Eli Roth Knows His Name Helped Fright Krewe Push Gateway Horror Limits

Since he’s known for grisly horror, filmmaker Eli Roth making an animated show comes with certain expectations for hardcore visuals—even if it’s aimed at kids. With Fright Krewe, his latest creative project before the very adult Thanksgiving later this fall, Roth returns to a realm he first explored in 2018's The House With the Clock in Its Walls.

Delving into this gentler subgenre comes from a love of the supernatural cartoons he grew up with, Roth explained to io9 in a recent interview. “I love gateway horror. I love scary shows for kids. And I felt like I was at a point in my life, in my career where I really wanted to start creating great experiences for kids and that parents could watch with their kids, where the kids could get into scary movies without being traumatized by them.”

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What’s more, his reputation in horror came in handy for inspiring his showrunners. “What I love about Joanna [Lewis] and Kristine [Songco] is that outside, they’re so sweet and so light. And you think, ‘Oh, they’re perfect for writing a kid’s animated show.’ And then the scripts would come in and the gore was insane. What’s great is that they really are able to balance the scares with the heart and the humor, which I think is very important for kids, because you got to give the kids a laugh after a big scare. And they’re like, ‘Well, we have Eli. So no matter what, no one’s ever going to think that we came up with that.’”

He laughed and continued, “Once my name is on the project, I’ve noticed it’s the fact that my reputation for doing crazy, gory horror is so strong that people like working with me because then they can get it out of their system. No matter what they come up with, it’s a very safe way that they can let it out. And what I love about them is that they want to push the gore as far as we can. And so does DreamWorks. So I think with my name, it lets everyone breathe a little easier. Like we can all come up with stuff that’s as crazy as we want as long, as it adds to the story, gives you a great scare and then has the message underneath it.”

Fright Krewe is now streaming on Hulu and Peacock.

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