Just scary

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Television series
German title Just scary
Original title Creeped out
Country of production United Kingdom , Canada
original language English
Year (s) since 2017
Production
company		 CBBC Productions,
DHX Media
length 24 minutes
Episodes 23 in 2 seasons ( list )
genre Children's series , horror
Director Steve Hughes, Bruce McDonald
idea Bede Blake, Robert Butler
script Bede Blake, Robert Butler
production Juliet Charlesworth
music Joe Kraemer
First broadcast October 31, 2017 (UK) on CBBC

First publication in German		 October 4, 2018 on Netflix

Just scary (Original title: Creeped Out ) is a Canadian - British Horror - anthology series by Bede Blake and Robert Butler for older children, which was erstausgestrahlt in the UK on 31 October 2017 and in Canada on October 5 2018th In Germany and other countries, the first season was released on October 4, 2018 on Netflix , where the episodes are in a different order than they were broadcast.

format

As an anthology series, each episode tells a different story with a changing cast, the main characters of which are older children from around 10 to 13 years of age. The moral of the story often concerns the use of technology and social media, as well as relationships with parents and friends.

Even if no character appears in multiple episodes, there are a few episodes linking details so that they are set in the same area: the character Patty Peterson from slapstick is mentioned in Kindlesticks ; Karter Bay appears in Slapstick and The Call ; Zucco's Pizzeria is mentioned in Marti , Kindlesticks, and Troll and is an important location in Unfiltered . The technology in Marti and Hilfe comes from the same company.

A connecting element of all episodes is the framing by the figure of the miracle and the narrator.

Narrator and the wonder

Each episode begins with the mysterious character Der Wunderling (in the original "The Curious", in German "The inquisitive"), a boy who wears a white mask and hood. A narrator (in the original Aurora Aksnes , in the German dubbing Sarah Alles ) speaks about it:

“The miracle… it is said that he collects mysterious stories and you hear him whistle, then something sinister is about to happen.
Nobody knows where he comes from and where it is going. "

- narrator

Further subsequent sentences are adapted differently to the respective episode. In it, the narrator also addresses the viewer. At the end of the episode, the marvel reappears and collects the story by packing an item from it as a souvenir and taking it with him. In some episodes of the second season, he does not wrap the item, but uses it at the location of the action. In the final comment, the narrator draws a conclusion and asks questions again.

Bede Blake explained that the marvel's character was designed to develop into an urban legend . They wanted children to talk and speculate about what might be under the mask. “As for the plot, he's not a threat to the children. It got its name because it is naturally curious. He is not someone who wants to harm others. He is an observer. "

Episode list

season 1

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first publication (D) Director script No on Netflix
1 1 Slapstick Slapstick October 31, 2017 4th October 2018 Steve Hughes Robert Butler 2
Embarrassing her parents, Jessie is given the power of a marionette to control them like puppets. But soon she misses the quirks of her parents.
2 2 cat food Cat food 7th November 2017 4th October 2018 Steve Hughes Bede Blake & Robert Butler 5
Stu pretends not to have to go to school and instead watches the old lady from across the street who turns out to be a monster.
3 3 Troll Trolled November 14, 2017 4th October 2018 Steve Hughes Bede Blake 6th
Sam is trolling his school but when someone answers him he is cursed for becoming a real troll .
4th 4th Marti Marti November 21, 2017 4th October 2018 Bruce McDonald Bede Blake & Robert Butler 1
Kim buys a new cell phone with the intelligent assistant "Marti", which quickly makes her much more popular, but Marti also quickly becomes jealous and can destroy Kim's social life again.
5 5 A boy named Red A Boy Called Red November 28, 2017 4th October 2018 Steve Hughes Bede Blake & Robert Butler 9
Vincent finds a way back in time at his father's old house, who lost a friend there as a child. There he befriends the younger version of his father and soon realizes that he is Red.
6th 6th The call The call 5th December 2017 4th October 2018 Steve Hughes Bede Blake & Robert Butler 8th
The adopted Pearl suddenly begins to hear a voice pulling her towards the water and learns new skills. She searches for her origins and learns that she is a siren.
7th 7th Medal of Bravery Bravery badge January 9, 2018 4th October 2018 Steve Hughes Bede Blake & Robert Butler 4th
A group of girl scouts goes camping in the forest, where some of them are attacked by insects that put constant music in their ears and turn them into humming zombies.
8th 8th Spaceman Spaceman January 16, 2018 4th October 2018 Steve Hughes Bede Blake & Robert Butler 10
Henry “Spud” and Thomas find a crash site in the forest and an alien stranded on earth who they believe is a child. They help "Stan" contact his planet to get home, but then discover that he is actually leading an army.
9 9 Child lesticks Babysitter 23rd January 2018 January 30, 2018 Bruce McDonald Bede Blake & Robert Butler 3
The babysitter Esme tells her protégés the horror story of the nightshade man so that she can get to bed quickly and hang out with her boyfriend. But the boy Ashley turns the tables and tells her about the invisible prankster Kindlesticks, who suddenly terrorizes and scares her in the house.
10 10 No fear Shed No Fear January 30, 2018 4th October 2018 Bruce McDonald Denis McGrath 7th
Greg follows his former best friend when he is always late for school in his aunt's shed, where a monster and a portal to another location lurk.
11 11 The traveler The Traveler February 6, 2018 4th October 2018 Steve Hughes Bede Blake & Robert Butler 11
Jodie and Brandon find a box that freezes time or everyone else so they can do whatever they want. But soon a blue-skinned man comes along who punishes people for theft by making them age.
12 12 Side show: Part 1 Side Show Part 1 February 13, 2018 20th February 2018 Bruce McDonald Bede Blake & Robert Butler 12
Zephania ( Julian Richings ) gathers people with special gifts in his traveling circus; but they can no longer remember where they come from. After the girl Indigo is added, the aromaologist Ace ( Kyle Breitkopf ), who has a very fine nose , wants to find his parents because he believes his dreams are his true memories.
13 13 Side show: Part 2 Side Show Part 2 20th February 2018 4th October 2018 Bruce McDonald Bede Blake & Robert Butler 13
Indigo is punished for treason by Zephania and wrapped in a cocoon. When Ace destroys objects from Zephania's collection, the human attractions are transformed into their true forms: animals.

