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I will just start by saying that I have always enjoyed the "Creepshow" anthologies, especially as I watched parts 1 and 2 while growing up, and remembering that there were some pretty good segments in those two first anthologies.

"Creepshow 3" was nowhere near the first "Creepshow" movie anthology, little less like the second.

The stories in this third installment were not really all that interesting, and had only vague hints of horror to them. However, it was really nice the way they were interwoven with one another though.

The acting in the different segments was good though and that at least did help to lift up the overall enjoyment of the anthology.

But the anthology just didn't come off as being all that impressive, and as such it was a less than mediocre movie experience.

Creepshow is the best horror film ever made. Creepshow 2 was at least decent. This 2006 effort (I use that word kindly) is utterly useless. Containing no feel from the original, an obvious bare-bones budget, and thoroughly disappointing actors, Creepshow III (it should not be able to use the name) simply stinks. Fans of the first two should watch this only to fuel their anger or to mock. I rented this from an automated Redbox unit. (Very cool concept by the way) The rental cost only one dollar. I may have overpaid. I realize that studios and other big companies usually own the rights to film names, but some comment by King and Romero denouncing this trash would be very satisfying. Horror fans, beware of this one!

Jim Dudelson and Anna Clavel, are pure film-making morons. They have trashed some fine franchises, (Day of the Dead, and Creepshow) Jim doesn't care, Anna is deluded and thinks she is a genius. They slapped the film together in less than 20 days with no name talent and put the Creepshow Name on it, expecting fans to just eat it. Truly, it is just a quick money grab for Jim. Since the original Creepshow and Day of the Dead are owned by Jim's family, he really must hate his family, cause those franchises are worth a lot less now... Don't buy Creepshow III, don't rent it. If you do and watch it, you'll hate yourself. Creepshow III was made by filmmakers who hate horror films and just want your money.

Wow, what a disaster. The filmmakers totally disregarded the previous movies (most likely due to budgetary constraints).

The movie felt like a bunch of rejected Outer Limit TV episodes. Acting, direction, and music were all horrible. I actually felt myself become angry while watching this that the "filmmakers" could destroy such a cool horror franchise.

Ridiculous, just plain ridiculous. The characters didn't even seem rooted in reality, their behavior was just nonsensical and insulting.

I sincerely hope that all the parties involved in this abomination will never be involved in the movie-making process ever again.

Stay away from this DVD as if it were the black sludge in Creepshow 2. I'm an avid fan of the first film, and I have a soft-spot in my heart for the second one (I watched these movies repetitively as a teen). The first two movies even prompted me to read the EC horror comics they were modeled after: Haunt of Fear, Tales From the Crypt, and The Vault of Horror.

The charms of 1 & 2 were their great stories and comic-book-style format (pages turning between stories, comic panels transforming to live-action, etc.). Creepshow III has NONE of these elements. WARNING: This is a Creepshow release by TITLE ONLY. The film truly resembled the quality one would expect form a YouTube indie film produced by a high school student: Horrid acting, a total of TWO shooting locations (a cluster of houses and an apartment building), and stories that either made no sense or went nowhere.

It was a real shame, as I looked forward to the release of this film. You've been warned!

I loved the first Creepshow, I accepted the second Creepshow, but I truly detested the third. The first two had intriguing stories and decent acting. The third, had stories that were below par and lame acting. The stories were in no way keeping with the first two movies, and gore, there wasn't enough to keep me even a little interested. The second Creepshow had only three stories, but they were decent. Well written, and pretty good acting. The third, however, feels as though a group of teenagers got together and wrote the stories, and then invited their friends to act for them. Instead of renting the third Creepshow, just rent the original and enjoy.

By the way, when I found out that the guys who co wrote Day of the Dead 2: Contagium were involved in making this movie, I finally understood why it was so bad.

I've seen some really turkeys, but this one may be the worst I've seen. Horrible acting, direction, story, everything. The co-directors should be beaten with a stick. I thought Creepshow 2 wasn't so great, but at least it had one kind of cool story, ("The Raft/Lake" ). This installment doesn't have a single even mediocre story. Its bad by even direct to video standards. They are all downright bad, silly and a total waste of time. It was funny that they even had a behind the scenes , under extra material for this DVD. To see the directors and actors praise each other was too funny. The bonus materials should have consisted of profuse apologies from everyone involved. Seriously, i hope these writers and directors never get work again.

I have watched some dire "horror" movies out of boredom but this is probably the single worst film I've possibly seen. It starts promisingly enough but soon disintegrates into a dire rambling series of stories that not only are badly acted and plotted but make no sense. There is an attempt to link the whole thing together but again it's just nonsense. I stuck with it hoping some over-reaching arc would tie the thing together and make me nod knowingly in an ironic sense. But nothing redeems this truly awful movie. If I didn't know different I'd assume this was made more than 20 years ago with the porn film soundtrack and what little effects there are add nothing to this waste of an hour and a half.

