#cutting costs! 👍 he would love halloween though

[quirinah]

What do you think Rantaro, Kirimaru and Shinbei would dress up as for Halloween?

my incredibly unoriginal answer(s):

my slightly less unoriginal answer: i think kirimaru would diy his costume so something simple. like a devil or something. shinbei is either a vampire or like an animal kigurumi probably??? i like ghost rantarou though

[awesomephd]

Watching Through My Collection: Day 1/36

Creepshow (1982)

Day 2

So for a challenge to myself and motivation to put a dent in the frankly absurd amount of horror movies I own that I haven't seen, I've decided to spin a wheel and watch one random movie every night from my birthday to Halloween and post about them.

I know there's a big chance that a lot of them will be very obscure and niche despite starting off with one as well-known as Creepshow, so most will probably be a lot shorter than this one. I'll keep them mostly under a cut, still.

CW: bugs, body horror, and drowning

I'll start off with saying that I think it's a little ironic that I've honestly had very little interaction with Creepshow or any Tales From The Crypt media before my 27th birthday- especially since I did read my fair share of actual horror-related comics! (My mother had old DC comics including Stanley and His Monster and I even got my hands on a couple printings of Plop! as a kid.) Though, while I was looking up stuff about Creepshow, I unlocked some very old memories of having seen Creepshow 2 once before, so I'm at least familiar with the idea of it.

Knowing it was written by Stephen King and finding out partway into the movie that it was made with George A. Romero and Tom Savini too, really made the experience for me.

The movie really has a ton of fun with the comic inspiration, playing with colorful lighting everywhere and fun backgrounds to highlight cuts just goes hand-in-hand with the pulpy comic writing of the horror.

Father's Day

The first segment of the movie is simultaneously the worst story and the best setup for the mood going forward, imo. It's truly a story of death and murder for the sake of getting to do it and I salute them for it. o7

The characters are all kinda dumb and the only one you really even feel a slip of sympathy for is killed first. It's an honestly boring first half followed by a weird ending with some fun and wild visuals.

So a perfect horror comic short story!

The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill

Finding out that part of the direction Stephen King was given for this bit was to act like Wile E. Coyote just noticing he walked off a cliff elevated this whole bit to camp. He's a toony country bumpkin with toony sci-fi horror problems and I honestly loved the plant growing effects and makeup- even if apparently Stephen King was so allergic to the makeup he had to be on constant medication and given shots!

He also kept a figure of Greedo in his pocket and kept trying to play pranks with the makeup effects like trying to surprise his daughter with a ton of cuts and bruises and taking his son out to lunch with fx makeup done. Love that for him.

Something to Tide You Over

I'm already of the camp that Leslie Nielsen and Ted Danson are actors that would have a hard time not being the best part of anything they're in and I stand by that still.

The whole drowning in high-tide killing plot is also a ton of fun too, so I just had tons of fun with this one the whole way through.

Also, apparently Leslie Nielsen had a fart machine in his pocket during rehearsals and would crack everyone up with fart noises before scenes and shit which just highlights how good the serious acting is and makes it more impressive.

The Crate

Starring Tom Savini's first ever animatronic effect nicknamed Fluffy!

I'd call this the more usual plot in horror short stories. Some decent tension and raising stakes and a climax where the most insufferable person finally gets shut up by getting merc'd by the monster! And what a monster he is.

Very Good Boy 11/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

They're Creeping Up on You!

Despite every other segment's great makeup effects, this one was the most expensive part of the movie! The sheer amount of cockroaches cost them thousands of dollars to get. Money well spent, the hoard of bugs did exactly what they were meant to do. 👍

I love them and they were wonderful actors.