CREEPS (1956) -- ThreeStooges.net

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Released February 02, 1956
Featuring Moe, Larry and Shemp

Columbia
15.67 min. (Short Subject)

Telling their sons a bedtime story, the Stooges weave a tall tale of themselves as moving men sent to a spooky old mansion on a rainy night to move some old furniture, including a suit of armor. Inhabited by the spirit of Sir Tom, the armor objects to leaving. Vowing to kill the Stooges if they try to remove him, the boys go on the run from the sword-wielding Tom.

A remake, with stock footage, of THE GHOST TALKS (1949).

Avg. Rating:

[6.07/10]

Cast List

Larry Fine
Larry

Shemp Howard
Shemp

Moe Howard
Moe

Moe Howard
Moe Jr.

Larry Fine
Larry Jr.

Shemp Howard
Shemp Jr.

Phil Arnold
Sir Tom, voice

Jules White
Red Skeleton, voice

Production Crew

Jules White
Producer

Jules White
Director

Felix Adler
Story

Jack White
Screenplay

Felix Adler
Screenplay, stock footage

Henry Freulich
Director of Photography

M. A. Anderson
Photography, stock footage

Harold White
Film Editor

Edwin Bryant
Film Editor, stock footage

Ross Bellah
Art Director

Charles Clague
Art Director, stock footage

Eddie Saeta
Assistant Director

Stooge Businesses (1)

Stooge Goofs (4)

Stooge Mayhem (Avg. 2.50)

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2015-04-14 19:57:08 by Naztyspy217

An improvement over The Ghost Talks, tightening the original's rambling plot and adding in a couple of very amusing segments of the Stooges as their own babies. No classic, but a unique novelty as one of the very few remakes that is better than the original.

Reviewer's Rating:

(6)

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2013-06-08 09:19:29 by Shemp_Diesel

Very light on new footage, and the new footage itself isn't anything to write home about. The Ghost Talks was no masterpiece, but I'll take it every day of the week over Creeps.

Reviewer's Rating:

(3)

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2010-06-02 15:23:33 by falsealarms

At best, this is a lackluster remake of a lackluster short. THE GHOST TALKS was one of the slowest moving Stooge shorts and this remake, which is light on new footage, doesn't do anything to help it.

Reviewer's Rating:

(4)

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2009-05-16 00:08:23 by MR77100

A rather weak remake; the only new footage is the wrap-around with the stooges as their own children and a new scene with the armor wielding a sword. The suit of armor in the new footage looks rather different as well. There is just too much excess stock footage in this to give it more than 2 pokes. I prefer the original.

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2008-11-15 10:24:23 by Lefty

Not to nitwit -- uh, nitpick -- but Lady Godiva was played by Nancy Saunders ("Maggie" in "I'm a Monkey's Uncle" and "Stone Age Romeos") as opposed to Virginia Hunter ("Aggie" in both of those shows -- or thows shose). And having seen both "Creeps" and "The Ghost Talks" in the past few months on our local channel, I'd give a slight edge to the earlier version.

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2008-11-08 23:47:31 by The 4th Stooge

I found this one a tad better than The Ghost Talks, but only because of one reason: How many Quaaludes had Virginia Hunter taken when she rode in as Lady Godiva?! Look at her performances in "Sing a Song of Six Pants", and compare it to this. Yikes!3.5 pokes

Reviewer's Rating:

(9)

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2001-08-09 18:27:00 by Stooge
Edited 2008-06-16 08:40:40 by Stooge

A remake of a short I don't like much in the first place. This wasn't any worse than THE GHOST TALKS, but not any better either. The wrap-around scenes with the Stooges telling their children (played by the Stooges, like in SELF MADE MAIDS) a bedtime story was okay, I guess.

Reviewer's Rating:

(4)

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2002-04-12 09:08:00 by black banana
Edited 2002-04-12 09:10:00 by black banana

Not a bad reworking of THE GHOST TALKS...2 1/2 POKESThe new beginning and ending scenes with the Stooges as childrenare good, and a scene with Sir Tom using a sword is added.The Lady Godiva segment is removed.All these postings lately about these remakes inspired me to go backand watch some of them. The STOOGE CHALLENGE also led me towatch certain shorts, some of which I hadn't seen in years.

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2002-04-02 19:41:00 by Mike Holme

A weak remake, despite the fact that the "killings and moidas" part with the stooge babies and the ending in the new footage were funny, its a wrap-around of old footage and new footage turns out scarce.1 1/2 pokes

Re: CREEPS
Posted 2001-06-01 01:36:00 by Mike Holme

I thought this was one of the weakest remakes because new footage is quite scarce. Plus, the scene with the gullitine was funny, but it was used better in "Dizzy Detectives". Oh well, at least they took out the part in which Lady Godiva comes. I did like the beginning scenes with the stooges and their kids and I also enjoyed the scene in which Sir Tom gets angry and tries to kill the stooges with some funny results, but the ending was so predictable and was originally used in "Nertsery Rhymes". *1/2 Mike Holme

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Working Title(s):	THREE BRAVE COWARDS
Prod. No.:	4237
Shooting Days:	1 days From: 1955-05-16 To: 1955-05-16

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