CREEPSHOW (1982) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING!
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- CREEPSHOW (1982) MOVIE REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING! Polls, early access and full reactions on Patreon / reelreviewswithjen Watch me watch this 1982 horror movie, Creepshow, in this first time watching reaction video! Creepshow tells the story of an anthology which tells five terrifying tales inspired by the E.C. horror comic books of the 1950s.
The film was directed by George A. Romero and written by Stephen King. Creepshow stars Hal Holbrook as Henry Northrup, Leslie Nielsen as Richard Vickers, E.G. Marshall as Upson Pratt, Adrienne Barbeau as Wilma Northrup, Fritz Weaver as Dexter Stanley, Viveca Lindfors as Aunt Bedelia, Ed Harris as Hank Blaine, Ted Danson as Harry Wentworth, Stephen King as Jordy Verrill, Jon Lormer as Nathan Grantham, Gaylen Ross as Becky Vickers, Robert Harper as Charlie Gereson and Don Keefer as Mike the Janitor.
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Check out this first time watching horror reaction video for Creepshow, and see if I can make it as a horror movie rookie. Horror is a genre I've barely explored, mostly because I'm a huge wuss. Typically my Halloween movie viewings consist of Hocus Pocus and Halloweentown. This year I decided to expand my horror movie knowledge and try and watch these horror movie fan favourites.
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One of my favorite movies
There was no digital at this time. or you would definitely know it. 😬
Also if you dont understand milk and alcohol, you have never had a White Russian.
@@psychonaut1829 Dude abides!!!
There is a creep show 2 also that's good
"Is it gonna be about bugs? God, I hope not." Oh, poor Jen. lol 😂
It was a trap! Haha
I heard her say that, and my first thought was "Yea, she's screwed."
The special makeup effects for Creepshow were all done by makeup effects master Tom Savini, Jen. He appears at the end of Creepshow as the garbageman with the mustache. Savini worked with George Romero on several projects, including Creepshow, Knightriders, Dawn of the Dead, Day of The Dead, and Monkey Shines. He also did the effects work for Friday the 13th and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, as well as Maniac, The Burning, and The Prowler. Savini also directed the Night of the Living Dead remake.
Also, the little boy with the voodoo doll is little Joe King, Stephen King's son, better known today as author Joe Hill, creator of Locke and Key, Horns, and NOS4A2.
"Meteor shit!". One of my favorite movie quotes ever. And this is at the top of my list for best horror movies.
If you want to check out another amazing anthology film from the '80s, take a look at Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983).
RIP to those killed on the set of Twilight Zone.
There is also Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
I always have to repeat Meteor shit!
Fact: originally Tales From The Dark Side was originally developed as Creepshow the series, but they lost the rights to use that title.
I saw this at the theater and by far, the biggest reaction was the "They're Creeping up on You" segment. The format was just like several horror comics that I grew up reading. For the time, the effects were considered way ahead of the curve. Splendid casting, twisted tales, gross but not overdone. A true classic that I'm glad to watch you review Jen.
Saw it with my friend and at school the next day, it was all that anyone could talk about. Everyone was saying: "I want my cake, Bedelia!"
Thanks for watching this. "The Crate" is my favourite segment. The creature has affectionately been named "Fluffy" throughout the years. It's supposed to be a Yeti/Sasquatch I believe.
Amazing! Yeah I really enjoyed Creepshow, thanks for watching!
He’s 110% a yeti because the crate said they took him from the Himalayan mountains and honestly I always wondered if they found him asleep or something because how did they even get him in there ? 💀
Edit: *arctic expedition
@@Kiiieeechiii They asked him nicely.
@@MrCageCat my theory is he was asleep or hibernating because that’s the only way that makes sense and I think the reason he prefers to stay in the crate/under the stairs is because he probably lived in a small cave when they found him
@Kiiieeechiii I like the thought that he’s thousands of years old and just been hibernating for that last 150 years.
Everything in Creepshow is all practical effects, Jen. There were no CGI effects in Creepshow.
So cool! I love practical effects
@@ReelReviewsWithJen That's ptetty much every movie before the '90s, except for Tron or The Last Starfighter. Some use animation, like Pete's Dragon (the original) or a Frosted Flakes commercial.
