Creepshow, directed by legendary George A.Romero, was one of the most fun movies of the 1980's, a decade that produced so much in the horror genre. For the sequel Michael Gornick takes the helm in what is obviously a lower budget film and only contains 3 stories - "Old Chief Woodenhead", "The Raft" and best of all, in my opinion, "The Hitchhiker", wrapped around by a fun animated Creep. Tom Savini makes a brief appearance as The Creep at the beginning and Stephen King also can be seen as a truck driver. Although the film does not quite live up to the original it is still a good, solid, and - importantly - fun anthology, A great companion to Creepshow.

Stephen King novellas transformed very well onto screen by George A Romero. Let's face it, Stephen isn't known for logic, but that's also why we usually love his twists. OLD CHIEF WOOD'N'HEAD sets up some likable characters, and suddenly introduces some unlikable young punks who seem to embody all the 7 deadly sins, with their leader caught up in vanity. The Chief sorts them out. THE RAFT has a school jock and nerd going to a lake and getting stoned. There are of course 2 chicks with them. It has possibly the cheapest SFX by way of a black floating blob resembling a garbage bag floating on a lake that eats its prey in mere seconds. Through clever tension, it is somehow terrifying, and our 4 characters don't have many options as it surrounds their small raft. THE HITCHHIKER is interesting as our main female character talks to herself through this entire story. A necessity of letting us in on her internal dialogue. This woman is cheating on her guy, and obviously self absorbed, but soon becomes the victim of a relentless hitchhiker that just will not die. Intense music drives this story through the best parts. All up, as our hitch-hiker says best: "Thanks for the ride lady!"

Michael Gornick shows a lot of promise with CREEPSHOW 2; unfortunately, it's not enough to overcome a very bad script. The first episode in this three-part anthology, "OL' WOODEN HEAD," is the best written, but that's not really saying a whole lot. The second episode, "THE RAFT," seems rushed: very little time is spent building anything even remotely resembling suspense. This may well have had something to do with the weather where this one was shot: everybody in this segment seems to be on the verge of freezing to death. At any rate, Today's audience(s) can ascribe it all to the BP oil spill... The final episode, "THE HITCH-HIKER," is the least interesting because it's been done to death (most notably as an episode of the original TWILIGHT ZONE); Stephen King simply has nothing to add. Like Tom Savini with the 1990 remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, Gornick rose to the occasion when he got a chance to direct; unfortunately, like Savini, it didn't pan out. More's the pity: both the 1990 NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD and CREEPSHOW 2 have one thing in common: both are very well directed.

As sequels go, quite good. The three (Not five, budgetary reason) tales are fun (and surprisingly scary). The acting is okay, including a few good performances. The tales, which I will now rate, all have gore, fun, and scares. The first segment: "Old Chief Wooden-head" is an old-fashion revenge story. It has a slow and mysterious build, but with enough action to keep things interesting. Acting-wise this episode does okay, nothing too great, but pretty good. The effects in this episode are a little wooden (no pun intended) but capture the essence of the menacing but slow-moving monsters of 50s media. The second episode, "The Raft" Again, okay acting but nothing great. But the blob monster ranges from looking real enough to looking kinda horrible (mostly in the earlier shots). Stephen King was at least somewhat right when he described the monster as an "old rug". Despite that, this episode still dishes out some good scares and creepy gore. The third installment is the scariest one. Good acting, scary scenes, and scary gore. In all Creepshow 2 is worthy (but not equal to) the original.