Under The Dome

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Three tales of horror: a hit and run driver in the hitchhiker a wooden indian on the warpath in ol chief woodenhead & four friends whose vacation on a secluded lake turns into a nightmare in the raft. Features: widescreen theatrical trailer photo gallery. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 09/28/2004 Rating: R

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What is it about hitchhikers that makes them such a sure-fire bet for horror? This question is addressed in the final segment of Creepshow 2, another Stephen King-George Romero collaboration. “The Hitchhiker” is the simplest and best of the three tales on display here, with Lois Chiles as a cheating wife who just can’t seem to get rid of a hitchhiker… no matter how hard she tries. The collection gets off to a slow start with “Old Chief Wood’n Head,” a sleepy story of Native American justice. “The Raft” is a passable teens-in-peril number, but it worked better on the page than on screen. Romero adapted the King stories but emphatically did not direct, which accounts for the drop-off from the kicky fun of the first Creepshow. King appears as a dimwitted truck driver–a foreshadowing of Maximum Overdrive? In any case, this one’s for diehard fans only. –Robert Horton