In 1987 Creepshow came back with three new jolting tales of Horror hosted by none other than The Creep. This issue contains the stories ‘Old Chief Woodn'Head’, ‘The Raft’ and ‘The Hitch-Hiker’ and includes a wrap-around tale with Billy and The Creep once again.
Continually switching from animation to live-action, Creepshow 2 brings the EC comics to life and is guarantied to leave you on the edge of your seat.
Creepshow 2 was written by Stephen King and George Romero (the creator’s of the original) and directed by Michael Gornick. Starring a terrifying cast and effects by the early KNB FX group, Creepshow 2 is good to the last gasp!
Old Chief Wood'nHead is the first story in this creepy concoction. It features an elderly married couple (played by George Kennedy and Dorothy Lamour) who struggle to manage a general goods store in a decaying southwestern town. A human-size cigar store wooden Indian known as Old Chief Wood'nHead adorns the front step. The couple is later the subject of a brutal robbery that ends in the murder of them both, thanks to three hoodlums. The hoodlums flee the scene and plan to meet back with each other later that night for a trip to Hollywood. However their plan is cut short when Old Chief Wood'nHead awakens from his pedestal and sets out to exact revenge on them for the murder of his owners.
This story was previously scripted to be in the original Creepshow, but then was eventually chosen to be in Creepshow 2.
Four attractive college students decide to go swimming in a desolate lake far away from civilization. As they make their way to a dock in the middle of the water, they realize that they are not alone when a black monstrous blob appears with only one thing on its mind: eating. The blob manages to consume each person one by one, the last one almost having made it to escape, only to be eaten on shore."The Raft" was previously a short story by Stephen King, published in his collection Skeleton Crew. King was also the writer behind all of the stories in the original Creepshow.
Devious Annie Lansing (Lois Chiles) is sitting in bed with her extramarital lover, who she pays for sex. Realizing that she has to get home before her wealthy attorney husband to avoid suspicion, she hops into her Mercedes-Benz and makes way for home. On the way, she kills an innocent hitch-hiker (Tom Wright) through accidental speeding. With no witnesses, Annie takes off without much thought, only to find herself being plagued by visions of the man she just killed, who keeps saying "Thanks for the ride, lady." These visions only get progressively more terrifying as she realizes that he will not stop haunting her. Later, her corpse is found with the hitch-hiker's "Dover" sign hung around her neck.
Stephen King makes a cameo appearance as a truck driver in this story. Stephen King also played Jordy Verrill in the original Creepshow.
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