@@OneEyedJack1970 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan also used CGI for the Genesis video that Kirk, Spock, and McCoy watched.
@@44excalibur Yeah, but that was a computer graphic in the movie, wasn't it? I don't know if I'd count that as a special effect in the sense that we usually think of them. Then again, I guess that would still be a visual effect -- it's not like it rendered itself.
@@OneEyedJack1970 It still counts as an early use of CGI in a movie in 1982, the same year that TRON came out.
Jen, if you pay attention you'll notice that the green marble ashtray that Bedelia used to kill her father shows up in each of the Creepshow segments. The ashtray is in Jordy Verill's dream where he's visiting the doctor, and the ashtray is on the doctor's desk; the ashtray is also on Richard's night table in Something To Tide You Over; it's on Henry's desk in The Crate; and it's a soapdish used by Upson Pratt in They're Creeping Up On You.
Oh man! Now I’ll have to rewatch it and look for that haha nice tie in between all the stories
@@ReelReviewsWithJen -- Always wanted one of those myself.. Little expensive, but there's a prophouse in California that sells replicas.
“You’re a regular barnyard exhibit. Sheep’s eyes, chicken guts, piggy friends… and sh*t for brains.” - Wilma “Billy” Northup
Great reaction! Hope to see you react to the sequel.
"He's so serious. Usually he's such a funny guy." Well, Leslie Nielsen got his start playing straight, serious guys in movies like Forbidden Planet, Jen. 😃 You should totally check that movie out.
I’ll add it to the list!
@@ReelReviewsWithJen I will second that emotion; "Forbidden Planet" is in the holy trinity of absolute top echelon, one-of-a-kind sci-fi movies with spectacular, groundbreaking, dazzling special visual (and sound!) effects, with a great, almost-profound story. (the other two movies in the "trinity" would be "2001: A Space Odyssey" and "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind".) There are two reactions for "Forbidden Planet" currently, both were blown away. HIGHLY recommend it. My Mom saw this was on TV and made sure I knew to catch it. (Looks to the sky): Thanks, Mom. :)
@44excalibur after he made Airplane, a reporter asked him what he thought about playing against type. He said that he was playing against type before. He was always a naturally funny guy. I worked with a guy who knew him and he said that he would give people whoopie cushions as gifts.
And his character in _Day of the Animals_ is a _lot_ like his role in _Creepshow,_ only ultimately much more physically violent as the nasty creep grows increasingly unhinged by the same phenomenon that's making the local wildlife berserk.
@@TTM9691 Funny, but I thought the trinity of sci-fi films were "Forbidden Planet", "War of the Worlds" and "The Day the Earth Stood Still". All 1950's sci-fi masterpieces!
"Is this gonna be about bugs?" I HOWLED laughing at this! So glad you enjoyed the campy, creepy fun of this horror classic!
Oh wow, I've been waiting for this. It's my absolute favorite movie and has been for decades. It has the perfect blend of horror/suspense/comedy, and it doesn't take itself very seriously (except when it wants to scare you)
I have a bunch of little bits of trivia I've found about the movie but I'll just give one per segment.
Opening - The kid in the beginning was played by Stephen King's son. At one point during filming he took him to McDonalds, and had him made up with bruises and a black eye, and someone called the cops on him for child abuse.
Father's Day - The marble ashtray used to kill the father shows up in all of the other segments.
Jordy Verrill - Yup, that's Stephen King. And the only other characters are played by the same guy who plays his father, adding some subtext to his imagination.
Something to Tide You Over - The actress who played the wife is Gaylen Ross, who played the female lead in Romero's "Dawn Of The Dead"
The Crate - The creature was nicknamed by the SFX folks "Fluffy"
Creeping Up On You - The roaches were so expensive that they almost didn't make this segment, but they found the money (went overbudget because of it) and in the final scene they used raisins in place of some of the roaches to make it look like there were much more in the room.
Epilogue - The garbageman with the mustache is none other than Tom Savini, the legendary SFX artist, who did the SFX for this movie.
So glad you've done this movie, and I hate to keep repeating myself, but your choices in horror movies have been great! If you haven't seen them yet, I'd recommend a couple of Romero's other movies - "Day Of The Dead" and "Martin". Have a good Halloween!
