Tucker and Dale vs Evil (2010)

Released August 26, 2011 in the US.

Filmed entirely in Canada.

The story: Tucker has recently bought a vacation cabin in the woods of West Virginia.

He and his best friend Dale are traveling there for some vacation time while fixing the place up.

At the same time, a group of college student friends are also on their way into the woods of West Virginia for a Memorial Day weekend stay.

On the way, they all end up at the same gas station.

Dale sees Alison, one of the college students, and wishes he could talk to her.

Tucker talks him into giving it a try, but instead, the two of them come off looking like crazed maniacs....

The college students make it to their campsite while Tucker and Dale make it to the cabin.

That evening, the college students decide to go for a midnight swim in the river.

Tucker and Dale are fishing on that same river.
When Tucker and Dale see Alison getting undressed and ready to jump in the river, Dale yells at Tucker for watching, causing Alison to get spooked and fall into the water.

Worried when they don't see her surface, Tucker and Dale save Alison from drowning and end up taking her back to the cabin.

The college students who think they have seen what happened to Alison freak out, telling the others that she was kidnapped.

All this misunderstanding turns into much more while the college kids attempt to rescue Alison from Tucker and Dale.

Stars Katrina Bowden, Jess Moss, Brandon Jay McLaren, Chelan Simmons,  Travis Nelson, Christie Laing, Alex Arsenault, Adam Beauchesne, Joseph Allan Sutherland, Karen Reigh, Alan Tudyk, Tyler Labine, Philip Granger, Dave Brown, Mitchell Verigin, Tye Evans, Angela DeCorte

Directed by (& story partly written) Eli Craig

Rated R
DARK COMEDY/MYSTERY/HORROR 

"Eat shit body perm!"

Creepshow : George Romaro in 3D / BabyTeeth (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 13th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 6.
Story 1: Sarah owns and runs a bookstore with the help of her son Martin and his friend Dawn.

It happens to be the old bookstore of George Romaro.

They do not sell online so it's possible that could be a reason for their recent decline in sales.

When the owner of the property comes by, claiming to want to raise the rent, it puts Sarah in a compromising position.

She will have no make some changes, also fire Dawn.

Martin doesn't want to fire Dawn, but if she is getting fired, he will break the news to her.

While getting ready to tell Dawn and hoping for a miracle, Martin sees a crate that Dawn found in the basement.

They open the crate to find unreleased, first edition copies of George Romaro's comics, Brain Rot.

The comics also include 3D glasses.

Martin believes they have hit the jackpot with the comics, which are surely worth a lot of money.

Although the comics are a rare, amazing find, they are also extremely dangerous.

Story 2: Teenager Shelby's mom Miranda is completely overbearing. She feels the need to be by Shelby's side as much as humanly possibly.

Miranda wants to hold on to Shelby forever, and she has kept all her things from when she was born til now. Including all of her baby teeth.

Because Miranda's mother left her when she was young, she will never do to Shelby what she did to her.

Shelby is rebellious but honest and tells her mother all the things she does because she knows it shocks her.

After Shelby tells Miranda she got a piercing, Miranda tells her she is never allowed to leave the house again.

Shelby explains that won't work and that it didn't work with her dad, trying to force Miranda to see the truth for what it really is.

When Shelby's friend Kaitlyn comes by to see her and Shelby tells her that her mom keeps all her teeth, Kaitlyn wants to find the teeth.

She finds something else instead. 

Stars Kyra Zagorsky, Megan Charppentier , Peter New, Graham Verchere , Danny Hospes , Sebastian Kroon, Roberto Alejandro Sandoval Santana, Anthony Moyer, Alison Thornton, Rochelle Greenwood, Maya Ford, Micaela Nyland

Directed by John Harrison & Greg Nicotero

Rated TVMA
ANIMATION/MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER/SCIFI/DARK COMEDY/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Something Burrowed, Something Blue / Doodles (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 13th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 5.

Story 1: Frank is a very wealthy man. His days on earth will soon come to an end and he would like to give everything he owns to his daughter.

After receiving a letter from her father, inviting herself and her fiancee Ryan to brunch at his house, Allison could not be more disgusted.

Her father hasn't been in her life for the past 15 years and that's because after her mother's passing, he sent her away to boarding school.

Now she wants nothing to do with him or his money.

But Ryan talks her into going.

Just as expected, Allison has a bug up her ass as soon as they get there. But Ryan is most impressed with Frank's home and riches.

Frank wants to make amends, but no matter what he says, Allison isn't budging and instead of going any further with listening to him, she goes to the car.

Frank shows Ryan the secret to his fortune and tells him that if he can take care of this "secret", as Frank has all these years, all the money he can handle will be his and Allison's. 

Of course, tending to the "secret" of his success will be quite the task.

Story 2: Angela is working on getting a gig as a cartoon artist.

