History Fridge / Creepshow

* The ending to Father's Day leaves us with more questions than answers. How did Nathan come back? What happens to Cass and Richard? And, worst of all, what happens when all those missing people inevitably creates a crime scene full of unrelated law enforcement personnel that will come face to face with a psychic zombie?

* Nathan's killing of other family members and the cook seems over-the-top, considering he'd already done away with the person who'd actually murdered him. But given that one of those victims (Mrs. Danvers) actually ''overheard'' the murder from the next room and doesn't seem to have reported it to the police, and the rest of the Granthams are perfectly aware that Bedelia killed her father yet haven't done a thing to punish her, his outrage seems more plausible. (Hypocritical, considering his own killing of Bedelia's boyfriend is an equally-open family secret, but plausible.) Even Hank may have made himself a viable target, by taking the story of both murders so casually.
** Actually, in her little monologue at Nathan's grave, Bedelia clearly indicated that Sylvia covered her tracks for her so that she never got convicted, which of course made Sylvia an accessory after the fact. Also, in the little exchange between Sylvia and Mrs. Danvers, we get the hint that the cook was indeed involved in said cover-up; thereby making Nathan's actions in offing the both of them more plausible. Hank may have been killed simply to keep him from alerting the rest of the family of Nathan's little surprise visit.

* As Richard Vickers is buried in the sand, awaiting the incoming tide, we see two set of footprints heading into the ocean. Harry and Becky have completed their mission of revenge and have returned to their watery graves.
* Were the roaches somehow sent by Norman Castonmeyer's vengeful spirit?
* That crate was the only thing that kept the creature within from wreaking havoc.

* Jordy Verrill's fate becomes a lot more horrifying when you realize that plants have roots and that the alien plants are likely also ''growing inside him.''
* After Jordy offs himself there is a weather report stating that rain will fall. Now this weed that has been eating Jordy and everything around him, [[OhCrap feeds off any water.]]

* Bedelia Grantham's relationship with her father is implied to be rather... disturbing.
** He arranged to have Bedelia's fiance murdered, out of ''jealousy.''
** Not to mention this puts a very, very uncomfortable context to Nathan asking for his [[ParentalIncest "cake."]]
* Nathan Grantham talks with a zombie's decaying rasp, until he announces he got his "cake" to Cassie and Richard. Then he speaks with the voice he did in life... perhaps to illustrate that the revenge being served was from before his death.

** The only answer we're ever given to any of these is in the Creepshow comic tie-in where the Creep cryptically says that what happened next was even worse when Nathan "blew out the candles" on Richard and Cass.
** Granted, unless there's any other members of The Grantham family that are unaccounted for, Nathan probalby "blew out the candles" and went back to his grave. He got his cake, and had it too, so its not like he has much else he needs to do.

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* How did an Arctic expedition team manage to capture the ape monster and secure it in the crate?
** No matter how dangerous the monster is it probably was no match for man made weapons. I think the bigger question was why did they kept it alive and how did it managed to survive as long as it did?
*** They probably wanted to study it, and thus fed it in its crate, but some kind of shipping mistake lead to the events of the film.
** This troper always assumed that the expedition members subdued it somehow--shot it, beat it with clubs, whatever--and only ''thought'' it was dead (which explains why it was in a crate and not a stoutly built cage). Then once it got to Horlicks, the crate with Fluffy's "dead body" inside was stuck under the stairs and just forgotten (similar things have happened with amazing finds).
** The most likely explanation is that the creature was found as a seeming corpse, in a profound state of anabiosis, hence why they crated it. Over the decades, it very slowly rehydrated but remained dormant until it got fresh air.

* "All Hallow's Eve:" The Golden Dragons are rude to the adults who regard them with terror. While this may seem because they are just punk teenagers, the truth is [[spoiler: they deeply resent their own tragic deaths, which was brought about the sons of these adults]].

* That crate was the only thing that kept the creature within the crate from wreaking havoc.

* No explanation for the ZombieApocalypse in "Musky Holler" is given ... unless, that is, you consider that it's the follow-up companion story to "Night of the Paw". What was the closing scene of the latter story? A whole morgueful of corpses, rising as biting, predatory undead, due to the protagonist's too-loosely-worded wish. "Musky" is most likely a direct ''sequel'' to "Paw", and the wish's effects impacted ''the whole world'', not just the morgue!

* No explanation for the ZombieApocalypse in "Musky Holler" is given ... unless, that is, you consider that it's the follow-up companion story to "Night of the Paw". What was the closing scene of the latter story? A whole morgueful of corpses, rising as biting, predatory undead. "Musky" is most likely a direct ''sequel'' to "Paw".

* No explanation for the ZombieApocalypse in "Musky Hollow" is given ... unless, that is, you consider that it's the follow-up companion story to "Night of the Paw". What was the closing scene of the latter story? A whole morgueful of corpses, rising as biting, predatory undead. "Musky" is most likely a direct ''sequel'' to "Paw".

* That crate was the only thing that kept the creature within the crate from wrecking havok.

* Blake's fate in "Tweeting from the Circus of the Dead" is either being devoured by zombies at the end of the story, or replacing the ringmistress (which means she'll eventually meet that fate anyway).

** And the Head looking back at Evie from the bathroom mirror. [[IKnowYoureWatchingMe His message to her is obvious.]]

* The Muskey Holler zombies for the "live pie" event have their limbs removed at the lower joints. They can only crawl: this makes them far less dangerous to their handlers, but still deadly to an incapacitated prisoner.

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* Why didn't "The Man In The Suitcase" have the good sense to tell Justin that he could make far more coins ''after'' being removed from the suitcase? Alternately, why didn't he suggest Justin ''cut'' the suitcase away from around him - presumably, a far less painful alternative - rather than pull him out? [[spoiler: Because he's a JerkassGenie who was setting up whomever thought to torture him for gold to become his similarly suitcase-trapped minion.]]

** And the Head looking back at Evie from the bathroom mirror. [[IKnowYoureWatchingMe His message to her is obvious.]]

[[AC: FridgeLogic]]
* Why didn't "The Man In The Suitcase" have the good sense to tell Justin that he could make far more coins ''after'' being removed from the suitcase? Alternately, why didn't he suggest Justin ''cut'' the suitcase away from around him - presumably, a far less painful alternative - rather than pull him out? We actually see evidence that it's not a very study type of suitcase, because Justin's real one ruptured just from being tossed around by the airport's luggage delivery system.

** And the Head looking back at Evie from the bathroom mirror. [[IKnowYoureWatchingMe His message to her is obvious.]]

* "Times is Tough in Musky Holler:" as if the zombie apocalypse isn't bad enough! The townsfolk attend public executions in a stadium, feeding prisoners to zombies in a ''sporting event atmosphere.'' It shows that, even surrounded by literal monsters, humans will still be monsters themselves.