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

Creepshow : Time Out / The Things in Oakwood's Past (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing October 21st in the US.

Season 3. Episode 5.

Story 1:  While attending the funeral of his grandfather, young Timmy opens the doors to the antique armoire that once belonged to his grandfather.

Just before he could step foot inside, his grandmother stopped him, warning him to never get stuck inside the armoire.

Ten years later, Tim is a college student.

His grandmother has passed and he recently received the armoire, key, and note from his grandmother, warning him to never go inside without the key...

Just as he is about to open the doors, he is stopped by unexpected but welcomed company.

Curiosity sets in the next day, without any time to waste due to a critical test he has to take today, and Tim opens and goes inside the armoire.

While inside, he notices time is flying by but when he gets back outside of the armoire,  he realizes no time has passed and he won't be late.

But time has passed. Tim just hasn't noticed that yet.

Story 2: The town of Oakwood has a very mysterious past.

200 hundred years ago, the townspeople of Oakwood up and vanished into thin air...

Everyone in town has a theory of what caused this strange occurrence but no one really knows what happened.

This Friday, Marnie Wrightson - who is the local librarian, President of the Historical Society, and the daughter of Oakwood's Mayor,, is going to try her hand at getting to the bottom of this age-old mystery.

She has found a stack of journals from the 1800s that she has recently been drawn to.

The back of the last journal, written the year the townspeople left town, has coordinates that Marnie believes will lead her to the answer.

It is possible though that no one in Oakwood really needs to know what happened...

Stars Grant Feely, Shannon Eubanks, Matthew Barnes, Jibre Hordges, Devon Hales, Lauren Ashley Richards, Kamran Kam Shaikh, Emerson Bennett, David Alexander Kaplan, Garrett Zehner, Jody Whitehurst,  (voice) Ron Livingston, (voice) Danielle Harris, (voice) Fayna Sanchez, (voice) Kate Thulin, (voice) Andy Daly, (voice) Mark Hamill

Directed by Jeffrey F January, Enol Junquera & Dave Newberg

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

Creepshow : Stranger Sings / Meader Reader (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing October 14th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 4.

Story 1: At a bookstore/coffee shop, Sara struggles to hold her books and coffee while trying to get out the door.

Nice guy Barry gets the door for her. 
Outside, Barry apologizes for being awkward about getting the door but helps Sara carry her books down the street home.

Sara is impressed that Barry even noticed her and Barry is flattered...

The small talk gets heavy.

Sara invites Barry inside for a glass of wine but he passes...that is until he hears what he believes to be Sara singing inside. Her singing puts him in a trance.

When he comes to, he applauds Sara's singing and with that, she invites him inside once more.
This time, Barry does not hesitate to take up her offer.

Just as they sit down to enjoy a glass of wine together, Sara accidentally spills the wine on herself and Barry.

When she takes off to change her dress, Barry goes to the restroom.

Trying to get the wine off of his pants, Barry comes across something that completely terrifies him.

Story 2: A demonic plague has taken over the world, wreaking havoc on anyone and everyone while unleashing demons.

The only hope in this hopeless situation are the Meter Readers,  a few select chosen ones who are more immune to the plague than others and can identify and cure the plague before it spreads.

The Meter Readers spend their time visiting the homes that bare red X's on their front doors, trying to help the possessed ones who live at each residence.

Meter Reader Dalton visits the household where teenager Mercy lives.

Mercy apparently has been affected and Dalton is there to try and help Mercy rid herself of the demon ailing her.

Dalton has been away from home for three long days. His family is hopeful. Hopeful that life as they know it will be back to normal soon and that Dalton is helping that along.

Dalton has left his family with unwaiving instructions that if he returns home, after 7pm, they are not to let him inside, no matter what.

When Dalton returns, minutes after 7, his wife and son are excited that he has returned.

But his daughter has reservations about believing it is in fact her father who has made it back.

