Father's Day

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Father's Day is a segment from the 1982 horror anthology film "Creepshow," telling a darkly comic revenge story involving a murdered patriarch who returns from the grave.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film segment
horror anthology film
horror film segment
associatedWith EC Comics–style horror
basedOn original story by Stephen King
centralTheme family conflict
revenge from beyond the grave
containsElement gallows humor
graphic horror
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
surface form: United States
director George A. Romero NERFINISHED
George A. Romero NERFINISHED
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
featuresCharacter Aunt Bedelia NERFINISHED
Cass NERFINISHED
Hank NERFINISHED
Nathan Grantham NERFINISHED
Richard NERFINISHED
Sylvia Grantham NERFINISHED
followedBy The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill (Creepshow segment) NERFINISHED
genre black comedy
horror
hasCultFollowing true
inspiredBy EC horror comics NERFINISHED
language English
medium feature film segment
narrativeTone darkly comic
notableElement reanimated corpse of Nathan Grantham demanding his Father's Day cake
notableProp Father's Day cake with severed head
originalWork Creepshow (1982 film) NERFINISHED
partOf Creepshow (1982 film) NERFINISHED
partOfSeries Creepshow film segments NERFINISHED
plotSummary A murdered patriarch, Nathan Grantham, rises from the grave on Father's Day to exact revenge on his family.
precededBy Creepshow prologue
productionCompany Laurel Entertainment NERFINISHED
Laurel Entertainment NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1982
screenwriter Stephen King NERFINISHED
Stephen King NERFINISHED
setIn Grantham family estate
targetAudience adult viewers
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century
visualStyle comic book–inspired framing and lighting
workType segment of a feature film anthology

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Creepshow hasPart Father's Day
Mother's Day isRelatedTo Father's Day