Get excited because we finally have episode details for Shudder’s upcoming anthology series, ‘Creepshow’! In a statement released today the AMC Networks’ streaming service provided the full episode list, story details, and more additions to the cast.
Joining the cast are Grammy winners Kid Cudi (Scott Mescudi) and Big Boi (Antwan Patton), along with Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, The Frighteners), Bruce Davison (X-Men) and DJ Qualls (The Man in the High Castle, Supernatural). This long list of talent joins the previously announced David Arquette (Scream), Tricia Helfer (Lucifer), Dana Gould (Stan Against Evil). Also featured is Adrienne Barbeau, who starred in the first Creepshow (1982). Joining Barbeau will be Giancarlo Esposito and Tobin Bell for the previously announced Stephen King story “Gray Matter”.
Shudder also revealed the final Creepshow story, “The Finger,” written by award-winning horror novelist David J. Schow (The Crow) and directed by series showrunner Greg Nicotero. Starring DJ Qualls, “The Finger,” was the final story to be announced.
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Familiar Faces
Shudder and showrunner Greg Nicotero have done their best to follow in the footsteps the 1982 classic written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero. Adding many of the original contributors from the original film and its 1987 sequel. With the series featuring adaptations of a story by King as well as one by his son, Joe Hill. Hill played the comic-book loving “Billy” in the original film’s wrap-around segments.
Also returning is director Tom Savini, who created special effects makeup for the film; writer/director John Harrison, who was 1st Assistant Director on the original and composed its famous theme. Then, of course is showrunner Greg Nicotero, who visited the first film’s set as a teenager and contributed make-up effects to Creepshow 2 .
Here are all twelve segments that will make up Creepshow’s six-episode season, in alphabetical order:
“All Hallows Eve”
Written by : Bruce Jones
Directed by : John Harrison
Even then they’re a little too old, this group of friends still want to trick-or-treat but getting candy isn’t all they are looking for.
“Bad Wolf Down”
Written by: Rob Schrab
Directed by : Rob Schrab
A group of American soldiers, trapped behind enemy lines during World War II, finds an unconventional way to even the odds.
“By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain”
Story by : Joe Hill, adapted by Jason Ciaramella
Directed by : Tom Savini
Her dad died looking for the monster living at the bottom of Lake Champlain, and now, will she?
“The Companion”
Story by : Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale & Keith Lansdale, adapted by Matt Venne
Directed by : Dave Bruckner ( The Ritual )
A young boy, bullied by his older brother, sneaks into an abandoned farm that is protected by a supernatural force.
“ The Finger ”
Written by : David J. Schow (The Crow)
Directed by : Greg Nicotero
An unhappy man discovers a severed, inhuman appendage on the street and brings it home, where it grows into a loyal companion with some deadly quirks.
“Gray Matter”
Story by : Stephen King, adapted by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi
Directed by : Greg Nicotero
Doc and Chief, two old-timers in a small, dying town, brave a storm to check on Richie, an alcoholic single father, after encountering his terrified son at the local convenience store. The story,single father, after encountering his terrified son at the local convenience store. The story, first published in 1973, is part of King’s best-selling 1978 collection, Night Shift .
“The House of the Head”
Written by : Josh Malerman ( Bird Box)
Directed by : John Harrison
Evie’s discovers her new dollhouse might be haunted.
“Lydia Layne’s Better Half”
Story by: John Harrison & Greg Nicotero, adapted by John Harrison
Directed by : Roxanne Benjamin (Body at Brighton Rock)
A powerful woman denies a promotion to her protégée and lover but fails to anticipate the fallout.
“The Man in the Suitcase”
Written by : Christopher Buehlman
Directed by : Dave Bruckner (The Ritual)
A college student brings the wrong bag home from the airport only to find a pretzeled man trapped inside, afflicted by a strange condition that turns his pain into gold.
“Night of the Paw”
Written by : John Esposito
Directed by : John Harrison
A lonely mortician finds company in the ultimate ‘be careful what you wish for’ story.
“Skincrawlers”
Written by : Paul Dini & Stephen Langford
Directed by : Roxanne Benjamin ( Body at Brighton Rock )
A man considers a miraculous new treatment for weight loss that turns out to have unexpected complications.
“Times is Tough in Musky Holler”
Written by : John Skipp and Dori Miller, based on their short story
Directed by : John Harrison
Leaders who once controlled a town through fear and intimidation get a taste of their own medicine
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