CREEPSHOW (the movies) poll

Need to re-watch the first one, at least, some day. Can't promise I won't stop it before "They're Creeping Up On You" comes on, which might get my vote right now as it is indeed the, er, creepiest.

Don't remember the second film too well. "The Raft" remains a nasty thing in short story form, though; how faithful is the adaptation?

Pretty faithful, though am I totally wrong that the short story version had some vague homoeroticism between Cisco and Pancho?

"This is Upson Pratt! THE Upson Pratt!! I've got BUGS!!!"

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Not recalling offhand, but reason enough for a re-read!

Recalling that the E.G. Marshall character was named Upson Pratt might just seal my vote.

God, I loved these as a kid. I'm erring towards 'They're Creeping Up On You' though 'Father's Day' was a lot of fun and 'Something To Tide You Over' deeply creeped me out back in the day. I remember 2 as being fairly solid but generally not as good, and I never saw 3.

..Tide is especially good when you know how legit stoned Danson was during a big chunk of it. Then he and Nielsen were both *escorted from an aeroplane* because of a fart machine the latter was carrying..

https://www.avclub.com/ted-danson-on-fargo-damages-cheers-and-leslie-nielse-1798287354

The Raft scared the crap out of me as a kid, and I've now watched part 1 so many times I'm pretty burned out on it, so that.

For years, I only knew Creepshow through "They're Creeping Up" because the rest of the movie had been recorded over on one of my parents' HBO tapes. That story and the last minute of "The Crate." But the combination of the roaches and the voodoo doll and the closing credits theme made it one of my personal flying dutchmen until I convinced my parents to let me buy the VHS from Best Buy when I was in fifth or sixth grade.

The Crate scared the crap out me as a little kid.

Yeah, even just the last shot of the eyes in the water was enough to make me wonder what the hell kind of segment that could've been

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Not sure if I forgot to vote or went for 'Tide' in the end, but surprised that 'Creeping' only ended up with one vote.

Same. I forgot to vote but Creeping would have been mine.

Ultimately I voted “Fathers Day.” Just nails the aesthetic, themes and has the coolest corpse

Good to see Jordy Verrill getting shut out. Stick to writing, King!

Would probably have voted for "The Raft." Saw Creepshow 2 in theaters after seeing the first one on video and "The Raft" was a very good adaptation of a story that scared the hell out of me in print.