STARZ Releases Character Posters for Sesaon 2 of ‘Shining Vale’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Key Art and All Character Posters for Season 2 of ‘Shining Vale’ Courtesy of STARZ.

This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.
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One particular aspect of the hit STARZ series, Shining Vale, that we’ve touched upon often in our discussions of the show, is its deep ties to horror through homage. Because so many moments in this story have tipped their hats to the greats. King, Romero, Kubrick, the list just goes on and on, and those moments have brought nothing but smiles to our faces. Because who doesn’t love a subtle homage? Some of which are so well-hidden in this series, a few viewings of each episode are required, and well… the network is so deeply aware of how much we’ve enjoyed them, as is it its creative team, that both entitles decided to have a little fun before the show’s season two premiere date.

For earlier, a bevy of character posters for season two were released out into the world, and well… these lean heavy into the homage aspect of the show. For they resemble some of the best horror posters out there and feature tributes to some of horror’s most iconic images. And well… since you’re here to see what offerings were brought forth from STARZ, we happen to have all those posters for you to enjoy, and some updated details on year two, as the countdown to season two of this magnificent horror-comedy, continues along.

‘STARZ has released nine character posters for the upcoming second season of its hit horror comedy, “Shining Vale,” which returns to haunt viewers' screens on the frightfully appropriate Friday, October 13th.
 
“The fun of ‘Shining Vale’ is creating a world that exists at the nexus of character-based comedy and psychological horror.  Our goal was to never slip into spoof, but rather to have our characters, and hopefully our audience, experience true terror, but in a very funny way” said Jeff Astrof, co-creator and executive producer.
 
“Shining Vale,” stars Emmy Award® nominee Courteney Cox (“Friends,” “Cougar Town”), Academy Award® nominee and Emmy Award® winner Greg Kinnear (As Good as It Gets, “The Kennedys”) and Academy Award® winner Mira Sorvino (“Hollywood,” “The Expecting”).
 
In addition to Cox, Kinnear and Sorvino, “Shining Vale” also stars Gus Birney (“Dickinson”), Merrin Dungey (“Big Little Lies,” “The Resident”), and Dylan Gage (“PEN15”), and features Emmy Award® nominees Judith Light (“Poker Face”), Allison Tolman (“Gaslit,” “Why Women Kill”) and Sherilyn Fenn (“Twin Peaks”).
 
“Shining Vale” season two is set to premiere on Friday, October 13th, at midnight ET on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms and on LIONSGATE+ streaming platform in the U.K. and Ireland. On linear, it will debut on STARZ on Friday, October 13th, at 9PM ET/PT in the U.S. and Canada. New episodes will be available to stream weekly on Fridays at midnight on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming and on-demand platforms and will air weekly on the STARZ linear platform.
 
“Shining Vale” is executive produced by Jeff Astrof (“Trial and Error”) from Other Shoe Productions, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford (“Bad Sisters,” “Motherland”) from Merman, and Aaron Kaplan (“The Chi,” “The Neighborhood”) and Melanie Frankel from Kapital Entertainment. Courteney Cox also serves as a producer. The series is co-created by Astrof and Horgan. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Lionsgate Television in association with Other Shoe Productions, Merman and Kapital Entertainment.

About “Shining Vale”
Season one of “Shining Vale” introduced Pat and Terry Phelps, a dysfunctional family that tried to run from their problems by moving their kids into a Victorian mansion in small-town Connecticut. The only problem? It may be haunted. Once settled in, Pat encountered Rosemary, a demon who possessed her body and turned her life upside down. When the family steps in to “save” Pat, they commit her to a psychiatric hospital where she sees an old photo of a nurse who looks just like her demon Rosemary.
 
Season two kicks off four months later, when Pat’s insurance runs out and she is released from the psychiatric hospital early. Pat returns home, determined to pick up the pieces of her broken family, but she quickly finds out her children don’t need her, Terry doesn’t remember her and to make matters worse, Pat’s new neighbor Ruth looks exactly like Rosemary. Meanwhile, the house starts to reveal the shocking secrets of its dark past. Every mother feels like they live in an insane asylum, but Pat may be right!
 
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