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The Worst Episodes of Creepshow

Every episode of Creepshow ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Creepshow!

A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Genres:MysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Shudder

Worst Episodes Summary

"Mums / Queen Bee" is the worst rated episode of "Creepshow". It scored 5.9/10 based on 730 votes. Directed by Greg Nicotero, Rusty Cundieff and written by Michael Rousselet, Erik Sandoval, it aired on 9/23/2021. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Stranger Sings / Meter Reader".

  • Mums / Queen Bee
    5.9/10730 votes
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    #1 - Mums / Queen Bee

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2021

    Jack’s life is upended when his mother is taken from him, but her garden leaves him more to remember her by than he first thought. Trenice and her friends are obsessed with pop star Regina. When they hear she has been admitted to a local hospital, they take the chance to try to meet Regina in person… but she’s even more larger-than-life than they imagined.

    Director: Greg Nicotero, Rusty Cundieff

    Writer: Michael Rousselet, Erik Sandoval

  • Stranger Sings / Meter Reader
    6.2/10564 votes
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    #2 - Stranger Sings / Meter Reader

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2021

    Barry can’t believe his luck when a cute girl invites him to her place for a drink, but he quickly learns he was duped by a siren and he’s in for way more than he bargained for. When a demonic pandemic strikes, a teenager fights to keep her family safe. But when she realizes they may have been infected, can she find the strength to fight the Devil’s plague?

    Director: Axelle Carolyn, Joe Lynch

    Writer: John Esposito, Jordana Arkin

  • Twenty Minutes with Cassandra / Smile
    6.2/10585 votes
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    #3 - Twenty Minutes with Cassandra / Smile

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 10/13/2023

    Cassie is being chased by a monster, and endangers a kind stranger when she asks for help- but what can they do? Then, a celebrated photographer is tormented after an award-winning photograph has more consequences than just fame.

    Director: Greg Nicotero, John Harrison

    Writer: Jamie Flanagan, Mike Scannell

  • Night of the Paw / Times is Tough in Musky Holler
    6.4/101,094 votes
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    #4 - Night of the Paw / Times is Tough in Musky Holler

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/2019

    A killer gets stranded in a funeral home with a mortician and his monkey paw. Then, former Mayor Barkley is in prison, and with his most loyal supporters locked up too, his odds don't look good.

    Director: John Harrison

    Writer: Dori Miller, John Esposito, John Skipp

  • Pipe Screams / Within the Walls of Madness
    6.4/10702 votes
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    #5 - Pipe Screams / Within the Walls of Madness

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/22/2021

    A drain clog turns out to be more than just a little matted hair and soap scum, and a down-on-his luck plumber is tasked with getting the problem under control. Trouble is, the problem has a mind of its own. Then, a top-secret government compound is evacuated as the last few scientists in the building fight to contain the creature they’ve been studying- but is the true threat one of them?

    Director: John Harrison, Joe Lynch

    Writer: John Esposito, Daniel Kraus

  • Parent Deathtrap / To Grandmother's House We Go
    6.4/10412 votes
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    #6 - Parent Deathtrap / To Grandmother's House We Go

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2023

    Lyle is a disappointment, and when his parents meddle in his life and their plan backfires, he must deal with the aftermath. Then, Marcia takes her stepdaughter to her grandmother's house to claim their inheritance, and nothing can stand in her way.

    Director: Justin G. Dyck, P.J. Pesce

    Writer: Michael Rousselet, Erik Sandoval, William Butler

  • Dead & Breakfast / Pesticide
    6.5/10849 votes
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    #7 - Dead & Breakfast / Pesticide

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/2021

    When a true crime travel vlogger documents her stay at a hokey haunted Bed and Breakfast, she gets a much scarier experience than she was expecting. Then, an exterminator is tasked with a big job, and it’s more than he bargained for. The payout is huge, but is it worth what it’s costing him?

