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'Creepshow Raw' Trailer, Exclusive Interview and Stills!
Friday, October 31, 2008


By: MrDisgusting
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Back in 1982 George A. Romero brought us CREEPSHOW, a horror anthology that has since become a favorite amongst horror fans everywhere. Arriving later this year, or early next is Creepshow Raw, a new online series inspired by the original films. The series will consists of 10-13 episode that all run about 6-8 minutes long. We caught up with Producer Todd Roy who talks in detail about what we can expect, all of the details can be found inside. Also beyond the break you'll discover the first badass trailer, along with a batch of exclusive stills.

Trailer can be viewed at the bottom





This past week we caught up with Producer Todd Roy who talked about how his love for CREEPSHOW started and also give us some insight into what exactly CREEPYSHOW RAW is.

“I think I was about 11 when I saw CREEPSHOW in the theater and that film just stuck with me,” he explains. “Watching people get what they deserve in some of the funniest and scary ways was.... well, it was fun! For this online series, we wanted to maintain that experience from the feature, but present it in a short form format. And because we are creating this for online viewing, we wanted to push the humor, horror and story concepts to grab viewers today without loosing the tone of what made CREEPSHOW special. Calling it CREEPSHOW RAW is our way of conveying these concepts and challenges.”

The original CREEPSHOW was a horror anthology, meaning multiple stories under one film banner, Roy explains how this form will stay in tact – unless there’s a way to tie them all together.

“That is the plan [to make self-contained stories], however, if there is an opportunity to have some cross over element, we might do that, as long as the story is not dependent on it. But if it can be done.... why not?”

Two other important elements of a CREEPSHOW film is there must be a twist and there must be comic transitions, Todd assures us both will be included (you can see art below!)

“If we do our jobs well, YES! There will be twists,” he explains adding that comic art is another way to pay homage “[Comic art] is another small way for us to pay tribute to the source material,” he adds. “We are finding that many artist (comic book and/or otherwise) are fans of the original CREEPSHOW. We were very lucky to get Alex Pardee to make the illustrations for the pilot (see below) and I have to admit, I really want to frame the Madsen one cause it is so damn cool!”

This online series will also be pretty bloody, if you couldn’t tell from the trailer.

“It’s bloody to the point of being disgusting, but I have to say the visuals are only part of it. The Engine Room came on board and is creating some sound design magic that really enhances the episode in ways I could not have imagined.”

Roy talks a bit about the team behind the online series.
“HD FILMS is only involved with the creation of the online series called CREEPSHOW RAW and our goal is to make this something unique and special onto itself. As you know, Taurus Entertainment owns CREEPSHOW and Jim Dudelson and Ana Clavell have been great to work with while we realize our own vision for what CREEPSHOW RAW can be. They have been supportive, given key suggestions - before and after we shot the pilot - and have patiently sat back and watched while we have played in their sand box. It has been a joy to work with them. Also, on the HD FILMS side of things, I was lucky to have Marti Restighini, our VP of development, acting as my supervising producer and keeping me out of trouble.”

Roy also talks a bit about himself, along with HD Films President and Producer Jace Hall, who created some very popular horror games you probably own.

“Jason Hall who owns HD FILMS, used to run the video game division here at Warner Brothers, but before that, he had a company called MONOLITH and was responsible for making some of the coolest and scariest narrative based video games around (He worked on three of the 10 IGN scariest games of all-time... including number 1 CONDEMNED and F.E.A.R.) Also, he's a huge fan of CREEPSHOW and gets it. And because of that, he is the most critical of the creative processes and the first to call BS if things are not CREEPSHOW enough.

“As for me, I had known Jason for years and when he started HD FILMS he asked if I wanted to come join the team. Before that, I owned a laser show company and had been making independent films and documentaries and got into creating an internet series* back when online video was just getting started."

Lastly, Roy talks a bit about what wil make this series special for CREEPSHOW fans.

“Just know that a lot of care and thought went into this. When you put CREEPSHOW on something, there is an expectation that fans have and we had better get close to that or we are going to get flamed.” He continues, “If you have not seen CREEPSHOW and have no idea what it is, we want you to see something that stands above any other horror offering you might come across. I think that between the amazing acting talent in our pilot, Wilmer Valderrama’s enthusiasm and attention to detail while directing and Stephen Reedy's great eye for the action, we really made something special.”

*I actually reviewed KWOON, his kung fu series on DVD years ago here. Before it became a DVD, it was a web series that started back in early 2000. Roy joked a bit about it with us, “I think I was the first person to loose lots of money in new media... so I have that going for me. Actually though, that entire process did developed skills sets that are very useful in this space now. Especially with the limitations this short form content requires.”



