little known fact: the short bit that King stars in, "The Lonesome Death of Jordie Verrill", has two major influences: the title is a play on Bob Dylan's folk song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", and the story itself is an almost exact adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story "The Colour Out of Space". Oh, and the bit where Leslie Nielson buries the people up the head at the beach is a rip-off of a short bit and the end of an episode of "Albert Hitchcock Presents", in which the same thing happens to Hitchcock at the end (although it's presented more as black comedy in that show instead of horror)
Stephen King and George A. Romero were good friends, and always wanted to work with each other on a film. This was their opportunity, and they took it. The crew was also the crew for Sleepaway Camp (1983) according to Jonathan Tiersten. Rice Krispies were used as maggots on the corpse's eyes in the first story, "Father's Day". In addition, real maggots were also utilized. Hal Holbrook and Adrienne Barbeau appeared in The Fog (1980), however they didn't share any scenes together. The music playing on Upson Pratt's jukebox at the beginning of "They're Creeping Up on You!" is the same instrumental that plays over the ending credits of The Evil Dead (1981). The only George A. Romero film where he didn't write the screenplay.
* Watches intro *: Oh my gosh, I need an anthology movie with Dr. Wolfula as the host. Tell the Crypt Keeper and the Creep to move their asses over! lol
whiskey (n.) from Gaelic uisge beatha "whisky," literally "water of life". Which is why he came back when the alcohol poured out onto his grave. Love your reviews Doc!
I thought the Comics Code Authority was a self imposed regulatory thing, to keep the government from imposing their own, stricter version? I could be wrong. Fun movie, but I recall Tales From the Crypt being better. Could be wrong on that too. It's a shame Leslie Neilsen was so typecast after Airplane. He was actually pretty good at dramatic roles prior to that. I think today, someone would try to rehabilitate his career ala' True Detective. Great segment though keep 'em coming.
@@mrcliff3709 Funny to revisit this post. I've watched all the Tales from the Crypt since this video came out. Started during the lockdown and has continued as I desperately look for older entertainment that I might have overlooked. Tales isn't on any HBO streaming platform nor any other that I can find. Looks like many episodes are free on UA-cam which tells me the rights fell into some kind of limbo. I'm sure if HBO could they'd reboot the series.
@@capitalcitygoofball1987 I know but I was pointing out the comics code was invented also to get rid of ec comics , which paved the way for superheroes dominating comics
SheGotTerryDavisEyes 82 Yeah, Ole Chief Wood n’ Head was a good revenge tale. Couldn’t help but stand and cheer watching him exact revenge on those scumbags.
Sadly I agree and always have. Even with the "trash bag monster" fx, strong source material and an awesome ending will always be my #1. 2 needed more segments overall, though
I finally saw The Man Who Would Be King tonight and had a wonderful time. I paid attention to the cinematography and the performances of Sean Connery and Michael Caine and I felt that they both excel and the film is visually stunning. After the film was over, there's a Q&A session and pointed out that before John Huston died in 1987, he was a notorious critic of colorization, the artistically corrupt process that digitally turns black and white films into color films. Ted Turner should burn in hell.
It's kind of difficult to explain color these days as our relationship with it has always been skewed. I was a full-time graphic designer for over 14 years and you know what color really sucks? Technicolor. But people love it just like they love Kodachrome. It makes everything look really bright and saturated in a way that's really unrealistic and not great for most things. But people loved the color in The Wizard of Oz, and some capitalist was gonna find some way to give us MORE COLOR. It's so bizarre looking it makes people immediately think of the past because of the huge popularity of it and a crash of people that didn't when it fell out of favor. Turner basically just kept colorizing after it was no longer popular. An obvious ploy for money. Then again, we really never learn. My punk rock girl bought me the Kubrick collection on DVD, then felt bad because my version wasn't "digitally remastered". But I love that early collection because in most cases of the 2000's, "remastering" meant over-saturating, upscaling, filtering, and squashing aspect ratio for 16x9 widescreen, and all to make people think there was a better product so they'd buy it again. Hell, Rembrandt's Night Watch is called that because it was covered in dark varnish that wasn't removed until the 1940's. It was also trimmed to be put on display in the 1700's--completely changing its focus and forward momentum. So it seems we've been struggling with this crap for quite some time, and will be for quite some more time.
