Character Relationship Map: Creepshow

Characters

• Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate") (played by Hal Holbrook) — protagonist

  College student who accidentally releases a deadly alien parasite.

• Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate") (played by Adrienne Barbeau) — protagonist

  College student and Henry's girlfriend, faces the alien threat.

• Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate") (played by Fritz Weaver) — supporting

  College student involved in the alien parasite incident.

• Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") (played by Leslie Nielsen) — supporting

  Man whose life is threatened by a supernatural tide.

• Sylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day") (played by Carrie Nye) — supporting

  Niece at the dinner, involved in the family curse.

• Lenora Castonmeyer (voice) (uncredited) (played by Ann Muffly) — minor

  Voice actor in the first film.

• Nathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day") (played by Jon Lormer) — minor

  Miserly patriarch who returns as a zombie.

• Becky Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") (played by Gaylen Ross) — minor

  Wife of Richard Vickers.

• Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You") (played by E.G. Marshall) — supporting

  Man threatened by creeping plants in the first film.

• Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day") (played by Viveca Lindfors) — supporting

  Family matriarch who originally killed Nathan.

• Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day") (played by Ed Harris) — supporting

  New husband of Cass, target of the zombie father.

• Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over") (played by Ted Danson) — supporting

  Character involved in the tide horror segment.

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate") → Wilma Northrup (segment "The Crate") (Family Husband And Wife) — Henry is Wilma's husband.

  Henry is married to Wilma, who is emotionally abusive.

• Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over") → Becky Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") (Romantic Lovers) — Harry and Becky are lovers.

  Becky is having an affair with Harry, as revealed by Richard.

• Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") → Becky Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") (Family Husband And Wife) — Richard is Becky's husband who murders her.

  Richard mentions he and Becky never shared affection, but he kills her for infidelity.

• Sylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day") → Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day") (Family Niece And Aunt) — Sylvia is related to Bedelia as her niece.

  Sylvia meets her nephew Richard and niece Cass, and Aunt Bedelia is the family matriarch who murdered Nathan.

• Sylvia Grantham (segment "Father's Day") → Nathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day") (Family Daughter And Father) — Sylvia is Nathan's daughter who orchestrated his death for inheritance.

  Sylvia is Nathan's daughter who staged his murder as an accident to steal his fortune.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Upson Pratt (segment "They're Creeping Up On You") → Lenora Castonmeyer (voice) (uncredited) (Conflict Enemy) — Lenore blames Pratt for her husband's death.

  Lenore curses Pratt for causing her husband's suicide.

• Dexter Stanley (segment "The Crate") → Henry Northrup (segment "The Crate") (Social Best Friends) — Dexter and Henry are best friends.

  Dexter runs to Henry's house after the creature attacks, telling him everything.

• Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") → Harry Wentworth (segment "Something To Tide You Over") (Conflict Murderer And Victim) — Richard kills Harry for having an affair with his wife.

  Richard forces Harry to bury himself in the sand, leading to his death.

• Nathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day") → Richard Vickers (segment "Something To Tide You Over") (Conflict Killer) — Nathan kills Richard and Cass.

  Nathan presents the Father's Day cake to Cass and Richard, implying their deaths.

• Nathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day") → Hank Blaine (segment "Father's Day") (Conflict Killer) — Nathan kills Hank as part of his revenge on the family.

  Nathan telekinetically crushes Hank with a gravestone.

• Aunt Bedelia (segment "Father's Day") → Nathan Grantham (segment "Father's Day") (Conflict Murderer And Victim) — Bedelia murders her father Nathan in a fit of rage.

  Bedelia bashes Nathan's head with a marble ashtray after years of abuse.

Story Analysis

A comic-book frame presents interconnected horror tales in which abuse, cruelty, and arrogance provoke grotesque supernatural retaliation.

Plot Progression

1. The Comic Awakens — A boy is punished for reading a horror comic. The comic then frames a series of supernatural revenge stories.
2. Inheritance Of Vengeance — A family gathers around a history of abuse, murder, and stolen wealth. A buried patriarch returns and destroys his surviving relatives.
3. Growth From The Stars — A meteorite releases an alien substance that transforms a farm and its discoverer into vegetation. His desperate response allows the growth to spread.
4. Tides Of Revenge — A jealous killer buries two lovers beneath the rising tide. The drowned victims return and reproduce his method against him.
5. Monsters In The Institution — A university crate releases a predatory creature. Fear and domestic resentment lead one professor to use the monster against his wife.
6. The Swarm And The Doll — A cruel, isolated businessman is consumed by cockroaches. The framing story ends when a boy uses a voodoo doll to retaliate against his abusive father.