History Trivia / Creepshow

** According to [=IMDb=], "Something to Tide You Over" originally had a different climax. [[spoiler: In the initial draft, Vickers would be visited by undead Harry and Becky, who don't kill him. Vickers calls the police and reports the undead visitors to the disbelieving responding officers, who write him off as being drunk. Vickers attempts to play them a video recording that captured the pair of them, but it has been replaced by the video footage of Richard burying and taunting Harry. He's arrested immediately. There would then be a jump cut to Richard's trial, where he's convicted and sentenced to death, and a final jump cut to Richard being executed in the gas chamber. The last scene was to have been a hysterical Richard screaming he could "hold his breath for a long time" as the gas is killing him.]]

** Also, Creator/FritzWeaver and Don Keefer who star together in "The Crate" were multiple episode alumnus of Series/TheTwilightZone.

* PlayingAgainstType: Anyone who is familiar with Creator/LeslieNielsen's later career prior to seeing this film will be in for a shock at how effortlessly he embodies the wicked character of Richard Vickers. While Vickers does have some LargeHam humor, he's still a far cry from a lot of the characters Nielsen became associated with playing.

* ThoseTwoActors: In this case, three. The film reunites Creator/HalHolbrook, Creator/AdrienneBarbeau, and Creator/TomAtkins from "The Fog." Ironically, in that film, Holbrook and Atkins shared no scenes with Barbeau. In this film, Barbeau and Holbrook are married characters, and they share no scenes with Atkins.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film began as a remake of the Amicus film "Tales From the Crypt", based off of the EC Comics line. In the end, it became somewhat of a tribute to the comics.
** According to IMDb, "Something to Tide You Over" originally had a different climax. [[spoiler: In the initial draft, Vickers would be visited by undead Harry and Becky, who don't kill him. Vickers calls the police and reports the undead visitors to the disbelieving responding officers, who write him off as being drunk. Vickers attempts to play them a video recording that captured the pair of them, but it has been replaced by the video footage of Richard burying and taunting Harry. He's arrested immediately. There would then be a jump cut to Richard's trial, where he's convicted and sentenced to death, and a final jump cut to Richard being executed in the gas chamber. The last scene was to have been a hysterical Richard screaming he could "hold his breath for a long time" as the gas is killing him.]]

** According to IMDb, "Something to Tide You Over" had a different climax. [[spoiler: Originally, Vickers would be visited by undead Harry and Becky, who don't kill him. Vickers calls the police and reports the undead visitors to the disbelieving responding officers, who write him off as being drunk. Vickers attempts to play them a video recording that captured the pair of them, but it has been replaced by the video footage of Richard burying and taunting Harry. He's arrested immediately. There would then be a jump cut to Richard's trial, where he's convicted and sentenced to death, and a final jump cut to Richard being executed in the gas chamber. The last scene was to have been a hysterical Richard screaming he could "hold his breath for a long time" as the gas is killing him.]]

** According to IMDb, "Something to Tide You Over" had a different climax. [[Spoiler: Originally, Vickers would be visited by undead Harry and Becky, who don't kill him. Vickers calls the police and reports the undead visitors to the disbelieving responding officers, who write him off as being drunk. Vickers attempts to play them a video recording that captured the pair of them, but it has been replaced by the video footage of Richard burying and taunting Harry. He's arrested immediately. There would then be a jump cut to Richard's trial, where he's convicted and sentenced to death, and a final jump cut to Richard being executed in the gas chamber. The last scene was to have been a hysterical Richard screaming he could "hold his breath for a long time" as the gas is killing him.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The film began as a remake of the Amicus film "Tales From the Crypt", based off of the EC Comics line. In the end, it became somewhat of a SpiritualAdaptation of the comics.

* WhatCould'veBeen: The film began as a remake of the Amicus film "Tales From the Crypt", based off of the EC Comics line. In the end, it became somewhat of a SpiritualAdaptation of the comics.

* NeverWorkWithChildrenOrAnimals: During Fan Expo Canada 2015, Creator/GeorgeARomero had said that the cockroaches were the most expensive part of the movie, stating that the cockroaches cost fifty cents a piece, and they used more then two hundred fifty thousand of them, a grand total of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars on roaches alone.
* PlayingAgainstType: Those old enough to follow Creator/LeslieNielsen's work would know [[LeslieNielsenSyndrome he has done serious roles in the past]] and find no surprise that he puts on a genuinely scary performance. Those who only knew him in his comedy on the other hand are genuinely frightened that such a funny guy like him could be so malicious.

* AllThereInTheManual: The original short story of "The Crate" points out that "Fluffy" wasn't found in the ''north'' arctic, but rather what would come to be known as the Antarctic region (as the term "Antarctica" didn't exist in 1834, when the crate was shipped to Horlicks). So the monster in the crate was somehow captured almost 100 years before the [[Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness 1930 Miskatonic University Expedition]], one presumes.

* CastingGag: Creator/DavidArquette, who is most famous playing Deputy (and later Sheriff) Dewey Riley in the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films, plays a police officer in "Times Is Tough In Musky Holler".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the Creator/StephenKing short story ''Survivor Type'' was going to be adapted into an episode. After the script was written, and Creator/JonBernthal was attached to star, it was decided that it would be to hard to film and scrapped. It was later adapted into the first segment of the animated special, with Creator/KieferSutherland starring.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Originally, the Creator/StephenKing short story ''Survivor Type'' was going to be adapted into an episode. After the script was written, and Creator/JonBernthal was attached to star, it was decided that it would be to hard to film and scrapped. It was later adapted into the first segment of the animated special, with Creator/KieferSutherland starring.
** Music/MarilynManson was planned to appear in season 2 [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor until the singer was accused of abuse by multiple women]].