10 Horror Franchises That Spectacularly Bounced Back

Released in 1982, Creepshow stands at the greatest horror anthology picture in history, combining the minds of George A. Romero and Stephen King, featuring a stellar cast of genre favourites like Adrienne Barbeau, Hal Holbrook, E.G. Marshall, Carrie Nye, Ed Harris, Ted Danson, Leslie Nielsen, Fritz Weaver, and Tom Atkins, and with SFX work overseen by Tom Savini.

Comprised of five short stories, this E.C. Comics-inspired effort is brimming with so much charm, so much heart, and so much ooey gooey horror. Unfortunately though, Creepshow was also followed by one so-so sequel, one horrendous sequel, and its loose ties to the mixed bag that was Tales from the Darkside.

12 years after the painfully bland Creepshow 3, modern-horror royalty Greg Nicotero brought the magnificent Creepshow TV series to Shudder; a series which absolutely nailed what was so good about the '82 movie and that's so far given audiences four seasons and two specials full of excellent short-form horror television.

With Barbeau amongst those to have appearance in this show, Shudder's Creepshow has followed the familiar formula of featuring certain genre favourites; from David Arquette, to Barbara Crampton, to Giancarlo Esposito, to Jeffrey Dean Morgan, to Ashley Laurence, to Michael Rooker, to Jeffrey Combs, to Ali Larter and plenty, plenty more.