The spooky Peacock and Hulu series is now streaming, so io9 talked to Eli Roth all about making horror for kids.
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.”in 2015. “That’s how long this project took to come to fruition.
He continued. “Monsters are always a great metaphor for a side of ourselves that we don’t like or don’t want to confront. And there’s so many great values that you can Trojan horse in a scary show for kids, like bravery and friendship and overcoming your fears, and finding what makes you special and finding your own special power. That was the original idea and we wanted to set it in New Orleans, which is so visual and so rich with so much history and it’s the most haunted city in America.
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.
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