i might not be a huge admirer of the original creepshow and but it trashy sequel make that anthology look like perfection . and to think i be go into this expect to like this one more . five year after it predecessor and george romero get back on board the ec comic style trail and on this outing pen the screenplay for steve king three story . though and the direction be hand off to michael gornick . the film mostly falter in that aspect with uneven brush by gornick . but most of the blame would have to go to romero dreadfully static and unbearably cringe like script ( especially in those dialogue stream through the first and final story ) . moralistic message ( that come from mostly a sour bunch of character ) simply take over the black humour . oh it be painful and the same can be say about the lively rotten music score accompany the picture . loosely link the three tale ( old chief woodenhead and the raft and the hitchhiker ) together be a mildly curious and effective wraparound story do in nostalgia ( 80 ) animation form . i rather like this segment and the wisecracking creep character be a glowing light . # the first story old chief woodenhead see two elderly proprietor ( george kennedy and dorothy lamour ) of a general store in a die native community and dead river . get robbed and eventually kill by a couple of punk die to live it up in hollywood . in front of the store be a wooden statue of an indian chief that come to live to avenge their death . listen to george kennedy waffle . and waffle on for 10 minute about how he commit to his great community . what a nice touchy feely time . well and just like kennedy speech and this be one monotonously colourless and overdrawn item that never make good of a fine premise . the overbear script be plain inane and the performance be suitably so . these two factor really add to my headache . when the indian come alive and turn avenger and the goon meet a very quick ( though grisly ) death in the proper fashion . the effect be commendably do and but what about that free flow hair . how could hollywood knock that lock of hair back . ugh . # second story the raft follow a group of dope smoking and yahoo teen head up to a secluded lake . after swim to the raft in the middle of the lake and they get trap on the platform because of an ominous look creature lurking in the water . now this be much good and much good . what start of a your basic teen run afoul turn into a mysteriously creepy set up that full of tight and claustrophobic tension . and it doesn not even cop out on the flash of nudity or spiteful splatter . quite morbid it be and that go for it sense of humour too . the surprisingly ironic end have a beautiful touch to it . the performance from the nobody be acceptable without make a huge mark . gornick direction stick to the nasty and rather gooey side . while and the alarm music score on this occasion press the right chord . the sludge like creature in the lake ( like many have mention ) look like an icky black tarpaulin ( yeah youre reading that right . ) float on the water . # finally number three concludes with the hitchhiker . a wealthy and but sexually lacking woman be on her way back home after be with her male gigolo and but she be run late . thinking of some idea to explain for her lateness if need and she skid off the road and accidentally hit a hitchhiker . instead of check or get help and she drive off in the hope get home before her husband . soon enough she be terrorise by the mangled corpse of the dead hitchhiker . not awful and but i really do not get into this laughably ludicrous exercise at all . compare to the first two this one be so different in tone and try to tickle the funny bone instead . lois chile be okay in the lead role and but that constant assuring and the little conversation she have with herself become pitifully aggravate and downright tire . the vivid make up effect be well display and drip with vision . when she hit the hitchhiker that when it become hectic and cheesy and over the top in it execution . from there onwards we endlessly hear our supposedly dead hitchhiker repeat and repeat and repeat the line and thanks for the ride lady . this happen every time she decide to run over him . have a little courtesy for the dead darling . in all and the second short story the raft and the unpleasantly and well conceived effect be what lift this extremely inferior sequel .