50 States of Fright is a horror anthology television series that debuted on Quibi on April 6, 2020, for pre-signed up users and on April 13 for the general public.[1][2]
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| Genre | Horror |
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| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Running time | Less than 10 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Quibi |
| Release | April 6 – October 1, 2020 |
Premise
editThe series features self-contained scary stories, each located in a different state of the United States. To fit Quibi's format, each story was spread across two or three episodes.
Cast
edit- "The Golden Arm (Michigan)"
- Rachel Brosnahan as Heather
- Travis Fimmel as David
- John Marshall Jones as Andy
- "America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas)"
- Ming-Na Wen as Susan
- Karen Allen as Sheriff Stallings
- Thailey Roberge as Amelia
- "Scared Stiff (Oregon)"
- James Ransone as Sebastian Klepner[3]
- Emily Hampshire as Megan Bloom
- "Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota)"
- Asa Butterfield as Brandon Boyd
- "Almost There (Iowa)"
- Taissa Farmiga as Hannah
- Ron Livingston as Blake
- "13 Steps to Hell (Washington)"
- Lulu Wilson as Mallory
- Rory Culkin as Older Aiden / Storyteller
- "Red Rum (Colorado)"
- Jacob Batalon as Simon
- Victoria Justice as Logan
- Colin Ford as Kyle
- Christina Ricci as Bitsy
- "Dogwood-Azalea (Missouri)"
- Elizabeth Reaser as Sara
Episodes
edit| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 14 | April 6, 2020 | April 22, 2020 | |
| 2 | 10 | September 28, 2020 | October 1, 2020 | |
Season 1 (2020)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 1" | Sam Raimi | Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi | April 6, 2020 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 2" | Sam Raimi | Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi | April 6, 2020 |
| 3 | 3 | "The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 3" | Sam Raimi | Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi | April 6, 2020 |
| 4 | 4 | "America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 1" | Yoko Okumura | S : Yoko Okumura & Mae Catt; T : Mae Catt | April 7, 2020 |
| 5 | 5 | "America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 2" | Yoko Okumura | S : Yoko Okumura & Mae Catt; T : Mae Catt | April 8, 2020 |
| 6 | 6 | "America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 3" | Yoko Okumura | S : Yoko Okumura & Mae Catt; T : Mae Catt | April 9, 2020 |
| 7 | 7 | "Scared Stiff (Oregon) – Part 1" | Ryan Spindell | Ryan Spindell & Jacob Motz | April 13, 2020 |
| 8 | 8 | "Scared Stiff (Oregon) – Part 2" | Ryan Spindell | Ryan Spindell & Jacob Motz | April 14, 2020 |
| 9 | 9 | "Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 1" | Adam Schindler & Brian Netto | Adam Schindler & Brian Netto | April 15, 2020 |
| 10 | 10 | "Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 2" | Adam Schindler & Brian Netto | Adam Schindler & Brian Netto | April 16, 2020 |
| 11 | 11 | "Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 3" | Adam Schindler & Brian Netto | Adam Schindler & Brian Netto | April 17, 2020 |
| 12 | 12 | "Destino (Florida) – Part 1" | Alejandro Brugués | S : Eduardo Sánchez; T : Gregg Hale | April 20, 2020 |
| 13 | 13 | "Destino (Florida) – Part 2" | Alejandro Brugués | S : Eduardo Sánchez; T : Gregg Hale | April 21, 2020 |
| 14 | 14 | "Destino (Florida) – Part 3" | Alejandro Brugués | S : Eduardo Sánchez; T : Gregg Hale | April 22, 2020 |
Season 2 (2020)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date [4] |
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| 15 | 1 | "Almost There (Iowa) – Part 1" | Scott Beck & Bryan Woods | Scott Beck & Bryan Woods | September 28, 2020 |
| 16 | 2 | "Almost There (Iowa) – Part 2" | Scott Beck & Bryan Woods | Scott Beck & Bryan Woods | September 28, 2020 |
| 17 | 3 | "Almost There (Iowa) – Part 3" | Scott Beck & Bryan Woods | Scott Beck & Bryan Woods | September 28, 2020 |
| 18 | 4 | "13 Steps to Hell (Washington) – Part 1" | Lee Cronin | Sarah Conradt | September 29, 2020 |
| 19 | 5 | "13 Steps to Hell (Washington) – Part 2" | Lee Cronin | Sarah Conradt | September 30, 2020 |
| 20 | 6 | "Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 1" | Daniel Goldhaber | Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei | October 1, 2020 |
| 21 | 7 | "Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 2" | Daniel Goldhaber | Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei | October 1, 2020 |
| 22 | 8 | "Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 3" | Daniel Goldhaber | Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei | October 1, 2020 |
| 23 | 9 | "Dogwood-Azalea (Missouri) – Part 1" | Cate Devaney | Cate Devaney | October 1, 2020 |
| 24 | 10 | "Dogwood-Azalea (Missouri) – Part 2" | Cate Devaney | Cate Devaney | October 1, 2020 |
References
edit- ^ a b Evangelista, Chris (April 3, 2020). "'50 States of Fright' Trailer: Sam Raimi and Quibi Are Ready to Scare You". /Film. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ a b Pearson, Ben (March 27, 2020). "Everything Coming to Quibi in April, Including '50 States of Fright', 'Dishmantled', and Much More". Slashfilm. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ 50 States of Fright, retrieved 2020-08-26
- ^ "50 States of Fright – Listings". The Futon Critic. Retrieved October 2, 2020.