Creepshow 2

Plot synopsis:
=== Prologue ===
A delivery truck pulls up to a newsstand in a small town where a young boy named Billy (named after and confused with the boy from Creepshow) arrives eagerly waiting for it. The truck's back shutter opens to reveal a sinister figure who drops off a package onto the sidewalk — the latest issue of Creepshow, much to Billy's delight. As the film momentarily turns into an animation, the package opens of its own accord, (revealing the cover of the comic is the same as the cover in the final scene of the previous film). As Billy begins to read, the delivery man reveals his true identity as the Creepshow Creep.
=== Old Chief Wood'nhead ===
An elderly couple named Ray and Martha Spruce (Kennedy and Lamour) in a small, fictional, southwestern town called Dead River, oversee a general goods store whose decor includes a cigar store Indian named "Old Chief Wood'nhead" (Dan Kamin) on the front porch. They are humbled to see their old, run-down town coming to a bitter end. The Spruces are then visited by a Native American elder named Benjamin Whitemoon from a local tribe who gives them turquoise jewellery, which are his tribe's sacred treasures, as collateral for the debt the tribe has incurred.
The elder bids them and Old Chief Wood'nhead (who nods to him, briefly startling him) farewell and returns to his tribe. Later that night, the Spruces are subject to a vicious robbery led by Benjamin's estranged ne'er do well nephew, Sam (Holt McCallany) armed with a shotgun, and his two friends, Andy and Fatstuff. After ransacking the store, Sam demands that Ray hand over the turquoise. The Spruces refuse, and are fatally shot by Sam. The three thugs then leave in their car and begin preparations to run away to Hollywood, California, where the vain Sam expects to become a movie star, in part due to his long, dark hair. Old Chief Wood'nhead then comes to life after they leave, and goes out on a vicious warpath to kill them and avenge the murdered Spruces
After brutally killing Fatstuff and Andy, Old Chief Wood'nhead corners Sam in his home, with Sam being unable to fight back as the shells from his shotgun have no effect on his wooden assailant. Sam attempts to lock himself in his bathroom and escape through a window, but Old Chief Wood'nhead breaks through the wall, grabs Sam by his long hair, pulls him through the wall, and scalps him.
When Benjamin Whitemoon wakes up in the morning, he finds the bag containing the turquoise jewellery by his side. He visits the Spruce's general store to find Old Chief Wood'nhead on his pedestal, holding his nephew's bloody scalp, a blood-stained knife, and fresh warpaint adorning the chief's face. Now aware of what has happened to the Spruces and what Chief Wood'nhead has done to the killers, Benjamin wishes the old warrior a peaceful afterlife and drives away.
=== Interlude 1 ===
After reading Old Chief Wood'nhead, Billy is seen at the town post office, receiving a package from when he sent a product ad from his copy of the Creepshow magazine. Incensed by the skeptical clerk's dismissal of paying $9.99 for a toy from the "funny papers," Billy reveals that the package actually contains the bulb for a carnivorous Venus flytrap. The clerk doubts the actuality of the package and Billy sets off for home and the Creep presents another tale.
=== The Raft ===
Four college students, Deke, Laverne, Randy and Rachel, go swimming in a desolate lake far from civilization. After they make their way to a wooden raft, they are terrorized by a floating black blob resembling an oil slick that grabs a hold of Rachel and consumes her.
Panicked, Deke plans to swim to shore so he can bring back help. Before he can, the blob seeps through the raft's cracks and pulls Deke through the raft, killing him. Randy and Laverne evade the creature until it gives up trying to grab them from under the raft. Randy and Laverne are afraid to fall asleep in fear that the creature will attack.
They manage to sleep and Randy is the first to wake up, relieved to find that he and Laverne made it through the night. He begins caressing Laverne's sleeping body and fondling her breasts. She awakes screaming in agony as the creature is revealed to have seeped through the cracks and has covered the right half of her face, much to Randy's horror. As the oil-like blob pulls her off the raft and begins consuming her, Randy jumps off to swim to shore. He ultimately makes it, barely escaping the creature, and yells "I beat you!" However, the creature rears up from the water like a wave and engulfs Randy. It returns to the lake, leaving no evidence of the four students ever having visited the lake, other than their still-running car. Unknown to the students, there was a "no swimming" sign barely visible behind some thick vegetation.
