 Thanks for checking out this video. So this is a no spoiler review for season 2 episode 4 of Creepshow on Shudder Now if you don't know I'm doing no spoiler reviews for every episode and each episode includes two stories And then at the end actually just so you know I will be doing an entire video that is a full ranking I think in the same video. I'm gonna do a ranking of just the season 2 Stories and then an overall ranking of seasons 1 and 2 and all the specials kind of put together Just my feelings on it But I don't know if I'm gonna separate those two videos or not So if you want to put your feedback in the comments on how you think I should do it all is one or is two I Will listen anyway season 2 episode 4 is coming to Shudder on Thursday April 22nd and Like I said, this is no spoilers. So no problem I'm not allowed to do spoilers since I'm putting this out ahead of time And for that reason there will be no synopsis for the stories, but I will tell you some things to get you ready for Now the first story is called pipe screams Now this one is directed by Joe Lynch who also did the one the right snuff which was in episode 3 of season 2 and He's directed such things as wrong turn 2 dead end Chilarama nights of bad astem mayhem and like I said the right snuff This one's written written by Daniel Krause, and I actually couldn't find any previous stuff on Daniel Krause I don't know if he's just kind of like hidden in IMDB somewhere, but Daniel Krause if you end up seeing this put in the comments What else have you done because I think you did a pretty nice job with the story I will say that the script is nice with this one. I did enjoy this one Stars Barbara Crampton She's the biggest name in this one if you're big into horror like me and I'm assuming you are if you're watching this You probably love Barbara Crampton. She is a wonderful person I've never met her or had any or interactions with her, but based off social media and what I've seen of her She seems like a really awesome person and she does a fun job in this story for creep show The big thing is that she Makes her role feel fun like you feel like she had a good time on set and it's just like she's throwing a lot into her character in this and it's very enjoyable like you feel her energy you feel her Excitement you feel her having a good time and that makes you have a good time and in general I think this story is a good time. There's a lot of fun to it. There are some funny aspects to it There's some good chaotic moments in it that keeps it very upbeat and really moving So pacing is really good Which I feel like a lot of the stories have had some pacing issues Well, maybe not a lot but a chunk of them have had some pacing issues This one certainly does not have that problem really keeps you interested and engaged and I I dig it. It's good It's not like the best thing ever, but I dig it now. Obviously, you know Barbara Crampton I'll just tell you some of my favorite things that she's been in chopping mall reanimator from beyond She's been in a lot though And she's in the film with Larry Fesson and Jacob's wife which shutter got the rights to so at some point They will have that available for me for a screener and I'll have a no spoilers review for that film before it hits Shutter now. I'm not sure when it'll hit shutter. It's definitely not gonna be May because they've already said when you know What's coming out in May? So maybe June? I assume probably June. We'll see anyway I I also need to call out for this story Eric Edelston, you know I saw him in there and I was like by name. I was like, I don't know who this guy is but when I saw him I'm like he looks so familiar to me So you've probably seen him in a few things So I ripped down some of the things that you might recognize him from he was in the Hills have ice to Jurassic world patchwork. He was in the 2017 season of Twin Peaks He was in on drunk history, which I saw him on drunk history But I know him best from this last one Which is my favorite and I plan to purchase this movie because this movie is awesome If you've seen it, you know, it's awesome green room the a24 film green room check it out if you haven't seen it Wonderful film and he does a great job in it. He does a great job in this too. That's why I wanted to shout his name out He did a really good job in this one Okay, so I like the way the comic panels get used for this particular story the way it kind of Goes into it leads into the story and it does it in a good way. It's a nice transition I like that use right there Barber's performance like I said so great, but it bears repeating but also Eric Eric did such a nice job with this and his role Wasn't super easy either. He had some real challenges that he had to deal with so good job on that Sound design is really good on this one. It does stand out too. I really like the sound design I feel like this is the first of the stories that I really really notice the sound design So that says even better things about the sound design in my opinion So nice work on that Like I said moves at a really good pace it keeps you engaged because you also don't really know where this is going It's such an intriguing setup for the story and it moves at such a good pace And it gives you enough little pieces and it goes that you're just like I have no clue where this is headed And I'm excited to find out where and yeah, I like that. That's good writing Solid practical effects in this one. There are some nice practical effects moments There's a little bit of CGI here or there, but it was used well It's not overused and it's kind of integrated so you can't really tell as much so good on that Like I said fun funny and chaotic It's a good one and then overall makes a very relevant relevant point and is done in an interesting way And the ending is okay. I do feel like the ending. I wanted a little bit more out of it But it's still fine. There's no like big problem with the ending to it. So Overall, I did enjoy this one. I thought