Creepshow 2
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Michael Gornick |
| Produced by | David Ball |
| Screenplay by |
George A. Romero Lucille Fletcher (uncredited) |
| Based on | Stories by Stephen King |
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| Music by |
Les Reed Rick Wakeman |
| Cinematography | Richard Hart Tom Hurwitz |
| Edited by | Peter Weatherley |
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| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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Release date
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May 1, 1987 |
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Running time
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92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3.5 million |
| Box office | $14 million |
Creepshow 2 is a 1987 American live-action/animated horror comedy anthology film directed by Michael Gornick, and the sequel to Creepshow. Gornick was previously the cinematographer of the first film, and the screenplay was written by Romero who was director of the original film. It was once again based upon stories by Stephen King, and features three more horror segments consisting of Old Chief Wooden Head, The Raft, and The Hitchhiker.
Unlike the first film, Creepshow 2 only contains three stories instead of 5. Originally two more stories consisted of Pinfall and Cat from Hell were set to appear in the film, but were scrapped due to budgetary reasons; the latter, however, has been filmed for Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. Creepshow 2 was followed by a sequel in 2006—which had no involvement from Stephen King or George Romero—titled Creepshow 3. The film was also Dorothy Lamour's last film before her death in 1996.
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.
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.
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