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.
Practical Effects
Tom Savini's creature work still outshines most modern CGI.
Production
Comic book panels and colors bleed into live action perfectly.
Acting
Leslie Nielsen's unhinged villainy before Airplane! typecast him.
Director
George A. Romero
Hal Holbrook
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Adrienne Barbeau
Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Fritz Weaver
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Leslie Nielsen
Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Carrie Nye
Sylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
E.G. Marshall
Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
Viveca Lindfors
Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day")
Ed Harris
Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
Ted Danson
Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Stephen King
Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")
Warner Shook
Richard Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
Gaylen Ross
Becky Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Jon Lormer
Nathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
Bingo O'Malley
Jordy's Dad / Cameos
John Amplas
Nathan's Corpse (segment "Father's Day")
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Romero and King created this as a love letter to EC Comics, which were banned in the 1950s for 'corrupting' youth—this was their middle finger to the censors.
The 'fluffy' creature in 'The Crate' was nicknamed 'Fluffy' on set, but Stephen King originally imagined something far more Lovecraftian before budget constraints intervened.
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