Richard Vickers

Richard Vickers is the name of a character in the 1982 anthology horror film "Creepshow", in the segment "Something To Tide You Over". He was portrayed by Leslie Nielsen.

Richard Vickers was a man who was wealthy and a very controling man. His wife, Becky, was seeing a man named Harry Wentworth cause she wanted to get away from Richard and and when he found about the afair, he took Becky to his beach property, which he calls "Comfort Point" and buried her up to her kneck in sand and put a video camera there to watch her as the tide was coming in.

Richard goes to Harry Wentworth's house and talks to Harry and he tells Harry that something very nasty is about to happen to her. He lets Harry listen to a tape recording of Becky pleading for Harry's help. Richard gets Harry to come with him to Comfort Point and takes him to the beach and shows Harry a pile of sand and he goes there and sees nothing but a hole in the sand. Richard pulls out a gun and forces Harry to jump into the hole and if he does, he will see Becky. Harry tries to yell for help and no one can hear him since Comfort Point is Richard's private property. Harry knows he has no choice but to jump into the hole.. Richard makes Harry kneel down and start burying himself in the sand and Harry does after Richard gives him a warning shot.

Now that Harry is buried up to his neck in sad, Richard tells him that he keeps his promise and he will see Becky. An hour later, Richard drives to where Harry is buried and brings some cable, a TV, a video camera, and a VCR and hooks it up to record everything. Richard shows Harry in the monitor, Becky, who is buried like he is and she is suffreing cause of the tide coming in. Richard leaves Harry and tells him to enjoy the show.

Later on in the evening, Richard is watching Harry and Becky on his TV as his house, which he calls "Comfort Station" and he sees the tide coming in for Harry. Harry looks up at the camera and tells Richard that "I am going to get you!" and Richard says "You gotta hold your breath there, Harry... you got to hold your breath". Hours later that evening, Richard goes to the beach where Harry was at and sees no sign of Harry, thinking the tide has got him.

Later on, Richard is about to take a shower and here's a noise and goes to see what it is and thinking the possiblility that Harry survived. He opens the door and sees Harry and Becky there, but as zombies and Richard tries to shoot them and can't kill them. Harry and Becky tell Richard they want him to come to the beach and Richard tries to escape and into the other room and locks the door and then turns around sees Harry and Becky, Richard, out of options, knows he is doomed. Harry and Becky tells Richard "If you could hold your breath" and not after, Richard is not where Harry and Becky were at, on the beach up to his neck in sand and Richards says "I CAN HOLD MY BREATH... FOR A LONG TIME!!!" and then the tide comes up to him.