50 States of Fright
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{{Infobox television
| image =
| genre = Horror
| composer = {{Plainlist|
- Caleb Chan
- Brian Chan
- Christopher Young
}}
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 24
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
- Barry Barclay
- Floris Bauer
- Tommy Coriale
- Deborah Liebling
- Chris Mangano
- Sam Raimi
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Tony DiSanto
- David Magee
- Van Toffler
- Shawn Williamson
- Cody Zwieg
}}
| runtime = Less than 10 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- Gunpowder & Sky
- DiGa Vision
- Pod3 Productions
}}
| network = Quibi
| first_aired = {{Start date|2020|04|06}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2020|10|01}}
| related =
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50 States of Fright is a horror anthology television series that debuted on Quibi on April 6, 2020, for pre-signed up users and on April 13 for the general public.{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/50-states-of-fright-trailer-new/ |title='50 States of Fright' Trailer: Sam Raimi and Quibi Are Ready to Scare You|work=/Film |date=April 3, 2020|access-date=April 6, 2020|first=Chris |last=Evangelista}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/everything-coming-to-quibi-in-april-2020/|title=Everything Coming to Quibi in April, Including '50 States of Fright', 'Dishmantled', and Much More|website=Slashfilm|first=Ben|last=Pearson|date=March 27, 2020|access-date=2020-04-13}}
Premise
The series features self-contained scary stories, each located in a different state of the United States. To fit Quibi's format, each story was spread across two or three episodes.
Cast
- "The Golden Arm (Michigan)"
- Rachel Brosnahan as Heather
- Travis Fimmel as David
- John Marshall Jones as Andy
- "America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas)"
- Ming-Na Wen as Susan
- Karen Allen as Sheriff Stallings
- Thailey Roberge as Amelia
- "Scared Stiff (Oregon)"
- James Ransone as Sebastian Klepner{{Citation|title=50 States of Fright|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt9104072/|access-date=2020-08-26}}
- Emily Hampshire as Megan Bloom
- "Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota)"
- Asa Butterfield as Brandon Boyd
- "Almost There (Iowa)"
- Taissa Farmiga as Hannah
- Ron Livingston as Blake
- "13 Steps to Hell (Washington)"
- Lulu Wilson as Mallory
- Rory Culkin as Older Aiden / Storyteller
- "Red Rum (Colorado)"
- Jacob Batalon as Simon
- Victoria Justice as Logan
- Colin Ford as Kyle
- Christina Ricci as Bitsy
- "Dogwood-Azalea (Missouri)"
- Elizabeth Reaser as Sara
Episodes
{{Series overview
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| episodes1 = 14
| start1 = {{Start date|2020|04|06}}
| end1 = {{End date|2020|04|22}}
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| link2 = #Season 2 (2020)
| episodes2 = 10
| start2 = {{Start date|2020|09|28}}
| end2 = {{End date|2020|10|01}}
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=Season 1 (2020)=
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|EpisodeNumber = 1
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Sam Raimi
|WrittenBy = Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|06}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 2
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Sam Raimi
|WrittenBy = Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|06}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 3
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = The Golden Arm (Michigan) – Part 3
|DirectedBy = Sam Raimi
|WrittenBy = Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|06}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 4
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Yoko Okumura
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Yoko Okumura & Mae Catt;
| t = Mae Catt
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|07}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 5
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Yoko Okumura
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Yoko Okumura & Mae Catt;
| t = Mae Catt
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|08}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 6
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = America's Largest Ball of Twine (Kansas) – Part 3
|DirectedBy = Yoko Okumura
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
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| t = Mae Catt
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|09}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 7
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Scared Stiff (Oregon) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Ryan Spindell
|WrittenBy = Ryan Spindell & Jacob Motz
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|13}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 8
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Scared Stiff (Oregon) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Ryan Spindell
|WrittenBy = Ryan Spindell & Jacob Motz
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|14}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 9
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Adam Schindler & Brian Netto
|WrittenBy = Adam Schindler & Brian Netto
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|15}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 10
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Adam Schindler & Brian Netto
|WrittenBy = Adam Schindler & Brian Netto
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|16}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 11
|EpisodeNumber2 = 11
|Title = Grey Cloud Island (Minnesota) – Part 3
|DirectedBy = Adam Schindler & Brian Netto
|WrittenBy = Adam Schindler & Brian Netto
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|17}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12
|EpisodeNumber2 = 12
|Title = Destino (Florida) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Alejandro Brugués
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Eduardo Sánchez;
| t = Gregg Hale
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|20}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 13
|EpisodeNumber2 = 13
|Title = Destino (Florida) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Alejandro Brugués
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
| s = Eduardo Sánchez;
| t = Gregg Hale
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|21}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 14
|EpisodeNumber2 = 14
|Title = Destino (Florida) – Part 3
|DirectedBy = Alejandro Brugués
|WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay
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| t = Gregg Hale
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|04|22}}
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=Season 2 (2020)=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 15
|EpisodeNumber2 = 1
|Title = Almost There (Iowa) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
|WrittenBy = Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|28}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 16
|EpisodeNumber2 = 2
|Title = Almost There (Iowa) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
|WrittenBy = Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|28}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 17
|EpisodeNumber2 = 3
|Title = Almost There (Iowa) – Part 3
|DirectedBy = Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
|WrittenBy = Scott Beck & Bryan Woods
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 18
|EpisodeNumber2 = 4
|Title = 13 Steps to Hell (Washington) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Lee Cronin
|WrittenBy = Sarah Conradt
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|29}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 19
|EpisodeNumber2 = 5
|Title = 13 Steps to Hell (Washington) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Lee Cronin
|WrittenBy = Sarah Conradt
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|30}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 20
|EpisodeNumber2 = 6
|Title = Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Daniel Goldhaber
|WrittenBy = Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|01}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 21
|EpisodeNumber2 = 7
|Title = Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Daniel Goldhaber
|WrittenBy = Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|01}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 22
|EpisodeNumber2 = 8
|Title = Red Rum (Colorado) – Part 3
|DirectedBy = Daniel Goldhaber
|WrittenBy = Daniel Goldhaber & Isa Mazzei
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|01}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 23
|EpisodeNumber2 = 9
|Title = Dogwood-Azalea (Missouri) – Part 1
|DirectedBy = Cate Devaney
|WrittenBy = Cate Devaney
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|01}}
|ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 24
|EpisodeNumber2 = 10
|Title = Dogwood-Azalea (Missouri) – Part 2
|DirectedBy = Cate Devaney
|WrittenBy = Cate Devaney
|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|01}}
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References
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