CBB Presents The Bear Cave of Terror - Ep. 13 - Creepshow

What two names bring to mind horror in the 80s? If you said Stephen King and George Romero, you're probably familiar with this episode's subject, their 1982 film collaboration, CREEPSHOW! Bringing the cinematic team-up of director Romero and writer King with him into the cave isnone other than Ken Creamer ,of Sixty Seconds of Stephen. We talk about how the anthology film harkens back to the old EC Comics, like Tales from the Crypt and the Vault of Horror, that inspired it, with dark humor and morality tales with a terror-inducing twist. These 5 vignettes and the bookend story shine with their great cast, clever writing, comic book-influenced visuals, and fantastic, albeit sometimes gory, practical special effects. When an angry father tosses his kid's horror comic in the trash, the spectral storyteller within brings to life stories of a hellish corpse seeking cake, murdered lovers taking watery revenge on their killer, a meteor spreading cosmic vegetation, and more, featuring Hal Holbrook, Ted Danson, Leslie Nielson, EG Marshall, Adrienne Barbeau, and even Stephen King himself! We chat about behind the scenes stories of the cast and crew, and of course, thousands of Caribbean cockroaches! What's your favorite horror tale from the film?

Additional Resources for this episode:

"On the Set of Creepshow: Part One" by Bob Martin, Fangoria # 18 April 1982, pp 16-19

"On the Set of Creepshow Part Two" by Bob Martin, Fangoria # 19 May 1982 pp 21-24

"On (and off) the Set of Creepshow: Tom Savini at Work; Stephen King at Home" by Bob Martin, Fangoria # 20 July 1982 p40-43

Just Desserts: The Making of Creepshow (2007) dir. Michael Felsher, produced by Red Shirt Pictures