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IN THIS EPISODE In this episode, Gil and I chatted with Tales From The Crypt alum John Harrison. John directed two episodes of Crypt: Easel Kill Ya with Tim Roth and The Pit with Wayne Newton which he also wrote. John wrote two of the episodes that we shot in London – Horror In The Night starring Elizabeth McGovern and The Kidnapper which starred Steve Coogan and Julia Sawalha.
John came to Crypt already a highly respected horror auteur. Coming from Pittsburgh, John was heavily influenced by another Pittsburgh native, George Romero. In fact, John worked on Romero’s Dawn Of The Dead and Day Of The Dead. He also worked on Creepshow, Tales From The Darkside, Monsters (the TV series), Nightmare Café and Earth 2 – all before lending his talents to Crypt.
Since then? Among other things, John wrote the animated feature “Dinosaur” for Disney. He wrote and directed Clive Barker’s Book of Blood for TNT, and John’s 6-hour miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune (2000), which he directed, was an Emmy Award-winner here in the US and an international TV and home video hit.
Then John did the sequel - Children of Dune - another 6-hour miniseries encompassing the next two novels of Frank Herbert's mythic adventure series. John wrote and co-produced the series - which also won an Emmy, this time for the Sci-Fi Channel.
I’ve only just scratched the surface of our friend John Harrison. Did I mention he’s a musician and scores his work, too? He really is a one-man-movie-making band.
This episode was originally published in April 2023.
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