At SDCC 2021, Shudder’s Creepshow Teases What to Expect From Season 3

Creepshow’s glorious second season arrived earlier this yr, providing proof constructive that the well-received first season of the horror anthology—based mostly on the George A. Romero–Stephen King cult film collaborations—was no fluke. With season three on the best way quickly, San Diego Comic-Con @ Home was a necessary cease for the Shudder sequence.

The Creepshow panel included showrunner and govt producer Greg Nicotero, author Mattie Do, director Rusty Cundieff, and season three actors Michael Rooker and James Remar—in addition to an “exclusive first look” on the new episodes. Right off the bat, Nicotero introduced that the brand new season will hit Shudder beginning September 23; tright here will likely be six episodes, every telling two tales, consistent with the present’s established format.

“We have a Joe Hill story called ‘Mums’ that Rusty directed, Ethan Embry stars in. There’s a couple original stories; the story that James stars in is called ‘Skeletons in the Closet’ about a prop collector who, as it turns out, is such a fanatical fan that he digs up skeletons that were used in movies to add to his prop collection,” Nicotero continued. “So it’s sort of loosely based on the legend that in Dawn of the Dead and Poltergeist that they used real skeletons as props for movies. I always loved the idea of, like, ‘Wait, that was a person and their skeleton was used?’ John Esposito wrote the script, I directed it, and James came in to play a couple days.” Other episodes Nicotero teased included “Meter Reader,” which he known as “a little sort of nod to The Exorcist,” and “The Last Subaraya,” which is about an artwork seller who discovers a uncommon portray “but, in pure Creepshow fashion, decides he’s gonna burn it before anybody ever gets to see it, and he released this demonic presence.”

The panel shared some clips, together with the episode written by Do and starring Rooker, “Drug Traffic,” a couple of border patrol agent who has a very monstrous night time on the job (the monster is impressed by a Southeast Asian legend and includes a floating head, which you’ll see Do focus on extra within the intro to the clip at round 12:30; the clip itself begins at round 14:20). There’s additionally a clip from “Queen Bee,” which Nicotero arrange as “these kids are fans of a Beyoncé-type singer, and they find out that she’s pregnant and she’s having a baby, so they want to sneak into the hospital to get pictures of the baby to sell to the tabloids … all of our stories have some social relevance and a little comeuppance in terms of what people feel they have a right to … and in this particular episode, [the kids] get a little more than they bargained for.” The clip, which reveals some outright hospital-corridor terror, begins at 31:37.

Creepshow season three arrives September 23 on Shudder; extra forged members will embrace Johnathon Schaech, Reid Scott, and Hannah Fierman. Shudder can be the place seasons one and two are at the moment streaming; beginning September 6, Creepshow season two can even make its “linear premiere” on AMC. If you’re keen on tales involving monsters, gore, and basic horror—made by individuals who love monsters, gore, and basic horror—what are you ready for?

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