Jeffrey Combs and more join Creepshow cast, all story titles revealed

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The first season of Shudder's upcoming anthology series Creepshow, which will take us back into the world of the George A. Romero / Stephen King films CREEPSHOW and CREEPSHOW 2, is going to consist of six episodes, with each episode telling two separate stories. So it's kind of like we're getting twelve episodes of Creepshow, but the official count is six. The titles of these stories have been gradually revealed over the past several months, and now we know the complete list.

Here's the information on the previously announced stories: 

“All Hallows Eve”  
Written by: Bruce Jones
Directed by: John Harrison
Even then they’re a little too old, this group of friends still want to trick-or-treat but getting candy isn’t all they are looking for.
 
“Bad Wolf Down” 
Written by: Rob Schrab
Directed by: Rob Schrab
A group of American soldiers, trapped behind enemy lines during World War II, finds an unconventional way to even the odds. 

“By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain” 
Story by: Joe Hill, adapted by Jason Ciaramella
Directed by: Tom Savini
Her dad died looking for the monster living at the bottom of Lake Champlain, and now, will she?
 
“The Companion” 
Story by: Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale & Keith Lansdale, adapted by Matt Venne
Directed by: Dave Bruckner 
A young boy, bullied by his older brother, sneaks into an abandoned farm that is protected by a supernatural force. 

“Gray Matter” 
Story by: Stephen King, adapted by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi
Directed by: Greg Nicotero
Doc and Chief, two old-timers in a small, dying town, brave a storm to check on Richie, an alcoholic single father, after encountering his terrified son at the local convenience store. The story, first published in 1973, is part of King’s best-selling 1978 collection, Night Shift. 
 
“The House of the Head”  
Written by: Josh Malerman 
Directed by: John Harrison
Evie discovers her new dollhouse might be haunted. 
 
“Lydia Layne’s Better Half”  
Story by: John Harrison & Greg Nicotero, adapted by John Harrison
Directed by: Roxanne Benjamin 
A powerful woman denies a promotion to her protégée and lover but fails to anticipate the fallout. 
 
“The Man in the Suitcase”  
Written by: Christopher Buehlman
Directed by: Dave Bruckner 
A college student brings the wrong bag home from the airport only to find a pretzeled man trapped inside, afflicted by a strange condition that turns his pain into gold.
 
“Night of the Paw” 
Written by: John Esposito
Directed by: John Harrison
A lonely mortician finds company in the ultimate  ‘be careful what you wish for’ story. 
 
“Skincrawlers”
Written by: Paul Dini & Stephen Langford
Directed by: Roxanne Benjamin 
A man considers a miraculous new treatment for weight loss that turns out to have unexpected complications.
 
“Times is Tough in Musky Holler” 
Written by: John Skipp and Dori Miller, based on their short story
Directed by: John Harrison
Leaders who once controlled a town through fear and intimidation get a taste of their own medicine.

And the newly announced twelfth story is: 

“The Finger”
Written by: David J. Schow
Directed by: Greg Nicotero
An unhappy man discovers a severed, inhuman appendage on the street and brings it home, where it grows into a loyal companion with some deadly quirks.

At one point Nicotero had been planning to direct an adaptation of the Stephen King story Survivor Type for Creepshow, but that idea was apparently set aside. Maybe we'll see that story brought to the screen in a second season.

Along with the story information comes the announcement of the names of five more cast members. They are genre icon Jeffrey Combs and rapper Kid Cudi, who will be seen in Bad Wolf Down; rapper Big Boi, who will be seen in The Man in the Suitcase; original WILLARD Bruce Davison, who is in Night of the Paw; and DJ Qualls, star of The Finger.

Also in the show's cast are Gray Matter's Adrienne Barbeau, Giancarlo Esposito, and Tobin Bell; Tricia Helfer (Lydia Layne's Better Half); Dana Gould (Skinwalkers); and David Arquette (Times Is Tough in Musky Holler).

Shudder's 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 for the Cartel; Greg Nicotero and Brian Witten are executive producers 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. 

Creepshow will premiere on the Shudder streaming service later this year. I am hyped.
 

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