I rarely write comments on IMDb, but it is 3 o'clock in the morning, and I have to comment on the terrible film I just watched--Creepshow 3. When I first heard that a new Creepshow was being made, I thought that might be cool, but then I heard the original players were not involved. Then, I saw the trailer, which was terrible. Yet, I decided to give it a chance.

I will admit that it was not unenjoyable--just not good. The special effects were fun, and the production values of the filming were not bad. Yet, the animation at the beginning and ending of the film are terrible and amateurish. They should not have used that opening segment with animation. The movie has no relation to Creepshow except that it is an anthology. There was nothing scary, and there were almost no night scenes--everything was lit. The stories made no sense most of the time and seemed absurd (the first story with the remote--why was the remote changing realities? Was it only that family? Why did the girl turn hideous? The doctor said it looked like her insides, but what had she done to deserve this "punishment" since her family was more obnoxious? What was the purpose of the rabbit? Then, I questioned if the remote could change things, why didn't the doctor use the remote on his wife's corpse?) That was just the first story. Even though the stories connected, the chronology did not work. For example, Alice was eating the wedding cake before she turned into a rabbit, but the doctor picked up the cake after Alice was turned into a rabbit. Those logical holes were all over the place. Absurdity is a part of horror, but these had no connections that made any sense. They often led into weak endings. Also, why did no one question what was happening to them? Oh well, it was mindless, and I won't watch it again, but they should not have attached the Creepshow name to the film. The tone was completely off--too jokey. It needed terror. One of the actors said this was the best of the three--did he see the others?

For the record, I am 47, and am a lifetime fan of both the franchise and the genre. This movie has some problems, but I thought that a lot of it was great.

CON's

• There is a *lot* of unexamined misogyny in the film that made it difficult for to watch for me, but honestly, it's not that different from most films at the time (or even today).

• The brief animated intro was both weak and bad and set up low expectations for the rest of the film.

• The first story (out of five) is by far the weakest and also set me up to expect that the rest of the movie would be as bad.

PRO's

• The other four stories turned out to be so unexpectedly strong that even though I was only planning to watch half the movie one night and the second the next, I was sucked in and wound up watching all the way through.

• I consider it a rare treat when a movie has no well known actors but everyone winds up totally nailing their roles (not counting the first one which was so poorly written it was hard to assess the acting). In particular, the main character in the radio story (the second story) and the main character playing the doctor doing community service (the last story) were total standouts.

• The special effects on the gore were all totally solid and faithful to the spirit of the originals and the genre.

Creepshow III (2006) is the long awaited sequel to Creepshow 2. Several stories are included in this latest offering that all revolve around each other. Alice is about a girl who finds out that the TV remote is more than what it seems (boring). The Radio focuses around some loser who finds a mysterious radio that gets more than static (good but it's too long). Call Girl deals with a strange prostitute who has an interesting way of dealing with john (very good with a great twist). The Professor's Wife is about a eclectic professor who loves to play some cruel pranks on his two best students, the two decide to play one back (best of the bunch). Haunted Dog is about a doctor,a bum and a hot dog (good but not great).

People will hate it because it's a DTV film and others wont give it a chance. But this omnibus of horror if a good watch. I was surprised by how good it i but it's not for everyone.

Recommended

This is easily one of the worst movies I've ever seen to this point in my life. It isn't scary, it isn't funny, it isn't even trying to be good. It is an annoying film and to use the Creepshow name should insult fans of the original films. But anyways, here are the stories:

Alice - Every time a man uses a new remote control, his daughter Alice turns into some slimy, pimply, oozing mess. Eventually she becomes a rabbit. Makes absolutely no sense and is horribly put together.

The Radio - A man buys a radio from a homeless guy and starts to hear voices coming from it telling it to steal some money and kill anyone who threatens him. Better than 'Alice', but drags on way too much.

Call Girl - A prostitute/serial killer gets more than she bargained for when she gets set to claim her next victim. This might be the best of the whole bunch, interesting twist.

The Professor's Wife - Two former students murder the professor's fiancé thinking she is a robot. Silly and pointless, but is better than the first two.

Haunted Dog - Some rude doctor gives a homeless man a hotdog that he picked off the ground. The homeless man chokes on it (I think) and dies. He then haunts the doctor until he dies. I got a few laughs from the miserable doctor played by Kris Allen, best actor in Creepshow III. Nothing special though.

