Creepshow season 1 will be airing on AMC later this year. The first Creepshow movie came out in 1982 and combined two horror legends, with Stephen King writing the screenplay and George A. Romero directing the feature. The film got two sequels, and in 2018 it was announced that a Creepshow TV series was being developed with Greg Nicotero as a producer.
Creepshow came exclusively to Shudder and ran for a total of seven episodes last year. Shudder has become an extremely popular streaming service among horror enthusiasts due to its wide selection of horror films and TV shows. Since its inception in 2015, Shudder has continued to grow its horror library and even started releasing their own Shudder original movies such as Revenge, Party Hard Die Young, and the documentary film Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. Shudder has a relatively low subscription cost starting at $4.75 a month, but with the several other streaming services out there, fans may not want to spend an extra $5 a month to watch Creepshow. Now, they won’t have to.
First reported by Deadline, AMC will be airing Creepshow at some point later this year. An exact date hasn’t been confirmed yet, but Chief Operating Officer Ed Carroll explained, “We think that [Creepshow] will be successful on AMC but will also then build audiences for the season two launch back on Shudder.”
Despite only running for seven episodes, Creepshow received positive reviews from long-time horror fans. As mentioned above, the series did well enough for Shudder to renew Creepshow for a second season, which very little is known about at this time. The original Creepshow is beloved by ’80s horror fans partly due to its anthology story-telling, so Shudder set up their series the same way. Each episode is cut into two different stories, the first of which started off with an adaption of King’s Gray Matter short story. Creepshow was likely also a success due to its star-studded cast including Adrienne Jo Barbeau (Escape From New York), Tobin Bell (Saw), David Arquette (Scream), and Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad).
While fans who haven’t seen Creepshow yet will likely be thrilled with the announcement, it shouldn’t come to a huge surprise since AMC actually owns Shudder. AMC is no doubt airing Creepshow on its cable channel to grow their customer base of their streaming service. The release date for Creepshow season 2 is currently unknown, but season 1 will air on AMC around the same time. That being said, in this day and age, it might just be cheaper to spend $5 to watch Creepshow rather than paying for cable.
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Source: Deadline
