Shudder’s ‘Creepshow’ Gets Premiere Date – Watch the Blood-Spattered, Laughter-Filled Trailer Here (Video)

SDCC 2019: Premiere episode will include Stephen King story “Gray Matter” and Josh Malerman’s “House of the Head”

Prepare to get your creep on, horror fans. Shudder released the trailer for its new anthology series “Creepshow” ahead of the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con Friday and set a Sept. 26 premiere date for the project.

The AMC-owned SVOD also revealed the two stories that will be featured in the “Creepshow” premiere episode are Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi’s (“The Commuter”) adaptation of the Stephen King story “Gray Matter,” which is directed by series showrunner Greg Nicotero and stars Adrienne Barbeau (1982’s “Creepshow”), Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul”) and Tobin Bell (“Saw”), and “House of the Head,” written by Josh Malerman (“Bird Box”) and directed by John Harrison (“Book of Blood,” “Tales from the Crypt”).

Watch the trailer above.

Based on the 1982 film of the same name — written by King and directed by George A. Romero — “Creepshow” stars Barbeau, Bell, Esposito, David Arquette (“Scream” franchise), Big Boi (“Scream: The TV Series”), Jeffrey Combs (“Star Trek,” “Re-Animator”), Kid Cudi (“Drunk Parents”), Bruce Davison (“Longtime Companion,” “X-Men”), Dana Gould (“The Simpsons,” “Stan Against Evil”), Tricia Helfer (“Battlestar Galactica,” “Lucifer”) and DJ Qualls (“The Man in the High Castle,” “Supernatural”).

Other Season 1 stories include “By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain” by Joe Hill, “The Companion” by Joe R. Lansdale, Kasey Lansdale and Keith Lansdale, “The Finger” by David J. Schow, “Lydia Layne’s Better Half” by John Harrison and Greg Nicotero, “Night of the Paw” by John Esposito, “Bad Wolf Down” by Rob Schrab, “All Hallows Eve” by Bruce Jones, “The Man in the Suitcase” by Christopher Buehlman, “Times is Tough in Musky Holler” by John Skipp and Dori Miller, and Paul Dini and Stephen Langford’s “Skincrawlers.”

“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 with Greg Nicotero and Brian Witten executive producing for Monster Agency Productions and Robert Dudelson, James Dudelson and Jordan Kizwani executive producing for Taurus Entertainment. Russell Binder executive produces for Striker Entertainment, with Marc Mostman serving as co-executive producer.

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