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Rish's Reviews
We've got a horror anthology, like the other two, but with a bunch of vignettes rather than stories. They're sort of connected in a "Look what shenanigans go on in this neighborhood" kind of way, but still not enough to pass in a court of law.
Here's the thing: this is a terrible movie. It's badly done, but even worse than that, it's badly done.
Tyranist has made it no secret that he's no fan of anthology films like these, with segments/stories/sketches, but I rather like them, feeling that a lot of tales are great in small portions, but not enough for a full feature film. But wow, there wasn't enough for a half hour segment of "Tales from the Darkside," or even worse, its weaker followup "Monsters."
Creepshow 2 wasn't great, but it looks like Creepshow 1 compared to Creepshow 3. As the movie progressed, I eagerly anticipated the ending to arrive, so that it would be over, of course, but also so I could add it to my Worst Films Reviewed For the Site list. It was that bad.
But then they had a segment about a really bad doctor. It was still quite weak, but there were a couple of moments that were pretty funny. I don't know if the actor they got to play the doctor was just much better than the material, and he ad-libbed some stuff that they somehow didn't cut out, inadvertently lifting the film from a one out of ten to a two or three. But since the humour was absent from the other segments, I don't know if I can place the credit on the shoulders of the directors and writers.*
But don't get me wrong, just because we got a chuckle out of five minutes in an eighty minute movie is no reason you should see it. The average viewer, average horror viewer, and average horror anthology viewer should avoid this. If it weren't called Creepshow 3 we wouldn't even have seen it.
And we would've been better off. I spoke to George Romero the other day, and was relieved to find out he hadn't seen Creepshow 3. Even with all his financial problems, he's a man to be envied.
Best Scare: None.
I'd Recommend It To: Also none.
*You know what, forget what I said. This IS one of the worst movies we've reviewed for the site. For its one minute of amusement, you'd still get more laughs from the opening teaser of any episode of "Friends." And for as many scares and laughs as are in this whole movie, you'd get more in any teaser of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Posted: August 29, 2007

Total Skulls:

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later
Flashback sequence
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc.
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell?