History YMMV / Creepshow

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Did Jordy plunge into the extra-alluring bathtub water because the itching finally got to him...or were the alien plants already taking over his mind and he was seeing the water through their perspective and was thus driven to dive in?

* HeReallyCanAct: Creator/StephenKing is mostly known for being an author and most of his roles have been cameos, but his performance as Jordy Verill is cited as one of the film's highlights for being simultaneously funny and campy, yet sincerely tragic and moving at the same time.

* NarmCharm:

* QuestionableCasting: A cartoonishly goofy hick played by the author and non-actor Creator/StephenKing. Apparently King stepped in because no one else would ham it up enough.

** Richard Vickers (Creator/LeslieNielsen,) keeps a lionfish in his home aquarium. In Film/TheNakedGun, Nielsen, as Frank Drebin, accidentally skewers and kills Vincent Ludwig's lionfish with Emperor Hirohito's pen.

** "[[Recap/CreepshowS1E12TimesIsToughInMuskyHoller Times is Tough in Musky Holler]]":

* SpiritualSuccessor: The show being very campy from time to time and having a MonsterOfTheWeek premise makes it a lot like the 80s series {{Series/Monsters}}.

* WTHCastingAgency: A cartoonishly goofy hick played by the author and non-actor Creator/StephenKing. Apparently King stepped in because no one else would ham it up enough.

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Each story has its own:
** A villainous example would be Nathan Grantham's RoaringRampageOfRevenge in "Father's Day." Even after seven years of rotting in the ground, he still has the strength to strangle and decapitate the long-suffering members of his family, not to mention he apparently gained telekinesis too.
** Jordy's death in a sad sense. Realizing he would soon be in an AndIMustScream situation due to the alien growth spreading all over his body and property, he decides to go out on his own terms via shotgun...and for once in his life, his luck was in.
** After killing his wife and her lover without a shred of remorse, seeing Richard getting his comeupance from their revenant corpses is spectacular. Even if he can hold his breath long enough, he's likely lost any sanity he had left.
** Henry's plan to kill his wife goes off without a hitch, and he somehow subdues and recaptures Fluffy afterwards, locking the crate and throwing it in a lake to be rid of it. Furthermore, unlike any of the other murderers in the film (besides Nathan, and even he died before the start of the movie), Henry never gets caught. If it weren't for the twist ending of the creature escaping (which wasn't in the original short story), this would be a straight case of EarnYourHappyEnding.
** Lastly, Upson Pratt's KarmicDeath via cockroaches. After spending the whole film comparing minorities to them and belittling a grieving widow, seeing the insects swarm his body in the end is a true spectacle to behold.
** The wraparound story ends on one of these as well, as Billy uses a voodoo doll to presumably kill his father as revenge for the abuse he's inflicted on him.

** "[[Recap/CreepshowS1E12TimesIsToughInMuskyHoller Times is Tough in Musky Holler]]": [[CorruptPolitician Lester M. Barclay]] is the former [[MayorPain mayor]] of the titular Musky Holler city. After a ZombieApocalypse plagued the world, Lester came into Musky Holler offering his aid to the townsfolk. As soon as he was elected mayor, he used his power in office to overthrow and kill his predecessor, along with anyone else who challenged him. During his time as mayor, Lester had his followers spread propaganda about his laws, sanctioned his police force to rape and murder as they pleased, and imprisoned anyone who spoke out against him. Lester also created a sadistic, publicized game called "Live Pie", where a group of civilians would slowly be swarmed by zombies headfirst with no way of defending themselves.

** As of 2019, there is a ''Series/{{Creepshow}}'' series set to stream on ''Shudder''. It was released and pretty well-regarded.

* CatharsisFactor: After spending his entire screentime being an abusive, pathetic asshole, Uncle Kevin getting his comeuppance by being beaten up and killed by [[Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon the Gill-Man]] and [[Film/TheMummy the Mummy]] is insanely satisfying.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Did Jordy plunge into the extra-alluring bathtub water because the itching finally got to him...or were the alien plants already taking over his mind and he was seeing the water through their perspective and was thus driven to dive in?

* MoralEventHorizon:
** Upson Pratt's joy at [[DrivenToSuicide driving a business rival to suicide]].
** Nathan Grantham crosses it by having Bedelia's fiancé Yarbro, her chance for happiness away from him, killed so he could keep her under his thumb.
** Richard crosses it with his sadistic DisproportionateRetribution toward his unfaithful wife and her lover, burying them in the sand up to their necks and letting the incoming tide slowly drown them.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The show being very campy from time to time and having a MonsterOfTheWeek premise makes it a lot like the 80s series {{Series/Monsters}}.

** John Amplas, who played Martinez in "Dawn of the Dead," and later, a larger supporting role, Dr. Ted Fisher, in "Day of the Dead," plays the physical role of zombie Nathan Grantham in "Father's Day. In both of Romero's films, [[spoiler: Amplas' characters are killed off, but both are shot, and neither become a zombie on-screen.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: A pretty dark example, but after Richard Vickers is buried up to his neck in sand by the undead Harry and Becky, the last we see of them are their footprints headed back out into the sea, implying that they're finally at peace and TogetherInDeath. How romantic!
** Bonus points for the fact that Harry genuinely seemed to be in love with Becky, while her husband was implied to be distant and only viewed her as his "property."

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** Creator/EdHarris would later go on to play Sheriff Alan Pangborn in Film/Needful Things. His wife, Creator/AmyMadigan, co starred in Film/TheDarkHalf, which was also directed by Creator/GeorgeARomero, and features the Alan Pangborn character.

** Richard Vickers (Creator/LeslieNielsen, keeps a lionfish in his home aquarium. In Film/TheNakedGun, Nielsen, as Frank Drebin, accidentally skewers and kills Vincent Ludwig's lionfish with Emperor Hirohito's pen.

** Richard Vickers (Creator/LeslieNielsen, keeps a lionfish in his home aquarium. In Film/TheNakedGun:FromTheFilesOfPoliceSquad, Nielsen, as Frank Drebin, accidentally skewers and kills Vincent Ludwig's lionfish with Emperor Hirohito's pen.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: A pretty dark example, but after Richard Vickers is buried up to his neck in sand by the undead Harry and Becky, the last we see of them are their footprints headed back out into the sea, implying that they're finally at peace and TogetherInDeath. How Romantic!