That tilted angle is called a Dutch angle, Jen, also known as Dutch tilt, canted angle, or oblique angle. It's a type of camera shot which involves setting the camera at an angle on its roll axis so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the side of the frame, or so that the horizon line of the shot is not parallel with the bottom of the camera frame. It was first used extensively during the German expressionist movement in cinema.
The 60s (Adam West) Batman TV show used those Dutch angles a lot...
This movie is very underrated. I like how it is basically an nod to old 1950s horror comics. My Mom said this movie scared the crap out of her as a kid. "Meteor Shit" is probably my favorite line in the movie. I also just love older movies like this because there is no CGI and it's all done practically
Before Airplane Leslie Nielsen was actually known for playing the bad guy. He even played assassins from time to time. Truly a gifted actor.
I haven’t seen Airplane 😬 but agreed! He’s so talented, I definitely need to watch more of his films.
he was also in a few episodes of columbo
@@ReelReviewsWithJen my aunt owns the house Leslie Nielsen lived in until he was about 4 years old in Regina, Sask. 🙂
this might have been his last serious role?
because Airplane was right after this
@@Gravydog316Airplane came before this. 1980.
This was still a funny role.😊
Horror based comic books like this were very popular back in the early 50's until a psychiatrist named Fredrick Werham published a book call the "Seduction of Inocence" in which he claimed that comics were directly responsible for a rise in juvenile delinquency, which lead to the development of the comic code authority, which resulted in censorship of comics and pretty much the end of horror comics. The belief that horror comics lead to juvenile delinquency is what motives the fathers reaction to his son reading the comic.
Horror comics were short morality or karmic tales similar to Creepshow. The usual stories were about victims returning from the dead to exact revenge!
This movie is so great. Thank you for reacting to it. Not enough people do. This movie had so many thing going for it.
Leslie Nielsen play an amazing villain. This may be the best comic book movie, ever.
When I was a kid, I thought that the thing in the crate was the horror version of the Tasmanian Devil.
One of my favorites… when they aired the movie on network television they omitted the “They’re Creeping Up On You” segment completely 😆
I'm glad you finally got to Creepshow, Jen! 😀 Creepshow is based on the old EC Comics from the 1950s like Tales From The Crypt, The Vault of Horror, and The Haunt of Fear. Due to a book by by Dr. Fredric Wertham called "The Seduction of the Innocent," which accused comic books of promoting juvenile delinquency, there was a conservative backlash against comic books regarding their content, resulting in the Comics Code to be enforced, and EC Comics was put out of business. Stephen King and George Romero created Creepshow as an homage to the EC horror comics of the 1950s.
Most people only recognise Neilsen from naked gun, airplane, but before those he was a serious actor, he usually played a romantic lead, or a villain, he was even in the classic forbidden planet, the airplane films rejuvenated his carreer
Yeah I definitely need to watch more of his films, so talented!
The little boy whose father takes away his comic book in the prologue and epilogue is played by Joe King, who is actually the son of Stephen King.
Really!?! Nice! That’s awesome! I didn’t know his son was involved in movies as well
Takes from the crypt was a great show ,, on Friday nights , on hbo, back in the day and then we had tales from the dark side at 12 am …….great reaction as always glad to see you trying so so many great ones . Well done !
Tales from the Crypt was also an anthology movie back in the early 70's. I believe it might have been the first anthology movie, also there was Trilogy of Terror which seems to be the most well known anthology movie of that time period. Tales of the Crypt movie seems to be forgotten for some reason.
Anthology horror films like “Creepshow” were once quite common, particularly in the 1960s and ‘70s. Examples would include: “Tales of Terror” (1962); “Twice Told Tales (1963); “Black Sabbath” (1963); “Tales From The Crypt” (1972), not to be confused with the 1990s “Tales From The Crypt” TV-series; “Vault of Horror” (1973); “From Beyond The Grave” (1974); “Trilogy of Terror” (1975); “Dead of Night” (1977); “Cat’s Eye” (1985). But there have been more such films made in recent years, perhaps most notably “V/H/S” (2012) and “V/H/S 2” (2013), which crosses anthology horror with the “found footage” genre.
