by Starz / Anchor Bay
Sales Rank: 32759
Price: $9.99
What is it about hitchhikers that makes them such a sure-fire bet for horror? This question is addressed in the final segment of <I>Creepshow 2</I>, another Stephen King-George Romero collaboration. "The Hitchhiker" is the simplest and best of the three tales on display here, with Lois Chiles as a cheating wife who just can't seem to get rid of a hitchhiker no matter how hard she tries. The collection gets off to a slow start with "Old Chief Wood'n Head," a sleepy story of Native American justice. "The Raft" is a passable teens-in-peril number, but it worked better on the page than on screen. Romero adapted the King stories but emphatically did not direct, which accounts for the drop-off from the kicky fun of the first <I>Creepshow</I>. King appears as a dimwitted truck driver--a foreshadowing of <I>Maximum Overdrive</I>? In any case, this one's for diehard fans only. <I>--Robert Horton</I>
Viewer Reviews Creepshow was a howling horror classic. With a great set of stories, and fun twists in the story lines. The animation in this second film set the bar much lower than the first. It is only the first let down among the many revealed in the stories told. These stories could be considered the story lines rejected for the first film. All of them are below the standard of the first. If you are looking for an equal to the first Creepshow you will be disappointed. If you expect less it may be entertaining to see... once. I have seen loads of crap DVD's so it still gets 3 stars.