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Read 29 User Comments

HorrorMaven
11:11pm, October 31, 2008

I've been hearing about this for awhile and it sounds really cool. The trailer makes me even more intrigued!


fino35
12:26am, November 1, 2008

Dosen't sound as bad as I thought it would be. Do Want!


kaos_katt9
2:10pm, November 1, 2008

dude that trailer looks BOMB!!!!! cant wait!


DJM
5:18pm, November 1, 2008

Looks ok from the trailer. If nothing else it cannot be any worse than Creepshow 3!


suzi
6:50pm, November 1, 2008

Creepshow is one of my favs this looks good !!!!!!


rocker32990
7:43pm, November 1, 2008

I enjoy the first two Creepshows, even own the first one on DVD, but the third one I never even watched because I heard it is so horrible. George A. Romero and Stephen King did fantastic with Creepshow, I don't know if a series would be good though, just my opinion, I feel like Creepshow is one of those things that should be left alone.


FVJ71
7:43pm, November 1, 2008

Did anyone hear the original theme in the background? By the way, when is the realease date?


Creepyman6666
10:09pm, November 1, 2008

I love all the Creepshow's even Creepshow 3 ( No I'm not on Drugs) When are we going to see the whole show


kweandee
10:19pm, November 1, 2008

Looks cool...I loved creepshow :)


Horrorshow 1234
11:32am, November 2, 2008

Looks Ok, but have to wait and see the full show, I Liked all three Creepshow Movies, but the first one will always be the best.


Evil_Flip
6:33pm, November 2, 2008

hmmm, not really impressed. and why this must be called Creepshow is beyond me. can't they give it a different name, that way I don't have to compare it to the original.


Evil_Flip
6:34pm, November 2, 2008

hmmm, not really impressed. and why this must be called Creepshow is beyond me. can't they give it a different name, that way I don't have to compare it to the original.


SinisterX3
10:38pm, November 2, 2008

Wow, that looks low budget and really lame


SirGossip
11:46pm, November 2, 2008

Whoever thinks this is not impressive needs to get their head checked! I have looked at every original horror series that is made for the web and this series is BY FAR the best looking and most interesting horror content available. (Dont make me start up about fearnet's crap...) This looks vastly superior to Creepshow 3 and if they are planning on offering this series on the web for free, well, they just set a new standard with this. I think that doing an anthology like this is way better than something serial. I like to just get the whole story at one sitting. much better. I want to encourage whomever is making this so that we get more stuff like this on the web and not less! I am curious to see if they actually can pull off a Creepshow in like 5 minutes though. Not sure how they can do it. I'm skeptical but optimistic. -B


Thommy Razor
11:04am, November 3, 2008

Jim Dudelson and Ana Clavell should be drug out into the street and shot.


Quint's Machete
11:23am, November 3, 2008

Fucking love Creepshow, I wonder if they'll make "The Return of Fatstuff"? "These are cockroaches, the biggest ones I've ever seen"----Creepshow.


djdeathwish
1:56pm, November 3, 2008

I hope the episodes eventually come out on DVD!


kingalex
7:44am, November 4, 2008

Lordy... Pardee for drawn sequences is damn precious!!! that'll be gr8 guys.


slitwristthoery
1:21pm, November 5, 2008

That looks pretty awesome.


Halo_of_Flies
3:22pm, November 5, 2008

Well it cant be worst then #3. That one was more like watching some bad Goosebumps episodes.


darkamor
7:19am, November 6, 2008

CREEPSHOW was great, CREEPSHOW II could have been better (deserved 5 stories with a wrap around) CREEPSHOW III? Not worth your time (or BD.COM's) .... this looks promising (no final opinion until the film is completed) ... ~(^)~


Quint's Machete
11:12am, November 6, 2008

"Thanks for the ride lady"-----Creepshow II.


Realm of Horror Comics
2:50pm, November 7, 2008

Looks fantastic.


hippo
11:39pm, November 8, 2008

The first Creepshow was great-with great directors. Creepshow II just wasn't near as well done. It was definitely a let down. Creepshow Raw looks lame, even with Michael Madsen, who is simply an awesome actor. The series has lost something. What happened to the anthology theme?


SirGossip
2:10am, November 10, 2008

hippo - you are on crack. Please show me another ONLINE ONLY series that tops Creepshow RAW. There isn't one. This series has awesome potential! -SG


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