{"product_id":"0014381863659","title":"Creepshow 2","description":"This less-satisfying sequel to the 1982 {|George A. Romero|}\/{|Stephen King|} anthology presents a new trio of King stories, framed in a similar EC Comics-style format -- this time featuring some rather lackluster animated segments involving horror-host \"The Creep\", who introduces each chapter with pun-heavy gallows humor. The stories vary widely in quality: first there's \"Old Chief Wood'nhead,\" involving a cigar-store Indian who quite literally guards the entrance to an old general store and comes to life to avenge the murders of the elderly couple ({|George Kennedy|} and {|Dorothy Lamour|}) who owned it. The middle segment, \"The Raft,\" features a group of obnoxious teenagers stranded on a raft in the middle of a lake at the mercy of a murderous oil slick which looks like a bunch of plastic garbage bags stitched together. Both of these suffer in comparison to the closing segment, \"The Hitchhiker,\" in which a bored, promiscuous socialite (Lois Chiles) mows down a hitchhiker who refuses to stay dead, returning again and again to torment her at every turn, rasping \"Thanks for the ride, lady!\" Despite its strengths -- a livelier pace, some creatively gory set pieces -- this is a much cheaper-looking effort than its predecessor, with the deft guidance of Romero conspicuously absent (long-time collaborator {|Michael Gornick|} took up the directorial reins); as a result, King's gross-out sensibilities don't come off as well. Makeup maestro {|Tom Savini|} appears in heavy makeup as a live-action version of The Creep, and King pops in for a bit part as a redneck trucker.","brand":"SONY PICTURES HOME ENT\/IMAGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47092488208624,"sku":"0014381863659","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0014381863659_p0.jpg?v=1763233815","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0014381863659","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}