@@jimslav6973 "An obvious ploy for money". Well yeah, that's exactly what colorization really is, pissing on black and white movies by adding color so these movies can get better ratings on television. Ted Turner almost crossed the line when he made plans to colorize Citizen Kane, but thankfully it was cancelled. We're all very happy that a colorized Citizen Kane never saw the light of day.
@@jimslav6973 I've seen a video about the problem with live action remakes of Disney films and his criticism is spot on but I like to argue that some Disney executive might say "But fellas, we're not destroying these old animated movies. They sometimes pop on on TV if anyone wants to see them. Or if you wanna stream them or but previous video versions on the Internet, go ahead and do so. All what we're gonna do is give people an option and our live action remakes will open in billions of theaters across the world." My answer is that they might actually win the battle, that the whole new generation of people will see live action remakes more than the animated films. So as a result, the legacy of Disney animation, made by Walt and the people who were inspired by him, may have become tarnished.
'Father's day' & the stephen king & the cockroach segments are the ones that stick in my head, i actually forgot the Leslie Neilson one and the crate one .
7:38/ Funny enough, the 5 seperate stories was actually connected by one prop! The Birthday Cake story had it as an ashtray. Leslie Neilsen's story had the prop as a soap dispenser! Always loved looking for that marble prop within each anthology story in subsequent viewings. As for Mr. Nielsen, he was a helluva an actor. Check out his performance in FORBIDDEN PLANET.😎🇵🇷🇺🇸📽🗽🦂
As a new sub, I'm binge watching all of these vids today. As a fan of the holiday Halloween....this sets the tone I need for the next couple of months as I start decorating the inside of my house in August. Lol. Hey, if they start selling decorations in stores in late July early August then it's open season for me! Does anybody else do this? Hoping I'm not the only one. Lol
E.G. Marshall was the host of the horror anthology radio show CBS Radio Mystery Theater during the weird old time radio revival period of the 70s and 80s when radio plays were suddenly somewhat popular again for some reason.
The Weeds segment is what I remember Creepshow for. At the time, I was a great King fan (got bored of him since), but I still think that segment is hilarious and absolutely great!
I highly recommend also watching the early-‘70s British movie adaptations, “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Vault of Horror.” Those movies, plus the King/Romero Creepshow flicks, are all excellent love letters to the source material. (And this certainly isn’t any kind of contest.)
I absolutely love this movie, watched it again just a few days ago, it never gets old. I'm a big movie nerd and love movie trivia......in the episode with Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson, the actor that played the female zombie was Gaylen Ross, who played Francine in the original Dawn of the Dead.
Saw it early this year. I guess I wasn't that much of a fan of the last story, but the rest of the film was awesome. Edit: huh, good to know I'm not the only one who would skip The Crate the next time I watch it.
One thing I like doing when it comes to anthologies is ranking the shorts from worst to best. And keep in mind, just because I put a short at the start of such lists doesn't mean I hate them; I just like other shorts better. That will especially hold true for this movie. It's hard to know where to start with this one. But I suppose we'll begin with... Something to Tide you Over: Sorry Leslie, but your monsters are the least interesting in this movie. They don't even show up till the ending. But your methods and charisma are still a treat, I will say. Father's Day: No wonder the dad hates the comics; the first one is about an abusive father and he can relate way too much to him! What it lacks in interesting characters, probably due to the quantity over quality, it makes up for in probably the most morbid looking monster. Romero does excel in making zombies, after all. The Crate: Domestic conflict hits too hard at home for me, which is why I didn't like it as much. But I cannot deny that there are some pretty funny moments on account of Billie's rants and Henry's one liners. Good lord, how persistent is Fluffy?? They're Creeping up on You: And they're also the things in this movie that bug me the most! Fuck bugs! Most bugs are disgusting but not as disgusting as Mr. Pratt, even if some of them are actually real. The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill: There's something I find interesting about space monsters. And the "meteor shit" causing the overgrowth is kind of Eldritch in their tormenting nature. Probably the best blend of horror and humor as well.
