Suburban Screams


Suburban Screams is an American documentary horror true crime anthology television series created by Jordan Roberts. The series is executive produced by Roberts, John Carpenter, Sandy King, Tony DiSanto, and Andy Portnoy.
The series debuted on Peacock on October 13, 2023, with all six episodes released simultaneously.

Cast

"Kelly"

  • Maria Almeida as May
  • Sean Brodeur as Joey
  • Jenn Kirk as Ella
  • Sára Korbelová as Kelly

    "A Killer Comes Home"

  • Will O'Donnell as David Cadogan
  • Andrew Buzzeo as Rick MacLean

    "House Next Door"

  • Ryan Dean as Torrence
  • Crispian Belfrage as Dr. Kennedy
  • Amie Maria Gorham as Fiona
  • Josephine Jewers as Lisa Kennedy

    "Bunny Man"

  • Tyra Larsson as Gina

    "Cursed Neighborhood"

  • Paul A Maynard as Brian Norwood
  • Sarah Priddy as Carlette Norwood
  • Sharon Hinds as Irma
  • Grace Venus as Deidre
  • Chloe Zeitounian as Stacy Jones

    "Phone Stalker"

  • Julie Stevens as Beth
  • Alyssa Dillard as Colette
  • Cherles Doherty as Ronnie
  • Dale Edwards as Hugh
  • Igor Nacik as Gary

    Production

In May 2023, the series was announced by John Carpenter by revealing he directed an episode, via zoom calls, from his home in Los Angeles while filming occurred in Prague, Czech Republic. The series is Carpenter's first project he directed since The Ward. Other episode directors include Michelle Latimer, Jan Pavlacky, and the series writer and showrunner Jordan Roberts. Roberts also served as an executive producer, alongside Carpenter, Sandy King, Tony DiSanto, Patrick Smith, and Andy Portnoy. Carpenter also served as the composer of the series' main theme.

Episodes

Release

John Carpenter's Suburban Screams debuted on Peacock on October 13, 2023, with all six episodes released simultaneously.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 18% of 17 critics' reviews are positive, with a critics consensus of: "Even with the welcome return of the Master of Horror, Suburban Screams is muffled by rather pedestrian execution". Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 30 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating "Generally Unfavorable" reviews.
Aramide Tinubu of Variety gave a negative review, concluding that "unfortunately, instead of the sinister narratives that fans have come to expect from Carpenter, this series is a cheap display of ghastly crimes." Katie Rife of IGN also gave a negative review, summarzing that the series "is a typical true crime series in every way, except for the participation of John Carpenter and his family. Their contributions are minimal enough, and halfhearted enough, to not make much of a difference, however." Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com simarily felt that the series "doesn't deserve 's name". Daniel Fienberg of The Hollywood Reporter also commented on Carpenter's involvement with the series, elaborating that "without the attachment of Carpenter's name, Suburban Screams would just be negligible, but probably unreviewed. With his name, it's disappointingly negligible and here we are."

Future

In October 2023, executive producer Sandy King expressed interest in making further seasons, saying "I think that it would be really fun to see how deep we can go and how many weird things really happen".