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Movie Review: 'Creepshow'

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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...