Hello boils and ghouls. Welcome to a wonderful trip down memory lane amongst ghosts, lake monsters, zombies, scarecrows, and other things that go bump in the night.
I've always enjoyed the "Creepshow" anthologies and have been watching them since around the first one in 1982 - yup, had it on VHS. Oddly enough I wasn't aware of them having resurrected - pardon the pun - the franchise again in 2019. So when I found out, I sat down and binge watched the entire first season in one evening.
First of all, while I can't really claim to be much of a fan of the creep, the host of the anthologies, as he just seems too much of a knock-off clone of the Crypt Keeper, then he is not an essential character to the stories, so he is not that much of a nuisance. Sure, he is there and he is nicely made, but he is no Crypt Keeper, he just lacks that spark and insane laugh.
The stories are of various quality, as it is bound to be with various directors and writers on each individual story. So some of the stories were outright amazing and interesting, while others were more mundane and sort of bland. But hey, that is how it goes with anthologies; not everything can be pure gold.
What amazed me with this 2019 "Creepshow" series was the level of production value and the special effects. But more so than that, it was more impressive with some of the acting talents that they have managed to get to participate in this project. I mean, you have the likes of horror icons Jeffrey Combs and Tobin Bell, but also the likes of Bruce Davison and DJ Qualls. If they keep this up, then the audience will be in for quite a ride. And they have Greg Nicotero and also Tom Savini working on it. Yay!
Yeah, I am a fan and I am enjoying this show, and it has been a fun trip so far, and with season 1 completed and seen, I am more than definitely looking forward to seasons 2 and beyond.
I've always enjoyed the "Creepshow" anthologies and have been watching them since around the first one in 1982 - yup, had it on VHS. Oddly enough I wasn't aware of them having resurrected - pardon the pun - the franchise again in 2019. So when I found out, I sat down and binge watched the entire first season in one evening.
First of all, while I can't really claim to be much of a fan of the creep, the host of the anthologies, as he just seems too much of a knock-off clone of the Crypt Keeper, then he is not an essential character to the stories, so he is not that much of a nuisance. Sure, he is there and he is nicely made, but he is no Crypt Keeper, he just lacks that spark and insane laugh.
The stories are of various quality, as it is bound to be with various directors and writers on each individual story. So some of the stories were outright amazing and interesting, while others were more mundane and sort of bland. But hey, that is how it goes with anthologies; not everything can be pure gold.
What amazed me with this 2019 "Creepshow" series was the level of production value and the special effects. But more so than that, it was more impressive with some of the acting talents that they have managed to get to participate in this project. I mean, you have the likes of horror icons Jeffrey Combs and Tobin Bell, but also the likes of Bruce Davison and DJ Qualls. If they keep this up, then the audience will be in for quite a ride. And they have Greg Nicotero and also Tom Savini working on it. Yay!
Yeah, I am a fan and I am enjoying this show, and it has been a fun trip so far, and with season 1 completed and seen, I am more than definitely looking forward to seasons 2 and beyond.