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"Creepshow II"
Directed by Michael
Gornick
Rated R
★★
The promotions for
“Creepshow II” promise a
lot of chills, scary
moments and disgusting
scenes. With George A.
Romero (of the “Living
Dead” trilogy fame) doing
the screenplay based on
short stories by Stephen
King, the possibility of the
movie living up to the
promotions appears very
good. WRONG!!!
The movie consists of
three short stories loosely
tied together by an
animated story about a
young boy who happens
to be a big fan of the
“Creepshow” comic
book. The stories are all
introduced by “The
Creep, ” played by Tom
Savini.
The first story is called
“Old Chief
Woodenhead, ” and it
concerns the elderly
couple of Ray and Martha
Spruce, played by George
Kennedy and Dorothy
Lamour, who owns a
hardware store with a
wooden statue of an
Indian in front of it.
Three local teenagers
rob the store one evening,
killing the Spruces. The
statue comes to life and
seeks revenge for the
killings of Ray and Martha.
The second part of the
movie, called “The Raft,”
is about four teenagers
who go for a swim in a
secluded lake. They are
eventually trapped in the
center of the lake on a
wooden raft by an oil slick
with a big appetite and a
strange sense of humor.
One by one the kids are
devoured by this killer
slime, which looks like a
black tarp with seaweed
and trash thrown on it.
The final segment is
called “The Hitchhiker.”
After an evening with a
male prostitute, the main
character, Annie Lansing,
is in a hurry to get home
to keep her rich husband
from getting suspicious.
On the way, she runs
over and kills a hitchhiker.
In her desperation to get
home in time, she drives
off, leaving the dead body
in the road. Annie is then
pursued by the mangled
hitchhiker, who is not at
all happy.
The special effects in
the movie are extremely
disappointing. The scenes
that are supposed to be
disgusting aren’t. It is hard
to imagine that much
time or money was spent
on them or on any other
part of this movie.
It appears that the
people behind this picture
intended it for boys
between the ages of
twelve and fifteen. The
dialogue contains plenty
of swear words and sexual
innuendo, the story plots
are simple at best, and
there are enough shots of
female breasts to keep
any 13-year-old boy
happy.
The curious part of the
movie is the “R” rating.
One would think that the
rating would keep a large
portion of the intended
audience from ever seeing
the film. The makers
could not possibly have
intended the movie for
those seventeen and over,
could they?
—Review by Thomas
Reinarts
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