There’s also Tales of Halloween which is a horror anthology of short films in one movie.
Oh, i'd love to see your reaction to the Amicus anthologies movies like Tales from the Crypt 1972, The Vault of Horror 1973, From Beyond the Grave 1974, The House That Dripped Blood 1971, Asylum 1972.
I second that!
What about Creepshow 2?
Yes, all horror classics!
'I Spit on Your Grave', both 1978 and 2010 are great revenge horror.
I love this movie, keep doing things the other reactors are not, good job keeping it fresh.
Thank you so much!
Tales from the Crypt series had a bunch of (currently) super famous actors as young actors in their first roles. it's pretty great for that alone to me.
Oddly enough, Leslie Nielson was ONLY known for dramatic parts until 1980 when Airplane hit.. they hired him because he was such a straight arrow actor.. the juxtaposition was funny to those who grew up seeing him in movies. It gave him a whole new career.
Also, Ted Danson was maybe in season 2 of Cheers at this point.. hed be a household name by 84.
The space weeds in any wide shot during "Jordy Verrill" are part of a glass painting or matte painting, which were used extensively throughout the movie. (Leslie Nielsen's house? Not real.)
This is a film, that when I was 14, I paid to see another movie, at the multi-cinema, and when to see Creepshow. I had the Comic-adaptation too. Years later, when my first nephew started to read Stephen King's books, I told Jack how I went to see Creepshow, at his same age. He told me that I'm a "cool Uncle". My nephew is also impressed that I got Stephen King's autograph (Night Shift), when he came to a local Ohio university, in 1981 on a lecture tour. My brother, who also read King, allowed his adolescent son to read certain novels. I gave "Creepshow" to my nephew as his 14th Birthday present. However, I can not "hold my breath, for a long time"... ;)
Leslie Nielsen was more recognized as a serious actor from the 1950s-1970s. His comedy "career" started with Airplane! in 1980, 25 years into his actual acting career. And since you seem to have a strong aversion to insects, you should add "Joe's Apartment" (1996) and "The Nest" (1988) to your list of films to react to.
Fun fact : The film was primarily shot on location in Pittsburgh and its suburbs, including Monroeville, where Romero leased an old boys academy (Penn Hall) to build extensive sets for the film. That could explain why George Romero used Tom Atkins and Tom Savini, both local boys.
Leslie Nielsen was always known as a dramatic actor, until Naked Gun made him a comedy star late in his career. You should see his role in Day of the Animals. His fave movie was the ahead-of-its-time classic Forbidden Planet. an inspiration for Star Trek. Nielsen is the starship commander.
Also, a few other horror anthologies to check out:
"Tales From The Crypt" and "Vault Of Horror" (both 1970s British films inspired by the EC Comics of the same name).
"Tales From The Darkside: The Movie" (1990)
"Tales From The Hood" (I think 1995).
And the grandaddy of all anthology films "Dead Of Night" (1945 British film). Only some of the segments are horror-ish.
Leslie Nielsen started out as a dramatic actor in the first part of his career. After it lagged, his career was revived by "Airplane!" and he built a reputation as a comedic actor ever since.
"Creepshow"actually got an anthology TV series that came out a few years back, still running. Just finished the third season, I think.
Fun fact, the kid in the wraparound story is Joe Hill, son of Stephen King(and he wrote a few of the "Creepshow"episodes).Several episodes of the series reference the original movies(the marble ashtray is hidden in every segment, for example)and at one point, they bring up a crate found at the bottom of a quarry, and theres a book by Upson Pratt. Even had Adrienne Barbeau(Billy)in the first episode.
Jen:"I don't like bugs." Me:"Then this will NOT be a pleasant experience for you!"
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King's son, Joel King (oen name Joel Hill), plays the kid. Some of his stories have been adapted to the television show (the animated special about the zombie circus, the story about the lake monster, among others). King stories are in the television show also (the fungus man beer story, the animated story about the man who ate himself).
Ted Danson explained in an interview the brief shot of his character drowning underwater: "So they make a little aquarium tank. I got in a wetsuit and climbed in, and somebody would reach down with an oxygen tank ventilator thingy, and I'd breathe, and then they'd take that out. And there was a yoke made out of... I don't know, wood and fake sand, so it looked like my head was buried in the sand, underwater."
