When Travel Channel and discovery+ announced their plans for “Ghostober” back in August, it was revealed that Eli Roth would premiere two new series, “Eli Roth Presents: My Possessed Pet” and “Urban Legend,” and a Halloween special, “The Haunted Museum: 3 Ring Inferno,” in collaboration with paranormal investigator Zak Bagans. This week further details were announced about all three.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to grow my incredible collaboration with Travel Channel, discovery+, and Zak Bagans,” said Roth. “They’ve given me the freedom to explore new creative avenues for scary stories and to bring fresh new directorial voices to the screen. I set out to help make this Ghostober the scariest year ever. You have been warned.”
Roth and his highly skilled team of directors do not shy away from the gruesome and gory. His projects for Travel Channel and discovery+ are emotional journeys that evoke feelings of fear by turning seemingly ordinary realities into waking nightmares.
“Working with Eli and his team has been a dream, although, in light of the content, I should probably say it’s been a nightmare in the most spectacularly epic way,” said Matthew Butler, group senior vice president, Travel Channel and Paranormal Streaming Content. “The horror genre is a natural progression for our network, and in combination with Eli’s talent, we have elevated our offerings to both frighten and entertain all fans of this style of scary storytelling.”
“Eli Roth Presents: My Possessed Pet” explores the true, terrifying tales of what happens when evil spirits, curses, and demons take over family pets. Each of the four one-hour episodes will follow the chilling and deeply personal story of someone who has had their profound and loving relationship ripped apart by supernatural forces beyond their control. Using dramatic recreations, the actual owners share how the beloved member of their family, that once had brought joy to their lives, transformed into the most horrible situation imaginable.
“Eli Roth Presents: My Possessed Pet” premieres on Friday, September 30 at 10 PM ET/PT on Travel Channel and discovery+. In the premiere episode, “The Night Mare,” a teenage girl’s black stallion, Cash, is like a noble beast out of a fairy tale. But when she accidentally awakens an ancient evil, her dream horse turns into a nightmare. New episodes will premiere each Friday after that:
“Master of the House” – A bachelor adopts a dog, Sam, to keep him company in his new home. But when an evil spirit takes hold of his beloved pet, the roles are reversed, and Sam eventually becomes the master of the house – and of him.
“Eight-Legged Exorcism” – When his daughter brings home a tarantula she won at a science fair, Clint makes the mistake of naming it after an ancient Greek monster. Enraged, the vengeful demon inhabits her namesake’s body and calls forth a legion of spiders to infest the family’s home.
“Nitro” – A spirit follows a woman home from work and opens the door for a demon to take possession of her dog, Nitro. When the church refuses to exorcise the animal, it’s up to her to save her pet.
“Urban Legend” will explore widely shared “true” stories as mini-horror films cinematically crafted to deliver a hyper-suspenseful and tension-fueled experience. Featuring lurking psychopaths, murderous mysteries, creepy creatures, and twisting tales, these disturbing legends prey on our most deeply embedded fears to shock and terrify. This nightmarish anthology series, under the creative guidance of Eli Roth, showcases eight one-hour episodes of classic urban legends as you’ve never seen them before.
The series premieres on Friday, October 28 at 10 PM ET/PT on Travel Channel and discovery+ with a modern urban legend in “The Red Room.” This debut episode tells the story of a troubled woman who livestreams scenes of torture and execution to sadistic patrons in exchange for huge sums of cryptocurrency on the dark web. When her daughter is kidnapped and threatened with death, she must outwit the blackmailers, exacting bloody revenge in the process. New episodes will premiere each Friday:
“The Bite” – After Rose returns home from a tropical resort, a small blemish on her face begins to grow into something out of a nightmare. Discovering that a bite from a spider has infected Rose, her partner, Ben, must race to save her from a horrifying physical and psychological breakdown.
“The White Dress” – An insecure high-schooler buys the perfect prom dress from a vintage store in the hope of impressing her crush. But when she experiences a series of ghostly occurrences, she begins to suspect the dress’ previous owner may be haunting her.
“The Choking Doberman“– After her neighbor is brutally murdered, a woman installs a new security system in her home and adopts a Doberman for protection. But when her dog is rushed to the vet, she’s left alone to outwit the murderer, who is now targeting her.
“The Harvest“– Newly divorced Clay uses a dating app to go on his first date in 20 years. It seems to go well until he wakes up the next morning to find that organ thieves have harvested his kidney. With his life on the line, Clay must unravel the mystery and get his missing organ back within 48 hours.
“The Creep in the Walls” – Following their mom’s death, two sisters renovate a neglected house they’ve inherited from her. But when one of them suspects their mom may be haunting them after a series of unexplained occurrences, it leads to a sinister discovery.
“The Haunted Shower” – When a college freshman accidentally uses the haunted shower everyone in her dorm stays away from, a revenge-seeking entity attached to the shower begins haunting her dreams. Can she wash clean the sins of the past before they catch up to her?
“The Scuba Diver” – When a scuba diver tests his new equipment in a lake, a freak accident launches him on a life-and-death journey to reunite with his young daughter.
Finally, Eli Roth and Zak Bagans team up on Halloween night for a “The Haunted Museum” two-hour Halloween special. “The Haunted Museum: 3 Ring Inferno” features the terrifying story of a boy and his father who steal an old suitcase from an antique market and soon discover a weathered tent inside that opens a portal to a cursed circus world from the past. In this mysterious and haunted place, they encounter a terrifying entity that will stop at nothing to capture their souls.
“The Haunted Museum: 3 Ring Inferno” will air at 9 PM ET/PT on Travel Channel and stream on discovery+ Halloween night.
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