Mike Latimer is a character in the 1982 Stephen King horror anthology film Creepshow, in the segment entitled "The Crate". He was played by the late Don Keefer.
Biography[]
Mike Latimer was the janitor at Horlicks University. He was the one who found the mysterious old crate in Amberson Hall when he dropped his quarter for the soda machine and it rolled under the stairs. Mike was quick to call in Dexter Stanley, and using a hammer and crowbar they pried the lid of the crate off. Existing within the crate was a very ancient and very hungry arctic beast. When Mike stuck his hand inside of the crate, the thing seized him by the arm, yanking the janitor into the crate and eating him.
Notes[]
- In the original short story upon which "The Crate" was based, he didn't have a name. He was simply "a janitor". In the credits for Creepshow, he is simply identified as "Mike the Janitor." His surname Latimer comes from the film's comic book adaptation.