Director: Various
First Aired: 2021
Contains spoilers
Ahead of the airing of Creepshow Season 4 on Shudder, Creepshow Series 1, 2 & 3 are available on Blu-ray, DVD & digital from 25 September 2023 in the UK and I have been lucky enough to get the three seasons on Blu-ray to review.
I have previously looked at two of the segments here. Model Kid received an honourable mention. Following Joe (Brock Duncan) who is in to all things horror, who loses his mum (Tyner Rushing, Lovecraft Country) to cancer, is abused by his Uncle Kevin (Kevin Dillon) and who discovers that he can bring the monsters he loves to life. The segment got it’s mention because of him dressing as Dracula at the head of the segment and the fact that he had turned into a vampire at the very end.
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| Lola's impressive maw |
The other segment was from episode 3 and was Sibling Rivalry in which Lola (Maddie Nichols) is convinced that her brother Andrew (Andrew Brodeur) is trying to kill her. And he is, but mostly because she has been turned into a vampire, has killed their mom and dad and doesn’t realise it. The snappy dialogue from Maddie Nichols as she tries to explain her story to school counsellor Mrs Porter (Molly Ringwald) is worth the entry fee alone and this is one of my favourite segments in the whole season.
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| Joe becomes a vampire |
However, it is a strong season – reducing from 6 to 5 episodes (and the last episode, Night of the Living Late Show, being just one story) this is all killer and no filler. The aforementioned Night of the Living Late Show, which cleverly uses footage from both Horror Express and Night of the Living Dead and Public Television of the Dead (paired with Model Kid) that features Ted Raimi in an Evil Dead segment are both brilliant. The Blu-Ray also has episode length specials in the form of the holiday special (Shapeshifters Anonymous) and a Creepshow Animated Special (Survivor Type/Twittering from the Circus of the Dead). There aren’t the audio commentaries that disc 1 boasted of, but there is an interview with Greg Nicotero, photo galleries and behind the scenes featurettes. This is a great season and well worth your time. 8.5 out of 10 for a great set.
The imdb page is here.
On Blu-Ray @ Amazon US (contents may vary to UK edition)
On Blu-Ray @ Amazon UK
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