=== Interlude 2 ===
On his way back home from the post office and reading The Raft, Billy is ambushed by a gang of neighborhood bullies, who harass him and take his package from him. The gang's leader Rhino then smashes and opens the package, finding the Venus Flytrap bulb, and throws it on the ground, crushing it with his foot. In retaliation, Billy kicks Rhino in the groin and flees, with Rhino and his gang in hot pursuit. The Creep then appears and presents another tale.
=== The Hitch-hiker ===
An adulterous businesswoman named Annie Lansing (Chiles) gets up from bed after sleeping with a gigolo, realizing that she has to get home before her wealthy attorney husband to avoid suspicion. Annie hops into her car and heads for home several miles away. As she speeds down a dark road, she accidentally kills a hitchhiker (Wright). Seeing that no one witnessed the incident, she takes off. Shortly after she leaves, the area of the incident is crowded with passersby, who report the hit-and-run to the police.
Miles away from the scene, Annie thinks about what she has done and the consequences involved. She ultimately concludes that no one has anything on her and thinks that everything will be fine. Before she can continue, however, the hitchhiker she killed suddenly appears outside her window and utters "Thanks for the ride, lady," a line he repeats throughout the story. Annie speeds off in terror, but everywhere she goes, the hitchhiker always reappears. She repeatedly runs him over, hurls him off the top of her car, slams his body into trees, etc. and he only gets more and more battered and bloody without dying. At one point he pulls up his sign, reading "You killed me". Annie eventually loses control of her car and drives off the road, down a hill and into a tree, knocking herself out.
She awakens a while later, not seeing the hitchhiker anywhere in sight and believes it to be a nightmare. She gets back on the road and drives home, succeeding in getting there before her husband. As she begins to step out of her car, the hitchhiker appears from under her car and utters his signature line, and is gruesomely mangled from the trip; he ultimately attacks her as she vainly attempts to fight him off. Later, Annie's husband - the same man who reported the hit and run - finally arrives home to find Annie dead in her car from being killed by carbon monoxide poisoning caused from her still-running car and the hitchhiker's sign saying "DOVER" around her neck.
=== Epilogue ===
As the Creep is about to drive away, he spots Billy still being chased by the bullies. Billy leads his pursuers into a vacant lot swarming with out-of-control plant growth. As he rides into what seems to be a dead end, the bullies move in to pummel him, only to learn that the bulb they smashed was not the first one Billy had ordered, as a quintet of Giant Flytraps emerge from the surrounding weeds and devour the thugs one by one. The spectacle is witnessed by the Creep, who cackles in glee as he drives off in his delivery truck to deliver the latest issue of Creepshow to another town. In a post-credits scene, the following text appears:
"Juvenile delinquency is the product of pent up frustrations, stored-up resentments and bottled-up fears. It is not the product of cartoons and captions. But the comics are a handy, obvious, uncomplicated scapegoat. If the adults who crusade against them would only get as steamed up over such basic causes of delinquency as parental ignorance, indifference, and cruelty, they might discover that comic books are no more a menace than Treasure Island or Jack the Giant Killer".
Colliers magazine, 1949

Tags: comedy, revenge, cult, murder, violence

Review:
To reveal any more would be to dampen this segment's sick delights but I will say that it features a neat cameo by King himself as a foul-mouthed truck driver.A fourth story called Pinfall was planned for the movie but later dropped due to the faltering budget.
Its a shame we will never get to see this story but it is very close in theme and structure to both Oldf Chief Woodenhead and The Hitchhiker.All in all, Creepshow 2 is worth a look and remains a guilty pleasure of mine that I have enjoyed with alarming regularity over the years.
Romero return to deliver more comic book style thrills in "Creepshow 2." With original "Creepshow" cinematographer Michael Gornick stepping in as director, the film is not only slimmer on content (three stories instead of five) but on budget and star-power as well.
"Creepshow 2" is a pretty enjoyable horror anthology that features some gruesome surprises.The first tale "Old Chief Woodenhead" is about a wooden Indian statue outside a small general store which comes to life when some local youths kill the elderly couple during the robbery.
This story plays like a routine slasher flick with the statue as the killer.The special effects are excellent and there is a good amount of gore.Unfortunately the script is predictable and the acting from the younger cast is unconvincing.The second tale "The Raft" is about some teenagers who,whilst hanging out on the raft,are slowly eaten by a blob-like creature which lives in the lake.This story is fast-paced and appropriately gruesome with truly satisfying climax.The third tale "The Hitchhiker" is about a woman who does a hit-and-run on a hitchhiker and thinks she's got away with it,only to be confronted with the dead hitchhiker numerous times down the road.This story offers plenty of scares and the hitchhiker is hilarious with his incredibly funny line 'thanks for a ride,lady'.All in all if you enjoyed the first "Creepshow" give its sequel a look.8 out of 10..