The funniest thing for me, as someone who has worked with cockroaches, I know a few of the breeds they used for the "they're creeping up on you" segment. There are Discoid cockroaches and Dubia cockroaches in there among your standard German and American cockroaches, which are tropical species that live in rainforests. The only way you're getting discoids and dubias in your apartment is if you're really unlucky and in Florida. Mostly they are used for feeder insects (pet lizards and tarantulas love them), but they work great for film because they run like motherfuckers when in the light, searching for the nearest dark spot. Also discoids can't fly or climb slippery plastic or glass, so they're easy to handle on a set. You can tell that they're using some sort of air compressor or something to scare them out of the holes so they can spill out of various points in the set and they just let the fact they're in bright light cause them to scatter like mad. Very fun segment to watch when you realize how much of the creepy factor is just the roaches doing what they do best: avoid light.
This is why I love the Doc, he doesn't just simply review the movies. He gives in depth details and background regarding multiple aspects of the films.
Jorge Freer it’s like cinnemassacres monster madness but longer and more detailed
I love his rating system!
@ Listen, if you can't look past his voice, there's something wrong with YOU
Dude, i wish I had a friend like you to watch horror movies with.
I'd by laughing throughout the entire movie if I watched a movie with wolfula. His non-stop zingers and anecdotes would have me in hysterics lol
@@lionelhutz5137 imagine giving Dr. Wolfula a dab and putting on a movie, bro would be saying some wild shit
@@lou6742 hahaha
Samesies
3:40 Gotta love ya Doc for the shade thrown at Bill Maher.
RIP STAN LEE
"The Crate" is my favorite segment of Creepshow
"Something to Tide You Over" was the one I heard the most about on the playground, years before I had the stones to watch the film. But "They're Creeping Up On You!" is easily my favorite as an adult
@@michaelschwartz8730 Mr.Pratt was funny af in that segment. "You can take your family to Disneyland next year on your fucking welfare cheque!"
Love Father's Day and The Crate.
Thats my personal favorite but as a whole the entire movie is perfection
I CAN HOLD MY BREATH FOR A LOOOOONNNNGGG TIIIIMMMEEEEE!!!!!!!
Hell yeah! Glad you are hitting this Doc!
You can't go wrong with CreepShow ! Great review.
King's acting is the definition of EXTRA AF.
Leslie is awesome, even playing serious there's something funny about him.
The lightining to me is also an extra point.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug
@@alexanderarkum4793 I know thats right ctfu
The thing that gets me about Jordy Verril/Weeds is that it in turn is very heavily inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space."
I believe King is a big fan of Lovecraft’s work; some of his short stories and novels have Lovecraftian elements
With the movie "color out of space" doing good I hear there's going to be many lovecraftian movies coming out
@@alexanderarkum4793 might be a while until we get another one considering Richard Stanley was let go by SpectreVision for domestic violence.
Man, i was re watching your reviews all day... and bang! you made a new video...i love you
The Crate was my favorite segment. Hal and Adriane were great, and I loved the practical effects. Different stroke for different folks, I guess. Tide You Over was my second favorite so good choice there, Doc.
I had the pleasure of seeing this as a re-release in my city's theater. It really *is* the epitome of a popcorn movie.
You earned a subscriber for damned sure! Honestly the crate was my most favorite segment, the monster was (in my opinion, but it's the internet so that doesn't matter lmao) very well designed and sufficiently creepy, especially for a 11 year old at the time who was "fearless" even now I'm 18 and I still get slight chills when I see it, all in all great review and I look forward to binging your videos now.
"They're Creeping Up on You" is my favorite segment.
I wish horror anthologies were more popular today. I tend to prefer short horror simply because it keeps them from running a villain/monster into the ground with explanation.
Would love to see you review more of this style of movie or even show!
“Scary Stories” botched that since Del Toro (though he produced and didn’t direct) said that all the stories would’ve lived in each others’ shadows, but it really should’ve been an anthology
This is one of the most fun anthology films. And so many famous faces in the segments: Tom Atkins, Ed Harris, Adrienne Barbeau, Fritz Weaver, EG Marshall & more. It’s fun they made a series based on the concept
I’m getting absolutely pumped October is almost here and I can watch this and many other films over the course of the month
I’m not even a massive horror movie fan but I can honestly say this is one of my favorite UA-cam creators! Simply genius!
