Creepshow III

Creepshow 3
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Directed by	James Glenn Dudelson & Ana Clavell
Budget	$?,????

Creepshow 3 (aka Creepshow III) is the second sequel to Stephen King & George A. Romero's 1982 horror anthology classic, "Creepshow." No one from the production of either Creepshow or Creepshow 2 (namely Stephen King and George Romero) were involved in the production of this film. James Dudelson, the original rights holder to the "Creepshow" franchise, co-directed Creepshow 3, and that is the only real tie it has to the original two installments.

The film consists of five new tales of horror: "Alice", "The Radio", "Call Girl", "The Professor's Wife" & "Haunted Dog".

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The original promotional poster for Creepshow 3. Although this early poster suggests four stories, the film itself actually features five, like the original Creepshow.

Story #1: "Alice"

Alice is a stuck-up, snotty teenager who comes home to find her father meddling with some kind of universal remote. Whenever he presses one of the buttons on the device, the whole family besides Alice changes ethnicity (ie. the "Color and Hue Settings" button makes her family turn African-American, and the "Subtitles" button makes her family turn Hispanic). During this, Alice gradually mutates into what is supposedly her "true form".

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A scene from Creepshow 3's animated sequence that opens the film. The hotdog stand plays a part in most of the stories in the film.

Just when Alice thinks everything is back to normal, her father presses another button, revealing Alice's true form. Her family is absolutely horrified at the sight of Alice, and the story ends with Professor Dayton, the mad scientist from down the sreet, using another remote control to turn Alice into a white rabbit.

Story #2: "The Radio"

Jerry is a part-time security guard who buys a radio from a homeless street vendor to replace his old one which has stopped working. However, this mysterious new radio is far from ordinary... It can have a conversation with Jerry, and very soon Jerry is stealing money and murdering people, all at the whim of his new radio.

Alice's father (Detective Jacobs) also appears in this story, investigating the various murders and strange goings-on taking place.

Story #3: "Call Girl"

Rachael is a murderous hooker who recieves a call from Victor, her newest client. Rachael thinks he will be just another easy victim, however, it turns out that Victor is a vampire. A serial killer prostitute vs. a vampire client -- a clash of titans?

Story #4: "The Professor's Wife"

Two former students come to visit Professor Dayton and meet his wife to be, Kathy. Having been victims of his practical jokes in the past, they suspect that Kathy is actually a robot, which the professor has supposedly spent the last 20 years working on in his laboratory. She also behaves like a robot and does not eat or drink, which further indicates that she is probably mechanical. When the professor is out of bounds, they decide to dismantle Kathy to see what she looks like on the inside.

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Professor Dayton, the crazy professor from Creepshow 3's fourth story, "The Professor's Wife".

To their utter horror, they learn that Kathy really was a human being after all. The professor later buys an 'advanced' voodoo kit from the homeless street vendor to put Kathy back together in time for the wedding.

Rachael the call girl killer makes a brief appearance in this story.

Story #5: "Haunted Dog"

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The "Creepshow Creep" returns in Creepshow 3.

A cruel, miserly doctor, Dr. Farwell, works a 30 day sentence at a free clinic, where he is very insolent and rude towards his patients, even going as far as to show no sympathy towards a young girl with a brain tumour, and mocking an elderly woman who is going blind. One day he buys a hot dog, then accidentally drops it on the ground. Out of kindness (or perhaps not) he decides to give it to a homeless man who has been bothering him for some spare change. The homeless man dies after taking one bite, and he returns to haunt the cruel doctor. The story ends with the doctor having a heart attack from having had too many encounters with his ghostly stalker...

Victor from third story, "Call Girl", also appears in this segment, and seems to be in cahoots with Dr. Farwell. The homeless man can be heard muttering "Thanks for the good dog" to Dr. Farwell throughout the segment, which is no doubt a reference to the somewhat similar "Thanks for the ride, lady!" line from Creepshow 2's final story, "The Hitch-Hiker".

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The film was released May 15, 2007 in the United States by HBO through their parent company Warner Home Video - however, the UK release of the film is still unconfirmed.

Creepshow 3 was backed by the Taurus Entertainment Company and directed by James Glenn Dudelson (director of Day of the Dead 2: Contagium) and his wife, Ana Clavell. The films special make-up effects were created by Greg McDougall, who has also worked on the remake of "War of the Worlds" in the special effects department.

Creepshow 4

Taurus Entertainment Co. have recently announced another entry in the series, Creepshow 4, which is slated to go into production sometime this summer.

External links

• Creepshow 3 at Rotten Tomatoes
• Taurus Entertainment: The Official Website