FilmRZombie Splatter & Gore Comedy Horror

Creepshow 21987

Name: Creepshow 2
Genre: Zombie, Splatter & Gore, Comedy Horror, Supernatural
Released: 1987-05-01
Rating: 5.7

“When the curtain goes up, the terror begins.”

Directed by Michael Gornick

5.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.0Rotten Tomatoes 36%Metacritic 39TMDB 6.2

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Year

1987

Runtime

92 min

Box Office

Budget

$3,500,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$14,000,000

Domestic

$14,000,000

🏆 1 nomination total

The premise

Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.

Horror Vault's take

Delivered through the wraparound framing of a beloved horror comic, Creepshow 2 serves up three nasty short stories tailor-made for fans who like their scares with a side of dark irony. A wooden cigar-store Indian, a carnivorous lake creature, and a relentless hitchhiker each anchor a tale where terrible deeds invite even more terrible consequences. The anthology format keeps things brisk and unpredictable, shifting tone from creature-feature dread to road-trip nightmare. It's gleefully mean-spirited pulp horror in the EC Comics tradition.

Content: Gore, Graphic Violence, Racist Imagery (Stereotyped Native American Depiction), Jump Scares