Below another commenter told you that Creepshow is based off of EC comics from the 1950's which were forced to end before Congress stepped in. There was an EC comic that continues to this day: Mad Magazine. Mad started in comic book size and was originally called Panic. Mad ceased news stand distribution in 2018 but, is still available via subscription and direct market sales (comic book shops).
Also - the cockroaches were very real. They were collected in South America in bat caves. How they were collected was by digging a hole, placing a large trash can with a liner in the hole and making the cave dark. When the lights were turned back on the bag would be full of roaches! They continued this process until they had all that they needed.
Tom Savini did the special effects for Creepshow. If you watched/watched Friday the 13th, Dawn of the Dead (original), The Prowler, etc you'll see more of his work. :)
"The Raft" from Creepshow 2 is my favourite of the Creepshow short movies. I rented Creepshow 2 when I was about six or seven years old, the guy who ran the grocery store with a VHS rental section at the back didn't care what age you were as long as you paid and returned them on time! lol I also rented a bunch of Friday the 13th movies, Ghoulies and Ghoulies II, Dolls etc.
If you want more modern anthology movies you could check out V/H/S (2012) and Trick 'r Treat (2007).
For a Halloween party in the 90s, I went as Nathan Grantham, "cake" and all.
Billy was played by Joe Hill, Stephen King's son. Hill grew up to be a writer as well, and among other things, he's the curator of a line of horror comics published by DC Comics called Hill House Comics.
At the time the movie was released they also put out a comic book adaptation of it. So it was a comic that was based on a movie that was an homage to comics.
Horror was a very popular genre in comics, but as parents began freaking out about horror comics (and comics in general), the publishers created the Comics Code Authority, which laid out a bunch of rules about what could and couldn't appear in comics. Horror comics stuck around for a long time after that, but htey were defanged and considerably more tame than the classic EC horror comics had been. Horror comics are still popular, but not anywhere near the levels they were in the 1950s. (Though that's true of comics in general.)
I really loved this reaction. I am a huge Romero and Savini fan. A lot of this movie was filmed in and around Monroeville and Pittsburgh, PA. very close to me. One of my art instructors, Rick Catizone, was the animator for this movie.
There is a sequel, not as good but has good moments and if you like anthology movies another great horror one is Cat's Eye by Steven King staring Drew Barrymore.
Ray Mendez, an entomologist with the American Museum of Natural History, and David Brody provided 20,000 cockroaches for the segment "They're Creeping Up on You". In the final scene of the segment-in which the room is almost filled with cockroaches-many of the apparent insects were actually nuts and raisins.
zombies in other movies: "braaaaaaiiiins"
zombies in Creepshow: "caaaaaaake"
Five of the best horror shorts, ever. I have a hard time complaining about other anthologies (CAT'S EYE or CREEPSHOW 2) because, well, I can't imagine five segments ever topping these five. Which is fine. Two or three would be nice... sigh... EG Marshall (bugs) and Vivica Lindfors (birthday cake) were well-done investments to make this an instant classic, I thought as classic film actors themselves. Adrienne Bahboom (er, Barbeau) hadn't played such a miserable female before but she fit SO well. And Hal Holbrook had been a servicable TV and supporting cast member for a couple of decades until he was issuing follow-the-money directions in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN and then as the fed-up corrupt police leader in MAGNUM FORCE. I thought this segment THE CRATE was a top-notch addition - what a grand performance.
In the final skit, I wondered how in the world they did the scene with all of those roaches! It was amazing. I saw in a documentary anout the making of "Creepshow" that a roach wrangler was
Each of the stories in Creepshow are based on short stories published by Stephen King, except for one. Father's Day was an original story written by Stephen King specifically for the movie. The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verill, The Crate, Something To Tide You Over, and They're Creeping Up On You are all based on short stories by Stephen King that were published in various magazines over the years.
I thought "The Crate" was the only short story that had been published at the time. The others, if they were written, were not published, as I remember. I was a Stephen King fanatic, had every book (including "Night Shift") and would hunt down short stories that were published ("The Monkey", for instance, came in a pamphlet that came in a Penthouse or Hustler magazine, if I remember correctly!). When I went into that movie, "The Crate" was the only story I was aware of.
