Creepshow 2
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| Creepshow 2 | |
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| Directed by | Michael Gornick |
| Produced by | David Ball |
| Written by | Stephen King George Romero |
| Starring | George Kennedy Dorothy Lamour Holt McCallany Don Harvey Lois Chiles Tom Wright Frank Salsedo Daniel Beer Page Hannah |
| Music by | Les Reed Rick Wakeman |
| Cinematography | Richard Hart Tom Hurwitz |
| Editing by | Peter Weatherley |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment New World Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 1, 1987 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,500,000 (estimated) |
| Preceded by | Creepshow |
| Followed by | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Creepshow III, Creepshow (2008) |
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Creepshow 2 is a 1987 horror anthology film directed by Michael Gornick (who was George A. Romero's cinematographer on the original Creepshow). The screenplay for Creepshow 2 was penned by George A. Romero (director of the original film), once again based upon stories by Stephen King. It is, of course, the follow-up to Creepshow, featuring three more "Jolting Tales of Horror": Old Chief Wood'nHead, The Raft, and The Hitch-Hiker. Creepshow 2 was followed by an unofficial (that is, no involvement from Stephen King or George Romero) sequel in 2007, titled "Creepshow III".
Taglines:
- When the curtain goes up the terror begins!
- Good to the last gasp!
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[edit] Plot
[edit] Story #1: "Old Chief Woodn'Head"
George Kennedy and Dorothy Lamour are a humble couple who oversee a general goods store in a decaying southwestern town. A cigar store Indian known as Old Chief Wood'nHead adorns the front step. The couple are then the subject of brutal robbery that ends in murder, thanks to a selfish but well-connected young thug and his two associates all bound for Hollywood. Chief Wood'nHead awakens from his pedestal and sets out to exact revenge for murdering the couple who owned him, killing each of the thugs one by one.
[edit] Story #2: "The Raft"
Four attractive college students decide to go swimming in a desolate lake far away from civilization. As they make their way to a dock in the middle of the water, they realize that they are not alone when a black monstrous blob appears with only one thing on its mind: eating. The blob manages to consume each person one by one, the last one almost having made it to escape, only to be eaten on shore.
"The Raft" was previously a short story by Stephen King, published in his collection Skeleton Crew.
[edit] Story #3: "The Hitch-Hiker"
Devious Annie Lansing (Lois Chiles) is sitting in bed with her extramarital lover, who she pays for sex. Realizing that she has to get home before her wealthy attorney husband to avoid suspicion, she hops into her Mercedes-Benz and makes way for home. On the way, she kills an innocent hitch-hiker (Tom Wright) through accidental speeding. With no witnesses, Annie takes off without much thought, only to find herself being plagued by visions of the man she just killed, who keeps saying "Thanks for the ride, lady." These visions only get progressively more terrifying as she realizes that he will not stop haunting her. Later, her corpse is found with the hitch-hiker's "Dover" sign hung around her neck.
Stephen King makes a cameo appearance as a truck driver in this story.
[edit] Trivia
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- The second story in the film "Tales from the Darkside: The Movie", entitled "The Cat from Hell", was originally intended to be in Creepshow 2, along with another Stephen King short entitled "Pinfall". These stories were eventually dropped due to budgetary restrictions.
- Creepshow comics are seen in a scene in the 1st story.
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