After an unplanned absence from the Series, let's jump back in to finish up before we get the new Season.
To catch up, I'm doing both Segments for a change.
We begin with the Morality Play of...
He can use it to step inside and get more time (time passes for him in there, but not out here).
It becomes an issue when he uses it all of the time and needs to rely on it.
Will something inevitably go wrong?
In the second tale, we get an animated look at a Town's secret.
Should it be unearthed?
A young woman- the Mayor's Daughter- is behind the local story of a Time Capsule from 1821 being unearthed.
However, it also ties into the date when the Town's Residents disappeared all those decades ago.
She keeps looking into it as a the Local Reporter attempts to romance her.
She finds out what the secret of the Box is and, let's just say you don't want to be in Oakwood anytime soon!
To find out, stream the Segments now.
This is a great example of why I tended to do the Segments separately. If you can find a throughline in these two, be my guest!
That said, I liked both Segments in their own right. They are just very, very different.
'Time Out' is much less about direct Horror and intentionally more mundane. Of course, things take a turn as the time manipulation is abused far too much. You feel for the guy as it seems to be the only solution and you know that something bad is going to happen.
'Oakwood's Past' is an interesting foray into Animation- and not just to cut down on the expensive Shots like earlier Episodes. I'm not a huge fan of the Animation Style, but I also don't hate it. For what it is worth, they make full use of the fact that it is animated in the second half.
This is definitely the most disproportionately different Episode as far as Segments go, but still a solid one. Let's see how the Finale goes next.
If there ever was a case for watching the Segments of Creepshow as individuals, this sure is it. They are still good, of course.
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