She has recently been let down while applying for a job at the very famous magazine, Timeless.

Unfortunately, while showing her work to Sonia, an up-and-coming competiting client, who is a favorite of Roger's, the magazine's owner, Sonia stole Angela's cartoon which got her the job.

Feeling sorry for herself and no future direction to think of to go in, Angela opens the latest issue of Timeless to find Sonia's bio article.

On that page, Angela doodles a rat next to Sonia, among other gruesome things.

The next morning, Angela gets a text that Roger is still looking for cartoon submissions.

Confused because she understood that Sonia got the job, Angela is told Sonia died last night.

Angela cannot believe it.

She jumps right in headfirst for another try at getting the gig with Timeless.

On this next try, Roger is impressed with Angela's work and hires her, but the job comes with a catch.

When Angela cannot do the requested dirty work to land the job, she is let go once again.

Just as before, Angela is angry, this time at Roger and doodles on the cover of Timeless, namely a cartoon of Roger.

Roger dies without warning and a few days later, when Angela decides to leave town, she learns she got the job with Timeless.

Apparently, anyone who makes Angela angry is in danger.

Stars Tom Atkins, Kristy Dawn Dinsmore, Curtis Lum, Bernie Yao, Anja Savcic , Tina Grant, David Lennon, Tyler McClendon, Alaska Leigh, Kenny Wood Schatz, Kevin Amestoy, 

Directed by John Esposito & JP Pesce

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/ MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Meet the Balaskos / Cheat Code (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 13th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 4.

Story 1: Chuck and Helena Balasko are American vampires.

They have recently, along with their teenage daughter Anastasia, relocated to a small town for a change of pace.

On their first night at their new home, they are approached by their neighbor Doug, who is anti-vampire.

Although the Balasko's are personable and friendly enough, Doug does not like them.

Doug also has a teenage son, Alex, who is soon interested in getting to know Anastasia.

The two meet and Alex offers to show Anastasia around town.

She accepts and immediately the two become close.

But Doug has a huge problem with this.

Doug never did tell Alex that his mother was killed by a vampire.

Story 2: Dave is a teenager who lives to play video games.

Since his mom has past, it's just been himself and his dad.

His dad is worried about him and would like to spend more time with him. But Dave isn't exactly interested.

When Dave's dad finds an old game that he played when he was Dave's age, he tells Dave all about it.

As the rumor goes, no one has ever won the game. Dave's dad was actually the player with the all-time highest score when the game came out.

Dad explains that the game is difficult and confusing because you never know what will happen next, after playing a bit Dave agrees.

Dave shows the game to his two best friends, and they agree, the game is really hard.

When one of them finds a copy on Ebay with a cheat code written on it, sold by a seller who said that the game is shit because it killed her kid, that should have been a hint to stay away.

Stars Brendan Taylor, Lisa Durupt , Karis Cameron, Donovan Stinson, Matthew Nelson Mahood, Andrew Long, Andrew Nadanyi , Jonathan Vellner, Hugo Steele, Sari Mercer, Lochlyn Munro, Connor Wong, Nikolas Filipovic, Hanna Huffman, Kelly Anna Woods, Kyle Strauts

Directed by Justin G Dyck & John Esposito

Rated TVMA
ANIMATION/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/SCIFI/DARK COMEDY/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : The Parent Death Trap / To Grandmother's House We Go (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 13th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 3.

Story 1: Lyle is a teenager whose parents have always meddled in his business.

They believe they are helping Lyle and no matter what he says, he cannot convince them otherwise.

They have taken it upon themselves to ask their investment brokers daughter Violet to the prom for him, but he's very unhappy about that move.

Violet stands Lyle up and his parents are livid. But they know it's not them that she is avoiding...

When Lyle can no longer take the belittling of his parents, he knocks them off.

That same evening, the ghosts of his parents return to finish badgering him, and they do not stop.

Four years later, no one knows Lyle killed off his parents except his parents.

But they are there every day, at every waking moment, everywhere he goes, complaining and driving him mad.

When Lyle meets up with Violet by accident at the grocery store, the two make plans to go out, against his parents' wishes of course.

But Lyle and Violet have a great time getting to know each other and bond by sharing the sins of their parents.

Unfortunately, the police have now begun, after all this time, looking into his parents' disappearance.

Story 2:   David Higgins, a widowed older man with a young daughter, Ruby, and lots of money, married Marcia, a woman some years younger than him.

His mother and estate administrator warned him not to marry Marcia, but Marcia got what she wanted.

Just as quickly as they married, David passes away.

Marcia is a gold digger and only cares about finding a way to get more money.

When Marcia gets a call that David's mother is soon to pass away, she cannot control her excitement because that means she will finally get the money.

Marcia takes Ruby to see her grandmother and tells her she is sick.

Ruby is worried that she will no longer have any real family members left and hopes Marcia will really be her mother.

