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Title: Stephen King's Creepshow: A George Romero Film by Stephen King, Berni Wrightson, Michele Wrightson ISBN: 0-452-25380-2 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: September, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting format for a King story collection.
Comment: This is a comic book version of the screenplay based on Stephen King stories. The drawing and story included in the book hold true to the movie and the plots of the different stories included. King's love of the macabre and unusual twists comes through even in the abbreviated version of these stories.
If you like the movie, then this book is a must have for any King fan.
Rating: 4
Summary: Okay, but I was really expecting great art from Wrightson
Comment: The conceit of "Stephen King's Creepshow," the 1982 horror anthology film directed by George A. Romero, was that these were the stories in a horror comic book. The implicit homage was to the great E.C. horror titles of the 1950s (remember this is before "Tales from the Crypt" popped up on cable TV), an idea reinforced by the fact former E.C. artist Jack Kamen did the cover art for this graphic novel version of the film that was based on a comic book. The chief attraction here for me was not that Stephen King wrote these stories, but rather than Berni Wrightson was the artist for the five adaptations collected in this volume. That is why I bothered to pick this book up in the first place; I had seen the movie and while it was fun it was nothing special. "The Crate" was the best episode of the bunch and "Something to Tide You Over" had some nice moments. But I had the illustrated version of "Frankenstein" that Wrightson did and a toney table top book "The Studio" that featured his artwork along with another favorite, Barry Windsor-Smith. This is why I was really expecting something special and why I was rather disappointed with this volume, because I do not think Wrightson delivers his best work. Part of the problem might be the coloring, which I believe was done by Michelle Wrightson, but for the most part it seems clear that that these five stories are no where near the artist's best work. Again, I think "The Crate" is probably the best of the bunch (although I really thought this was where Wrightson would go to town with the monster) and "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" is halfway decent (even offering echoes of the Swamp Thing). "Father's Day" and "They're Creeping Up on You" are the first and last stories in the book and neither is an improvement on the original film stories. Stephen King has done better and so, in case you are missing the thesis of my review, has Bernie Wrightson.
Rating: 5
Summary: CREEPSHOW-One of king's best works
Comment: I've read alot of Stephen King's novels. But I've found CREEPSHOW
to be one of his best works. I rented it from the local library & am waiting to own a copy soon.
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Title: Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King, Jon Land ISBN: 0451822196 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: April, 1985 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques by f-stop Fitzgerald, Stephen King ISBN: 0670823074 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: October, 1988 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror With Stephen King by Tim Underwood, Stephen King, King Underwood ISBN: 0446390577 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title:Creepshow 2 ASIN: B0000509C4 Publisher: Anchor Bay Entertainment Pub. Date: 26 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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Title:Creepshow ASIN: 0790744295 Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $8.99 |
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