New Crazy HELL DEN Animated Series Is a Mix of ROBOT CHICKEN, BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD, and MST3K
There’s a crazy and fun sounding new animated series in development that you might want to know about called Hell Den. The series comes from Shout! Studios and Dr. God and is coming to a streaming service called DrinkTV.
The series is described as being a mix of shows that include Robot Chicken, Beavis and Butthead, and and Mystery Science Theater 3000. The series centers around a 12-year-old boy named Andrew who is one of the few left in a post-uber-apocalypse world and Andrew’s house has electricity, a VCR, and a full liquor cabinet. Because of this, his place becomes home base for a variety of unique characters in this crazy world.
Hell Den mixes original animation and re-dubbed cartoons to create a blend of social satire, musical parody, and absurdist humor. The series will pay homage to classic old cartoon and will feature original commentary. Here’s the official description of the show:
The six episode-series takes place after an Uber-Apocalypse wipes out civilization where one kid miraculously survives: 12-year-old Andrew. His house still has electricity, a working television, a VCR, and his deceased parent’s fully stocked bar which draws a few curious apocalypse-creators to his door. There's Kenneth, the moody Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse; BET-C, a sympathetic but volatile mutant cyborg; Fleek, a sleazy alcoholic alien; and Giants, a ponderous giant. Together, they break into the liquor cabinet and join Andrew to watch twisted cartoons... because destroying the world is hard work.
Shout! Studios’ Jordan Fields talked about the series saying:
“Hell Den is a project that we’ve all been dying to make for years. As animation fans, we’ve always wanted to use our improv skills to reimagine classic cartoons. It’s something we would do in our homes or at comedy festivals late at night just to make each other laugh. Now we get to make other people laugh at our late night psychosis on DrinkTV...which makes us very happy.”
He added:
“With Hell Den Dr. God has earned its place in the NSFW comedy constellation, and we’re grateful that Drink TV not only appreciated their unhinged humor but invited it. When making a sketch comedy series with your best friends, you expect to have fun. What you don’t expect is to have a group of experienced creative DrinkTV executives who can handle their liquor like 1940s Hollywood movie tycoons.”
Chris Burke, Co-Founder, DrinkTV had this to say in a statement:
“Not much goes together better than a few drinks and a few laughs with friends. We're big fans of Dr. God's uniquely twisted brand of comedy, and we're excited to premiere Hell Den on DrinkTV. As soon as we watched the concept trailer we were excited to commission a series. As fans, we really wanted to see where they'd go with it, and they did not disappoint! As the go-to streaming destination for drinks-themed content, we just didn't think DrinkTV's programming lineup would be complete without a post-apocalyptic dystopian animated series featuring aliens and robots enjoying martinis and watching old cartoons. Thankfully, Dr. God and Shout! Studios have helped us check that box with style.”
The show was created, written, and directed by Dr. God with showrunner Neil Garguilo, and is executive produced by Sean Cowhig, Neil Garguilo, Brian James O'Connell, David Park, Justin Ware, Richard Foos, Garson Foos, Bob Emmer, and Jordan Fields. The animation will be done by Matt Kiel.
The show will also feature guest stars like Derek Mears (Swamp Thing / Friday The 13th), Brett Davern (Awkward. / The Brett Davern Show), Mo Collins (Fear The Walking Dead / F is for Family), and Emma Fitzpatrick (Significant Mother / The Social Network).
This show sounds like it’ll be a blast to watch! Unfortunately, I don’t want to have to subscribe to another streaming service to watch it.
If you’re interested, though, DrinkTV is available on DrinkTV.com, Roku, AppleTV, iOS and Android devices for $2.99/month or $29.99/year.
