The ‘Annoyingly Interesting’ 50 STATES OF FRIGHT Quibi trailer.

It’s annoying because I see Quibi and I think ‘gimmick’ (it explicitly gets and offers content in ten minute chunks). The problem is that 50 States of Fright is being produced by Sam Raimi, has a lot of good people acting in it, and it’s an anthology series of horror stories based on state-specific urban legends. …I can totally see Raimi punching that one, damn his eyes.

Particularly if the episodes are only ten minutes long. No filler, no wasted space; the cinematic equivalent of an ice pick. A horror director could have a lot of fun with that kind of scenario, and Raimi’s directing at least one of these.

3 thoughts on “The ‘Annoyingly Interesting’ 50 STATES OF FRIGHT Quibi trailer.”

  1. Short-shorts are a growing art form, and you can tell a decent story in that time, especially in genres so stripped down as horror. It’s ready made for adaptation of Creepypastas.

  2. Which one they choose for Idaho will be interesting.
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    The urban legends, so far as they exist, are pretty lame. Totally pedestrian.
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    There’s some real-life stuff with potential. Like experimental reactor one, the trapped miners in Sunshine, or desperate times on the frontier, but most of them would be best served by a slow burn.

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