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Creepshow (TV Series)
''Creepshow'' is an American horror anthology streaming television series that was released on Shudder in 2019. The series serves as a continuation of the 1982 film of the same name and features seventeen episodes with two horror stories per episode. The series premiered on September 26, 2019. On October 30, 2019, the series was renewed for a second season. On October 30, 2020, an animated special titled ''A Creepshow Animated Special'' was released. On November 10, 2020, it was announced that a holiday special titled ''A Creepshow Holiday Special'' would premiere on December 18, 2020. On February 18, 2021, the series was renewed for a third season, and the second season premiered on April 1, 2021. The third season debuted on September 23, 2021. On February 10, 2022, the series was renewed for a fourth season. Premise The Creep shows audience members darkly grim horror stories from the pages of the ''Creepshow'' comic book. Each story evokes the traits of a comic book like the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology Series
An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a different cast in each episode, but several series in the past, such as ''Four Star Playhouse'', employed a permanent troupe of character actors who would appear in a different drama each week. Some anthology series, such as '' Studio One'', began on radio and then expanded to television. Etymology The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (''anthología'', “flower-gathering”), from ἀνθολογέω (''anthologéō'', "I gather flowers"), from ἄνθος (''ánthos'', "flower") + λέγω (''légō'', "I gather, pick up, collect"), coined by Meleager of Gadara circa 60 BCE, originally as Στέφανος (στέφανος (''stéphanos'', "garland")) to describe a collection of poetry, later retitled anthology – see Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Malerman
Josh Malerman is an American novelist, short story writer, film producer, and one of two singer/songwriters for the rock band The High Strung. He is best known for writing horror and his post-apocalyptic novel, '' Bird Box'', which was the inspiration of the Netflix film '' Bird Box''. In 2020, he founded the production company Spin a Black Yarn with manager Ryan Lewis; their first film, '' We Need to Do Something'', was shot in secret during the COVID-19 pandemic. Career Before his debut novel, '' Bird Box'', was published by ECCO/HarperCollins, Malerman had written fourteen manuscripts, never having shopped one of them. ''Bird Box'' was published in the United Kingdom and United States in 2014 to much critical acclaim. As the singer/songwriter of the Detroit rock band The High Strung, Malerman toured the country for six years, playing approximately 250 shows a year. Malerman wrote many of the rough drafts for these novels in the passenger seat between cities on tour. He says th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (; born April 26, 1958) is an American actor and director. He is best known for portraying Gus Fring in the AMC crime drama series ''Breaking Bad'', from 2009 to 2011, and in its prequel series ''Better Call Saul'', from 2017 to 2022. For this role, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and earned three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Esposito's other television roles include Federal Agent Mike Giardello in the NBC police drama series '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1998–1999), Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror in the ABC supernatural drama series ''Once Upon a Time'' (2011–2017), Tom Neville in the NBC science-fiction series ''Revolution'' (2012–2014), Dr. Edward Ruskins in the Netflix comedy-drama series ''Dear White People'' (2017–2021), Stan Edgar in the Amazon Prime Video superhero drama series '' The Boys'' (2019–pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11, 1945) is an American actress, singer and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical '' Grease'', and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay (played by Bea Arthur) on the sitcom '' Maude'' (1972–1978). In 1980, she began appearing in horror and science fiction films, including ''The Fog'' (1980), ''Escape from New York'' (1981), ''Creepshow'' (1982), and ''Swamp Thing'' (1982). During the 1990s, she became known for providing the voice of Catwoman on '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995), and subsequent Batman cartoon series. In the 2000s, she appeared on the HBO series ''Carnivàle'' as Ruthie the snake dancer. Early life Barbeau was born on June 11, 1945, in Sacramento, California,Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine the daughter of Armene (née Nalbandian) and Joseph Barbeau, who was a public relations executive for Mobil Oil. Her mother wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Anne Campbell
Heather Anne Campbell is an American writer, comedian, podcast host, and actress. Life and career Born in Chicago, Illinois, Campbell began studying improvisational comedy at iO Theater at the age of fifteen, under the tutelage of Del Close. Following a four-year stint of performing in Northwestern University's '' Mee-Ow Show'', she relocated to Amsterdam in 2002 for three years as part of the comedy group Boom Chicago. In 2005, Campbell moved to Los Angeles and found work with multiple comedy clubs such as The Groundlings and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Campbell is an alumna of The Midnight Show, a monthly sketch showcase at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, and is a recurring performer on The CW's ''Whose Line Is It Anyway''. Campbell was also a writer on Cartoon Network's ''Incredible Crew''. In 2013, she began writing for Adult Swim's ''The Eric Andre Show''. She has also written for Fox's Animation Domination, and is a voice talent behind various short cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattie Do
Mattie Do ( lo, ແມດດີ ໂດ) is a Laotian American film director. She is Laos's first and only female film director and the first horror film director from Laos. Career ''Chanthaly'' Her directorial debut, ''Chanthaly'' ( lo, ຈັນທະລີ) (2012), was the first horror film written and directed entirely in Laos, as well as the first to be screened at major film festivals outside of Southeast Asia like the 2013 Fantastic Fest. ''Dearest Sister'' Do's second feature film, ''Dearest Sister'' (2016), ( Lao: ນ້ອງຮັກ) was chosen to attend the 2014 Cannes Film Festival as part of the ''La Fabrique des Cinémas du monde'' program and was selected as the Laotian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, the first time that Laos submitted a film for consideration in this category. It was screened at more than 20 film festivals and was selected by Laos as its first Oscars submission for Best Foreign Language Film. ''The Long Walk' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Gould
