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Is Creepshow The Last Great Horror Anthology Film??

posted 12 years ago by jjamp48
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I've always enjoyed a good Horror Anthology flick. From what I've come across, there were any number of great anthologies done in the 60's and 70's. Creepshow came along in the early 80's and I feel as though it might be the last great anthology in the horror genre. King and Romero seemed like such an inspired pairing, and the film came together about as well as one could have expected. The movie really nailed the look and feel of those EC comics as well as some of King's own twisted work. It seems like no horror anthology since has topped or equaled the greatness of Creepshow.

There have been a few valiant recent efforts in Trick r Treat and V/H/S, but I don't see those as being on the same level as the Romero/King classic. Some others which range from fair to pretty good are From a Whisper to a Scream, Body Bags, Tales From the Darkside, and Tales From the Hood. Some of those are solid, but all of them are beneath Creepshow in my opinion.

Then we come to Creepshow's sequel, which I feel is a disappointing follow up(aside from The Raft segment). The other Stephen King anthology film is Cat's Eye. It is certainly watchable and can be entertaining, but I don't really consider it an all out horror film.

Anyway, with Creepshow turning 30 this year it got me wondering: Is this the last great Horror Anthology? In any case, I hope we see some good horror anthologies in the future!

[–] 10 years ago

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[–] OldFriendOfTheChristys 10 years ago

I haven’t seen all of the horror anthology films that have come out since the original Creepshow. In fact, only Creepshow 2 and Tales from the Darkside come to mind, neither of which fully delivered.

[–] ForTheNonce 9 years ago

Trick r' Treat is very good; the most Halloweenish film you'll ever see (yes, moreso than the Halloweens.)

Tales of Halloween is also worth your time.

VHS 1 & 2 are great.

[–] prodigiousone 9 years ago

There was also a two-parter (sort of an anthology) from 1990, called, "Two Evil Eyes", that I thought was surprisingly well-done and had a lot of talent involved.

George A. Romero and Dario Argento each directed a segment, each based loosely on an Edgar Allen Poe story.

Romero's starred Adrienne Barbeau and was called, "The Facts in the Strange Case of M. Valdemar".

Argento's is "The Black Cat", and starred Harvey Keitel.

I thought this one was overlooked and underrated.

The Argento one is particularly good.

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[–] doubl3 9 years ago

Glad people mention cat's eye, because I recently dvred it and it was rated quite bad and I haven't watched it yet, so hopefully I will like it pretty well also.

During THIS film I actually kept falling asleep, but it was more that I was tired than the movie. Then I finally got awake and watched what I missed and thought it was pretty good.

[–] mider2009 8 years ago

I think trick r treat was a solid anthology but I'm trying not to compare it to creepshow. VHS is fun but not in creepshows league. Only something like tales from the crypt (show) can compete.