‘Creepshow’ Adds Marilyn Manson, Ali Larter and More to the Season 2 Cast

Written by John Edward Betancourt

We tend to believe, that the upcoming holiday season, is when gift giving really gets underway and understandably so. After all, we get to share in a wonderful meal with our family, which is a gift on its own, and come December, we search for the perfect presents for our loved ones. But if you’re a horror fan, you darn well know that gift giving season begins in October. Because networks and production companies know this is the perfect time to drop all kinds of scary stories in our laps and we are eager to get our hands on them, in order to enjoy a few uncomfortable shivers and feelings of fright during the Halloween season. 

But this year, the horror gift giving seems to be in overdrive and for proof, well then look no further than what Shudder keeps sending our way. For not only do we get to enjoy A Creepshow Animated Special tomorrow, but earlier today, we came to discover that season two of Creepshow is going to be quite the start-studded affair. For Shudder took the time to announce a bevy of new additions to the second season lineup of this phenomenal series and they landed some huge names for certain. Such as: Marilyn Manson (Sons of Anarchy), Ali Larter (The Rookie), Iman Benson (BlackAF), Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), C. Thomas Howell (Criminal Minds), Denise Crosby (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Breckin Meyer (Robot Chicken), Ted Raimi (The Evil Dead), Kevin Dillon (Entourage) and Eric Edelstein (We Bare Bears).

Which is a truly impressive lineup, since some of the names present here are in essence, horror royalty. And these fine thespians will join some other epic names that were announced earlier this year by Shudder. Wherein the network revealed the details of four of season two’s vignettes (to be directed by Showrunner/EP Greg Nicotero), and to refresh everyone on that cast roster and to build excitement further for year two; here are those details.

Per Shudder: Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect) and Adam Pally (The Mindy Project) will star in “Shapeshifters Anonymous” Parts 1 and 2, written by Greg Nicotero, based on a short story by J.A. Konrath (Last Call) about an unlucky soul who finds himself in need of a werewolf support group; Keith David (The Thing), Ashley Laurence (Hellraiser) and Josh McDermitt (The Walking Dead) will star in “Pesticide,” written by Frank Dietz (I Hate Kids), in which an exterminator makes an infernal bargain; and “Model Kid,” written by returning Creepshow writer John Esposito (season one’s “Night of the Paw”), is about a 12-year-old monster fan who turns to hand-built model kits to escape his unhappy reality. Additional titles and directors will be announced soon.

So, as you can see, the sophomore season of this incredible horror series is shaping up to be something quite special. Since that cast, combined with the skills of this already talented writing staff, will produce some genuinely chilling tales, the kind that should give us some quality nightmares. But while it is nice to know what kinds of stories await us in season two, this announcement does make the wait, all the more difficult. But the good news, is that A Creepshow Animated Special arrives tomorrow, and getting a chance to enjoy what that has to offer, should tide us over until the show returns in 2021.   

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