@@TTM9691 Well, from what I understand, the other stories in Creepshow were short stories written by King that were published under different titles in various magazines. For example, ‘The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill' was originally published as ‘Weeds' when it was first written. I don't know what the other titles were, but I do know that Father's Day is the only Creepshow segment that was written specifically for the movie. I was surprised because I wasn't aware that there were any Stephen King short stories out there that didn't make it into Night Shift or Skeleton Crew.
Creepshow is Stephen King's homage to the Tales from the Crypt comics (and all the other EC horror comics). The comic series started when he was 3 years old. I suspect he started reading them too young and that explains a lot :)
Don't forget he-who-shall-not-be-names-because-we-all-hate-him, the psychologist that was misinformed and basically had all horror comics put out of print because of his ramblings.
@@johnw8578 1953 was before I was born, but that's how I figured out that sometimes trusting the expert is a bad idea.
Tom Savini the special make up effects artist who worked on this and Ed Harris were both in another George Romero movie from the 80s called Knightriders. One of the few good non horror films Romero wrote and directed.
Probably mentioned somewhere, but the kid in the framing episodes with the comic/voodoo doll is King's son, now writing bestsellers of his own under the name Joe Hill.
Richard's wife, Becky, is played by Gaylen Ross, who previously starred in George Romero's Dawn of the Dead, which I hope is still on your list, Jen. 🙂
Haha it is! It’s just a long list lol
I remember seeing this as a kid. As school the next day, we were all saying: "Where's my cake?"
Leslie N. started out as a dramatic actor. It wasn´t until much later that he began to do comedy... and found he was just as good at it.
The King making himself a Screwdriver,
Classic.
Even though most Stephen King stories are set in Maine, George Romero prefers to film in and near his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he filmed Night of the Living Dead. Most of the film was shot in an empty all-girls school located outside Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The school was converted into a film studio, and the episodes "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" and "They're Creeping Up on You", as well as the prologue and epilogue, were filmed in their entirety at the former school. Filming took place at the Greensburg location throughout 1981. In "The Crate," most of the interior and exterior shots for the university sequences were filmed at Carnegie-Mellon University(Romero is a Carnegie-Mellon University alumnus), with Margaret Morrison Hall serving as Amberson Hall. The backyard party was filmed in Romero's own backyard at his former residence on Amberson Avenue in Shadyside, Pennsylvania. "Father's Day" was filmed on location at a mansion in the Pittsburgh suburb of Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania. "Something to Tide You Over" was filmed on location at Island Beach State Park, Berkeley Township, New Jersey.
This anthology film is based on EC Comics of the 1950s like 'Tales From the Crypt' and 'Vault of Horror' as well as Warren Comics of the 1960s like 'Creepy' and 'Eerie'.
The anthology horror film is a sub-genre of horror. Many productions by Amicus, the competitor to Brit horror studio Hammer, were anthology films.
There is an excellent sequel called 'Creepshow 2'.
The Crate story from this movie terrified me as a kid! I had to flee the room and yank open a window to gasp for air when I first saw it! Lol. It doesn't bother me now but something about it triggered me back then.
For more Leslie Nielsen served up straight, check out the science fiction classic "Forbidden Planet".
Another horror suggestion: "The Ruins"
The art done inbetween stories was partly done by Bernie Wrightson and Jack Kamen who were both artists for the original EC comics. Tha little boy Billy in the prologue and ending was played by Stephen King's son.
Fun fact: they rented a hundred thousand real cockroaches at 50 cents each.They were the most expensive props lol.
If ya like George A. Romero and Stephen King working together you'll LOVE The Dark Half, one of the most faithful adaptions of King's novels.
"The Cemetery" - an episode of Night Gallery 1969
fun fact: when Stephen King was in the plant suit he had to breathe through a straw
I believe it! It looked all consuming!
Leslie Nielsen starred in dramatic and villainous roles for decades before Hollywood realized what many many of his costars had known for a long time. That he was one of the funniest men in the business.
I liked the dirty harry Easter egg in the third story during the scene the guy ( Henry) fantasize shooting his wife dead, the actor who plays Henry was actually in a dirty harry film and the gun he in the fantasy scene is actually the same gun dirty harry uses in his films (the dirty harry franchise). overall I enjoyed the reaction to one of my favorite horror movies,it was awesome and I appreciate it so thank you!
