Expert: Popcorn Guy - 9/28/2005

Question
There was a movie from the 80's and it was a collection of short stories. One of the stories was about a guy who was a clean freak and at the end of the story he died covered in roaches, and another storey was about these tenns who swim in this restricted are onto a platform in the middle of a lake and a blob starts killing them. I can't remember the name of it. Please help me!

Answer
Hi, Gary...

You have a very simple problem, my friend... you have two movies combined into one in your head... "Creepshow" and "Creepshow 2." The first one was done by Stephen King and George Romero. That one had five stories in it, including the one you mention about the germ fanatic being bombarded by cockroaches - it was called "They're Creeping Up On You," and starred EG Marshall. The second film, "Creepshow 2," had three stories to it, including
"The Raft," the story you remember about the ttens on the platform in the middle of a lake.

The first one was made in 1982, the second in 1987. Apparantly, there's going to be a "Creepshow 3," too. It just started filming for a 2006 release... dunno anything else about it, as far as whether or not King and Romero are having anything to do with it, or what the stories might be..

Hope this helps,

PCG