New Trailer for Sam Raimi's 50 STATES OF FRIGHT Invites Us on a Journey Through the Urban Nightmare
This trailer for Sam Raimi’s upcoming horror series, 50 States of Fright, is the first trailer I’ve seen from one of these shows at Quibi that actually makes me want to sign up for the streaming service. This show looks awesomely creepy! I love stuff like this, and this is something that I’d definitely want to watch!
The trailer teases some nightmarish visuals and invites us on a journey through the urban nightmare and the series will explore stories based on “urban legends from Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon and Washington taking viewers deeper into the horrors that lurk just beneath the surface of our country.”
The series also features a great cast of actors that include Rachel Brosnahan, Travis Fimmel, Christina Ricci, Jacob Batalon, Ming-Na Wen, Taissa Farmiga, Asa Butterfield, John Marshall Jones, Ron Livingston, Victoria Justice, Karen Allen, Colin Ford, Alex Fitzalan, James Ransone, Emily Hampshire, Elizabeth Reaser, Rory Culkin, Warren Christie, Danay Garcia, and William B. Davis star.
Sam Raimi also directed and co-wrote one episode of the series with Ivan Raimi (Army of Darkness, Drag Me to Hell, Darkman). Below the trailer, I included details on each of the stories that will be told in the first season.
Quibi launches on April 6th and you can sign up for a 90-day free trial, which is a pretty good trial period worth taking.
Golden Arm: Brosnahan, Fimmel, and John Marshall Jones (Grand Hotel, Bosch) star in the tale based on a famous urban legend from Michigan. Sam Raimi and brother Ivan Raimi, natives of the state, are writing, with Sam Raimi directing.
Red Rum: Ricci and Batalon (Spider-Man: Far From Home) star in a telling of Colorado’s scariest story from writers Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber (Cam); Goldhaber directs.
America’s Largest Ball of Twine: Wen (Agents of SHIELD) stars in an installment based on a myth from Kansas. Yoko Okumura (Kimi Kabuki, Fed Up) directs and Mae Catt (Transformers: Cyberverse) writes.
Almost There: Farmiga (American Horror Story) and Livingston (A Million Little Things) star in the Iowa-set story, written and directed by Hawkeye State natives Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place).
Grey Cloud Island: Butterfield (Sex Education) stars in a chilling tale from Minnesota, written and directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto (Delivery: The Beast Within).
13 Steps to Hell: The story, set in Washington, is written by Sarah Conradt-Kroehler and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground).
Dogwood – Azalea: It’s set in Missouri, and written and directed by Missouri native Cate Devaney (Doctor Strange).
Santeria: This Florida story is written by Greg Hale (Mindhunter, The Avengers), Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project) and Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), with Brugués to direct.
Scared Stiff: It’s set in Oregon and written and directed by Ryan Spindell (Two Sentence Horror Stories).