- complains about how ted danson looks after his tv
.....immediately proceeds to put 2 tvs and expensive cameras on the beach and allows them to short out from being drenched in water
I first saw Creepshow as a kid. A friends parents had dozens of boxes of VHS tapes full of movies and porn movies. That was how i first saw movies like Creepshow, Evil Dead and Mothers Day etc. And also the first porno!
@@ProfessorHubertFarnsworth It was called Tangerine . I dont remember ever seeing their mom or dad. Just a couple of kids in a big house full of boxes of unpacked stuff. Maybe the parents were in some of the boxes!😮
@@StanAlter As long as it wasn't homemade man, haha. Also, the first porno in a young boys life really is a special moment that you never forget, isn't it? Haha.
@Oriental Studios the first porno that i saw. But porno has been around longer than that im sure. Probably some cave drawings were pornographic .
Your buddies need help
@@Nega_Man they're long gone but I'm sure they're okay. All of my buddies from school miraculously turned out okay. That's how friendship is supposed to work.
Does anybody notice at 2:30 docs right eye is edited out and can see the back of the chair
Your videos make my day whenever a new one appears. Thanks for all your hard work
Leslie Nielsen was actually a dramatic actor before all the parody stuff. He was cast in the comedies because he delivered the lines seriously with his deadpan cadence. It was just hard for him to land serious rolls afterward because he loved doing he comedies, and that's what everyone associated him with.
I like that this film gave him a chance to revisit his dramatic roots. He was a gifted funny man, but seeing him be a serious actor is a treat since folks forget that
you deserve all the success you get i love your style doctor you're a true legend
Im baked, sipping some mccaffee coffee, with this video playing 1/5th screen size approx, with Terraria on the other 4/5th. Its good. This is fun. I feel happy.
War Against Myself super baked here..
I have old episodes of murder she wrote playing on a portable DVD player while I'm playing a game boy that I duct taped to a George Foreman grill and watching this video bitchin!!!!
@@joshuabidelspach9260 Thats fuckin rad! Gotta jet though i got pogs to play!
War Against Myself
Cool what a coincidence I'm playing pog right now..I have a slammer shaped like David bowies nut sack.
@@joshuabidelspach9260 All i have is this limited edition adam sandler hooknosed slammer goddamnit!
War Against Myself
No way dude that one is super rare!!! I believe it was called "Sandlers Hanukkah Hammer Slammer"
My dog died yesterday thx for reviewing one of my favorites
Experiment V so sorry for your loss
im sorry that happened to you atleast he is in a better place
Leslie Nielson also played the father and school principal in the original Prom Night movie with Jamie Lee Curtis. He played regular dramatic roles before he found comical popularity in the Naked Gun series.
Yes! I was just wondering when a new video review would drop and wow to say the least.
Okay you won me over i subscribed love the content quality
I think the Creep from the second film was modelled off the Vault Keeper from the Vault of Horror comics.
Leslie Nielsen was a good villain in this. Wish he did it more.
My favorite comedian, Dylan Moran, did a version of "A Tale to Tide You Over". It's also pretty good. It's called "Tell it to the Fishes"
I dont know who you are or how I got here but count me in! *Hits sub button*
I quote Creepshow all the time...
"Wipe the stove!" and "There aren't gonna be any more damn bugs!!"
17:56 I tend to think it was a story about Karma coming back at an A hole type character or dunno A Metaphor maybe?
Just don't watch Creepshow 3
Tell that to Brandon Tenold lol
I felt his pain seeing that one.
@@ChrisJ092 I worry about him sometimes lol
The only good thing I can say about Creepshow 3 is the story with the tv remote. It kinda reminded me of "Stay Tuned", but then it just made me miss John Ritter and made me angry. So....I take that back, there is nothing good about part 3!
@@ProfessorHubertFarnsworth to this day I will never get over the death of John Ritter. The man is a comedic God!
I was just watching this last night! So happy to see this video up! The most fun you'll have being scared! 👍
1:44 Funny you should mention that, because I heard somewhere that this project started out as a remake of Tales From the Crypt 1972.
I finally saw this on Halloween week and I laughed at the cheesiness of it but really liked it
Little known fact: the short bit that King stars in, "The Lonesome Death of Jordie Verrill", has two major influences: the title is a play on Bob Dylan's folk song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll", and the story itself is an almost exact adaptation of the H.P. Lovecraft short story "The Colour Out of Space".
