Shudder - Creepshow Season 2 : Our focus on the first four episodes

By Mulder, 16 april 2021

Season two of Shudder’s record-breaking anthology series Creepshow, executive produced by showrunner Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), premieres Thursday, April 1, exclusively on Shudder in all its territories, as well as via the Shudder offering within the AMC+ bundle. Creepshow, the highly-anticipated anthology series based on the 1982 horror comedy classic, is still the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! A comic book comes to life in a series of vignettes, exploring terrors ranging from murder, creatures, monsters, and delusions to the supernatural and unexplainable. You never know what will be on the next page…

Creepshow is an american horror anthology streaming television series that was released on Shudder in 2019. A continuation of the first two films in the Creepshow franchise (Creepshow and Creepshow 2), the first season series featured six episodes with two horror stories per episode. On October 30, 2020, an animated special titled A Creepshow Animated Special was released. On November 10, 2020, an holiday special titled A Creepshow Holiday Special had been diffused on December 18, 2020 (you can read our review on our media).

This season features Josh McDermitt (The Walking Dead), Ashley Laurence (Hellraiser), Keith David (Greenleaf), Ryan Kwanten (Sacred Lies, True Blood), Breckin Meyer (Franklin & Bash), Eric Edelstein (Twin Peaks), Barbara Crampton (Reborn), C Thomas Howell (The Terror), Iman Benson (#BlackAF), Ted Raimi (Ash vs Evil Dead), Denise Crosby (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Kevin Dillon (Entourage) and others.

Creepshow is produced by the Cartel with Monster Agency Productions, Taurus Entertainment, and Striker Entertainment: Stan Spry, Jeff Holland, and Eric Woods are executive producers and Geoff Silverman and Anthony Fankhauser are co-executive producers for the Cartel; Nicotero and Brian Witten are executive producers and Julia Hobgood is a co-executive producer for Monster Agency Productions; Robert Dudelson, James Dudelson and Jordan Kizwani are executive producers for Taurus Entertainment; Russell Binder is executive producer and Marc Mostman co-executive producer for Striker Entertainment; Mitchell Galin is a producer.

Episode 201 (April 1, 2021)
- Model Kid
Directed by: Greg Nicotero
Written by: John Esposito
Cast: Brock Duncan, Tyner Rushing, Jana Allen, Kevin Dillon, Chris Schmidt Jr., Nick Morgan
Synopsis Joe doesn’t have many friends, but he’s happy to hang out with the model toys of his favorite scary movie monsters… and he’ll learn just how supportive his toy friends can be.
- Public television of the dead
Directed by: Greg Nicotero
Written by: Rob Schrab
Cast: Mark Ashworth, Marissa Hampton, Coley Company, Ted Raimi, Todd Allen Durkin, Peter Leake
Synopsis : A Public TV station and its happy daytime TV hosts are overwhelmed when the appraisal of an antique book accidentally summons a dark force.

Episode 202 (April 8, 2021)
- Dead & breakfast
Directed by: Axelle Carolyn
Written by: Michael Rousselet & Erik Sandoval
Cast: Ali Larter, C Thomas Howell, Iman Benson, Pamela Ricardo, Starr LaJoie, Dominique Harris
Synopsis : When a true crime travel vlogger documents her stay at a hokey haunted Bed and Breakfast, she gets a much scarier experience than she was expecting.
- Pesticide
Directed by: Greg Nicotero
Written by: Frank Dietz
Cast: Josh McDermitt, Keith David, Ashley Laurence
Synopsis : An exterminator is tasked with a big job, and it’s more than he bargained for. The payout is huge, but is it worth what it’s costing him?

Episode 203 (April 15, 2021)
- The Right Stuff
Directed by: Joe Lynch
Written by: Paul Dini, Stephen Langford, Greg Nicotero
Cast: Ryan Kwanten, Breckin Meyer, Gabrielle Byndloss, Kara Kimmer
Synopsis : Two astronauts are on a history-making mission in space, but when the promise of fame and glory collides with a major misunderstanding, it ensures they’ll go down in history for an entirely different reason.
- Sibling Rivalry
Directed by: Rusty Cundieff
Written by: Melanie Dale
Cast: Maddie Nichols, Molly Ringwald, Andrew Brodeur, Ja'Ness Tate, Jerri Tubbs
Synopis : Lola is convinced her brother is trying to kill her… but the more she pieces together, the less things make sense. Turns out, she’s looking for a monster in entirely the wrong place.

Episode 204 (April 22, 2021)
- Pipe Screams
Directed by: Joe Lynch
Written by: Daniel Kraus
Cast: Eric Edelstein, Barbara Crampton, Selena Anduze
Synopsis : A drain clog turns out to be more than just a little matted hair and soap scum, and a down-on-his luck plumber is tasked with getting the problem under control. Trouble is, the problem has a mind of its own.
- Within the Walls of Madness
Directed by: John Harrison
Written by: John Esposito
Story by: Greg Nicotero and John Esposito
Cast: Drew Matthews, Denise Crosby, Nicholas Logan, Brooke Butler, Brittany Smith, Leonard Butler
Synopsis : A top-secret government compound is evacuated as the last few scientists in the building fight to contain the creature they’ve been studying- but is the true threat one of them?

Creepshow
Based on Creepshow by Stephen King & George A. Romero
Composer : Christopher Drake
Production companies : Monster Agency Productions, Striker Entertainment, Taurus Entertainment
Distributor : Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Original network : Shudder
Original release September 26, 2019 – present
Running time : 42-55 minutes

(Source : press release)