Director: Michael
Gornick
Notable Cast: George
Kennedy, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Salsedo, Holt McCallany, David Holbrook, Don
Harvey, Dan Kamin, Paul Satterfield, Jeremy Green, Daniel Beer, Page Hannah,
Lois Chiles, Tom Wright, Stephen King, Tom Savini
The original Creepshow
remains one of the cornerstones to the horror anthology, a format that has seen
a revival in recent years that very obviously uses the style and lessons of the
George Romero/Stephen King collaboration as a blueprint, but the second film in
the series tends to carry a lot of baggage with it as being a massive
disappointment. With the recent re-release of Creepshow 2 on Blu Ray in the US via Arrow Video though, I hope
that fans of the original give this film another shot. That’s because, while it
isn’t as good as the original one and it is flawed overall, it’s not nearly as
horrendous as many of the reviews of it would indicate. I think it’s due time
that most horror fans and cult cinephiles give it another shot and there is not
a better time to do it than with this latest version that sees the film in its
best form in a long, long time.