Crypt TV is an American entertainment company founded by Jack Davis and filmmaker Eli Roth in April 2015, focused on the creation and distribution of horror-themed digital content with an emphasis on recurring monsters and characters in linked universes.
The company was officially launched in April 2015 in Los Angeles with just three employees: Davis as CEO, Darren Brandl as COO, and Kate Krantz as CCO.
On May 29, 2020, it was announced that Crypt TV would partner with Indian production company Abundantia Entertainment for Chhorii, a Hindi remake of acclaimed Marathi horrory-mystery film Lapachhapi.
[11] The film follows Nushrratt Bharuccha as Sakshi Devi, a pregnant city girl who moves to a secluded village and fights evil spirits to protect her unborn baby.
A reimagining of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the film would follow a teenage girl named Vicaria who brings her brother back from the dead, only for him to return as a vengeance-seeking monster.
Jack Davis and Darren Brandl are set to produce the film alongside Spark & Riot's Ana de Diego, and Screen Gems's Michael Bitar will overseeing production.
On October 14, 2022, it was announced that Crypt TV had partnered with Meta to create a thirty-minute, 180-degree VR experience, and that Vanessa Hudgens and Will Sasso would star in the project.
[9] Crypt's viral characters expand beyond traditional narrative videos; Giggles the Clown does live streaming interviews with fans, engaging on social media as a typical influencer would, and she has appeared as an attraction at Knott's Scary Farm.
The short was written and directed by Anthony Melton and Ben Franklin, and the Birch creature design was created by special effects artist Cliff Wallace.
[26] The Birch was expanded and developed into a full-fledged Crypt Monster Universe character in its own Facebook Watch series,[9] and in 2020 the show was renewed for a second ten-episode season[27] that premiered in March 2021.
[citation needed] Written and directed by Jon Kovel, My First Day is a darkly comedic horror short about a demented child who gets accepted into a private school for young aspiring serial killers.
It featured actors such as Trew Mullen, Russell Cummings, and Stephanie Estes, and episodes were directed by Gabriel Younes and John William Ross.
Four children who are skeptical about the story of the door venture into the woods and open it, releasing a monstrous creature called "the Brute" that slaughters the entire town, leaving a little girl named Carrie as the sole survivor.
The film was well received by viewers, and in 2020 a sequel starring Peyton List (Jessie, Cobra Kai) and Kal Penn (Designated Survivor) was released.
J. Casey Modderno was head writer, Krysten Ritter and Jacob Chase directed, and Stefanie Scott, Misha Osherovich, and Sofia Bryant starred as series regulars.