 Thanks for checking out this review video. So this is an overall review for the creep show series on shudder I'm not going to go into a lot of detail on each story Because I'm gonna go over all 12 stories. Maybe give just a few sentences So I'm presenting my overall ranking of all 12 of those stories According to my opinion, I've seen so many people out there ranking these very very differently for me And that's one of the fun things about it about things like this anthologies where you know Some of them play really well for some people and not so much for others and vice versa and it's um, it's just fun to see So that said, let me say real quick First of all help me out hit that subscribe if you like any of the videos I do because it really helps out because I'd you know make money on this or anything but one of the other things I really want you to do is put a comment down there and give me your Personal ranking of all the stories if you've seen it I would really be interested to read through and see what everyone else has and I mean Maybe there's one person out there who has the exact same ranking as me But I'm gonna bet that I'll get a lot of different stuff. So let me just say something overall about this creep show series overall I'm happy with it. I enjoy it when it comes to anthology things I don't go into them expecting a lot out of it just because I know that there's a possibility that I'm gonna like only some of the stories and not like others because you're getting a lot of different writers You're getting a lot of different directors, and you're not gonna like what everyone does You're not necessarily gonna like everyone's directing style. You're not necessarily gonna like everyone's writing style You're not necessarily gonna like all the acting because one of the other things is with these I mean you could tell this was kind of low budget There were a lot of stories where the acting was just you know kind of more like along lines of like a TV acting For a series like this. So, you know just temporary or expectations, and that's all good Overall like I said overall I enjoyed it there were some stories that really really hit well for me And I'll go over those a little bit as I get through my ranking But one of the big issues for me with this one was the runtime I feel like a lot of these stories kind of needed More runtime to really tell the story effectively Some of them you were taking stories that already existed Adapting them to be much shorter than they should have been and that kind of was very much to the detriment of the actual story So I would really like if they're doing a season 2 which I assume they probably will because Shutter's viewership With creep show has been huge apparently so I would love it if they can get extra money Which could mean longer episodes for the next series I mean not necessarily even like getting more episodes and more stories out of it Just like extending the length of the stories would really that that's something I would really enjoy so Yeah, and keep the practical effects the way they are because overall I think the practical effects were really good in the series and They I think they use practical effects for like every episode which makes sense because you know Greg Greg Nicotero being the one running it He's huge into practical facts like he's known for that and he does an amazing job So I love the fact that they incorporated it as much as they did that was very pleasing to a person like myself Who hates computer graphics, especially in horror films? So good job you guys And I'm glad that Shutter gave this a home I'm glad that Shutter said we should do this because it's awesome And let me give my shout out and my thank you to Shutter for providing me with the screeners for all the episodes So I could do these reviews. So thank you Shutter. So let me get into it. Let me go over these episodes Hopefully I don't miss miss my place because I I didn't put numbers next these are neat to remember what number I'm at So in last I have by the silver water of Lake Champlain that story. I just Wasn't really feeling it because it was so heavy on the family dynamics Oh spoilers on these a little bit It was so heavy on the family dynamics that the actual creature in it wasn't much of an actual factor I understand the metaphors and everything going along with it and what they were trying to accomplish But it just didn't feel horror to me and it felt like it was also very slow Wasn't really a fan of this one. So number 11 for me is all Hallows Eve This is also one that I just wasn't a big fan of apparently this was adapted from a comic book story Which should have been you know pretty appropriate, but it felt kind of chopped up to me It felt like it needed a much longer runtime in order to flesh out the emotional impacts They were trying to have with the kids being dead and everything in the end But you know and the dialogue some of the dialogue was really off just didn't feel right not just with delivery, but with the way the words were actually written and didn't feel realistic and I know there are a lot of people out there who really love that one And I just it's just not for me not a fan of it Number 10 Lydia Lane's better half. I felt like this one was there's a good concept there But there wasn't enough to fill the runtime which is kind of weird Like you should be able to figure out a way to fill that runtime because it's a pretty short runtime but it's Yeah, it just didn't play out. Well, it felt like they were wasting time a lot a lot of it the time and Yeah, there just wasn't a whole lot going on actually and it felt like kind of a waste of time to be honest Number nine at times is tough and musky holler that one I just felt like There's a good premise there. There was a really cool premise. It's just it felt chopped up There's some really cool directing in it. I will say and David Arquette in it was really really good He nailed his part, but there's just They didn't show enough of of the of the ending like the actual payoff portion There was a cool payoff to it, but they didn't show enough of that actual payoff with the zombies eating people And they had a cool premise with you know, these people being punished for kind of Betraying humanity in a sense, but I just felt like they didn't set the story up Well, and they didn't move it along and this was another one where I felt like there was extra dialogue added Just to kind of waste time and that's that's not good So Okay, that was number nine so number eight gray matter now This one was the very first story and it had a really good cast You know, it had Giancarlo Esposito It had Adrienne Barbo and I had Tobin Bell and I was I had very high hopes for it But this is one of the ones that was an issue where it was a Stephen King story that was adapted to a Runtime that is really way too short for what that story is from what I'm told and it felt choppy it felt so terribly choppy and That's one of the reasons I just couldn't I couldn't with it I wasn't a fan because it's just so messy and chopped up and Like it literally felt like you were like wait did I miss something am I miss am I missing things here? Why are we here and then we're here like this is this is crazy Although the creature well, you know the guy as he's like kind of like got all this slime and I guess he was kind of melting Maybe no, he was turning into that creature the kid's father That looked amazing that looked really cool looked gross once again the practical effects awesome So there are good aspects of it, but overall the story just wasn't it wasn't hitting it So that was number eight number seven