First Issue Creepshow Script

Creepshow: A Screenplay. 1st Draft [Original script]

King, Stephen; George A. Romero (director)

Publication: New York: Films Around the World, 1979. First Edition.

Notes: A collaboration between two masters of the horror genre, Stephen King the writer and George Romero the filmmaker. The film is a five-story anthology inspired by the B-movies and the EC comics of the 1950s.

While this is an original King work, it isn't listed in Beahm's Stephen King Collectibles or in TheDarkTower bibliography.

There are two issues (or perhaps editions) of this script. The first (this one) has Films Around the World credited on the title page. According to the film script experts Royal Books, the producers on the title page changed to the Laurel Group when Films Around the World sold the film rights and Romero was hired to direct the film.

[1], 142 leaves.

Edition + Condition: First edition (first issue with "Films Around the World" credited on the title page). Near fine. Black vinyl wrappers with the title stamped in gilt with Studio Duplicating Service identified as printer in the lower left corner. Bound with two brass screw brads.

Provenance: James Strand; stolen in 2023; recovered by the FBI from a storage unit in Oregon City. With the original evidence tag laid in and the small Strand estate bookplate on the inside front cover.

Item No: #302681

Price: $3,500