Stars Suehyla El Attar Young, Chris Mayers, Kadianne Whyte, Matt Skollar, Johnathon Schaech, Samantha Worthen, Reagan Higgins, Cynthia Evans, Boston Pierce, Abigail Dolan

Directed by Axelle Carolyn & Joe Lynch

Rated TVMA

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

Creepshow : The Last Tsuburaya / Okay I'll Bite! (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing October 7th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 3.
Story 1:  It is the 100th Anniversary of the passing of famous painter Tsuburaya.

In his will, it is said that his closest descendent shall inherit a painting that no one has ever seen.

Tsuburaya's great nephew Bobby is the lucky inheritor.

He is approached by two people, Dr. Mai Sato, a curator of a museum and Wade Cruise, a rich and greedy art collector -who both want the painting.

Bobby takes Wade up on his high-priced offer and Wade quickly invites many people to his unveiling of the painting the next evening.

Instead of showing off the painting, Wade destroys it, unknowingly tying himself to the painting for the rest of his life.

Story 2: Elmer is a prison inmate in for the crime of mercy killing.

He was a pharmacist on the outside and works in the pharmacy at the prison.

Elmer has a great love for spiders.

Elmer keeps his spiders he has collected while in prison as pets. They are dedicated to Elmer as much as he is to them.

When a bully prison guard who is on Elmer's ass to cook meth tries scaring him into doing his dirty work by having two other prisoners break his finger and try killing his spiders, Elmer and his spiders get their revenge.

Stars Gina Hiraizumi , Kenny Alfonso, Joe Ando Hirsh, Brandon Quinn, Jade Fernandez, Joesph Steven Yang, Nicholas Massouh , Jackson Beales, Nate Andrade, Tony DeMil, Nic Starr, Deborah Bowman, Glenn Magee, Kevin Blake Allen, Bryan SilverBax

Directed by John Harrison & Jeffrey F January

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

Creepshow : Skeletons in the Closet / Familiar (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing September 30th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 2. 
Story 1: Lampini has been a horror movie memorabilia collector all of his life, thanks to his father.

He owns a horror movie props museum, along with his girlfriend and their friend, both also very dedicated collectors, on Hollywood Boulevard and they are all very proud of what they have acquired over the years.

Lampini's latest display he believes will be his best ever. Something to really be proud of.

But when Bateman, a fellow collector arrives looking to blackmail Lampini for his most recent art, there is trouble to be had.

Story 2: Couple Jackson and Fawn are out on the town.

After leaving a club a bit tipsy, they find a psychic reader shop and decide to step in.

Fawn is really enjoying the experience but Jackson, not so much.

It doesn't help matters that shortly after sitting down with the psychic, he slipped Jackson a note, warning him that something bad followed him in there...

Worried but not saying much about the note, Jackson and Fawn settle in to watch a movie.

When Fawn is asleep, Jackson is visited by a demon.

It goes away but returns at Jackson's work the next day.

Really worried now and with nothing left to lose, Jackson goes to see the psychic once more.

The psychic tells Jackson all about the demon following him, why, and what to do to stop it forever.

Unfortunately, Jackson doesn't know much about demons.

Stars Valerie LeBlanc, Lucas Godfrey, Paul Kim, Casey Wortham, Victor Rivera, James Remar, Andrew Bachelor, Hannah Fierman, Keith Arthur Bolden, Robert Stevens Wayne 

Directed by Joe Lynch & Greg Nicotero 

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

Creepshow : Mums / Queen Bee (2021)

Made for Shudder, airing September 23rd in the US.

Season 3. Episode 1.

Story 1:  Jack is a young boy who loves his mother Bloom dearly.

One day, Bloom tells him that the two of them will be taking a trip to meet his grandmother, who will be turning 100.

They start out the door, only to be stopped by Jack's father Hank, who will not have Bloom taking his son anywhere.

During a scuffle, her suitcase falls to the floor and opens up, revealing money and a bottle of booze.

Hank makes it look like Bloom has problems, but he really planted the money and booze in her suitcase because he knew of her plans all along.

Hank and a friend take Bloom, claiming to get her some help.

When Bloom doesn't return, it breaks Jack's heart. 

Jack finds what appears to be flower seeds in his mother's suitcase and decides to plant them, in his mother's garden and in her honor.

