It’s a very tongue-in-cheek tribute to EC horror comics from the 50’s ( Tales from the Crypt and the like), and it’s a fun way to pass an evening, but nothing special -there’s something missing, for me, and this is really only for super-fans of either King, Romero, or Wrightson. It’s just not my kind of humor at all, but I suppose it’s part of the campy, early 80’s charm of this franchise-the movie is one of the cheesy it’s-so-bad-it’s-actually-kinda-fun variety, and I’m a little disappointed they did not include my favorite line -“METEOR SHIT!“. The framing device is provided by a goulish narrator who’s full of really bad puns he was my least favorite part. It’s been years since I’ve seen the movie, and it was quiet nostalgic for me to go back and revisit it-the stories are very true to the source material, as I recall.
If I had to choose, my least favorite is The Crate, and my favorite Something to Tide You Over, with They’re Creeping Up On You as a second. With the exception of poor Jordy and the janitor in The Crate (which incidentally happen to be the two stories based on earlier King shorts), everyone deserves what’s coming for them -I suppose karma is the common denominator in these. The illustrations are great, especially the monsters and creatures, which I’d say are Wrightson’s forte. Two of them are based on earlier short stories by King (which remain uncollected to this day), while the other three were written specifically for the movie. Stephen King meets George Romero meets Bernie Wrightson of Swamp Thing fame for the comic adaptation of the cult horror anthology movie, and contains all five stories: Father’s Day, The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill, Something to Tide You Over, The Crate, and They’re Creeping Up On You.
I was so happy when I read this was back in print-I almost dropped a lot of money on an original issue on ebay some years back, so this was an instant pre-order.
Illustrators: Bernie Wrightson & Michele Wrightson, cover by Jack Kamen
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