Creepshow
The most fun you'll ever have BEING SCARED!
Rating: 6.9 out of 10TMDB(1.2K votes)
Overview
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $21M worldwide, about 2.6 times its $8M budget
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Based on
Based on The Crate and Weeds
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Filming locations
Filmed in Pittsburgh and New Jersey
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Setting
Set in Pittsburgh
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Sequels
Followed by Creepshow 2
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Collection
Part of Creepshow Collection
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Music
Music by John Harrison
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Michael Gornick
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Stephen KingScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 10, 1982
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $8M
- Revenue
- $21M
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- Creepshow Collection
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In the United States
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Cast
Hal HolbrookHenry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Adrienne BarbeauWilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Fritz WeaverDexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Leslie NielsenRichard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Carrie NyeSylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
E.G. MarshallUpson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
Viveca LindforsAunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day")
Ed HarrisHank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
Ted DansonHarry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Stephen KingJordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")
Warner ShookRichard Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
Gaylen RossBecky Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Jon LormerNathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
Bingo O'MalleyJordy's Dad / Cameos
John AmplasNathan's Corpse (segment "Father's Day")
David EarlyWhite (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")- Iva Jean SaraceniBilly's Mother (segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue")
Christine ForrestTabitha Raymond (segment "The Crate")
Tom SaviniGarbage Man #2 (segment "Epilogue")
Tom AtkinsStan (segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue") (uncredited)
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