Jack could have never dreamed of what grows from those seeds.

Story 2: Teen besties Debra, Trenice, and Carlos are pop star sensation Queen Regina's number one fans...

Queen Regina happens to currently be 9 months pregnant.

Debra lets out that her mother, who works at the local hospital, told her that Regina will have her baby tonight.

Completely excited and wanting to get the first glimpse of Regina's baby, the friends take a ride straight to the hospital.

Nothing can stop them from getting to see that baby.

Instead, what they witness is out of this world.

Stars Ethan Embry, Brayden Benson, Erin Beute, Lowery Brown, Malone Thomas, Hannah Kepple, Olivia Hawthorne, Nico Gomez, Monica Louwerens, Bruce Anthony Shepperson

Directed by Rusty Cundieff & Greg Nicotero

Rated TVMA

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

Creepshow : Skincrawlers / By the Silver Water of Lake Chaplain (2019)

Made for Shudder, airing  October 31st in the US.

Season 1. Episode 6.

Story 1: Henry is a man who has battled his weight all his life.

He has been following and using infomercial star Dr. Sloan's weight loss products for many years.

When Henry gets an email inviting him to try a new product by Dr. Sloan claiming to be the one that will miraculously change his life forever, Henry makes an appointment.

Henry and a few others who want to lose weight arrive to find out how this new product works, but when it becomes apparent that the treatment involves fat-sucking leeches, Henry bails.

After a few weeks, one of Dr. Sloan's patients whom Henry met while attending the workshop meets up with him by chance.

Her transformation is too good to be true.

Now, a bit more confident that Dr. Sloan's product will also help him, Henry agrees to have his treatment done on a morning TV talk show in front of millions, but it happens to be on the same day as a rare solar eclipse.

Story 2: Rose, her young brother Joesph, and their mother Leigh have been scared and abused by Leigh's boyfriend Chet for years.

After their father, Leigh's husband,  died years ago, Chet stepped in to so-called help them, but all he really cared about was the insurance payout.

Now that the money is gone, things aren't any better for them. If anything, things are only worse.

Rose and Joesph's father was convinced that a lockness monster lived in the lake near their home and his beliefs were surely the death of him.

After getting lost in the fog and returning, he made many claims that the creature was real.

But he died with everyone in town believing he was crazy.

Everyone except Rose, Joesph, and their friend Thomas.

Rose spends much of her time looking for the creature but has yet to see it for herself.

On a day, not unlike the day their father was lost in the fog, Rose, Joesph, and Thomas find what they believe has to be the very same creature their dad claimed was real.

Stars Melissa Saint Amand, Chad Michael Collins, Dana Gould, Hina X Khan, Beth Kenner, Jason Graham, Darin Toonder, (voice) Adrienne Barbeau, David Alexander Caplan, Sydney Wease, Gena Shaw, Connor Jones, James Devoti

Directed by Roxanne Benjamin & Tom Savini 

Rated TVMA

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

Creepshow : Twenty Minutes with Cassandra/Smile (2023)

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

Season 4. Episode 1.

Story 1: Journalist Lorna Snell has just arrived home after a busy work day.

She orders a pizza, pours a glass of wine, has a seat, and tends to her phone.

Then, there is some relentless banging at the front door.

Lorna opens the door to find a frantic woman begging for Lorna to let her inside.

Lorna is hesitant but the woman makes her way inside anyway.

The woman explains that there is a monster outside and in twenty minutes, it will be inside the house and it will kill Lorna.

Of course, Lorna does not believe the woman's story one bit, that is until a delivery man is killed on her front doorstep right before her eyes.

Story 2:  Mr. James Harris is a celebrated photographer.

He has just won the Photo Journalism Association Humanitarian Award for a photo he is not exactly proud of.

After the ceremony, he is greeted by some fans. One asks to take a photo with him, but Mr. Harris will not allow it.

He and his wife proceed to a restaurant for a celebratory dinner.

There, a stranger snaps a photo of the couple without warning and hands it to them.

Mr. Harris is confused because the photo indicates that its photographer was a lot further away from them than he actually was.

