AMC Networks has announced that it has teamed up with DreadXP and game developer DarkStone Digital to produce a video game based on the TV series Creepshow. The show, available to stream on Shudder, is produced by Greg Nicotero and based on the 1982 George A. Romero film.
Production company Cartel Entertainment will also help bring the “Creepshow” series to the cross-platform video game medium in 2024. The video game will follow the “Creepshow’s” anthology format and will feature several stand-alone horror stories across different genres of gameplay and tone.
DarkStone Digital is also one of several independent developers working on spin-offs for the “Creepshow” video game. DarkStone Digital is best known for its indie horror games like “The Mortuary Assistant”. The full list of contributing game developers will be revealed at a later time.
Brian Clarke, developer of DarkStone Digital, will be Creative Director of “Creepshow”. “I’m so excited to be a part of such an interesting project. I’ve always loved the look of ‘Creepshow,’ and the idea of driving the coherence of multiple perspectives on horror is really compelling to me,” Clark says. “I feel so honored to have been asked to be a part of this. I can’t wait to get in and do the best I can for such a great IP.”
“As huge fans of Creepshow, we are very excited to be collaborating with AMC, Shudder and Cartel Entertainment to bring this world into an interactive medium,” says Patrick Ewald, Managing Partner and Producer at DreadXP. DreadXP producer Ted Hentschke adds: “The game will mark an expansion of our highly successful collaboration with Brian Clarke, whose expertise in crafting narratives rich in tradition and clever fearlessness makes him the perfect creative director for the project.”
Nicotero explains, “Following the launch of Skybound Comic this summer and concluding post-production on Season 4, I feel this is an opportunity to celebrate the genre with horror fans around the world in a way that takes us through a myriad of experiences.”
AMC Networks renewed Creepshow for its fourth season last February. Cartel also launched its own global distribution group last year as well in order to license its contents.
“Shudder’s ‘Creepshow’ is in a class of its own — a curvy blend of horror and ticklish satire that no game publisher can ever manage,” says AMC Vice President of Games Clayton Newman. But after playing the Dread X Collection anthology, and seeing Brian’s quirky genius at work on “The Mortuary Assistant,” we knew we’d found the right partners for this project. This game will surprise, delight and terrify Creepshow and horror fans alike, and we can’t wait to put The players have their hands on it.”
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