The spooky spiritual continuation of the Creepshow brand has landed on Shudder, resurrected by Walking Dead EP and special effects makeup maestro Greg Nicotero (who mentored under Creepshow’s George Romero and Tom Savini), and, well, it’s fun!
Is it scary? Not particularly, but then Creepshow was never about traveling deep into the heart of terror. It’s basically top-shelf schlock, all with a campy crust designed to evoke old EC horror comics. Oh, and notable names. Not A-List players, but stalwart, recognizable genre mainstays added to elevate the unease.
And as always with Creepshow, there’s no solid explanation for why the terrible things happen (usually to terrible people). No “ancient Mayan curse” or “someone pissed off a wizard” style of reasoning is provided. It may frustrate some, but it’s one of Creepshow’s hallmarks — the lack of true depth (meant in the best possible way, of course). An alcoholic dad can just, you know, turn into a grey mutating slush monster that can split apart and multiply to the point of causing an apocalypse. A child’s dollhouse can just come with a zombie head that runs (rolls?) amok and slaughters a plastic family. These things just are.
Source: IGN.com Creepshow: Premiere Episode Review