Not much more thought is put into that until the couple leaves the restaurant.
They then begin finding more photos of the two of them as if someone is watching them from afar.

That is when Mr. Harris' guilt over the photo that he won the award for really begins to get the better of him.

Stars Samantha Sloyan, Ruth Codd, Frankie Francois, Carey Jones, Nick Heffelfinger, Matthew James Dowden, Lucie Guest, Max Archibald, Roberto Lanzas, Daniel Ian Joeck, Claire Friesen, Aleksandra Cross, Matteo Deuma

Directed by Greg Nicotero & John Harrison

Rated TVMA

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

The Last Drive-In Presents Joe Bob's Haunted Halloween Hangout/Elvira's Haunted Hills (2022/2001)

Made for Shudder, airing on live stream October 21st in the US/Movie originally released October 31, 2002, in the US.

Season 5. Episode 1./Movie filmed entirely in Romania.

To please the masses this year, Joe Bob has made a checklist of all Halloween-themed props that he insists he and Darcy have on set.

Joe Bob gives us his best Trick or Treat tips and traditions.

They are visited by Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark...

Joe Bob sports his best Franken weenie costume, complete with ketchup instead of mustard, while Darcy cosplays as Elvira.

After the movie, Joe Bob changes into a Druid Priest costume...

They get to some fan mail and finally, in honor of 'Elvira's Haunted Hills', Joe Bob tells some Vampire jokes.

The story: It's 1851 in Carpathia.

Elvira is on her way to work in Paris with her servant when psychiatrist Dr. Bradley Bradley stops to offer them a ride.

They will be traveling to the haunted home of Vladimir Hellsubus, who lives a sad existence while grieving the loss of his late wife Elura, who happens to look like Elvira.

Elvira and her servant are only supposed to spend one night at the castle but they end up being stranded there for a whole weekend, due to some unexpected mischief.

Stars John Bloom, Diana Prince, Cassandra Peterson, Mary Jo Smith, Theodor Danetti, Scott Atkinson, Mary Sheer, Richard O Brien, Heather Hopper, Jerry Jackson, Gabi Andronache, Lucia Mair

Directed by Austin Jennings/ Movie directed by Sam Irvin 

Rated PG13

PARODY/SPOOF/COMEDY/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

"Why did Dracula fail art school?"
"He could only draw blood."

A Creepshow Animated Special : Survivor Type/Twittering from the Circus of the Dead (2020)

Made for Shutter, airing October 26th in the US.

Survivor Type; Richard is a man who worked hard growing up.

All he ever wanted to be was a surgeon.

When he began dealing with prescription meds, his life took a turn for the worse.

Then, after taking a cruise home from China where he went to score street drugs, it finally happened.

Richard found himself stranded on a deserted island with only birds and his own body parts for food...

Twittering from the Circus of the Dead; Blake is a teenage girl who is bored out of her mind.

She cannot stop twitting all her typical teenage negative, sarcastic thoughts while in the car and on the way to the family vacation she is dreading.

On their way to Utah instead of Colorado where Blake would rather be going to snowboard.

The next thing Blake knows, they have arrived at the Circus of the Dead due to dad wanting to take a driving break.

Of course, Blake believes this is totally lame and it's just plain hypothetical torture.

Even her dad claims "It's just a show".

But it's not.

Stars (voices by) Kiefer Sutherland, Fayna Sanchez, Mason Pike, Joey King

Directed by Greg Nicotero

Rated TVMA

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

"Fucking. Yuck!"

Cybill : Halloween (1997)

Made for CBS, airing October 27th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 7.
The story: Cybill is hosting the nonstop classic horror movie marathon for KLET's pledge drive this Halloween evening.

She is doing her best but she is completely distracted over and over again, which causes quite a few problems.

When Ira gives Cybill a pep talk so she won't be nervous and mess up some more, she believes she can do it this time.

Until she realizes she told the call in's to call her home phone.

But things aren't even that bad until after having an argument with her best friend Maryann about Justin and Zoey.

