Creepshow: Promo for 1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever documentary!

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

1982 was an incredible year for movies, with the line-up including E.T., Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist, John Carpenter's The Thing, Conan the Barbarian, Friday the 13th Part III, The Beastmaster, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Blade Runner, Swamp Thing, The Sword and the Sorcerer, the U.S. release of The Road Warrior… the list of awesomeness goes on and on. That's why Mark A. Altman, Roger Lay Jr., Tom Vitale, and host Scott Mantz are teaming up to celebrate that year's releases with the feature-length documentary 1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever!

The project is currently being funded through Kickstarter, and with two weeks left in the campaign we've gotten our hands on an EXCLUSIVE promo clip that centers on a horror classic that was released in 1982, one my personal favorites, the George A. Romero / Stephen King collaboration Creepshow. Check it out in the embed above!

Below you can see the full press release for 1982: The Greatest Geek Year Ever, along with some cool artwork.

From award-winning producers Roger Lay, Jr. (Star Trek: The Roddenberry Vault, The Twilight Zone 60th: Remembering Rod Serling, Aliens Ate My Homework), Mark A. Altman (CW’s Pandora, The Librarians, author, St. Martin’s bestselling The Fifty-Year Mission books) and Thomas P. Vitale (Nextflix’s Slasher, Pandora) comes the ultimate look back at the greatest geek moviegoing year of all-time filled with exclusive interviews, rare behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive never-before-seen clips in a fun, lively, no holds barred celebration of the legendary moviegoing year of 1982.

1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! will take viewers behind-the-scenes at a time when fandom was in its infancy, featuring rare interviews with genre superstars from in front of and behind the camera of the biggest and most influential movies ever made. “1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! is not just a documentary,” says Scott Mantz, one of the film’s producers and a noted film critic and broadcast entertainment journalist. “It’s a time machine that takes viewers back to one of the greatest years of movies ever as we examine the biggest blockbusters as well as the cult classics that made it so unforgettable.”

Made by fans for fans, 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! will be a celebration of the single greatest geek moviegoing year ever including E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial, Blade Runner, John Carpenter’s The Thing. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist, Creepshow, The Dark Crystal, Tron, Conan The Barbarian, Paul Schrader’s Cat People and George Miller’s The Road Warrior. In addition to honoring the classics, the film will also revisit such cult films asMegaforce, a megabomb starring Barry Bostwick (“the good guys always win… even in the 80’s”), Time Rider: The Adventures of Lyle Swann, The Sword & The Sorcerer, a low budget Conan cash-in, and Liquid Sky, a film about miniature aliens in New York who thrive on heroin and sex.

And, of course, 1982 also gave us what Entertainment Weekly later called the Citizen Kane of teensploitation films: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, as well as action classics like First Blood, Rocky III and 48 Hours. In 1982, Gandhi prevailed at the Oscars and comedy classics such as My Favorite Year, Diner and Tootsie were culturally impactful. 1982 was also the year in which movies grew up and began to tentatively explore gay and trans themes in such films as Personal Best, Making Love and The World According To Garp.

On the 39th anniversary of the release of Star Trek II and Poltergeist on June 4th, 1982, the filmmakers are launching a Kickstarter to supplement the film’s production budget to allow for the additional licensing of clips, clearances and global travel in the age of COVID and will feature exhaustive one-on-one conversations with the biggest names in Hollywood — 1982: Greatest Geek Year Ever! will be filled with anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories of the classics from critics, super fans and a generation of filmmakers who were inspired by these movies.

The film will be completed this fall for a planned theatrical release in 2022, the 40th anniversary of the films of 1982.