Synopsis :
A young boy named Billy (played by Stephen King’s real-life son Joe King) gets yelled at and slapped by his father, Stan (Tom Atkins), for reading a horror comic titled Creepshow instead of doing his chores. His father tosses the comic in the garbage to teach Billy a lesson, but not before threatening to spank him should Billy ever get caught reading Creepshow comic books again. Stan also refers it as “such horror crap”. Later after he tosses the comic book away, Stan reminds his wife that he had to be hard on Billy because he can’t believe all the crap that’s in the book. He closes out the discussion with the reason why God made fathers: to protect their ways of life and their children. As Billy sits upstairs hating his father, he hears a sound at the window, which turns out to be a ghostly apparition, beckoning him to come closer.
Starring :
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”) (as E. G. Marshall)
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”)
Robert Harper … Charlie Gereson (segment “The Crate”)
Elizabeth Regan … Cass Blaine (segment “Father’s Day”)
Gaylen Ross … Becky Vickers (segment “Something To Tide You Over”)
Jon Lormer … Nathan Grantham (segment “Father’s Day”)
Director :
George A. Romero