bad wolf down. I love the way the werewolves in this looked They looked really cool. They use them effectively I like all the colors at the end and the smoke and it's like the fog of war and people getting ripped up and torn up by By werewolves and eaten that was a lot of fun But the issue it oh and Jeffrey combs and this is great Like he just chewed scenery like you would assume he would but I felt like everything leading up to it Was just very blah. There wasn't much of any interesting Twist there wasn't an interesting twist to it or anything. It was very kind of here. We go here We go you were just waiting for the werewolves to happen and that's just kind of what sucked So I just felt like it took too long to get to the werewolves They were just wasting time to get there nothing interesting happening until that little bit and that's your payoff And you know the payoff was nice, but everything else was I Don't know so like I liked it and I didn't like it same time There was some decent comedy in there, but there was also some some comedy. They were trying to make really work in a wasm so number six Night of the paw now this one was interesting to me because it's a very old story that's been done many times It's pretty tired pretty old but they put a little bit of a their own twist on on it and I think it worked and The big thing is Bruce Davidson acted his ass off in this and he I mean I felt like this story lived or died with his performance and he really brought it that guy was really on His game and it was cool. I mean it was it was fun Yeah Mainly Bruce Davidson man like he really brought it home But like I said, you know, it's it's a when you do something like that where it's a tired old story where it's you know The whole monkeys paw thing you have to do something to make it your own You have to do something to put a twist to it and they did a good job with that I felt like with you know, the old man just missing his wife and wanting someone to kill him like that's a cool twist on it Then we have at number five Yeah, number five the companion So one of the big things I really liked about this is the design of the creature that scarecrow in it He looked awesome and the sound design to go along with him Like when he had his like wooden tendrils roots coming out of his hands sounded great It went it went along with it really well It created a really good atmosphere around that that that scarecrow and it had you know a bit of a touching story behind it, too So I like that about it. I like the revenge that the kid the kid gets on his brother with it. I Like it. That's it's pretty solid Then we had a number four skin crawlers Which was in the last episode this one was fun because it was kind of a It spoke to a lot of issues in society of you know, people having insecurity about how their body is Which you know, everyone's experienced that at some point I'm sure whether not necessarily like how big or small you are But you know, are you too tall or are you too short? Are you losing your hair like everyone can tell with me? You know, we've all been there with something. So I like how they speak to that they also kind of speak to Not really being able to trust companies even though everyone kind of assumes Oh, you can trust this company the smart people don't just trust companies blindly like that because it can lead to having a bunch of eggs from some Weird leech creature laid in you and then your whole body explodes basically and that's one of the things about the story, too That that like gut explosion at the very end was awesome that's what I wanted to happen at that moment it happened and then I Didn't see it coming that like giant Mutated leech thing that came out of the stomach. I did not see that coming. I was very happy with that I thought that was cool They used gore and practical effects a lot at the end of this and that was a very fun surprise That one was it was good times Then number three the man in the suitcase. This was another one kind of like night of the paw where it's an old story It's a it's a genie in a bottle type thing or in this case. They were kind of playing on the more evil version the gin DJ INN the gin, however people want to say it kind of sinister and It was a cool take on it like you find this person in the suitcase and you can extract gold out of Creating pain for them. So it's a morality tale like, you know, like those types of old stories are but once again You know, they they put their own twist on it. They updated it. They made it cool Plus of the gin at the end looked really Crazy and creepy and scary and cool and I like that too and there was good comedy integrated into it as well Yeah, it was just overall quite well done. Then number two the house of the head Written by one of my favorite horror authors right now. Josh Mallerman loved it He did he did a really good job This was one that I felt like worked extremely well being written specifically for a short run time it's It keeps you interested the whole time very engaged the creepiness of that little head like moving around Inside that dial house and the way it was directed which I think John Harrison was the one who directed that one His directing on that was great a lot of cool camera work on it to go like in and out of the house and kind of move around it and show Different things like the moments were like the the Native American Shaman like sticks his head out and then it kind of like goes around and it shows that his head had been severed And there's like blood coming down. So it's like it's kind of It's weird because it's like it's gory, but it's really not gory because it's not actually people It's like little figurines. So I don't know. It's kind of cool. I really like the story But it's really tense it keeps you engaged the whole time. It's it's very cool And like I said during my review of it my initial review That should be a full-length book Josh Mallerman if you happen to see this I'm sure he won't ever I would love for you to write that book house of the head that because there's so much more story There it's obviously at the end of it a setup to keep going And then my number one was the finger DJ Qualls is an actor in this one just like Bruce Davidson and Knight of the Paw DJ Qualls brought it hard to this performance. He was on his game. He brought that perfect that perfect mix of like being serious and being crazy and being funny and That was a script, you know the script in general was it was really well-written. It was very very tight It moved very well. It felt like it was perfectly written for it for its runtime It was funny. It was touching. It was gross. It was Quirky, I mean it was all sorts of things and those are the types of scripts I like a lot when you can do a lot of different things at once and it feels like it works like it did with this Yeah, I'm all for it. Plus the design of Bob the little creature was really funny and cool He looked good I mean he looked good And I was very shocked that they gave him as much screen time as they did shocked and very pleased because he was funny and cool And I loved it. I mean it was kind of like having a killer cat as a pet to be honest It's very much like having a cat a Homicidal cat which some people would argue most cats are homicidal. There are books about that actually Anyway, that's my full assessment on it. That's my full ranking like I said, please put down in the comments Your rankings if you've seen them all I would love to look through those and see what matches what doesn't Just because I'm interested in other people's opinions on stuff. 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