CREEPSHOW (the movies) poll

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It's crazy to me I haven't polled the stories in the first two Creepshow movies (the third one is not canon in the slightest, and I don't count the Tales from the Darkside: The Movie stories either, sorry 'bout it).

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
Something to Tide You Over 3
The Crate 3
Father's Day 2
The Raft 2
They're Creeping Up On You 1
Wraparound: Venus Fly-trap Trap 0
The Hitch-hiker 0
Old Chief Wood'nhead 0
Wraparound: Voodoo Doll Revenge 0
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill 0
Screw eligibility, I'm voting "other" 0


fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 15 May 2023 15:23 (two years ago)

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?

niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 May 2023 15:32 (two years ago)

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

fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 15 May 2023 15:35 (two years ago)

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

Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 15 May 2023 15:37 (two years ago)

xpost

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

niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 May 2023 15:57 (two years ago)

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

niall horanburger (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 May 2023 15:59 (two years ago)

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.

emil.y, Monday, 15 May 2023 16:55 (two years ago)

..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

piscesx, Monday, 15 May 2023 21:34 (two years ago)

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.

Judi Dench's Human Hand (methanietanner), Monday, 15 May 2023 21:56 (two years ago)

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.

fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 14:04 (two years ago)

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

(•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 14:07 (two years ago)

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

fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 May 2023 14:11 (two years ago)

one month passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Sunday, 2 July 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Monday, 3 July 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

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

emil.y, Monday, 3 July 2023 15:45 (two years ago)

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

Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 3 July 2023 17:05 (two years ago)

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

fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Monday, 3 July 2023 19:56 (two years ago)

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

henry s, Monday, 3 July 2023 20:07 (two years ago)

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.

but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 3 July 2023 20:16 (two years ago)


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