A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Cover for Stephen King's Creepshow by Jack Kamen. © 1982 Plume Books, an imprint of Penguin Books  In July of 1982, Penguin Books imprint Plume published Stephen King's Creepshow, a graphic novel based on George A. Romero's eponymous horror film, which had premiered in Cannes two months earlier but would not hit theaters for another four months. Written by King and illustrated by the late Bernie Wrightson under his professional nom de plume "Berni Wrightson," Creepshow (like the film it is derived from) is a graphic homage to the horror comics published by EC Comics in the 1950s. The 64-page book presents the same five stories in King's screenplay for the movie, two of which ( The Crate and The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill ) were adaptations of prose stories the author had published in men's magazines in the 1970s ; the other three segments were written specifically for Romero's film. Creepshow's quintet of horror tales consists of: ...

Creepshow (1982) Written by: Stephen King Directed by: George A. Romero Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Carrie Nye, E.G. Marshall, Ted Danson, Hal Holbrook, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Stephen King, Viveca Lindfors On November 12, 1982, nearly six months after its world premiere, Warner Bros. released Creepshow, a horror anthology film featuring five vignettes written by Stephen King and directed by the late George A. Romero ( Night of the Living Dead ). Intended as an homage to the horror-themed comics published by William Gaines' EC Comics - especially Tales from the Crypt - in the 1950s, Creepshow was the first collaboration between the two Masters of Horror and spun off two sequels as well as a comic book scripted by King and illustrated by Berni Wrightson. Though it was produced in the early 1980s, Creepshow deliberately channels the look and storytelling tone of the Eisenhower-era comics that were largely responsible for the creation of the Comics Code Authority and...