Creepshow, My Early Days

[Bryan James]

Even now, 30+ years after moving into this three-acre jungle of a lot, there is a "Dead End" sign placed on the only road headed our way.

That road used to be dirt, but the city repo'd a part that my mom owned, so they could attach all the homes around to City Sewer. They paved the road and no one had exploding septic tanks anymore, so I figure it was a good swap.

It was (and is) still a "dead end" road, so I did not stop and look both ways before crossing the street. Superman "Underoos" was earlier in my personal saga...my light blue ass was probably all over the surrounding neighborhoods, but I crossed the dirt road to get to "Creepshow." There were few kids in the neighborhood, but one family had BOTH a VHS and a Beta-Max, so of course that was the place to hang.

Early one Fall, the first cool breeze in the air, the smell of wood cut by a chainsaw, Halloween anticipated, I don't know...and I don't know when, but I saw Creepshow.

I was the oldest of the five(?) kids in the neighborhood, and we pretty much watched it every day for a year. Well, after Transformers and G.I. Joe, or The Brady Bunch...whatever was on after school.

Sonofabeach, that seems like last week.

BJS

[Mr. Palmer]

I have extremely fond memories of this film, too.

My dad took me to see it when it was in the theater. And my grandfather bought me the comic book.

During the early 80s we didn't have a VCR. But one of my friends did and, yes, one of the VHS tapes he owned was CREEPSHOW. I can still remember that nifty clamshell box.

We watched that and ANIMAL HOUSE to death!

Ah, nostalgia...

[fushingfeef]

This movie started my love of home theater. I was walking down the hall in 9th grade and I heard this unearthly scream coming from the A/V club room. I peeked inside the doorway just in time to see "Fluffy" (the crate monster) raking his claws over a man's face!

From that point on, I was obsessed with home video and later home theater. I was already obsessed with horror and Stephen King!

[Jake Featherston]

We were poor (Hell, still are), and I didn't get my first VCR until 1993. Had to buy it myself at age 22. Back in 2000, I got the first ever DVD player that sold for under $100. It was made by GE, and still works perfectly to this day, despite getting some heavy use (come to think of it, my VCR didn't break until about 2004, so I'm only on my second one of those, although it rarely gets used; I mainly own it so I can watch "Blood Diner"). Of course, it only cost me $25, instead of $150, like the first one.

My best friend's dad got a VCR in like 1978, and it was one of those monsters that weighed like 50 pounds, and you put the tape in via a spring-loaded door that opened up at the top; the carriage for the cassette would pop up about six inches, and you'd slide the tape into it, and then push it back down into the main player. It cost like $800.

My local video store doesn't even carry "Creepshow." Would you believe my 41-year old wife has never seen it? We now owe such a sum in late fees at that store, that I'm pretty sure we won't be going back there ever again, alas.