Creepshow III

[bryantburnette]

Not sure where to post this, so I'll post it here.

I finally got around to watching Creepshow III yesterday. Boy, is that a piece of crap. Not that I expected anything better; I didn't. But it's a constant marvel to me just HOW lousy some of these rip-off "sequels" to King movies are.

My question -- which I am posting in the passive-aggressive hope that Ms. Mod might have some info she'd be willing to share with us all (although I suspect I am doomed to disappointment on that score) -- is this: how in THE HELL did Taurus Entertainment get the rights to make a Creepshow movie? I know rights issues can be labyrinthine in Hollywood, but ... but ... the company that made the Dawn of the Dead "sequel"?!?

Anyways, my gut -- which is of Buddha-like proportions, and therefore wise -- tells me that there's probably a distasteful story of some sort here ... so my gut probably also tells me that that story is unlikely to be repeated here. But any info at all would be appreciated as it is currently a complete mystery to me.

By the way ... any of the rest of you seen the movie? Or am I the only poor soul determined enough to have suffered through it?

[Moderator]

My understanding is that Steve didn't hold the film rights at that point and since it wasn't his work that was being adapted, the film rights could be sold to the producers of Creepshow 3 without his input.

[Bev Vincent]

As it happens, I write about Crrepshow, Creepshow 2 and Creepshow III (they couldn't even keep the numbering scheme consistent!) in Screem issue 25, which has just been released. I "took one for the team" by watching that piece of dreck so no one else has to!

[bryantburnette]

Bev, I'll have to check that out! Thanks for taking the bullet! ;)

I caught one, too; working on a blog post reviewing the movie, and I'm trying to avoid writing 50,000 words about how bad it is. It could easily be done, though.

[bryantburnette]

My understanding is that Steve didn't hold the film rights at that point and since it wasn't his work that was being adapted, the film rights could be sold to the producers of Creepshow 3 without his input.

Yeah, I assumed Mr. King must have not held the rights at that point; thanks for verifying it!

Since this same company also produced a "sequel" and a "remake" of Day of the Dead, I think I may have figured out at least part of the puzzle.

[guido tkp]

too late ! sorry...

hey, i have seen worse...but...that is really not saying much

certainly does little just about as close to zero in adding anything of value to the 'franchise'

[GNTLGNT]

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30800000/CREEPSHOW-3-BY-MRF-horror-movies-30891246-480-320.jpg..."BLARGH!!!...this movie bites the big hot dog!!!....

[GNTLGNT]

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/30800000/CREEPSHOW-3-BY-MRF-horror-movies-30891246-480-320.jpg..."BLARGH!!!...this movie bites the big hot dog!!!....

...OK then, take two...

http://collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Creepshow_3/creepshow_3.jpg..."BLARGH!!!...this movie bites the big hot dog!!!....

[Bev Vincent]

That gratuitous melting shot at the end was the final straw.

The funny thing is that I thought a couple of the installments had potential in the right hands. The one about the kids who think their prof's girlfriend is a robot could have been hilarious, but they went for the stupid gross-out instead. The one about the guy whose radio tells him to do stuff, too, could have been okay. They totally wrecked the one about the guy who arranges to have a call girl come to his place. I *thought* I knew where it was going, which would have been a great idea, but no, just more cheap scares.

[Evil Queen]

No, I have not seen Creepshow III, but I'm not that much into sequels, & C2 was just alright...the only real thrill I got was when Mr. King played a truckdriver, he did pretty darn good too! I would've sworn he was a real truck driver! So maybe I'd only watch CIII just to see how bad it really is.

[bryantburnette]

That gratuitous melting shot at the end was the final straw.

The funny thing is that I thought a couple of the installments had potential in the right hands. The one about the kids who think their prof's girlfriend is a robot could have been hilarious, but they went for the stupid gross-out instead. The one about the guy whose radio tells him to do stuff, too, could have been okay. They totally wrecked the one about the guy who arranges to have a call girl come to his place. I *thought* I knew where it was going, which would have been a great idea, but no, just more cheap scares.