it was a good time and yeah, I like it. So overall I'm giving it out of five stars with half stars in play. I'm actually gonna give this one a three and a half star rating I did quite enjoy this one as far as these creeps show shows go So yeah, there you go three and a half on pipe screams. Hope you guys enjoy it now The next one I didn't like as much now this one is within the walls of madness I didn't hate it, but there are some things that kind of bothered me about it a little bit So there's good and bad with this one. This one was directed by John Harrison Who's done a bunch of episodes for tales from the dark side? I'm sure people know about that He did some tales from the crypt and then he also did a bunch of episodes or a bunch of stories of creeps show including Tails or I'm sorry the house of the head which was has been one of my favorite ones all Hallows eve night of the paw and times is tough in musky holler So he's done a good amount of this stuff. This one was written by John Esposito Who's also written scripts for a graveyard shift tale of the mummy a bunch of the walking dead webisodes I don't watch walking dead So I'm not familiar if they were good or not And then he's also written scripts for the creeps show stories model kid and night of the paw So there you go. No big stars in this one overall. The acting is fine It's it's neither here nor there it kind of hits that kind of middle middle part where it's not Doing anything bad to the story, but it's also not really in particularly enhancing it. It's fine. It's serviceable There's there's no issue right there. There aren't any big names. You're not probably not gonna recognize anyone just saying There's some cutting in and out of lights that end up being used two separate times within the story Like a kind of flashing thing so people who have epilepsy be warned Or if people are just sensitive to that stuff be warned because with me when there's a lot of that like there There's a a potential for a migraine to be tripped off to be Started for me basically that did not happen Thankfully, but it's annoying and the thing is it keeps you from really seeing what's going on I assume that was kind of the idea because they wanted to kind of obfuscate something and I get that story wise But it's annoying. It doesn't actually look good and it goes on too long. I thought it was a bad choice There are other things you can do just have it kind of low lighting. I didn't like it I just did not like that aspect, but you move past it, you know, it doesn't destroy the the story I like the set design in this the set design is really cool it gives you a lot to look at and there are kind of two main locations that look particularly cool and While they have scenes in those locations, you are kind of like looking around and being like man This looks quite nice. So very nice on the set design It reminds me of even though I didn't really like it the the right snuff story The set design on that was really cool and there was a lot of cool stuff to look at so it kind of reminded me a bit of that There's some cool camera work in this too. So nice work on the directing John Harrison There were some really inspired camera movements and some really inspired shots in this one So the directing really did stand out for this one and that made me happy The comic panel is used pretty well Well, I guess it's used well, but it's also used very strategically with this story to keep the budget down Like you can tell when it would be something that you know You don't necessarily have to shoot if you have the access to using these comic panels And I just thought it was well integrated and it's stuff that you as a viewer don't really miss like it's fine That they're done as as comic panels. So smartly smartly used there The title does hint at the inspiration for the story I'm not gonna go further than that and when you see it. You'll probably get it. You'll be like, oh, I see where Okay, got it. So Yeah, it feels slow Unfortunately and the in the ending isn't bad, but the CGI used in ending is bad so that kind of Messes with my opinion of how the film wraps up because you're very distracted by how terrible The CGI looks it looks bad. It's bad I don't know if it was intentionally supposed to look bad to like intentionally look really wonky for like some sort of comedic Aspect to it. I don't know. I don't know if this is like a tongue-in-cheek thing, but it doesn't look good I did not like it at all It's distracting from the actual ending which the story story wise like I was saying like it's not a bad ending It's a decent ending to it overall story quite interesting too, but It was slow the CGI is terrible you know Just saying So I was a little let down with that now overall I don't want to kill this on my rating because there are some good stuff at play here So I ended up landing in the middle so out of five stars with half stars in play I'm doing two and a half on this one Yeah, so overall I feel like this episode is Feels very much like episode two of season two like on that level in my opinion. Maybe a little bit higher Overall, I think maybe a little bit higher. So yeah But anyway, I'd love to see what everyone else has to say once you've seen it Go ahead. You can put some comments down here spoilers Go ahead spoilers in the comments as long as the show's already been on shutter Which is April 22nd, then we can talk about it. What did you think? Did you love it? Did you hate it? Are you happy with where things are going? I think this is a good Rebound in my opinion overall said over the last episode. So yeah, I'm still having fun I love I love just the mixed bag of stories and It bears repeating if there are stories you don't like you're not investing a lot of time So it's fine like it's easy for me to just be like, oh, I'm good I didn't like that one on to the next and I've got had plenty that I actually do like so. Yeah Anyway, thanks for checking this out. 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