Story #1: "Father's Day" is about a loony woman who killed her father on Father's Day. Seven years later his family gathers at the mansion for a party. Pops jumps out of his grave and eliminates his greedy family members one by one. Check out an early role by a fully-haired Ed Harris as a family member. Amusingly scary.

Story #2: "The Lonely Death Of Jordy Verdell" stars Stephen King himself as a simpleton farmer who comes upon a meteorite that has crashed on his land. Upon touching it, some kind of fungus begins to grow on him, his yard, his house, everywhere! Soon, Jordy's become the jolly green farmer! He ends up killing himself. It's not easy being green! This one's the weakest story of the anthology, by the way. But if you're a real botanical buff, then this one's for you!

Story #3: "Something To Tide You Over" showcases Ted Danson as a dude having a secret love affair with a woman married to dastardly Leslie Nielsen (forget those preconceived notions you may have about the lovable Nielsen in those comedies; he's very reptilian in this one). In revenge, he drags Danson at gunpoint to his private beach and buries the future "Cheers" owner up to his neck in the sand. Both he and Nielsen's wife drown. Later, Nielsen is visited by the dead couple and they bury him! "Tide" is the best story in this anthology.

Story #4: "The Crate" takes place in a large university. Hal Holbrook ("The Fog") plays a timid English professor who is constantly degraded by his nasty wife, Wilma (Adrienne Barbeau of "The Fog"/"Escape From New York"). His zoology professor friend,played by Fritz Weaver comes across a crate in the laboratory basement dated 1849. Turns out there's a really hungry creature that eats people (the janitor and Weaver's assistant are gobbled up). A hysterical Weaver calls on Holbrook for help. The professor cleans up the evidence and suckers his wife into coming down to the lab. She becomes the next victim. Revenge!! Holbrook disposes of the box and the 2 professors are mum about it. Definitely a lot fun, this story plays it over-the-top.

Story #5: "They're Creeping Up On You" stars the late E.G. Marshall ("Superman II/"Absolute Power") as a miserly, old millionaire who has a serrrrrrrrrrious roach problem in his antiseptically-clean apartment. After years of treating people like dirt, he gets his comeuppance. Black Flag would have a field day.

Whew! That was fun! And so is "Creepshow."

The Picture:
Technically speaking, Warner Bros. did another fine job in transfering the print to DVD. "Dawn Of The Dead" cinematographer Michael Gornick's kaleidoscopic lensing and comic book-lighting for "Creepshow" is really accentuated on DVD (Gornick would eventually go on to direct "Creepshow 2"). All in all, a clean print for an old movie.

The Sound:
Presented in English 2.0 "Surround Stereo," the DVD sounds good to me. No hissing or harshness anywhere (which is always a good thing).

The Extras:
Extras? What extras? The only thing on the DVD is a theatrical trailer. What's that about? Couldn't they at least put some production notes and bios? Charge us the extra $5 for these things, but do it right the first time!

Conclusion:
Now that I've gotten all of that out of my system, let me just say that although there are almost no extras (#@!%$), the widescreen print and content of "Creepshow" merit a "RECOMMENDED" STATUS. Horror buffs won't be disappointed. "Creep"-on DVDers!!