Agreed. Some of the ideas at least seem to have more or less on the same page as the EC tradition from which the movies sprang. There is some common DNA there; then again, bus drivers and orangutans share some DNA, too, and you definitely don't want to ride on an orangutan-driven bus.

[bryantburnette]

So maybe I'd only watch CIII just to see how bad it really is.

Don't do it! Life is too short! :)

I wrote a review of it on my blog; it includes a fairly extensive plot summary, so check that out if you've a mind to.

http://thetruthinsidethelie.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-brief-review-creepshow-iii-aka.html

[guido tkp]

i don't know, burnette...a bus driven by an orangutan ???

that wouldn't be much different than alot of the bus rides i've taken...especially some of those school bus drivers...i still ache, and that was eons ago :wink2:

[Ayko]

As a true friend and fan to Stephen King I must be honest. I can hardly fathom that Stephen King, George Romero, and Laurel Productions could make a Creepshow film without any due credit to the original Amazing Stories and Tales of the Crypt comics. Not one thanks or inspired by. Very unlike Stephen King. In the original film there is no narration only a nice cartoon of a Crypt Keeper like figure but, again without any credit. C2 had the Crypter, not the Crypt Keeper, and although I enjoyed both films, esdpecially the first, you see the results of not standing by your principles. No worries though Mr King, I still love you, like a big brother, of course.
:tongue:

[Ayko]

As a true friend and fan to Stephen King I must be honest. I can hardly fathom that Stephen King, George Romero, and Laurel Productions could make a Creepshow film without any due credit to the original Amazing Stories and Tales of the Crypt comics. Not one thanks or inspired by. Very unlike Stephen King. In the original film there is no narration only a nice cartoon of a Crypt Keeper like figure but, again without any credit. C2 had the Crypter, not the Crypt Keeper, and although I enjoyed both films, esdpecially the first, you see the results of not standing by your principles. No worries though Mr King, I still love you, like a big brother, of course.
:tongue:

Now that I see I mispelled especially and noticed another small error, the proper title is Tales From the Crypt and not of the Crypt.
:blush:
Nobody is perfect. I bet George A Romero, Stephen King, and the whole Creepshow crew were having so much fun making the film that it was just an honest oversight. You can see in the artistic spirit of Creepshow with the Tales From the Crypt Keeper was also having fun resulting in a cult classic. By the way, I too ask...WHERE IS MY FATHERS DAY CAKE!
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4isomJb83eE/T96zX517i3I/AAAAAAAABGc/5YsgB05tcXc/s1600/fATHERSdAY.jpg

[guido tkp]

i don't think there was an oversight: all the press of the day had all of them waxing poetic all over the place...

however...there were/are copywrite issues...

and to do too much runs the chance that some legal baboon will take them and their meager, paltry budget...or worse, that big-time author, to the cleaners

two words george harrison - - - my, sweet lord ! but there's $$ in lawsuits

[Ayko]

i don't think there was an oversight: all the press of the day had all of them waxing poetic all over the place...

however...there were/are copywrite issues...

and to do too much runs the chance that some legal baboon will take them and their meager, paltry budget...or worse, that big-time author, to the cleaners

two words george harrison - - - my, sweet lord ! but there's $$ in lawsuits

Good points. I hadn't looked at it that way before.

[twellwood70]

Sequels can be great, just not as fantastic as the first, they never are. But to do a sequel without the King......a waste.

[Ceefor]

I've not seen Creepshow III... :(

[bryantburnette]

It's godawful. Don't watch it. Do something better with your time.

[Ceefor]

It's godawful. Don't watch it. Do something better with your time.

Oh dear... is it that bad..?

[bryantburnette]

Not to self-publicize here, but...scroll up this thread a bit, find the link to my review of the movie on my blog. Read that review. If you then find yourself saying, "Hey, that doesn't sound too bad...! What's this jerk reviewer's problem?!?" then maybe Creepshow 3 is the movie for you.

But yes. Yes, it IS that bad.

[Bev Vincent]

What he says -- it is wretched. Abysmal.

[Ceefor]

In that case, I'll take both your words for it... :)