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Five tales in the style of classic '50s horror comics, involving a murdered man emerging from the grave, a meteor's ooze that makes everything grow, a snack for a crated creature, a scheming husband, and a malevolent millionaire with an insect phobia.
Language
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue $21,028,755
English
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue $21,028,755
Keywords
monster
halloween
gore
meteor
buried alive
cockroach
based on comic
anthology
animated scene
zombie
living dead
Casts
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")
David Garrison
College Party Host (segment "The Crate")
Darryl Ferrucci
Fluffy (segment "The Crate")
Marty Schiff
Garbage Man #1 (segment "Epilogue")
Peter Messer
Yarbro (segment "Father's Day")
Katie Karlovitz
Maid (segment "The Crate")
Cletus Anderson
Host (segment "The Crate")
Chuck Aber
Richard Raymond (segment "The Crate")
Joe Hill
Billy (segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue")
Nann Mogg
Mrs. Danvers (segment "Father's Day")
Crews
George A. Romero
Director
Stephen King
Screenplay
Tom Savini
Makeup Effects
Salah M. Hassanein
Executive Producer
Richard P. Rubinstein
Producer
Bonnie Priore
Makeup Artist
Gary Alexander
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris Jenkins
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Larry Stensvold
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David E. Vogel
Associate Producer
John Harrison
Original Music Composer
Michael Gornick
Director of Photography
Pasquale Buba
Editor
Paul Hirsch
Editor
George A. Romero
Editor
Michael Spolan
Editor
Cletus Anderson
Production Design
Larry Fulton
Art Direction
Barbara Anderson
Costume Design
Cletus Anderson
Special Effects
Alan Brennecke
Lighting Director
Maureen Andersen
Producer's Assistant
Christine Forrest
Assistant Director
Tom Kibbe
Casting
Cami Dempsey Taylor
Casting
Charles Layton
Production Manager
Richard Feury
Unit Manager
Bruce Alan Miller
Property Master
Tom Savini
Makeup Artist
Backdrops & Posters