season 2

No.
( total ) 		No.
( St. ) 		German title Original title First broadcast in UK German language first publication (D) Director script No on Netflix
14th 1 Just a minute One more minute April 24, 2019 4th October 2019 Bruce McDonald Patrick Whistler 1
The gamer Jack doesn't stop playing video at night when his friends go to bed, but continues to play with the user “Paladin”. Then he begins to have memory lapses and a lot more time goes by than he realizes. Suddenly it's five years later.
15th 2 itching Itchy 1st May 2019 4th October 2019 Gareth Tunley Robert Butler 8th
Head lice are found in Gabe's school , but almost all bottles of the shampoo against it have been destroyed. Gabe can suddenly hear the lice and is therefore the only one who recognizes the danger. At a celebratory event at the school, lice infest all guests and Gabe has to find a way to provide everyone with the last shampoo.
16 3 Help Help May 8, 2019 4th October 2019 Bruce McDonald Robert Butler 3
Molly, who has everything done by the intelligent assistant for the house "Ava", no longer gets along with her brother. When their parents leave home, Ava, who has watched them grow up, tries to teach them a lesson by locking them in and threatening to delete all of the family's photos. Ava even wants to take over the neighbor's body to gain freedom.
17th 4th The many places The Many Places 15th May 2019 4th October 2019 Lucy Campbell Bede Blake 4th
When the three children of a family vacationing in Australia ride in the hotel elevator, the youngest one presses all the buttons at the same time, ending up in a maze of corridors. There is a monster called Quinkin around and there are ways to other realities.
18th 5 The unfortunate five The Unfortunate Five May 22, 2019 4th October 2019 Bruce McDonald Emma Campbell 10
Five detainees are referred to Faye by the vice-principal, who does mindfulness exercises with them that just make them all angrier. Jude discovers that Faye is a monster that feeds on anger and triggers a fit of anger in her vice-principal.
19th 6th Unfiltered No filter October 28, 2019 4th October 2019 Symon Hynd Robert Butler 6th
Kim, who is constantly taking new selfies , downloads the new app to get the perfect picture of her face. But in return, her face suddenly disappears from her head and ends up in a gallery. Her sister Marcy helps her get it back, but the deal also has a catch.
20th 7th Only child Only child October 29, 2019 4th October 2019 Bruce McDonald Bede Blake, Robert Butler & Christina Ray 5
Mia has a new brother, but since the newborn is at home, strange things have happened that her mother blames Mia for. She discovers the baby's power and eventually finds a way to appease it: by doing whatever it wants.
21st 8th On the ground The takedown October 30, 2019 4th October 2019 Bruce McDonald Emma Campbell 2
Alexa, the only girl on the wrestling team, is fighting for a place at the regional championships when she receives the chain letter "Trudy". The sender offers to give her a gift and take it from someone else. She wants more and more strength until she sees who she is harming.
22nd 9 Old bone Tilly Bone October 31, 2019 4th October 2019 Symon Hynd Bede Blake 9
The vlogger Cass invites her friends to an overnight party with a film marathon and documents the celebration on the mobile phone. The events of the episode are shown backwards in found footage style, by rewinding Cass' recordings piece by piece and watching: After her friends play a prank on Cass at school, New Junebug offers her a plan of revenge with a magic bone, but the night escalated.
23 10 Troubled Santa Splinta Claws December 26, 2018 4th October 2019 Gareth Tunley Bede Blake 7th
Before Christmas, a naughty boy and a good boy stay in a department store after the store closes to retrieve a forgotten gift when they are chased by an animatronic Santa Claus. But unlike the real one, this one doesn't target the naughty but good guys, so they have to do something really bad to save themselves.