I absolutely friggin' *love* this movie.
At a time when Hollywood...and any amateur filmmaker who could scrape together a couple hundred bucks...kept choking movie audiences on a seemingly unending glut of slasher movies, it took the combined efforts of George Romero and Stephen King to give us something truly unique by paying homage to EC's horror comics of the 1950s!
Creepshow wasn't an actual horror comic, but it's based on the old EC magazines (Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, The Haunt of Fear, etc.) of the day. The entire movie is like reading through of one of those issues, cover to cover. :)
Oh, and ... "Meteor shit!"
Maybe someone already mentioned this, but little Billy with the voodoo doll is Steven King’s son, Joe! Who of course, is now famous in his own right as author Joe Hill.
The one about bugs is my favorite.
I saw a "How it was made" about "Creepshow" and the point I found crazy was that they actually used a good many actual roaches for htat one episode, and the Animal Rights Folk had people on the set ensuring every roach was accounted for before and after every scene they were in - and yes they did this by hand counting the number of live roaches used before and after the scenes...
From what I remember reading back in the 80s they were trying to turn Creepshow into a TV series but as with most things the rights were held by another company and it evolved into Tales from the Darkside. I used to watch it, Monsters and Friday the 13th the series (which has nothing to do with the movies or Jason) every weekend as a kid
The little boy in the wraparound is Stephen King's son,Joe,who now has a successful writing career himself under the name Joe Hill.
Great reaction. I plan on watching tge Tales from the Crypt show in the future.
There wasn't an actual CREEPSHOW comic book this was based on, but as a tie-in to the movie they did adapt all 5 stories in illustrated format. It wasn't a comic on newsprint but a sort of magazine with thick glossy pages. I used to have it but my mom looked inside it one day and threw it out - ironic...
There was a CREEPSHOW 2 and a CREEPSHOW 3. The second movie is based on 3 short stories by King, with the screenplay co-written by Romero. The third movie has nothing to do with either King or Romero and apparently is terrible (never seen it).
A few years after making this movie, Romero created the TV show TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE, which aired in syndication throughout the '80s, usually at odd hours like 11:30 at night or Saturday afternoons. This was supposed to be a CREEPSHOW series but he had some problems with the rights to that name. Later on there was a TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE movie with Deborah Harry from the 1980s band Blondie as the host, which was weird. Currently there is an actual CREEPSHOW TV series airing on the horror-themed streaming service Shudder, in its third season at the moment.
The skeleton creature is called the Creep. He's the host of the comic and meant to be King's own version of real comic book "horror hosts" like the Crypt-Keeper, the Old Witch, and Cain and Abel. In later movies he talks.
Not many people know about it, this movie is ultimate Halloween must
I really enjoyed it!
There was a comic book adaptation of Creepshow and they actually used the text spoken by the "host" you see in the film at the transition to the next story in the comic book itself. There were sequels but they were all half hearted cash grabs that do not approach anywhere near the original.
The little boy was played by Stephen King's son, Joe Hill King, now known as Joe Hill, the writer.
Dr Terror's House of Horrors was one of the first short story compilation horror films. I think it is still worth watching today and was one of the first horror films I ever saw.
E. G. Marshall's skit was based on the Howard Hughes end-of-life tales.
The kid at the beginning of the movie is Stephen King's real life son, Joseph King. He's now a horror author himself going by the pen name Joe Hill.
Creepshow was filmed just a few months before Ted Danson debuted in his first season of Cheers. So unlike Leslie Nielsen, he was still relatively unknown at this time. So he’ll always be typecast as “Harry” to me, and not Sam Malone.
Billy is played by the author of the story that "The Black Phone" was based on.
For the first 27 years of his career Leslie Nielson was a almost always a heavy. As has been previously mentioned in an earlier comment, Forbidden Planet would be a great film to react to
Great reaction Jen. Glad you liked it....In addition to 'Creepshow 2', you should check out 'Tales From The Darkside:The Movie' it is done in a similar format as Creepshow 1 & 2 as well as has stories from George Romero and Stephen King (and it also has Debra Harry - lead singer of Blondie, in one of her early acting roles). That is what many fans call the unofficial Creepshow 3....