There are no real touches of originality in any of them except for the clever use of animation used quite extensively and very effectively to bridge the gap between stories.CHIEF WOODEN HEAD gets the film off to a start about a couple running a store in the middle of the desert without paying customers who are left some valuables by an Indian who owes them a debt.
Meanwhile the Creep tells the tales of Creepshow:(1) "Old Chief Wood'nhead" – The elders Ray (George Kennedy) and Martha Spruce (Dorothy Lamour) have lived their whole life and raised their family with their small store in an Arizona town.
"Thanks for the ride lady" still rings in my head and I laugh every time.Anyway, Creepshow II is worth watching if you like a bit of comedy with your horror.9/10.
The sequel isn't as good as the 1982 original, because it's made cheaper you can tell that by the cinematography, and the film is shorter only three segments instead of five and star power is missing.
Yet still the film thrills, chills, and brings justice and revenge style terror that any horror fan will cherish and consider a classic to watch over and over.First story is a good old western justice tale of revenge titled "Old Chief WoodenHead" which is set in a rural desert small Arizona town.
Overall good segment that was well done and I love the justice and revenge it shows.Next tale is "The Raft" about a group of weed smoking and sex driven teens that being two males and two females who take a trip to a lake to do some supposed harmless swimming.
Really a good way to end the film.Sure it lacks the star power and budget and length of the original yet the stories are entertaining, fun, and revenge filled enough for any horror buff to cherish as a classic especially due to the work of King and Romero and the geography settings for this film was nice..
The stories are worth watching it especially The Raft and The Hitchhiker which were the reasons why I bought the movie.And it's not just two missing stories, but you're also missing the wonderful direction from George A Romero.
Creepshow fans might be disappointed with this sequel because of the lack of 5 short stories in total and George Romero not directing this time around.
Other than that, it's a fairly descent sequel.Rating: 7 out of 10.I would like to see George Romero and Stephen King sit together once again for another Creepshow movie.
This is a weak sequel to the early 1980s minor classic, "Creepshow." Unlike the original, it features no direct input from Stephen King (with the one notable exception of his story, "The Raft," taken from 1982's "Skeleton Crew" collection).
The original "Creepshow" was directed by George Romero, and the script was authored by Stephen King, so its perhaps no surprise that the only truly good (great, actually) segment in this three-part film, is the one based on a King story, with a script authored by George Romero.In any event, the first segment, "Old Chief Woodenhead," is just plain stupid, and arguably even a little offensive (and I'm no PC monger, to be sure).
Makes me wonder if he thought he was commenting on Spaceballs.The original Creepshow was a landmark in horror film history, and the second installment only adds to the glory of the first.
In any case, Creepshow 2 offers 3 stories named "Old Chief Woodenhead", "The Hitchhiker" & "The Raft".
Creepshow 2 is a good multi segment horror movie that is a sequel to Creepshow!I don't want to spoil any thing for you but My favorite story of the film is The Hitchhiker.It really is a good story and I even found it funny!If you like horror films especially ones with several stories then you'll love the horror fest that is known as Creepshow 2!!.
In 1982, legendary director George Romero directed a horror anthology of short stories based on tales by Stephen King; the result was "Creepshow", and it gave Romero another success among horror fans.
With the comic book style so characteristic of its predecessor, "Creepshow 2" keeps the tone of the previous movie and the "host", the aptly named Creep, is as funny as creepy.The first segment deals with the ancient spirit of an Indian Chief looking for revenge.
While not as scary as "The Raft", this segment is very entertaining and really funny.Director Michael Gornick had mastered the genre with his TV series "Tales from the Darkside", so he was not a bad choice for this film and does the job very well.
"The Raft" is an amazing display of how the only thing needed for a good movie is imagination.The acting is quite average for the most part, but I was really surprised by the cast of "The Raft", who put out truly believable performances that really transmit the horror of the tale.
This offering features three stories: one about a wooden Native American statue that comes to life, another about a mysterious entity devouring swimmers in a lake, and the last about a woman stalked by a hitchhiker she's killed on a lone country road.The original "Creepshow" was a part of my childhood, and a semi-classic of the genre.
