Creepshow 2

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Following the success of their 1982 anthology "Creepshow", in 1987 writer Stephen King and director George A. Romero served up a second helping of EC Comics-inspired horror in Creepshow 2, this time opting to co-write the script and handing over directorial duties to Romero's regular cinematographer, Michael Gornick (Martin, Dawn of the Dead, Knightriders, Creepshow, Day of the Dead).

Introduced by The Creep, the first of the film's three stories, "Old Chief Wood'nhead" is the eerie tale of an unlikely avenger, brought to life after a trio of thugs murder two kindly storekeepers during a raid on their store. The bloody vengeance involves arrows, an axe and a very sharp hunting knife, conveniently suited to the "art" of human scalping.

Adapted from a story that appeared in King's "Skeleton Crew" collection, "The Raft" is a grim account of the fate that befalls four libidinous teenagers intent on having some out-of-season fun on the lake at a remote beauty spot. After swimming out to the floating wooden platform on the middle of the lake, the teens spot what appears to be a small oil slick. To their horror, it proves to be a flesh-consuming entity with an insatiable appetite.

In "The Hitchhiker" an adulterous wife, speeding home in her car from a tryst with her lover, knocks down a hitchhiker who refuses to stay dead, instead choosing to terrorize her over and over again.

Featuring gruesomely realistic special effects by Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger, co-founders (with Robert Kurtzman) of the renowned KNB EFX Group, Creepshow 2 stars George Kennedy (TV's Dallas; Cool Hand Luke; the Airport series), Dorothy Lamour (Bob Hope and Bing Crosby's regular co-star in the Road movies), Lois Chiles (The Great Gatsby; Moonraker; TV's Dallas) and Page Hannah (sister of Daryl Hannah and star of Shag and TV's Fame). The film also features cameo appearances by Stephen King and a heavily disguised Tom Savini as The Creep.

Creepshow 2 will be released on DVD by Anchor Bay UK on 21st February 2005.