And that's it. Pretty bad movie overall. What annoys me is that throughout each story when something strange or illogical happens, the characters don't react. For example when the radio starts speaking to the character, he sort of shrugs it off and starts speaking back to it like it's something normal. None of the stories make a lot of sense, and add nothing to this nothing of a horror movie.

2/10

Not nearly as bad as other people have claimed, it's still not a very good movie. I love the original, and have soft spots in my heart for "Creepshow 2", even though it's severely flawed. "Creepshow III", isn't a "Creepshow" movie. It's more like a Sci-Fi Channels original picture. Some of the stories make absolutely no sense whatsoever and are merely there to fill time. Out of the five stories, two were legitimately enjoyable - "Professor Dayton's Wife" (in an H.G. Lewis kind of way) and "The Radio" (actually had an E.C. comics ironic ending to it). This review probably sounds like it was written by a 10 year old kid, and that's how my brain feels after watching this. It's the cinematic equivalent of Taco Bell - somewhat tasty but ultimately not very good for you.

The Good - All the stories link together. Cheesy gore effects. The Creep actually appears at the end of the movie (for all of about 2 seconds).

The Bad - The acting. The very obvious Universal back-lot sets. The music does not fit the movie at all. Most stories make no sense and have non-endings. The TERRIBLE computer animation that introduces the first story.

The Worst - The title. This isn't "Creepshow III". This is more like "Monsters: The Direct-to-DVD Motion Picture".

If you were looking for a continuation of the horror comic series "Creepshow", keep looking. If you're looking to waste 99 minutes watching something that actually has a few bright spots, watch this movie. But, in the end, it comes down to two things: 1) The producers made this movie for one reason - to cash in on the brand name of the series, sell it to Warner Brothers, and earn themselves a producing credit on the upcoming remake of the original film (if it happens). 2) Warner Brothers got the rights back to a series that they shouldn't have dropped in the first place and can now make the remake of the original (or other inferior sequels).

I've noticed from every comment that people hated this movie. I'm more on the fence. Yes, it was a slap in the face of the first two Creepshows, but at the same time, it was a very funny movie. I actually began laughing during this movie. I laughed harder watching this then I did watching an Adam Sandler or Jim Carry movie. The scenes with the people talking to the doctor were so funny, I almost wet my pants. This would be the perfect drinking game movie. Whenever the acting is awful (happends quite a bit) take a drink. Whenever something is funny when it's not supposed to be, drink. You'll be drunk in a matter of minutes. So, I say give this DVD a shot, not for horror, but for comedy. It's what Scary Movie 2, 3, and 4 should have been but weren't.

this movie sucks.its not scary plus the stories seem short. in the previous ones you got to know the characters.Man can anybody make a good remake or sequel in this generation.why is it Texas chainsaw massacre was the only good remake and everything else has been horrible!why is it producer think horror movies should just be gory and make no damm sense? black Christmas was horrible! Grudge 2 the ring 2. not only is there no good remakes there's no good sequels.Cgi does not help horror movies. that why I love watching the older horror movies from the 80's and seventies such as Halloween,Friday the 13th the first three hell raisers the first 2 creeps-hows exorcist. true horror fans know what I'm talking about. I feel if horror movies like these keep being made there will be no more horror movies because they will stop making money period!

I just viewed this movie, and it was what I had expected. Although I can appreciate the co-director's efforts to upstart a new "Creepshow". This film does not compare to the original by George Romero or its sequel. They probably would have been more successful if they had decided on a completely different title for this film. which why there are so many negative comments and reviews for this film, many people had very high expectations for this film.

I actually enjoyed the risks that these directors took on with this film, maybe due to deadlines and constraint budgets. I have to admit I enjoyed the "Call Girl"and "Haunted Dog" vignettes. There was refreshing moments in the film, but unfortunately they did not stay long. I think that maybe having to two directors also could have affacted the fatal outcome of this film.

I do feel that co-director, Ana Clavell does has a interesting vision, and should have pursues it by herself instead of collaborating with another director. I mean she is not genius but has some refreshing ideas for potential growth.

Creepshow 3 (2006)

** (out of 4)

From the same team that brought you the horrid Day of the Dead 2 comes this direct to DVD sequel to the George Romero/Stephen King series. The first film deals with a bitchy teenage girl who starts to become a mutant. The second story is about a dorky security guard who gets a radio that has a sexy voice that teaches him to be cool. The third story is about a serial killing hooker who meets her match when her next victim turns out to be a vampire. Next up is the story of a Professor who appears to have created a robot for his next wife. Finally, a mean doctor kills a homeless man with a dirty hot dog only to have the man come back. I was expecting one of the worst films ever made but it turned out the movie wasn't too bad. The first story is downright horrid and really causes a train wreck for the rest of the film but the second and third stories finally pick up. The fourth story is rather boring but the twist is pretty funny and the fifth story turns out to be pretty worthless. This is really a name only sequel so fans of the first two films will probably hate this but judging the film on its own makes it an okay time killing.