Stars Cybill Shepherd, Keith Amos, Christine Baranski, Alan Rosenberg, Danny Masterson, Alicia Witt, Phillip Boyd, Danny Mann, Shannon Frank, Rainer Wickel, Julie Ow

Directed by David Trainer

Rated TVPG

COMEDY/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange : Bat's All , Fruits! (2013)

Made for Cartoon Network, airing October 23rd in the US.

Season 2. Episode 19. 

The story: Orange got the most candy for Fruit-O-Ween this year and can't help bragging about it to the other fruit.

But when everyone goes inside the store for the night, Orange has a hard time getting through the door with his giant bag of candy.

That's when a bat happens to be flying by and sees Orange, who looks simply delicious.

The bat meets Orange, claiming that it is his very own Rainbow Fairy.

Orange introduces the fairy to all the rest of the fruit, who aren't sure about her.

But Orange insists she stay.

Stars (voices by) Dane Boedigheimer, Toby Turner, Harland Williams, Kevin Brueck, Leon Alonso, Bobby Jennings, Justine Ezarik, Felicia Day

Directed by Tom Sheppard

Rated TVPG
COMEDY/ANIMATION/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange : Peartergeist (2013)

Made for Cartoon Network, airing October 16th in the US.

Season 2. Episode 18.

The story: Right after Nerville tells the fruit a bedtime story and they are fast asleep, he scares them awake.

Now they cannot sleep and it's even harder than usual to get back to sleep because they've been hearing scary noises lately.

After Orange promises not to conjure up any spirits with his TeeGee board, he does and it's spookier than ever.

Now the fruit need a Demonologist and that's even before the Peartergeist arrives.

Stars Toby Turner, (voices by) Dane Boedigheimer, Kevin Brueck, Bobby Jennings, Harland Williams, Tom Sheppard, Tom Kenny, Felicia Day 

Directed by Tom Sheppard 

Rated TVPG
COMEDY/ANIMATION/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

Grace Under Fire : The Ghost and Mrs. Kelly (1996)

Made for CBS, airing October 30th in the US.

Season 4. Episode 6.

The story: While Libby gets her witch costume ready for the party later, Wade has come by to fix the chair lift on Grace's stairs for Jean.

Libby is convinced the ghost of Mrs. Walker, the woman who used to live in their house doesn't like anyone to use the chair lift,

Libby also says she has seen her around the house.

Grace tells Libby there are no such things as ghosts and to stop telling people that she sees one.

But there are many things that happen which cannot be explained.

Meanwhile, Jean is trying to save Grace's soul and bought her a nun costume for the party.

It is at the party that Grace meets Jeans' minister, who takes a liking to her.

Jean isn't sure that Grace dating her minister is the greatest of ideas.

Stars Brett Butler, Kaitlin Cullum, Walter Olkewicz, Casey Sander, Sam Horrigan, Julie White, Dylan  Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Peggy Rea, Dave Thomas, Jean Speegle Howard, Tim DeKay, Kerry Michaels, Geoff Pierson, Jennifer Cron

Directed by John Bowab

Rated TVPG
COMEDY/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

Grace Under Fire : Grace Under a Wig (1995)

Made for CBS, airing October 18th in the US.

Season 3. Episode 5.

The story: Rick tells Grace that a popular author that she likes is doing a reading on Halloween night.

Grace explains she can't go because, hell-oh! it's Halloween, even though she could use the break.

Jean wants to help Grace. She thinks Grace needs a break and a night to herself.

Grace and Rick end up at the local hipster coffeehouse, which is doing poetry readings.

Grace reads a poem she wrote while dressed in her Halloween costume.

Stars Brett Butler, Kaitlin Cullum, John Paul Steuer, Alan Autry, Dave Florek, Julie White, Casey Sander, Peggy Rea, Wendy Lawless, Dave Thomas, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Walter Olkewicz, Paul Dooley, Tangie Ambrose, Roger Rittenhouse, Michael Rivkin, Jody Pennock 

Directed by Michael Lessac

Rated TVPG

COMEDY/SERIES/HALLOWEEN

"Betty, do you like apples?"

"Well, yes I do!"

"Well, get the hell out of here! How do you like them apples!?"