Oh, and the bit where Leslie Nielson buries the people up the head at the beach is a rip-off of a short bit and the end of an episode of "Albert Hitchcock Presents", in which the same thing happens to Hitchcock at the end (although it's presented more as black comedy in that show instead of horror)
3 years old and still amazing content! I’ll be rewatching most if not all videos until the next post! 🤣
Stephen King and George A. Romero were good friends, and always wanted to work with each other on a film. This was their opportunity, and they took it.
The crew was also the crew for Sleepaway Camp (1983) according to Jonathan Tiersten.
Rice Krispies were used as maggots on the corpse's eyes in the first story, "Father's Day". In addition, real maggots were also utilized.
Hal Holbrook and Adrienne Barbeau appeared in The Fog (1980), however they didn't share any scenes together.
The music playing on Upson Pratt's jukebox at the beginning of "They're Creeping Up on You!" is the same instrumental that plays over the ending credits of The Evil Dead (1981).
The only George A. Romero film where he didn't write the screenplay.
Two genuine masters of horror. And Savini doing practical effect to boot.
I remember renting this movie over and over on VHS back in the 80s. Great review.
* Watches intro *: Oh my gosh, I need an anthology movie with Dr. Wolfula as the host. Tell the Crypt Keeper and the Creep to move their asses over! lol
So happy you finally did this movie!
whiskey (n.)
from Gaelic uisge beatha "whisky," literally "water of life". Which is why he came back when the alcohol poured out onto his grave. Love your reviews Doc!
will you ever review the 70's Tales From The Crypt and Vault of Horror Movies?
I thought the Comics Code Authority was a self imposed regulatory thing, to keep the government from imposing their own, stricter version? I could be wrong. Fun movie, but I recall Tales From the Crypt being better. Could be wrong on that too. It's a shame Leslie Neilsen was so typecast after Airplane. He was actually pretty good at dramatic roles prior to that. I think today, someone would try to rehabilitate his career ala' True Detective. Great segment though keep 'em coming.
Also a way to get rid of the horror comics, so they wouldn't have the competition
@@mrcliff3709 Funny to revisit this post. I've watched all the Tales from the Crypt since this video came out. Started during the lockdown and has continued as I desperately look for older entertainment that I might have overlooked. Tales isn't on any HBO streaming platform nor any other that I can find. Looks like many episodes are free on UA-cam which tells me the rights fell into some kind of limbo. I'm sure if HBO could they'd reboot the series.
@@capitalcitygoofball1987 I know but I was pointing out the comics code was invented also to get rid of ec comics , which paved the way for superheroes dominating comics
@@mrcliff3709 aha. Horror comics should make a comeback. Superhero comics just suck ass now imo.
@@capitalcitygoofball1987 I agree I wish we had more diverse comics.
Only need to review “The Raft” segment of Creepshow 2. That’s the only segment of that film worth watching.
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Yeah, Ole Chief Wood n’ Head was a good revenge tale. Couldn’t help but stand and cheer watching him exact revenge on those scumbags.
The hitchhiker is great too
Sadly I agree and always have. Even with the "trash bag monster" fx, strong source material and an awesome ending will always be my #1. 2 needed more segments overall, though
Dude the raft was the worst segment. Just horrible
@@lukevest8762 You are welcome to your opinion, my friend. There is no wrong answer here.
Dude...I love your channel. The perfect tone for a Horror Host. 🏆🥇
Yes dock is back
Nice jump in production quality. Scripts are funny as ever
I always thought the plant one was the most existentially terrifying, totally wigged me out as a kid. The monster in the box was super scary to me
Great Review as always Doc and also great Twitch Ad lol.
Wolfula is back! Love the look.
Good review. George Romero's ex-office building in downtown Pittsburgh still has signed Creepshow posters on the wall. I've seen them...
You and those obscure Phil Spector references...
But goddamnit... I WANT MY CAKE!!
I'm gonna have a very good Christmas this year because I'm getting DVD versions of Casablanca and Akira. Very good choices.
I finally saw The Man Who Would Be King tonight and had a wonderful time. I paid attention to the cinematography and the performances of Sean Connery and Michael Caine and I felt that they both excel and the film is visually stunning. After the film was over, there's a Q&A session and pointed out that before John Huston died in 1987, he was a notorious critic of colorization, the artistically corrupt process that digitally turns black and white films into color films. Ted Turner should burn in hell.
