Savini is already no stranger to the Creepshow universe as he created the special effects for director George A. Romero’s original Creepshow film.
“I just directed an episode of the Creepshow television series.
The film featured stars such as Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson and Ed Harris, and grossed $21 million at the box office.
Tom Savini to direct an episode of Shudder’s Creepshow! During an interview at the 2019 Monsterpalooza (via Collider), horror icon Tom Savini revealed that he will direct one of the twelve episodes of Shudder’s upcoming horror anthology series Creepshow. Savini will an episode based on Joe Hill’s short story “By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain” which centers around two friends who unexpectedly finds a dead plesiosaur on the beach.