THE creepshow 1&2 are made in 1980~s when i was a little boy and i have no chance to see this series of movies,after watching creepshow 3 ,i knew that i almost missed a good & exited Dracula movie.

I ,of course, like any type of Dracula movie .THIS series of movie have their stronger personal style of Dracula-- the sick body, horrible bloody face, disconcerting polt ,and ---which is very important i think---black humor.

in the creepshow 3.scene 1:The professor will marry a young girl who even would be his granddaughter ,but his two students thought it is impossible and the "girl" which is made by the professor,so they killed her,cut her body her dead,they exclaimed the great of the professor till they found her photo^^^^^^ scene 2 :a doctor gave hot-dog to a beggar who died after having hot-dog.then the ghost of the beggar appeared in front of that doctor many times. THE last time doctor who conceived the beggar wanna kill him was scared to death by the ghost ,but that ghost said to him,the hot-dog tasted very well---his ghost only wanna say thank u to the doctor.:)

Creepshow III is not as bad as its infamous reputation. Taking into account the creators behind this film are in fact those responsible for the abomination known as Day of the Dead 2: Contagium, their second attempt at a devote homage to Romero is in fact successful - - as a devote Creepshow/Romero fan; it really is not that bad of a film.

The original Creepshow is fantastic as is Creepshow 2 and Tales from the Darkside is also another entertaining segmented hit from the same group of creators. I personally love these movies; they're parodies and spoofs of their inspiration source yet faithful homages at the same time so wonderfully portrayed it brings back childhood memories of being scared of nonsensical jibber jabber such as ghosts and zombies and monsters hiding under the bed. In the 80's and 90's Romero and King worked alongside on these films inspired by E.C comics, shorts by Stephen King - what have you. Let's look at Creepshow III in that way; after Romero and King's series of segment-based horror/comedy film they therefore set new grounds for new film makers to indulge and be inspired by and I think Creepshow III is exactly that - - taking into account its restrictions of pushing boundaries which I am sure the film makers would have intended to do but this is clearly an incredibly low budget film so there are bound to be set backs in script, acting, special effects … even though I don't think those particular structures in the film are that bad at all. AJ Bowen in "The Radio" is particularly good as is Camille Lacey in "Call Girl" as a serial killing prostitute.

My main point is that there are movies out there that are far worse than this. I have intentionally seen a lot of horrible movies so I can appreciate a wider range of cinema, some movies I have seen have $0 budgets and are shot on a digital home videos; Ben & Arthur (2002) comes to mind, and then there is Tommy Wiseau's The Room (2003) that is screened all the time at my local cult theatre so teenagers can get drunk/stoned and laugh at how appallingly awful everything about it truly is. Think Monster A Go-Go (1965) where the film ran out of funding, so the movie abruptly halts halfway and finalises the ending with stock footage. What about Santa With Muscles? Anything by Ulli Lommel is also worth burning and burying – my point being is that Creepshow III suffers a bad rap and I fail to see why, the first segment is probably the worst segment of all three Creepshow movies perhaps, but the film picks up with The Radio, Call Girl (which is reminiscent of the first Creepshow's "Father's Day" and "Something to Tide You Over" and the second movie's "The Hitchhiker) and even "The Professor's Wife" has a good sense of gory humour to it. After all this movie *is* intended to be a comedy/horror – it is probably more comedy based though with minor childlike horror elements. It reminds me of Goosebumps or Freaky Stories.

So did I enjoy Creepshow III? Apart from the failure of a coherent "Alice in Wonderland" reference that is the first segment "Alice" (even though there is good humour behind it) the movie is actually quite funny particularly "The Radio" and "Call Girl" being my favourite segments. The movie is a good cousin to the original two films and as a devote Romero/King/Creepshow fan I say that in all confidence. If one had a broad and open mind toward low budget cinema then you would understand that the infamous bad reviews that Creepshow III receives are in fact inflated and exaggerated by the horror community that are forever expected every horror movie that is released to be the next Rosemarie's Baby or Halloween, people are always demanding too much of horror.

The reason I love horror so much is its capability to be so diverse and so broad that one can manipulate fantasy, mystery, action, sci-fi into the mixing pot and whatever the outcome you can still optionally chose comedy as its strongest feature. So whether you think Creepshow III is good or bad, just take this film buff's advice; there is always *always* something far worse than whatever you have seen, so keep looking – when you find that ultimate bottom of the pit failure of celluloid it will help you appreciate movies like Creepshow III more.