Creepy, Eerie to film

Last Updated on July 27, 2021

Variety checks in today with news that another couple of comic properties are making the transition to the big (and small) screens. Popular 1970’s comic magazines created by Warren Publishing, Creepy and Eerie, will be developed for television and film by Gotham-based Submarine Entertainment and Grand Canal Film Works. Dan Braun, co-topper of Submarine with brother Josh, sees this as “a re-launching of the brand”, with film as the likely medium but wouldn’t rule out a TV series or digital media.

Creepy and Eerie, which were released in the 1960’s, reached the peak of their popularity in the ’70s. They focused on macabre and otherworldly stories in the manner of “Tales From the Crypt” and “The Twilight Zone”, and even prompted comics giants DC and Marvel to launch horror titles.

Though both Creepy and Eerie have horror and sci-fi elements, Submarine and Grand Canal (who are forming a separate company to oversee the projects called New Comic Co.) will likely develop Creepy as more of a horror project and Eerie as a sci-fi brand (which is what eventually happened for both properties, anyways).