The truck's back shutter opens to reveal the Creep, who drops off copies of the latest issue of Creepshow (which has the same cover as the comic in the final scene of the previous film) before vanishing.

Later that night, the Spruces are robbed by Benjamin's estranged ne'er-do-well nephew Sam Whitemoon, armed with a shotgun, and his two friends, Andy Cavanaugh and Vince “Fat Stuff” Gribbens.

He shoots Vince with multiple arrows, slaughters Andy with a tomahawk after smashing up his car, and uses a hunting knife to scalp Sam upon cornering him at his home.

He visits the ruined store to find Old Chief Wood'nhead back on the porch, holding Sam's bloody scalp and a bloodstained knife, with fresh war paint on his face.

Now aware of what has happened to the Spruces and what Old Chief Wood'nhead had done to the killers, Benjamin wishes the old warrior a peaceful afterlife and drives away.

At the town post office, Billy receives a package from the clerk, Mr. Haig, that supposedly contains a product advertised in his comic: The bulb for a meat-eating Venus flytrap.

In mid-October, four college students, Deke, Laverne, Randy, and Rachel, arrive at Cascade Beach, a desolate lake far from civilization, for some fun.

While swimming to a wooden raft in the middle of the lake, Randy witnesses a duck being pulled under the water by an unseen force.

Once all four students are on the raft, they discover what Randy was so nervous about: a large, black, blob-like creature resembling an oil slick floating on the surface of the water.

The gang's leader, nicknamed Rhino, takes Billy's package, finds the Venus Flytrap bulb, and crushes it with his foot.

A spilled ember from her cigarette causes Annie to lose control at a slippery corner, where she runs down a Dover-bound hitchhiker.

Shortly after she leaves, however, the area is crowded with a truck driver, a pair of passersby, and George, who reports the hit-and-run to the police.

Sometime later, George finally arrives home to find Annie in her still-running car, dead from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Inside the delivery truck, the Creep prepares to drive away and bids the audience farewell, but he then spots Billy, still being chased by the bullies.

In a post-credits scene, the following text appears (as quoted by Colliers Magazine in 1949): Juvenile delinquency is the product of pent up frustrations, stored-up resentments and bottled-up fears.

If the adults who crusade against them would only get as steamed up over such basic causes of delinquency as parental ignorance, indifference, and cruelty, they might discover that comic books are no more a menace than Treasure Island or Jack the Giant Killer.

Two additional King stories, "Pinfall" and "Cat from Hell", were set to be adapted in the film, but were scrapped due to budgetary reasons.

"Pinfall", which was set to appear after "Old Chief Wood'nhead", told the story of two rival teams consisting of the Regi-Men and the Bad News Boors competing in a bowling alley owned by an aged millionaire.

[2] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that the film "has three suitably grisly ideas that are only glancingly developed.

"[11] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called the film "a cut-rate sequel from those two popular masters of horror, Stephen King and George Romero, that plays like leftovers.

"[13] Allmovie awarded 1.5 stars out of 5 in a retrospective review and stated: "Despite its strengths -- a livelier pace, some creatively gory set-pieces -- this is a much cheaper-looking effort than its predecessor, with the deft guidance of Romero conspicuously absent (long-time collaborator Michael Gornick took up the directorial reins); as a result, King's gross-out sensibilities don't come off as well.

[15] The site's critical consensus reads, "Not even the melding of Stephen King and George A. Romero's writing sensibilities can elevate this spineless anthology, which is too simple in its storytelling and too skimpy on the genuine scares."

The Blu-ray reviews by Jake Keet and M. Enois Duarte suggests that the film "admittedly not as good as [the first Creepshow]",[16] but it "still makes for a decent follow-up that offers a few amusing moments of horror-comedy".