Fright Krewe is an American animated adventure horror comedy series produced by DreamWorks Animation Television and created by Eli Roth and James Frey. Sydney Mikayla, Tim Johnson Jr., Grace Lu, Chester Rushing, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, and Jacques Colimon star as the series' main voice cast.
| Fright Krewe | |
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| Genre | Adventure Horror Comedy |
| Created by | Eli Roth James Frey |
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| Composer | Zach Robinson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers | Eli Roth James Frey Joanna Lewis Kristine Songco |
| Production company | DreamWorks Animation Television |
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| Release | October 2, 2023 – present |
The series premiered on October 2, 2023, on Peacock and Hulu. A second season was released on March 29, 2024.
Summary
editIn modern day New Orleans, a mismatched group of teens find themselves charged with defending the city from a vast variety of dark creatures. Blessed with powers from voodoo spirits, the teens will have to work together to stop an evil they themselves have unleashed.
Cast
editMain
edit- Sydney Mikayla as Soleil[1][2]
- Tim Johnson Jr. as Maybe[1][2]
- Grace Lu as Missy[1][2]
- Chester Rushing as Stanley[1][2]
- Terrence Little Gardenhigh as Pat[1][2]
- Jacques Colimon as Belial[1][2]
Recurring
edit- Vanessa Hudgens as Madison[2]
- Josh Richards as Nelson[2]
- X Mayo as Alma[2]
- Rob Paulsen as Lou Garou[2]
- David Kaye as Mayor Furst[2]
- JoNell Kennedy as Marie Laveau & Judy Le Claire[2]
- Melanie Laurent as Fiona Bunrady[2]
- Chris Jai Alex as Otis Bunrady[2]
- Reggie Watkins as Paulie[2]
- Cherise Woods as Ayida-Weddo & Ayizan[2]
- Keston John as Papa Legba & Ogoun[2]
- Grey DeLisle as Judith Le Claire[2]
- Krizia Bajos as Luciana Rodriguez[2]
- Mia Perez as Cece Rodriguez Jones
- Mckenna Grace as Gina
Episodes
editThis section needs to be updated. (March 2024) |
Series overview
editSeason 1 (2023)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Blood Awakening: Part 1" | Leah Artwick | Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco | Josh Covey and Abby Davies | October 2, 2023 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Blood Awakening: Part 2" | Leah Artwick | Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco | Josh Covey, Kai Lynn Jiang and Jae Hong Kim | October 2, 2023 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Craving" | Kevin Wotton and Stephen Copper | Eve Crusto, Scott Damian and Crescent Imani Novell | Andries Martiz, Darwin Tan, Simon Williams and Hayden Morris | October 2, 2023 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Haunting" | Marc Wasik | Crescent Imani Novell | Manuk Chang, Mark Sonntag, Mauricio Pizarro and Simon Williams | October 2, 2023 |
| 5 | 5 | "The Feast" | Kevin Wotton | Scott Damian | Andries Martiz, Darwin Tan, Hayden Morris and Tony Lovett | October 2, 2023 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Swamp" | Mark Wasik and Kelly Baigent | Eve Crusto | Mark Sonntag, Manuk Chang, Mauricio Pizarro, Pete Jacobs and Tony Lovett | October 2, 2023 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Light" | Joseph Bernados | Emily Beaver | Josh Covey, Abby Davies and Kai Lynn Jiang | October 2, 2023 |
| 8 | 8 | "Part 1: The Bait" | Kevin Wotton | Crescent Imani Novell | Darwin Tan, Hayden Morris, Tony Lovett, and Mauricio Pizarro | October 2, 2023 |
| 9 | 9 | "Part 2: The Trap" | Mark Wasik and Kelly Baigent | Scott Damian | Manuk Chang, Mauricio Pizarro, Pete Jacobs and Tony Lovett | October 2, 2023 |
| 10 | 10 | "The War" | Joseph Bernados | Eve Crusto | Josh Covey, Abby Davies, Kai Lynn Jiang and Holly Ready | October 2, 2023 |
Season 2 (2024)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboarded by | Original release date |
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| 11 | 1 | "The Nightmare" | Kevin Wotton | Scott Damian | Hayden Morris, Darwin Tan, Tony Lovett, Mark Sonntag and Manuk Chang | March 29, 2024 |
| 12 | 2 | "The Loss" | Kelly Baigent | Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco | Aaron Davies, Tony Lovett, Manuk Chang, Mark Sonntag and Mauricio Pizarro | March 29, 2024 |
| 13 | 3 | "The Bridge" | Joseph Bernados and Scooter Tidwell | Crescent Imani Novell | Thad Carlile and Holly Ready | March 29, 2024 |
| 14 | 4 | "The Collection" | Kevin Wotton | Eve Crusto | Darwin Tan, Hayden Morris, Mark Sonntag and Bingxin (Vicky) Hu | March 29, 2024 |
| 15 | 5 | "The Escape" | Kelly Baigent and Mark Wasik | Emily Beaver | Manuk Chang, Mauricio Pizarro, Tony Lovett, Tang Lee, and Hayden Morris | March 29, 2024 |
| 16 | 6 | "The Return" | Joseph Bernados and Scooter Tidwell | Scott Damian | Thad Carlile, Kai Lynn Jiang and Chelsey Lynn | March 29, 2024 |
| 17 | 7 | "The Decay" | Kevin Wotton | Crescent Imani Novell | Darwin Tan, Hayden Morris, Mark Sonntag, Marc Wasik, Tang Lee and Bingxin (Vicky) Hu | March 29, 2024 |
| 18 | 8 | "The Descent" | Kelly Baigent and Mark Wasik | Eve Crusto | Mark Sonntag, Manuk Chang, Mauricio Pizarro and Tony Lovett | March 29, 2024 |
| 19 | 9 | "The Sacrifice: Part 1" | Kevin Wotton | Emily Beaver | Darwin Tan, Hayden Morris, Tang Lee and Bingxin (Vicky) Hu | March 29, 2024 |
