'Creepshow’ – Season 3, Episode 6: ‘Drug Traffic’ & ‘Dead Girl Named Sue’

I've had a really nice four days off work but I think that the time has finally come to go back into work for a little peace and quiet before the weekend... ;o) I also need to give my cash card a break but that's another story. Lets just say that I need to stop thinking I can keep track of the bill, as I go, when we're eating out. Oh well, three weeks until Payday :o)

In the meantime though, it looks like this is the last episode of 'Creepshow' as far as Season 3 goes. It's been a great Season overall, not perfect but a hell of a lot more consistent in terms of the stories. Lets take a look at the last two stories, shall we...? Once again, it's going to be a shorter post than normal because I'm shattered and I'm back in the office tomorrow (well, working at my desk in my flat but you know what I mean)...

'Drug Traffic'

A family is detained, and a young girl’s distressing symptoms quickly escalate without her medication.

I love anything with Michael Rooker in it, it's just an instinctive reaction really but he does that 'everyman American' thing (with a hint of being a bastard) really well and it's the same deal here. There's a message here of course, around immigration and how America treats its people, but it got lost in a resurgence of my fear of disembodied hungry floating heads. There's just the one head doing it here but that's more than enough. Apparently that's all that's needed to creep me right the hell out. It did, it really did. Nice little nod to the original films with 'Chief Wooden Head' beer as well.

Your mileage may vary here, I guess it depends on your fear of disembodied hungry floating heads, but 'Drug Traffic' had me gazing round the corner of my laptop, just to make doubly sure that there wasn't anything staring back at me.


‘Dead Girl Named Sue’

When the dead rise from their graves, townspeople take justice into their own hands.

There have been a number of good stories, from this season, but 'Dead Girl Named Sue' has just staked its claim for 'best story' overall. If this is the last episode in the Season then it's a brilliant one to bow out on. Setting the plot against the backdrop of 'Night of the Living Dead' lent it a real sense of context that you don't normally see in 'Creepshow' tales but it wasn't just your average zombie tale. It's a real visceral reminder that the real evil of a zombie apocalypse comes from the living and that sometimes, it's only the dead who can provide any kind of justice. There's not a lot more that I can say other than that you need to watch it, whether you're a Romero fan or not. Either way, it's a very well told story that rewards the time that you put into it.


You can read all my 'Creepshow' posts (from all Seasons) over Here.

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