It was Creepshow 2, and the segment in question was "The Hitchhiker".Plus, I think I must have seen The Raft at some point in my life too, because I get that nostalgic, strange feeling you get when you see something again, that fascinated you a long time ago.So, the movie.
Three more tales of terror about a hit and run driver being haunted by her victim, a wooden statue of an Indian killing teens who robbed his owners store, and a group of teens trapped on a raft in the middle of nowhere by a giant blob.
Overall, this isn't one of the best horror omnibuses - but it's better than the first film, and offers two good tales out of three..
Romero (who directed the original movie) that is based on stories written by Stephen King.
The film features 3 stories: Old Chief Wooden Head , The Raft & The Hitchhiker.
Creepshow 2 is not a good film, and not because of the problems that come with horror anthology based movies.The first film was backed by a Warner Brothers budget and had the considerable talent of Romero in the director's chair.
As Billy proceeds to the post office to collect a parcel and does his best to escape a trio of school bullies, the stories within his comic begin to unfold before our eyes: first up is Old Chief Wood'nhead, in which the murder of a shopkeeper and his wife is avenged by the wooden statue that stands outside their store; the second tale is The Raft, which features four teens trapped in the middle of a lake by a flesh eating blob; the last story, The Hitchhiker, sees a woman haunted by the bloody corpse of the hitchhiker she accidentally runs down with her car.I've long considered Creepshow 2 a disappointment, but having just given it another watch—the first in many years—I've changed my opinion somewhat: the film has its flaws, for sure, but the positives definitely outweigh the negatives, and although it may be a long way from the greatness of the original, its heaps better than Creepshow 3, and in my humble pinion, preferable to recent over-hyped anthology Trick 'r Treat.The film's weaknesses lie primarily in the lacklustre wraparound tale that turns from live action into horrendous animation (in a style reminiscent of The Care Bears TV series), and the feeble first story, which suffers from an overdose of Spielbergian sentiment and a weak payoff; the remaining two stories, however are much more satisfying, and as Meatloaf would say 'two out of three ain't bad'.The Raft's simple plot (based on a Stephen King short story) provides plenty of shocks and suspense, some eye-candy for both sexes (I found Jeremy 'I'm a girl despite my name' Green to be particularly hot), and an excellent surprise ending, whilst The Hitchhiker is non-stop heart pounding stuff thanks to a great performance from Lois Chiles and a very memorable relentless and mangled 'monster'.Two out of three decent stories equals a rating of 6.5 out of 10, which gets rounded up to 7 for IMDb..
For the sequel Michael Gornick takes the helm in what is obviously a lower budget film and only contains 3 stories - "Old Chief Woodenhead", "The Raft" and best of all, in my opinion, "The Hitchhiker", wrapped around by a fun animated Creep.
Although the film does not quite live up to the original it is still a good, solid, and - importantly - fun anthology, A great companion to Creepshow..
This one was instead given to cinematographer Michael Gornick who had worked with Romero on the original "Creepshow" and "Day of the Dead" and this was the only real film he ever did other then directing TV episodes.
The second segment deals with four teenagers who swim out to a wooden raft at a secluded lake, only to be devoured by what looks like a bunch of trash bags sewn together.
A weak sequel directed by the first film's cinematographer and written by George Romero, based on stories by Stephen King.
There are only three stories in this film, all based on stories by Stephen King: a wooden Indian statue seeks revenge for the death of his owners, four college students are terrorized in the middle of a lake by a mysterious black ooze, and a woman is tormented when she kills a hitchhiker in an accident.
While the stories are entertaining, this movie isn't quite as good as the original.While all three stories are based on tales by Stephen King, the actual screenplay was written by George Romero (who gave up directing duties this time around), and it shows.
The first story is called "Old Chief Wooden'head" tells a modern supernatural western revenge tale in which two old small town general store owners named Ray and Martha Spruce (George Kennedy and Dorothy Lamour) are offered a deal by a rich Native American of special jewelery which can offer them a good future if his tribe can pay back, unfortunately three hoodlums murder them and the store's wooden Indian comes alive as it seeks revenge.
Sure Romero didn't direct this one but luckily he wrote the screenplay with stories that were originally intended for the first movie from Stephen King but never got made.
"Cheif Woodenhead" is good but predictable and weak despite it's rubbery non-realistic wooden Indian and "The Hitcher" is an unforgettable story especially for it's evil Hitchhiker zombie or ghost that speaks it's memorable quote "Thanks for the Ride Lady".
