King developed stories for the anthology that were then written as a screenplay by Romero and Lucille Fletcher (he also makes a brief cameo towards the end of the film). Michael Gornick, who was the cinematographer on Creepshow, was given the reins of Creepshow 2 as his feature directorial debut. Unexpected budget restraints unfortunately saw the plan for five tales of terror reduced to three, and while two of the remaining – "Old Chief Wood'nhead" and “The Hitchhiker” – are originals developed directly for the big screen by King, the movie notably features what is the only adaptation we’ve seen of “The Raft” from the 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.

Just as I only focused on “The Lonesome Death Of Jordy Verrill” and “The Crate” in my Creepshow piece, and “Quitters, Inc.” and “The Ledge” when looking back at Lewis Teague’s Cat’s Eye, this week’s Adapting Stephen King will zero in solely on “The Raft” in Creepshow 2, and take a look at how it compares to the source material and where it fits in the legacy of King on-screen. But first, let’s take a look back at the strange journey that the short story had getting into print.

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