Kevin Grevioux Voices The Vault Keeper in New Dramatized EC Comics: The Vault of Horror Podcast
Pocket Universe Productions, one of many main manufacturing firms of high-impact full-cast audio dramas, pronounces its collaboration with legendary comics writer EC Comics within the type of the fiction podcast EC Comics Presents: The Vault of Horror, starring Kevin Grevioux, creator of the Underworld movie franchise, as “The Vault Keeper”.
The sister title to EC’s legendary comedian e-book sequence (and HBO tv sequence) Tales from the Crypt, the primary season of The Vault of Horror will function diversifications of tales from points 12 – 17 from the unique sequence over twelve episodes, two diversifications per episode. Tailored by Pocket Universe Co-Founder Lance Roger Axt and former MAD Journal author Butch D’Ambrosio, and directed by Pocket Universe Co-Founder William Dufris, every bit brings to life the over-the-top enjoyable and fright of the unique comics, up to date with trendy sensibilities that mirror in the present day’s range.
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Along with Kevin Grevioux, an ensemble of over 60 actors is featured within the first season, together with Phil Proctor (co-founder of the famed comedy crew The Firesign Theatre), and the voice of MTV’s Æon Flux, Denise Poirier. And, as at all times, Pocket Universe’s signature soundscapes are employed by two of the best sound design corporations on the crew – David Chen Sound & O’Shea Artistic Media – providing listeners an immersive expertise that attracts them deeper into the motion like by no means earlier than.
“We’re so excited to crack open the Vault with Pocket Universe Productions,” remarked Corey Mifsud, grandson of EC Comics writer William Gaines. “These audio diversifications breathe a complete new life into the traditional EC horror tales. And admittedly, it is about time the Vault Keeper obtained his personal present!”
EC Comics Presents: The Vault of Horror will premiere on Halloween day with two episodes out there for followers of traditional horror to obtain by a number of podcast platforms, together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Overcast. New episodes will air weekly after the premiere.
EC Comics is taken into account one of the vital celebrated publishers in comics historical past specializing in titles masking horror, crime fiction, suspense, and satire from the 1940s by the mid-1950s. EC’s horror titles (Tales from the Crypt, The Hang-out of Worry, and naturally The Vault of Horror) have been cited as an affect on writers starting from Stephen King to RL Stine to Joe Hill. Along with EC celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2020, two of the corporate’s properties are in improvement for tv and movie: an adaptation of the comedian anthology Bizarre Fantasy, and a biopic about William Gaines.
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