Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence and frights — not a wind-down.
The story
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
- monster
- halloween
- gore
- meteor
- buried alive
- cockroach
- based on comic
- anthology
- animated scene
- zombie
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Hal Holbrook
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Adrienne Barbeau
Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Fritz Weaver
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Leslie Nielsen
Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
- Carrie Nye — Sylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
- E.G. Marshall — Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
- Viveca Lindfors — Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day")
- Ed Harris — Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
- Ted Danson — Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
- Stephen King — Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill"
- Warner Shook — Richard Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
- Gaylen Ross — Becky Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
- Jon Lormer — Nathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
- Bingo O'Malley — Jordy's Dad / Cameos
- John Amplas — Nathan's Corpse (segment "Father's Day")
- Directed
- George A. Romero
- Written
- Stephen King
Production
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 · 1,183 ratings
- Studio
- Laurel Entertainment, United Film Distribution Company (UFDC)
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1982 · You’re hereCreepshow
Where it starts.
Creepshow 2
1987
Creepshow 3
2006
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