It's kind of difficult to explain color these days as our relationship with it has always been skewed. I was a full-time graphic designer for over 14 years and you know what color really sucks? Technicolor. But people love it just like they love Kodachrome. It makes everything look really bright and saturated in a way that's really unrealistic and not great for most things.
But people loved the color in The Wizard of Oz, and some capitalist was gonna find some way to give us MORE COLOR. It's so bizarre looking it makes people immediately think of the past because of the huge popularity of it and a crash of people that didn't when it fell out of favor. Turner basically just kept colorizing after it was no longer popular. An obvious ploy for money.
Then again, we really never learn. My punk rock girl bought me the Kubrick collection on DVD, then felt bad because my version wasn't "digitally remastered". But I love that early collection because in most cases of the 2000's, "remastering" meant over-saturating, upscaling, filtering, and squashing aspect ratio for 16x9 widescreen, and all to make people think there was a better product so they'd buy it again.
Hell, Rembrandt's Night Watch is called that because it was covered in dark varnish that wasn't removed until the 1940's. It was also trimmed to be put on display in the 1700's--completely changing its focus and forward momentum. So it seems we've been struggling with this crap for quite some time, and will be for quite some more time.
@@jimslav6973 "An obvious ploy for money". Well yeah, that's exactly what colorization really is, pissing on black and white movies by adding color so these movies can get better ratings on television. Ted Turner almost crossed the line when he made plans to colorize Citizen Kane, but thankfully it was cancelled. We're all very happy that a colorized Citizen Kane never saw the light of day.
@@jimslav6973 I've seen a video about the problem with live action remakes of Disney films and his criticism is spot on but I like to argue that some Disney executive might say "But fellas, we're not destroying these old animated movies. They sometimes pop on on TV if anyone wants to see them. Or if you wanna stream them or but previous video versions on the Internet, go ahead and do so. All what we're gonna do is give people an option and our live action remakes will open in billions of theaters across the world."
My answer is that they might actually win the battle, that the whole new generation of people will see live action remakes more than the animated films. So as a result, the legacy of Disney animation, made by Walt and the people who were inspired by him, may have become tarnished.
The crate monster still scares me the most to this day
Lol I remember being terrified of the ending of Father’s Day when I was little. Ahh memories.
Also Leslie Neilson was pretty good in this.
'Father's day' & the stephen king & the cockroach segments are the ones that stick in my head, i actually forgot the Leslie Neilson one and the crate one .
We love and respect Tom Savini in this house.
I loved it that Gaylen Ross, from the original "Dawn Of The Dead", played a character named "Becky", alongside Ted Danson.
Two words: Tom Atkins nuff said.
And Joe King uses voodoo on him 🤨😏
7:38/ Funny enough, the 5 seperate stories was actually connected by one prop! The Birthday Cake story had it as an ashtray. Leslie Neilsen's story had the prop as a soap dispenser! Always loved looking for that marble prop within each anthology story in subsequent viewings. As for Mr. Nielsen, he was a helluva an actor. Check out his performance in FORBIDDEN PLANET.😎🇵🇷🇺🇸📽🗽🦂
Damn Doc, The Crate is my fav after Lonesome Death. Either way you’re the coolest.
Damn, horror review channels I see have pretty bad production quality/editing but yours is top fuckin notch. Really enjoying the vids, Dr.
The way you said "Ah sh___iit" when Leslie Nielsen points the gun at Ted Danson really got me 😂😂😂
I love to see a review on Dead Alive aka Brain dead.
2:12 Got to comment this before seeing the end. I just find it ironic the kid grew up to successfully write the horror comic series Locke and Key.
How young was Stacy Nelson in Halloween III? She looked well into adulthood maybe early to mid 30s
5:04 Why does the creep have a nutsack chin omg.... It's worse than Peter Griffin's...😂👌
The complete lack of respect for the 'Father's Day' segment is disturbing. Still quote "Where's my cake" to this day 🤣
Great video!!!