Inspirations

Simply uncanny is often compared to current as well as older anthology series, the latter of which had an influence on the creators of the series: Bede Blake names Steven Spielberg and his series Incredible Stories as a great inspiration . Robert Butler said of Spielberg that they initially wanted "some kind of spell, some kind of Spielberg's spell, more than straightforward horror," and attributed the Incredible Stories and the Twilight Zone to influencing their series. Butler also lists other anthology and horror series from the 1990s: Horror, Horror, Goosebumps , Goosebumps - The Hour of the Ghosts , Eerie, Indiana and Total Twist - An Australian family starts : “All of these series took themselves very seriously, which was very was exciting. There was no wink at the audience, you weren't pulled out, you were in the moment. It's something you don't often get on children's television. "The Twilight Zone was the inspiration for the element of framing by the Wunderling:" We always wanted a very dense kind of Rod Serling intro that got you into the story - then you were gone - who then came back at the end to tease us a little. That's where the wonder comes from. "

Designations

  • The Denis McGrath High school in the episode Marti was named after the screenwriter of the episode No Fear , who died during the production of the first season. Bede Blake said: "That was a little homage to Denis, a dedication to make him part of the legacy of this world."
  • In the episode Cat Food , the children are named Stewart (Stu) and Kelly after the actors James Stewart and Grace Kelly in The Window to the Courtyard , in which neighbors in the house opposite are also observed through a window.
  • In the episode Spaceman , the children are named Henry and Thomas after the actor Henry Thomas who played the leading role in ET - The Extra Terrestrial of Spielberg, in which the boy Eliott finds an alien who wants to contact his home country ("phone home").

production

The idea for Simply Weird was developed by Blake and Butler in 2014. The series is a co-production by UK CBBC and Canadian DHX Media that gave creators the freedom to promote whatever they like. Episodes in the series were filmed in both the UK and Kanda.

Broadcast and publication

The first season was announced by the BBC on March 28, 2017 and the first trailer came out on October 26. It aired in the UK on October 31, Halloween , on CBBC, the BBC's children's program; but took a winter break from December 5th. The rest of the season aired January 9 through February 20, 2018. On October 4, 2018, the entire first season in a row was published worldwide - except for the United Kingdom and Canada - on Netflix , and on the following day it appeared in Canada on the Family Channel.

On August 9, 2018 it was announced that a second season with ten episodes would be produced. The second season Christmas episode, Splinta Claws , was shown on December 26, 2018 ( Boxing Day ). The first half of the second season appeared on CBBC from April 24 to May 22, 2019; the remaining episodes aired from October 28 to October 31, 2019. On October 4, 2019, a year after the first season, the entire second season was released on Netflix. In Canada, the second season aired on the Family Channel on October 15.

Awards

In 2018, the actor Justin Paul Kelly for the role of Ashley in Kindlesticks was honored with a Joey Award for best supporting or leading actor in a TV series in the age group 5 - 10 years. At the BAFTA Children's Awards 2019, Creeped Out won in the Drama category.

At the Canadian Screen Awards 2020, which were presented in March, the series had three nominations: as best fictional children's or youth series, Bruce MacDonald in the category of best director and actor Tomaso Sanelli from the episode One More Minute for Best Children 's or Youth Youth performance.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Just scary. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on October 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Louisa Mellor: Creeped Out: unmissable horror anthology launches worldwide . In: Den of Geek . October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  3. ↑ Zena Dixon: Interview: CREEPED OUT Writer Robert Butler Chats Second Season . In: DreadCentral . May 15, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Spooky Tales from CBBC and DHX Media in a major new co-production: Creeped Out . In: BBC . March 8, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  5. ↑ a b c Nathalie Coren: First trailer for Creeped Out is basically Are You Afraid of the Dark? for the modern day . In: Syfy . October 17, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b Kasey Moore: 'Creeped Out' Season 2 Coming to Netflix in October 2019 . In: What'S on Netflix . October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ DHX MEDIA AND BBC CHILDREN'S PRODUCTIONS TO CO-PRODUCE MORE CREEPED OUT . In: Wildbrain . August 9, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ Splinta Claws . In: BBC . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ Family Channel Frights and Delights with New Seasons of Creeped Out and The X Factor Starting October 15 . In: newswire.ca . October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  10. ↑ Joey Awards 2018 Official Winners & Nominees - PDF
  11. ↑ BAFTA Children's Awards Nominations and Winners 2019
  12. ↑ Canadian Screen Awards TV Nominations 2020