History Trivia / Creepshow2

*** A zombies-and-bowling tale called ''Pinfall''[[note]] The story is about two bowling teams that get into a snuffle when one of the teams kills the other for the prize money resulting in the dead team coming back to life to take revenge.[[/note]], based on an unpublished short by King. Years later, ''Pinfall'' is adapted into a graphic novel and included as a bonus in a special edition Blu-ray set released by Arrow Video.
*** ''The Cat from Hell''[[note]]The story is about this rich old man who is being haunted by a demonic cat who is trying to kill him. So he hires a hit man to kill the cat to horrifying results. [[/note]], a published story that was later adapted by Romero for ''Film/TalesFromTheDarksideTheMovie''.
** Creator/BarbaraEden (yes, THAT [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Barbara Eden]]) was originally going to play the hit & run driver in "The Hitchhiker" but ultimately dropped out.

*** ''The Cat from Hell''[[note]]The story is about this rich old man who is being haunted by a demonic cat who is trying to kill him. So he hires a hit man to kill the cat to horrify results. [[/note]], a published story that was later adapted by Romero for ''Film/TalesFromTheDarksideTheMovie''.

*** A zombies-and-bowling tale called ''Pinfall'', based on an unpublished short by King. Years later, ''Pinfall'' is adapted into a graphic novel and included as a bonus in a special edition Blu-ray set released by Arrow Video.
*** ''The Cat from Hell'', a published story that was later adapted by Romero for ''Film/TalesFromTheDarksideTheMovie''.

*** A zombies-and-bowling tale called ''Pinfall'', based on an unpublished short by King.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was going to have the same number of stories as its predecessor but due to budget constraints had to cut them down to three. The unmade segments were:
** A zombies-and-bowling tale called ''Pinfall'', based on an unpublished short by King.
** ''The Cat from Hell'', a published story that was later adapted by Romero for ''Film/TalesFromTheDarksideTheMovie''.

* FatalActingMethod: Thankfully averted for Daniel Beer, who played Randy in "the Raft". He actually got a bad case of hypothermia during filming; it was so bad that his skin turned green! He was hospitalized, made a full recovery and was able to finish filming the segment.

** Barbara Eden (yes, THAT [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Barbara Eden]]) was originally going to play the hit & run driver in "The Hitchhiker" but ultimately dropped out.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/{{Moonraker}} Dr. Holly Goodhead]] as Annie Lansing.
** And [[Film/TheNakedGun Capt. Ed Hocken]] as Ray Spruce.
** Dorothy Lamour of the ''Film/RoadTo'' movies is Martha Spruce.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Was going to have the same number of stories as it's predecessor but due to budget constraints had to cut them down to three. The unmade segments were:

** ''The Cat from Hell'', a published story that was later adapted by Romero for ''Film/TalesFromTheDarksideTheMovie''.

** Dorothy Lamour of the ''Film/Road to...'' movies is Martha Spruce.

** Dorothy Lamour of the Bing Crosby/Bob Hope ''Road to...'' movies is Martha Spruce.

* Creator/StephenKing appears as a truck driver in "The Hitchhiker" segment.

** The Cat from Hell, a published story that was later adapted by Romero for ''Film/TalesFromTheDarksideTheMovie''.

** And [[Film/TheNakedGun Capt. Ed Hocken]] as Ray Spruce.

* TheCameo: Creator/StephenKing appears as a truck driver in "The Hitchhiker" segment.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Moonraker}} Dr. Holly Goodhead]] as Annie Lansing.
** And [[TheNakedGun Capt. Ed Hocken]] as Ray Spruce.

** King's peronal secretary, Shirley Sonderegger, has a cameo as Mrs. Cavanaugh in "Old Chief Wood'nhead" (although you don't see her face).

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Moonraker Dr. Holly Goodhead]] as Annie Lansing.

TheCameo: Creator/StephenKing appears as a truck driver in "The Hitchhiker" segment.

TheCameo: StephenKing appears as a truck driver in "The Hitchhiker" segment.