| 20 | 10 | "The Sacrifice: Part 2" | Joseph Bernados and Scooter Tidwell | Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco | Thad Carlile, Kai Lynn Jiang and Chelsey Lynn | March 29, 2024 |
Production
editDevelopment
editThe concept for the series was conceived during 2015, when Eli Roth had a discussion with James Frey regarding shows of their childhood such as Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and Goosebumps, and how they felt modern children's media lacked projects with a similar tone. This led them to want to create their own children-oriented project with a horror tone.[3] By 2019, the duo were developing a pitch for a children-oriented horror series for DreamWorks Animation Television when they,[3] via DreamWorks executive Ben Cawood, approached Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (2020) episode writers Joanna Lewis and Kristine Songco to work on their pitch, as the two were interested on developing DreamWorks series directed at older audiences.[4]
On June 9, 2023, it was reported that Roth and Frey were working on a series titled Fright Krewe for DreamWorks Animation Television. Roth and Frey were set as executive producers alongside Lewis and Songco, with Sydney Mikayla, Tim Johnson Jr., Grace Lu, Chester Rushing, Terrence Little Gardenhigh, and Jacques Colimon announced to star.[1] Lewis and Songco also serve as showrunners.[3]
In November 2023, the series was renewed for a second season.[5]
Writing
editEarly drafts for the series had a more episodic storytelling, but Lewis and Songco decided to use a serialized story after joining the project in order to make it more approachable to older audiences focusing more on the kids' relationships and experiences.[6] They also felt this approach allowed the series to stand out from other horror-oriented children series.[4]
Having no experience writing horror material before, Songco and Lewis studied horror films as research in how to write within the genre, in addition to drawing inspiration from films they watched during their childhoods,[6] and authors such as Anne Rice and R. L. Stine.[7] The duo also sought to avoid rellying in slasher material due to the series' young-adult demographic,[8] wanting the series to instead serve as "bridge between something that’s a little bit… older than Scooby-Doo but for people who are starting to get into horror but not quite ready for slasher, gory films".[9] The writers first conceived the main cast as horror film stereotypes, before expanding theur characterizations into more nuanced personalities that still explored horror tropes while using the series' world to give said tropes a unique interpretation.[9]
Having traveled to New Orleans and learning of voodoo before working on the series, Lewis sought to represent voodoo accuretly within the show, so she and Songco did research on voodoo and brought in experts to work on the series as consultants.[10]
Animation
editAnimation services for the series were provided by Digitoonz.[11]
Music
editZach Robinson composed the score for the series.[12]
Release
editThe series premiered on Hulu and Peacock on October 2, 2023.[1][2] The second season premiered on March 29, 2024.[5][13]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Milligan, Mercedes (June 9, 2023). "DreamWorks Scares Up First Look at 'Fright Krewe,' Coming to Hulu & Peacock". Animation Magazine. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Milligan, Mercedes (September 13, 2023). "DreamWorks' 'Fright Krewe' Scares Up Official Trailer, Cast List & Release Date". Animation Magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
- ^ a b c Hermanns, Grant (2023-10-02). "Fright Krewe Co-Creator Eli Roth Talks His Family-Friendly Horror Show & Authentically Depicting Voodoo". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ a b Zahed, Ramin (October 2, 2023). "DreamWorks' NoLo Horror Series 'Fright Krewe' Lets the Spooky Times Roll". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ a b "Dreamworks' 'Fright Krewe' Renewed for Season 2". Animation Magazine. November 1, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
- ^ a b "Fright Krewe: Just in Time for Halloween, Eli Roth and James Frey Deliver Scares for Teens". SYFY Official Site. 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ Sayre, Will (2023-10-05). "Exclusive: Fright Krewe Showrunners on Collaborating with Eli Roth for Their Spooky New YA Series". MovieWeb. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Fright Krewe: Just in Time for Halloween, Eli Roth and James Frey Deliver Scares for Teens". SYFY Official Site. 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ a b "INTERVIEW: The Crew Leaders Of "Fright Krewe" – Animation Scoop". www.animationscoop.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Fright Krewe Showrunners on Bringing Horror to YA Audiences (Exclusive)". Horror. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ Lang, Jamie (2023-09-13). "Dreamworks Debuts Trailer For Animated Horror Series 'Fright Krewe' From Creators Eli Roth And James Frey". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Zach Robinson Scoring Hulu's & Peacock's 'Fright Krewe' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 2024-02-18.
- ^ "Interview Eli Roth & James Frey Talk Fright Krewe Season 2". March 27, 2024.
External links
edit- Fright Krewe at IMDb