"Creepshow" Stephen King's portrayal of humanity, George A. Romero's outstanding direction, and that swarm of insects.

Stephen King style horror drama

Stephen King, who wrote the screenplay for "Creepshow," is famous for being the author of moving works such as " The Shawshank Redemption " (1994) and " Stand by Me " (1986), but what made him a popular author was his work as a writer of "modern horror" novels set in the present day.

His debut film, " Carrie ," is a tale of revenge about a bullied kid who develops supernatural powers. His follow-up, " The Haunted Village ," is about a rural American town attacked by a vampire. And " The Shining " is about the horror of a family trapped in a hotel inhabited by ghosts. If you just take the plot, all of these films are like B-grade horror movies.

There are so many King novels that have been adapted into films that it is rare to see a work that has not been made into a movie. When the director is fortunate, it can become a rare masterpiece, but there are also many adaptations that leave a gloomy result. The reason for this is probably the plot, which is like a B-grade horror movie.

"Creepshow" © 2018 Paramount Pictures.

The appeal of King's novels is that he writes about the characters' psychology and complex situations that color the simple story with a detailed and bold style of writing. The novel " Cujo " and its film adaptation " Cujo " (83) are the most notable examples of King's elegance in psychological description and its difficulty in film adaptation.

In a super simple plot, about a parent and child who are attacked by a rabid St. Bernard under the blazing heat of midsummer and forced to hole up in their broken-down car, King goes on to write about complex backgrounds and emotional impressions.

The highlight is the several-page passage in which Cujo somehow manages to restrain himself from attacking his master (the dog's feelings, of course). However, while the portrayal of the human characters in the film is barely faithful to the novel, it is unable to express the feelings of the silent dog, resulting in a work that does not express even half of the charm of the original.

Since "Creepshow" is a short story from an anthology, the story itself is as simple as ever, with the climax of each episode being the exploits of monsters and Dawn of the Dead. However, the screenplay was written by King himself, and as always, it includes gritty and painful human relationships and psychological backgrounds, elevating it into King-style horror.

Romero style horror production