50 States of Fright

Last updated
50 States of Fright
Genre Horror
Composers
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producers
  • Barry Barclay
  • Floris Bauer
  • Tommy Coriale
  • Deborah Liebling
  • Chris Mangano
  • Sam Raimi [1] [2]
Producers
  • Tony DiSanto
  • David Magee
  • Van Toffler
  • Shawn Williamson
  • Cody Zwieg
Running timeLess than 10 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Quibi
ReleaseApril 6 (2020-04-06) 
October 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)

50 States of Fright is a horror anthology television series that debuted on Quibi on April 6, 2020, for pre-signed up users and on April 13 for the general public. [1] [2]

Contents

Premise

The series features self-contained scary stories, each located in a different state of the United States. To fit Quibi's format, each story was spread across two or three episodes.

Cast

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 14April 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)
2 10September 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)October 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)

Season 1 (2020)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 1" Sam Raimi Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi April 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)
22"The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 2"Sam RaimiSam Raimi & Ivan RaimiApril 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)
33"The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 3"Sam RaimiSam Raimi & Ivan RaimiApril 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)
44"America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 1" Yoko Okumura S: Yoko Okumura & Mae Catt;
T: Mae Catt
April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07)
55"America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 2"Yoko OkumuraS: Yoko Okumura & Mae Catt;
T: Mae Catt
April 8, 2020 (2020-04-08)
66"America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 3"Yoko OkumuraS: Yoko Okumura & Mae Catt;
T: Mae Catt
April 9, 2020 (2020-04-09)
77"Scared Stiff (Oregon) – Part 1"Ryan SpindellRyan Spindell & Jacob MotzApril 13, 2020 (2020-04-13)
88"Scared Stiff (Oregon) – Part 2"Ryan SpindellRyan Spindell & Jacob MotzApril 14, 2020 (2020-04-14)
99"Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 1" Adam Schindler & Brian NettoAdam Schindler & Brian NettoApril 15, 2020 (2020-04-15)
1010"Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 2"Adam Schindler & Brian NettoAdam Schindler & Brian NettoApril 16, 2020 (2020-04-16)
1111"Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 3"Adam Schindler & Brian NettoAdam Schindler & Brian NettoApril 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)
1212"Destino (Florida) – Part 1" Alejandro Brugués S: Eduardo Sánchez;
T: Gregg Hale
April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)
1313"Destino (Florida) – Part 2"Alejandro BruguésS: Eduardo Sánchez;
T: Gregg Hale
April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21)
1414"Destino (Florida) – Part 3"Alejandro BruguésS: Eduardo Sánchez;
T: Gregg Hale
April 22, 2020 (2020-04-22)

Season 2 (2020)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date [4]
151"Almost There (Iowa) – Part 1" Scott Beck & Bryan Woods Scott Beck & Bryan WoodsSeptember 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)
162"Almost There (Iowa) – Part 2"Scott Beck & Bryan WoodsScott Beck & Bryan WoodsSeptember 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)
173"Almost There (Iowa) – Part 3"Scott Beck & Bryan WoodsScott Beck & Bryan WoodsSeptember 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)
184"13 Steps to Hell (Washington) – Part 1" Lee Cronin Sarah ConradtSeptember 29, 2020 (2020-09-29)
195"13 Steps to Hell (Washington) – Part 2"Lee CroninSarah ConradtSeptember 30, 2020 (2020-09-30)
206"Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 1" Daniel Goldhaber Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei October 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)
217"Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 2"Daniel GoldhaberDaniel Goldhaber & Isa MazzeiOctober 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)
228"Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 3"Daniel GoldhaberDaniel Goldhaber & Isa MazzeiOctober 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)
239"Dogwood-Azalea (Missouri) – Part 1"Cate DevaneyCate DevaneyOctober 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)
2410"Dogwood-Azalea (Missouri) – Part 2"Cate DevaneyCate DevaneyOctober 1, 2020 (2020-10-01)

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References

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