(also I'd avoid the other Creepshow 3 - since Stephen King, George Romero and anyone else that worked on Creepshow 1 & 2 had nothing to do with 3, it super low budget, it doesn't follow the same format, the stories are not good at all in my opinion as well as the effect are bad - not in the good way, they look very cheap, which I'm not surprised with since it was a direct-to-video release)...
The actress playing the waterlogged ghost, I believe she was the same lady who played Fran in the original Dawn of the Dead - Gaylynn Ross.
The little boy, Billy, is Stephen King's son Joe. There's a sequel to the movie that isn't nearly as good, but the TV show that's on Shudder for 3 seasons now is really good. Very similar vibe to the first movie.
Until the movie Airplane, Leslie Nielsen was a dramatic actor. That was part of the meta joke in Airplane, that all the actors were noted dramatic actors not known for comedy. Leslie Nielsen plays the captain the movie Forbidden Planet, which is a classic you should check out as well.
Love your selection of not Main Street blockbuster movies. It’s unique and different
Love you reviews keep up the good work. They are very enjoyable to watch. You should try Horror Express it’s a great one.
Trick r treat is a fantastic Halloween anthology.
I just watched that one! It will be up this week!
Jen, did you notice that the father who yelled at his son for reading the Creepshow comic was Tom Atkins, who appeared in The Fog? He's also appeared in other John Carpenter projects like Escape From New York and Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
Ah nope I missed that!
"Happy happy Halloween, Halloween, Halloween.
Happy happy Halloween, Silver Shamrock!
...watch the magic pumpkin..."
@@OneEyedJack1970 DAMN YOU to Santa Mira, just got that song out of my head.. and now its back LOL
@@ReelReviewsWithJen He was also the detective in Night of the Creeps
@@Greenwood4727 I've never been able to forget it. I just had to share the pain. LOL!
The TV series Tales From the Darkside was originally intended to be a Creepshow TV series. Tom Savini even refers to the Tales from Darkside movie as Creepshow 3 ( there is a Creepshow 3, but I hear nobody from the original films were involved and it really sucks)
Those were real cockroaches, they made that segment the most expensive one (50 cents each x 250, 000 cockroaches used for a total cost of $125,000 for the cockroaches alone).
The boy that played Billy in the movie, is Joe Hill. which is Stephen king's son.
So, Leslie Nielsen actually spent most of his career in dramatic roles. He and the others who were in Airplane! were cast specifically because their ability to tell the jokes with a straight face enhanced the comedy.
Also, there are two sequels to Creep show, although Creepshow 3 isn't very good. There is another movie in a similar vein called Tales From the Dark Side that is a better Creepshow 3, and was worked on by many of the same people.
Lastly, Creepshow is not affiliated with Tales From the Crypt, but they were both printed around the same time, arguably in the golden age of horror comics.
This was a Stephen King family movie. You saw Stephen as Jordie Verell and his wife Tabitha was in the Hal Holbrook/Andreanne Barbeau story and his son was the boy at the beginning and the end with the voodoo doll.
There are 3 sequels: Creepshow 2(1987), Tales From The Darkside: The Movie(1990), and Creepshow III(2006) as well as a TV series, "Creepshow(2019-present)."
The boy in the movie is Stephen King's son. You might want to look him up and see what he is doing now.
Just tell him to call you Billy. Everybody does. Hilarious 😂 😃.
Another anthology movie you could watch is Stephan King's Cat's Eye. Also because you mentioned Tales from the Crypt, there are 2 movies: Tales from the Crypt presents Demon Knight and TftC presents Bordello of Blood.
Cool reviews so far! I like the Monster in the Crate. "Just call me Billy, everyone does!" lol! This is probably one of the best horror films of all time aside of Nightmare on Elm Street,.
Another excellent Steven King movie/book is “Needful Things” with Ed Harris, Max Von Sydow, and Bonnie Bedelia. It’s playfully wicked fun as the Devil comes to Castle Rock to sell everyone that one coveted needful thing they desire above all else, but they have to do terrible things to pay for them. He’s usually long gone before they realize what HE purchased.