"Cat" came back for "Tales From the Darkside: The Movie" and is the most memorable part of that film.The first story in "Creepshow 2" is the worst, involving a wooden Indian statue getting revenge on some thieves who steal the tribe's treasure.
The effects on making the actor look like wood are very, very good but seem wasted in such a segment.The second story, "The Raft", had been recommended to me by a friend who is a horror aficionado and grew up with this movie.
"Creepshow 2" is a decent enough anthology series that's got it's own set of flaws.**SPOILERS**Waiting to see the new Creepshow comic book, young Billy, (Domenick John) arrives when The Creep, (Tom Savini) drops them off and begins leafing through the book, reading three stories.The Good Stor(ies): Old Chief Wood'nhead-Running a general store in a drying up town, Ray Spruce, (George Kennedy) and Martha Spruce, (Dorothy Lamour) are presented with a special gift for their services.
Waiting to see the new Creepshow comic book, a young boy arrives when The Creep drops them off and begins leafing through the book, reading three stories.The Good Stor(ies): Old Chief Wood'nhead-Running a general store in a drying up town, a man and his wife are presented with a special gift for their services.
Episode #8 of Lionheart490's IMDb Movie ReviewsI am a fan of the original 1982 horror anthology film, Creepshow.
However, the thing that really makes Creepshow 2 not as good as the original Creepshow is the fact that the stories in Creepshow 2 are not as nearly as interesting as in the first film.
Romero (The "Dead" Series, The Crazies, Martin) wrote the screenplay to present three short stories from novelist Stephen King.In the first tale "Ol'Chief Wooden Head" is about a store senior owner (Oscar-Winner:George Kennedy) and his wife (Dorothy Lamour) are living in a dying desert town.
The owner's wooden Indian comes back to life for revenge.In the second tale "The Raft" is about a group of young college kids (Paul Satterfield, Page Hannah, Daniel Beer and Jeremy Green) decides to take an vacation at a secluded lake that turns into a living nightmare.In the third tale "The Hitchhiker" is about a cheating wife (Lois Chiles), who's late from going home.
she finds herself stalked by the dead hitchhiker.Directed by Michael Gornick (Who's best know for shooting some of Romero's best films like "Dawn of the Dead", "Creepshow" and "Knightriders") made an watchable sequel to the cult classic 1982 original.
I liked the first creepshow it was scary had dark humor,and had ironic moments.My friend told me that there was a sequel and he said don't watch it it's not worth your time.I didn't listen to him and I still watched it but I hate to say he was right.the first few problems with this movie is that they ignored almost the entire concept it's a children comic book it was a little sick but it was because boys have a tendency to like those sort of things at that age of the continuing protagonist they like reading things based on monsters.they including far too many adulatory scenes like taking drugs,and even a few breast shots little boys would be smart enough not to read comic books that contain pornography while riding around on their bikes.the animated sequences were to serve little purpose to the stories the reason why they had made it to a cartoon form unlike what the original did was to imply that it took place in the comics and that why it was all extended because they couldn't afford no big time actors.although it looks rather nice it doesn't fit in with the overall tone of these stories,the subplot is not interesting and it tones down the content unbelievably.As a sequel to the first movie it's very disappointing the acting was dreadful the 3 stories were nicely written i thought.but this wasn't as strong as the original..
This movie here isn't anything ground breaking but I thought the stories were fairly good even if Romero's screenplay lets some of the stuff run on way too long.
George Kennedy owns a general store and after he gets killed, his wooden Indian comes alive to seek revenge!The Hitchhiker is fun, but not overly satisfying.Creepshow 1 was better made but 2 is still mindless fun.**/****.
The only reason I wanted to see this movie is because it looked like a fun, old horror flick that had a lot of cheesy gore in it.
Only one of them, the second tale "The Raft", has been published in a Kingbook before (Skeleton Crew)but the other two, "Old Chief Wood'nhead" & "The Hitchhiker" are unpublished stories or more like storylines provided by King.
"The Raft" a short story by Stephen King is liked if you enjoy a good time.
"The Raft" a short story by Stephen King is liked if you enjoy a good time.
While, 'Creepshow 2' directed by Michael Gornick is not the scariest movie out there, based upon the short stories by author Stephen King.
Without spoiling, too much of the scares, like the original horror movie, 'Creepshow 2', was supposed to have, five short stories adapted from author Stephen King, being told, during the course of the film.