As a new sub, I'm binge watching all of these vids today. As a fan of the holiday Halloween....this sets the tone I need for the next couple of months as I start decorating the inside of my house in August. Lol. Hey, if they start selling decorations in stores in late July early August then it's open season for me! Does anybody else do this? Hoping I'm not the only one. Lol
“As played by King on all of the cocaine you could possibly imagine” I just fell on the floor laughing
E.G. Marshall was the host of the horror anthology radio show CBS Radio Mystery Theater during the weird old time radio revival period of the 70s and 80s when radio plays were suddenly somewhat popular again for some reason.
I'd love to hear you cover the show as well as Tales From The Crypt.
I am rewatching this review of this seriously old film and I am happy about it. Good job 👍
Oddly enough, I love Father's Day. Something about it.
I absolutely love your review and your channel i am glad i stumbled on to your channel have you done the second creep show
The Weeds segment is what I remember Creepshow for. At the time, I was a great King fan (got bored of him since), but I still think that segment is hilarious and absolutely great!
Hard to believe its 40 years old now . I remember watching it like it was yesterday .
I highly recommend also watching the early-‘70s British movie adaptations, “Tales from the Crypt” and “The Vault of Horror.” Those movies, plus the King/Romero Creepshow flicks, are all excellent love letters to the source material. (And this certainly isn’t any kind of contest.)
*I CAN HOLD MY BREATH FOR A LOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME!*
Hey doctor wolfula what’s that song in the intro with the guitar and organ it fucking rules keep up the good work
Lets go doc
Little late on this but YES! you finally reviewed Creepshow!!
Now all you gotta do is review Hell Night...
A variation of the intro to A Shot In The Dark. Where can I find the full version?
I absolutely love this movie, watched it again just a few days ago, it never gets old. I'm a big movie nerd and love movie trivia......in the episode with Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson, the actor that played the female zombie was Gaylen Ross, who played Francine in the original Dawn of the Dead.
4:07, The darkness must go down the river of nights dreaming
Flow morphia slow, let the sun and light come streaming
Into my life, into my life
I can hold my breath for a looong time
Could you play Vampire: The Masquerade- Bloodlines on twitch?
Saw it early this year. I guess I wasn't that much of a fan of the last story, but the rest of the film was awesome.
Edit: huh, good to know I'm not the only one who would skip The Crate the next time I watch it.
What is the song in the opening from? It's driving me nuts trying to remember! Please help me Dr. Wolfie!!!!
Sounds like the theme song from the Munsters.
Leslie Nielson and George Kennedy both did a few serious roles in westerns back in the days of Gunsmoke and the like. Especially George.
"and like in every family reunion everybody is an asshole and they all hate each others"...that made me burst out laughing!
u gonna do video on the new Scooby Doo movie curse of the 13 th ghost?
There is a commonality in each segment the ashtray Aunt Bedilia uses to kill her father appears in each segment.
It's okay to be wrong about The Crate being the worst segment. Love your stuff. Keep the vids comin
One thing I like doing when it comes to anthologies is ranking the shorts from worst to best. And keep in mind, just because I put a short at the start of such lists doesn't mean I hate them; I just like other shorts better. That will especially hold true for this movie. It's hard to know where to start with this one. But I suppose we'll begin with...
Something to Tide you Over: Sorry Leslie, but your monsters are the least interesting in this movie. They don't even show up till the ending. But your methods and charisma are still a treat, I will say.
Father's Day: No wonder the dad hates the comics; the first one is about an abusive father and he can relate way too much to him! What it lacks in interesting characters, probably due to the quantity over quality, it makes up for in probably the most morbid looking monster. Romero does excel in making zombies, after all.
The Crate: Domestic conflict hits too hard at home for me, which is why I didn't like it as much. But I cannot deny that there are some pretty funny moments on account of Billie's rants and Henry's one liners. Good lord, how persistent is Fluffy??
They're Creeping up on You: And they're also the things in this movie that bug me the most! Fuck bugs! Most bugs are disgusting but not as disgusting as Mr. Pratt, even if some of them are actually real.
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill: There's something I find interesting about space monsters. And the "meteor shit" causing the overgrowth is kind of Eldritch in their tormenting nature. Probably the best blend of horror and humor as well.
Eg Marshal, Bingo O'Malley and Adrienne Barbeau are all in Romero's segment of Due Occhi Diabolici or Two Evil Eyes!