‘Creepshow’ Halloween Special to Premiere on Shudder in October

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Fall truly is a special time of year. Simply because the leaves begin to change, the air starts to cool down and most important of all, horror fans everywhere get their Halloween celebrations underway. For some, that involves breaking out the decorations and spook-ifying their home. For others, they simply get their detailed and amazing costumes ready for Sam Hain’s big night. But for a great deal of horror fans out there, they watch scary movies around the clock during this time of year and the nature of the season allows for that to happen, without anyone raising an eyebrow. And one particular streaming service that is helping fans everywhere accomplish that goal, is Shudder.

Because they are hosting their ‘61 Days of Halloween’ event as we speak and well, this particular marathon of terrifying tales just got infinitely better with the news that dropped earlier today. Because Shudder let all of us know that on October 26, 2020… a special Halloween episode of Creepshow is going to air and we need to take a moment and properly discuss this forthcoming episode, since Shudder has pulled out all of the stops for this one. For starters, it is animated feature and it boasts some big time cast members in Keifer Sutherland and Joey King and they will be lending their talents to two intriguing stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill and here are some details from Shudder in regard to this special and the episodes in question:

‘Survivor Type,’ based on the short story by Stephen King and adapted by Greg Nicotero, stars Sutherland as a man determined to stay alive alone on a deserted island no matter what the cost. ‘Twittering from the Circus of the Dead,’ based on the short story by Joe Hill and adapted by Melanie Dale, stars King as a teen whose family road trip includes a visit to the gravest show on earth.
 
“Halloween wouldn’t be complete without Creepshow, so with the help of the father and son team of Stephen & Joe as well as a fantastic animated format, we get to continue the tradition and spirit of Halloween,” said Nicotero.
 
“Although season 2, now in production, has been delayed due to Covid, Greg and his team were still able to pull off this fantastic special so everyone will be able to enjoy a little bit of Creepshow during Halloween season,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager.
 
But while those descriptions alone should get us excited for this special, since the King family always delivers, the animated aspect of this episode deserves a little more attention. Because that means, that Director Greg Nicotero has no restrictions in what he can accomplish visually with these stories, and that means we are in for one gory and terrifying special from one of the finest horror television shows out there right now. Which means this writer will be counting down the days to this special, because at long last Creepshow is back on the airwaves and this should only add to the wonder of Halloween and help to tide us over, until season two of this magnificent series returns. 

The 'Creepshow' Halloween Special premieres on Shudder on October 26, 2020. 

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