Truer to the first one and its sequel than the last 2 or 3 anthology movies. Like the first two there are the hits and the misses. Episode 3 both segments seemed pretty good. Episode 1 story 2 was good, the first part wasn't, which had Stephen King as a writer on it. Not surprising since he hasn't written anything of worth or value since the 80s. Turns out Cocaine makes you creative.
The problem with this one as a fan of the first two films, is that the comic book callbacks are few and far between also seems like a sloppy bookend. The reason why this is an issue is because, it seems like there isn't a reason why these are "Creepshow" stories. They seem more like shorts that Shudder bought, like Millcreek used to do and put them on a dvd 12 for $5 at Walmart. Grey Matter, while I didn't like the story, and was King's input, did properly pay homage and used the comic book inspiration in a very clever way. The werewolf episode uses it cleverly too to get around budget constraints.
Over all, I think this brings back some dignity in this campy franchise. After 3 and 4 (I can't remember if there was a 5th one) darn near destroyed it. This is a very dangerous way to do this show, I think the 6 episodes per season with a healthy down time to cultivate good stories, can work well. BUT if you start spitting these out like an assembly line it will die quickly. I just wished the horror host had more of an actual role. Not Tales of the Crypt, but more like his role in the first two. Needless to say, I'm intrigued to see how this plays out.
The problem with this one as a fan of the first two films, is that the comic book callbacks are few and far between also seems like a sloppy bookend. The reason why this is an issue is because, it seems like there isn't a reason why these are "Creepshow" stories. They seem more like shorts that Shudder bought, like Millcreek used to do and put them on a dvd 12 for $5 at Walmart. Grey Matter, while I didn't like the story, and was King's input, did properly pay homage and used the comic book inspiration in a very clever way. The werewolf episode uses it cleverly too to get around budget constraints.
Over all, I think this brings back some dignity in this campy franchise. After 3 and 4 (I can't remember if there was a 5th one) darn near destroyed it. This is a very dangerous way to do this show, I think the 6 episodes per season with a healthy down time to cultivate good stories, can work well. BUT if you start spitting these out like an assembly line it will die quickly. I just wished the horror host had more of an actual role. Not Tales of the Crypt, but more like his role in the first two. Needless to say, I'm intrigued to see how this plays out.