The first season of Shudder's Creepshow comes a close with a creature-double feature... or is it double-creature feature? Feature-double creature? Whatever... just go with the flow. The first tale, Skincrawlers, is a fun and gory commentary on our obsession with weight loss and body image, and the price we're willing to pay for it; especially those who don't want to put any real effort in. Someone has found a leech that only sucks the fat out of your body with no side effects. If you think it sounds too good to be true, you're right. And if you want to see a blood-splattered conclusion, then this is the Creepshow vignette for you! I had a lot of fun with this one, and found myself laughing and clapping my hands with glee more than a few times. Kudos to co-writer Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series) for this one. The final anecdote, By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain, is directed by effects legend Tom Savini, and based on a Joe Hill short story. It's ...

I started off listening to this at work and humorously realized how high the volume was on my phone with the opening scream. Needless the say everyone's head in my cubicle area popped up like meerkats and asked what I was watching. They were surprised when I said a radio play .