CreepshowIs Back to Make You ‘Ewww’ With Delight

tingle ’s Creepshow seriessucceeds because it knowsexactly what it needs to do : be hold but also a small bit scary ( andawesomely gross ) , tell stories cast as comical book entries that blendhorror nostalgiawith a touch of social commentary and of necessity cease with some variety of comeuppance — and do it all in 20 - ish minutes , twice per episode . The puppet feature anthology serial paying back tomorrow to kick offseason three , and if the short recapitulation is “ it ’s more of the same , ” well , there ’s no way its many fans will mind .

And indeed , the two segments in the time of year premiere , “ Mums ” and “ Queen Bee ” do n’t deviate from that normal , which is — again — not a complaint . “ Mums ” is based on a short account by Joe Hill ( who has his ownhorror bona fidesof course of study , but also fall out to be the son of Stephen King — who script George A. Romero ’s original Creepshow movie back in 1982 ) and write by series showrunner , executive producer , and walk numb alumGreg Nicotero . It ’s directed byTales From the Hood ’s Rusty Cundieff , who also helmed last season ’s “ The Right Snuff / Sibling Rivalry . ” And it has a classical Creepshow set - up , in that alonely kid get some supernatural helpwhen one of his parents lets him down .

It also has a authoritative Creepshow circumstance : an isolated farm . or else ofa meteor crash - landingand bringing an foreign plague , however , all the trouble in “ Mums ” is strictly domestic . Young teen Jack ( Brayden Benson ) sleep with his parents are get problem — his mom ( Erin Beute ) is a morsel of a flower child with a past history of addiction , while his dad ( Ethan Embry ) is an anti - government gun nut . Neither adult is perfect , but when disaster strikes , there ’s no question where Jack ’s loyalties lie — and there ’s also no dubiousness that something very peculiar is lurking in mom ’s bloom garden . Creepshow lie with a good “ nature takes retaliation ” plot , and lease ’s just say “ Mums ” follows very squarely in that tradition .

Definitely some kind of medical emergency going on here.

Definitely some kind of medical emergency going on here.Image: Shudder

Nature also plays a magnanimous role in “ Queen Bee , ” directed by Nicotero and written by Erik Sandoval and Michael Rousselet , but so do some more contemporary concerns — like obsessional fame fandom and the unmanageable impulse to document everything in a societal media frenzy . stripling Trenice ( Olivia Hawthorne ) and Debra ( Hannah Kepple ) have that kind of militant friendly relationship that almost nudges them into frenemy territory , with Carlos ( Nico Gomez ) acting as both buffer and instigator . So it ’s not all that surprising when , after arguing over who ’s the bigger fan of pop chanteuse Regina ( Lovecraft Country ’s Kaelyn Gobert - Harris ) , the girls and their rag - along sidekick determine to affiance in some delimitation - stalk when they teach their paragon ’s gone into DoL at a hospital in their town .

When they arrive , their excitement is enough to blind them to the fact that Regina ’s security measures are rather extreme — she ’s a superstar , after all . But before long they earn that something is very , very , oh - my - divinity - no ! wrong . The peculiar effects in “ Queen Bee ” compass from simple yet efficacious ( the aesculapian staff ’s glowing greenish eyes , view in the image at the top of this post , are eery as netherworld and find like an previous - school sci - fi court ) to elaborate and very unsettling . Without spoiling anything , the title of the episode and the fact that Regina ’s most recent hit is titled “ Hungry For You ” are both clues to the terror that wait anyone who dares to intrude on her privacy . Chomp !

Creepshow season three premiere tomorrow , September 23 on Shudder and continues weekly .

Ethan Embry plays the latest version of a familiar Creepshow character type: the bad dad.