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Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Creepshow
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.9192
Posted: Sun Nov 14 14:31:05 1982
Received: Sun Nov 21 03:52:17 1982

   This movie is schlock, but is really good schlock.  In other words, 
King & Romero did exactly what they set out to do.

   For those who haven't heard, Creepshow is an homage to the EC horror
comics of the fifties, to the extent of imitating insofar as is possible
the comic itself.  The movie is a collection of five stories, bound 
together by animation of a Creepshow comic book blowing in the wind.  You
know, first panel dissolves into first scene, freeze-frame at end 
dissolves into last panel, etc.  What struck me is how successful the
comic book elements are; the comic has the usual sendaway ads for sucker
items, and the film is shot like a comic book, with all kinds of wierd
camera angles, and lighting that gets lurid and supersaturated when the
strangelings are about.  That, and other touches, are beautifully executed.
   
   I should add that comedy is a strong element here.  King and Romero
know that the two are necessary complements, and the show is far stronger
on laughs than I expected.  I saw it with a dense crowd late on Saturday
night, and to judge from the crowd's reactions, I expect this one to be
a big hit.  I give it a solid ***.

   PS The score is brilliant.