On Monday, the one and only Joe Bob Briggs announced the return of The Last Drive-In for the triple-feature extravaganza of the season: Joe Bob’s Halloween Hootenanny. Like A Very Joe Bob Christmas and Dinners of Death before it, the Halloween Hootenanny will feature three films themed for the occasion, but the titles are still top secret.
Every movie and series you’ll find on Shudder has been chosen with care by our team, led by Head Curator Samuel Zimmerman. But for Halloween, Sam has whipped up a special viewing list with a mix of new exclusives, essential classics and world-premiere Creepshow episodes guaranteed to keep your horror buzz going all month long. …
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By now, we’re sure you’ve seen our official Creepshow poster, designed by Mike Broom, who also created amazing comic book art for the series. The series poster harkens back to the iconic illustrated posters for Creepshow and Creepshow 2—only now the Creep isn’t in the box office or seated on the theater aisle, he’s right …
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The world of extreme haunts is fueled by curiosity and controversy. I’ve crawled through electrified shock tunnels, been locked in coffins, and covered in real cockroaches. People go to extreme haunts to either learn something about themselves, to try to overcome their worst fears, or for the therapeutic value of being scared, what I like to call “scareapy”. But how did we get here? When did haunted houses for Halloween go from mazes where monsters yelled “BOO!” to hands-on, full-contact experiences?
The war was over, the American Dream was dreamt once more, and comic books were sold by the millions. Pre-WWII comics were sanitary ordeals, but, by the late 1940s, post-war sensitivity was settling and publishers began exploring adult-oriented content inspired by rising fears. And so, in the final years of the 1940s, the Golden Age of horror was dawning.
Creepshow is a week away from its Shudder debut, but cast, crew and some fans got an early look at the series this week during a premiere screening at the historic Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. Two of the series stars joined showrunner Greg Nicotero at the event: Adrienne Barbeau, who appears in the segment …
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