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Stephen and George....

posted 13 years ago by falcon2484
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...need to be kidnapped and locked in a room with a table, two chairs, paper and pencils (and maybe a Reuben and a Pepsi now and then), and must not be let out until they write a GOOD "Creepshow" installment:

Five stories; four original and one based on a non-anthologized King story (One of them can be "Pinfall," the story aborted from "Creepshow 2," and Steve can dig deep down: how about "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber" or "The Hotel at the End of the Road"?).

Killer animated segments, again with the Creep and Billy (or, if they're not going with the Creep again, they can replace him with an "Old Witch" type. I could live with that).

And it might be nice if they could get, you know, some actual actors to play the parts. I'm not talking Tom Cruise, but what have Brad Dourif, John Saxon, Nancy Allen or Danielle Harris been doing lately?

Sorry, Tabby and Suzanne, but we need our "Creepshow" fix, and "Creepshow III" just didn't cut it.

The Falcon flies

[–] wallacesawyer 13 years ago

Never read the PINFALL story, but would love to see it adapted for a CREEPSHOW film.

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[–] laeyisoracle 13 years ago

If not being directly involved, maybe acting as producers and advisers. They can still include King's stories(maybe even get his son, who played Billy in the original, to contribute at story, as he's a writer too). Even King and Romero's worst movies/stories(and there HAS been some lately) are Oscar worthy compared to the writers and directors of this one.

I think it has to due with King and Romero being big EC Comics fans. Just like the people who helped forge Tales from the Crypt television series, you KNOW these guys, when they were kids and teens, were EC Comic fanatics, hiding them under their beds from their moms, sharing them with their horror fan friends, and reveling about how cool and gruesome all the stories were. That's why their love transfers over and it's sincere. Only someone that dedicated would want to express that love in the right way. This, it totally dropped the ball. You can tell the writers either cared less about EC Comics, or if they just happened to like them, totally forgot what they were all about. I believe that some people are great for certain things, and if you place OTHER people who are, by all means, unworthy(sometimes due to ignorance or hubris), you'll get an inferior project. Romero and King were perfect for this. Joe Schmo Greenhorn trying to use this as a stepping stone to get "Elsewhere", not so much. It shouldn't be considered a "stepping stone", a means to an end. You should be *beep* GLAD to be on this project, and try to make it as BEST and "true to the name" as possible. Pay that homage and respect to what King and Romero did with the first two.

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