“The most fun you'll ever have BEING SCARED!”
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
Where to Watch
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Cast & Crew
Hal Holbrook
Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Adrienne Barbeau
Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate")
Fritz Weaver
Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate")
Leslie Nielsen
Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Carrie Nye
Sylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
E.G. Marshall
Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
Viveca Lindfors
Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day")
Ed Harris
Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day")
Ted Danson
Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Stephen King
Jordy Verrill (segment "The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill")
Warner Shook
Richard Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
Gaylen Ross
Becky Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over")
Jon Lormer
Nathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day")
Bingo O'Malley
Jordy's Dad / Cameos
John Amplas
Nathan's Corpse (segment "Father's Day")
David Early
White (segment "They're Creeping Up On You")
Iva Jean Saraceni
Billy's Mother (segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue")
Christine Forrest
Tabitha Raymond (segment "The Crate")
Tom Savini
Garbage Man #2 (segment "Epilogue")
Tom Atkins
Stan (segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue") (uncredited)
Ann Muffly
Lenora Castonmeyer (voice) (uncredited)
Charles Van Eman
Bartender (segment "The Crate")
Richard P. Rubinstein
Bearded Party Guest (segment "The Crate")
Carol McCloskey
Party Guest (segment "The Crate")
Story & Production Details
Reviews & Thoughts
I know I'll probably get a lot of flak for suggesting this, but I strongly feel that this anthology piece director Romero did, largely helped by Stephen King, is Romero's finest outing outside of his seven zombie films (of which so far I've seen five). One of the best by one director as well--and it puts the much-more-celebrated 'Twilight Zone: The Movie', which came out around the same time, to shame. Definitely one to purchase and rewatch, for the horror aficionados amongst you. The 80's weren't so bad...
I was so terrified of this movie as a kid. Now that im older its not so scary at all. Still a good movie even tho its old and poorly made.