Dana Gould (born August 24, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and voice artist who has been featured on HBO, Showtime, and Comedy Central. He voiced Hi Larious in the TV series ''Father of the Pride'' (2004–2005) and the titular character in the '' Gex'' franchise. Early life Gould was born in Hopedale, Massachusetts on August 24, 1964, the fifth of six children. He was raised Roman Catholic, and served as an altar boy in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester. Career Gould began performing comedy onstage at age 17. After high school, he studied communications and theatre at Framingham State College, but after a year moved to San Francisco to pursue a career in comedy. It was there he, along with fellow comedian Alex Reid, founded the San Francisco Comedy Condo in 1986. Gould wrote and performed on ''The Ben Stiller Show''; one such sketch features Gould as Otto, Cupid's twisted brother, whose arrows convince a young man to fall madly in love with an el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Kraus (author)
Daniel Kraus is a New York Times bestselling American author known for his collaborations with George A. Romero and Guillermo del Toro. Early life Kraus was born June 7, 1975 in Midland, Michigan and grew up in Fairfield, Iowa. Career In 2009, Kraus published his first novel, ''The Monster Variations''. This book was included on the New York Public Library’s “100 Best Stuff for Teens” list in 2010. His second novel, ''Rotters'', was published in 2011, and won the 2012 Odyssey Award, the Parents' Choice Award Gold Award and was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award. It was also chosen as Booklist Editors’ Choice for 2012 and was included on the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Blue Ribbon List 2012. It was produced as an audiobook, and was subsequently included on the American Library Association Amazing Audiobooks List 2012. In 2013 Kraus published the novel ''Scowler'' through Delacorte Books. This book won a 2014 Odyssey award. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Schrab
Robby Christopher Schrab (born November 12, 1969) is an American comic book creator, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is the creator of the comic book '' Scud: The Disposable Assassin'', co-writer of the feature film '' Monster House'', co-creator of the competitive film festival Channel 101, and the co-creator of Comedy Central's ''The Sarah Silverman Program''. He has directed three seasons of ''The Sarah Silverman Program'' and episodes of ''Childrens Hospital'', '' Blue Mountain State'', ''Community'', ''Parks and Recreation'', ''The Mindy Project'', ''Workaholics'', ''Creepshow'', and the second season of the Netflix reboot of ''Mystery Science Theater 3000''. Education and early career Schrab is a graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. In the 1990s, he wrote and illustrated the critically acclaimed independent comics series ''Scud: The Disposable Assassin''. Film and television In 1997 Oliver Stone's company Illusion Entertainment bought the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Dini
Paul McClaran Dini (; born August 7, 1957) is an American screenwriter and comic creator. He has been a producer and writer for several Warner Bros. Animation/DC Comics animated series, most notably '' Batman: The Animated Series'' (1992–1995), and the subsequent DC Animated Universe. Dini and Bruce Timm co-created the characters Harley Quinn and Terry McGinnis. Dini began writing for Warner Bros. Animation on ''Tiny Toon Adventures''. In addition to ''Batman: The Animated Series'', Dini was a writer for '' Superman: The Animated Series'' (1996–2000), writer and co-creator for ''The New Batman Adventures'' (1997–1999), and writer and developer for ''Batman Beyond'' (1999–2001). He also co-created ''Freakazoid!'' (1995–1997) with Timm, produced ''Duck Dodgers'' (2003–2005), developed and scripted ''Krypto the Superdog'' (2005–2006). After leaving Warner Bros. Animation in early 2004, Dini went on to write and story edit the first season of the ABC adventure series '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harrison (director)
John S. Harrison Jr. (born 1948) is an American filmmaker, musician, and composer best known for his collaborations with director George A. Romero and for writing-directing the miniseries adaptation of ''Dune''. Early life and career Harrison was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a BS in Theater Arts and is an MFA graduate of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama. For several years after that, he performed on the road with his band Homebrew before moving back to Pittsburgh to take a master's degree in film and television from Carnegie Mellon University. At the same time, he joined blues guitarist Roy Buchanan, with whom he toured across the US and internationally for four years. He was also featured on several of Buchanan's albums, including ''That's What I'm Here For'' (1974), '' Live Stock'' (1975), and '' A Street Called Straight'' (1976). In 1973, Harrison and his friends, Dusty Nelson and Pasquale B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David J
David John Haskins (born 24 April 1957, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England), better known as David J, is a British alternative rock musician, producer, and writer. He is the bassist for the gothic rock band Bauhaus and for Love and Rockets. He has composed the scores for a number of plays and films, and also wrote and directed his own plays, ''Silver for Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick)'', in 2008, which was restaged at REDCAT in Los Angeles in 2011, and ''The Chanteuse and The Devil's Muse'' in 2011. His artwork has been shown in galleries internationally, and he has been a resident DJ at venues such as the Knitting Factory. David J has released a number of singles and solo albums, and in 1990 he released one of the first No. 1 hits on the then nascent Modern Rock Tracks charts, with "I'll Be Your Chauffeur". His most recent single, "The Day That David Bowie Died" entered the UK vinyl singles chart at number 4 in 2016. The track appears on his double album, ''Vaga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
