IDW adapts Showtime's Masters of Horror series

IDW will publish a 12-issue limited series based on Showtime's new Masters of Horror series, which debuts on the cable channel tonight.

Masters of Horror #1 will be released in December 2005 and will adapt "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road," based on a short story by Joe R. Lansdale and adapted for television by Don Coscarelli (Phantasm) & Stephen Romano. The tale will be adapted for a two-part comic by IDW’s Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall and Jeremy Haun, with special painted covers from Masters of Horror conceptual artist Caniglia, as well as a photo cover taken directly from the episode.

Issues three and four will adapt H.P. Lovecraft’s "Dreams in the Witch House," written by Ivan Brandon, illustrated by Dennis Calero, and based on the teleplay by Dennis Paoli and Stuart Gordon, as directed Stuart Gordon. Ben Templesmith will provide covers for this two-parter. Future two-issue arcs will tackle episodes by John Landis, John Carpenter and others.

About the Showtime series: Thirteen of the greatest minds of the horror genre have gathered to tell their darkest dreams in their own unique styles in the new series of one-hour films, produced by IDT Entertainment, Industry Entertainment and Nice Guy Productions. Each film is a stand-alone exercise in terror from the likes of master-directors Don Coscarelli, John Carpenter, John Landis, Mick Garris, and many others.

For more info:

• Masters of Horror on Showtime
  
• IDW Website