Marcia wants no part in that but feels bad and tries talking to Ruby about it.

Just then, something runs out in front of the car, causing Marcia to lose control and drive off the road.

After Marcia calms down she realizes the car is stuck. While standing outside the car, trying to call for help, Marcia is attacked by a wolf.

But she gets away.

Only the wolf doesn't give up that easily and snatches Ruby from the car.

Just as fast Marcia flags down a passerby.

It happens to be someone she knows. She tells him what happened, and he calls for help.

He is supposed to pull her car out of the ditch but, he doesn't make it.

The wolf reappears and then, Ruby. 

Now Ruby is in danger, but Marcia fights to save her.

tars Dylan Sloane, Loretta Walsh, Shaughnessy Redden, Chloe Babcook , Andrea Drepaul, Ed Chow, Julie Howgate, Tariq Leslie, Talia Mathers, Cooper Bibaud, Keegan Connor Tracy, Daevyd Avalon, Marion Eisman, Emma Oliver, Jason McKinnon, Amanda Huxtable, Teana Marie Smith, Jason Bell

Directed by Justin G Dyck & PJ Pesce

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/DARK COMEDY/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : The Hat /Grieving Process (2023)

Made for Shudder, airing October 20th in the US.
Season 4. Episode 2.

Story 1: Jay is a horror novelist with writer's block.

While meeting with his agent and telling her his current situation, she loans him famous horror writer Bachman's hat which stays under lock and key, to help inspire him.

Bachman also suffered from writer's block and knowing this eases Jay's mind.

That evening, Jay is trying to write. He puts the hat on but still seems to get nowhere.

Frustrated and taking it out on the hat, something overcomes Jay, and he begins to write, furiously.

The next day very proud of what he accomplished, Jay brings his work to his agent. The two are overjoyed with his work but his agent explains how Bachman's work really captivated audiences with his confident style.

She wants Jay to try and write in Bachman's style and that evening he makes that effort.

Same as before, he wears the hat, something comes over him, and by the morning, he has a best seller.

But Jay will pay quite an ominous price.

Story 2: Richard is the doting husband to April.

This morning is a very special day. It's the first day of April's new higher up position at work.

The couple part ways for the day in hopes of reuniting later for a romantic dinner.

Instead, Richard waits and waits for April's return. He texts and texts but gets no reply.

Finally, he gets a phone call from her phone. But it is not April, it is the police.

April had been attacked when leaving work , she is in critical condition and the attacker got away.

Some time later, April is ready to go home from the hospital.

When she arrives though, she is nothing like the April that Richard and her sister Jean know.

April is distant and quiet and cannot even eat.

Richard and Jean do the best they can to try to help April, but things just aren't going well.

They are both hopeful that with time April will return to her normal self.

Unfortunately, no amount of time will be bringing April back, but Richard won't give up on his beloved wife.

Stars Ryan Beil, Sara Canning, Marlee Walchuk , David Beairsto, Kelly Metzger, Sachin Sahel, Rachel Drance, Maemae Renfrow, Elfina Luk, Rebecca Davis, Kingston Chan 

Directed by Kailey Spear & Sam Spear

Rated TV
ANIMATION/MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR/SCIFI/SERIES/TV

Creepshow : Drug Traffic / A Dead Girl Named Sue (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing October 28th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 6.

Story 1:  Congressman Evan Miller's campaign trail involves attacking the country's health care system.

Recently he has been tagging along with a busload of people who are traveling over the border to Canada for better and cheaper quality care.

The bus makes a stop at the border and everyone is to get off the bus and get cleared to go into Canada.

Very sick Mai is traveling with her mother. Her mother makes sure she gets her meds to keep her condition in check.

But when her mother is detained and separated from Mai due to trying to carry an overwhelming amount of Mai's meds over the border, there are some very dire consequences.

Story 2: At a time when the recently deceased are returning from the grave, the townspeople of a small town want their revenge.

Cliven, the son of the Mayor is a criminal. He continuously gets away with crime after crime with a slap on the wrist.

The townspeople have had enough and have decided that they will finally make Cliven pay.

The sheriff believes the people are right but his hands are legally tied as a police officer.

When the sheriff goes to the edge of town to find Cliven and take him into custody, to save him from the people who want his head, he finds evidence of a recent crime.

This changes everything for the sheriff and he decides to help the townspeople who have been wronged by Cliven in his own way.

Stars Reid Scott, Sarah Jon, Mai Delapa, Michael Rooker, Cristian Gonzalez, Karlton Davis, JR Rodrigez, Bryan Brendle, Rey Hernandez, Joshua Mikel, Tim Blanchard

Directed by John Harrison & Greg Nicotero

Rated TVMA

ANIMATION/MYSTERY/HORROR/THRILLER/B&W/SERIES/TV