    Director: Greg Nicotero, Axelle Carolyn

    Writer: Michael Rousselet, Erik Sandoval, Frank Dietz

  • George Romero in 3-D! / Baby Teeth
    6.5/10335 votes
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    #8 - George Romero in 3-D! / Baby Teeth

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/2023

    A struggling bookstore owner finds unpublished works of George Romero, but the comics lead to new troubles. Shelby’s mom struggles to accept that her baby is growing up, but hanging on to childhood relics isn’t as harmless as she thinks.

    Director: Greg Nicotero, John Harrison

    Writer: Melanie Dale, Todd Spence, Zak White

  • The Right Snuff / Sibling Rivalry
    6.6/10835 votes
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    #9 - The Right Snuff / Sibling Rivalry

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/15/2021

    Two astronauts are on a history-making mission in space, but when the promise of fame and glory collides with a major misunderstanding, it ensures they’ll go down in history for an entirely different reason. Then, Lola is convinced her brother is trying to kill her... but the more she pieces together, the less things make sense. Turns out, she’s looking for a monster in entirely the wrong place.

    Director: Rusty Cundieff, Joe Lynch

    Writer: Paul Dini, Stephen Langford, Greg Nicotero, Melanie Dale

  • Drug Traffic / A Dead Girl Named Sue
    6.6/10509 votes
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    #10 - Drug Traffic / A Dead Girl Named Sue

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2021

    A young girl and her mother must cross the border to access life-saving medication. But when they get detained and can’t access her medicine, the symptoms are much more distressing than the guards originally thought they’d be. When the dead rise from their graves, it’s every man for himself… and the local townsfolk have some justice that they’d like to serve.

    Director: Greg Nicotero, John Harrison

    Writer: N/A

  • The Companion / Lydia Layne's Better Half
    6.7/101,205 votes
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    #11 - The Companion / Lydia Layne's Better Half

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2019

    Harry stumbles upon an old scarecrow and brings it to life. Then, Lydia kills her lover and needs to hide the evidence... but after an earthquake, she gets trapped inside an elevator with the body.

    Director: David Bruckner, Roxanne Benjamin

    Writer: Matt Venne

  • Skeletons in the Closet / Familiar
    6.7/10686 votes
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    #12 - Skeletons in the Closet / Familiar

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2021

    Lampini loves movies more than anything, and can’t wait to show off his prop collection to the world… but when a rival collector arrives, the machetes and chainsaws could become more than just props. A drunken visit to a psychic leaves Jackson on edge. As time goes on, he realizes he is being followed by a dark force… will the psychic’s advice help, or leave him worse off?

    Director: Greg Nicotero, Joe Lynch

    Writer: Josh Malerman

  • The Last Tsuburaya / OK I'll Bite
    6.7/10573 votes
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    #13 - The Last Tsuburaya / OK I'll Bite

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2021

    An art collector purchases the last painting from an artist famous for creating terrifying works, but he never anticipated the ways the painting would change his life. Life in prison is tough, and Elmer’s pet spiders make him an easy target on the cell block. Luckily, when Elmer reaches a breaking point, he knows at least his 8-legged friends will have his back.

    Director: Jeffrey F. January, John Harrison

    Writer: Paul Dini, Stephen Langford, John Harrison

  • The Hat / Grieving Process
    6.7/10460 votes
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    #14 - The Hat / Grieving Process

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2023

    A horror novelist's agent offers him help overcoming his writer's block, and the struggling author can't resist. Then, Richard's wife is attacked and becomes a shell of the woman he loved. He'll do anything to help her feel better.

    Director: Kailey Spear, Sam Spear

    Writer: John Esposito, Philip de Blasi, Byron Willinger, Mike D. McCarty

  • Meet the Belaskos / Cheat Code
    6.7/10374 votes
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    #15 - Meet the Belaskos / Cheat Code

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2023

    The Belaskos get more than they bargained for when they move in next door to a vampire-hating suburbanite. A father and son bond by playing an old video game, but soon find out there’s a reason it was abandoned.

    Director: John Esposito, Justin G. Dyck

    Writer: John Esposito, Claire Carré, Charles Spano

  • Bad Wolf Down / The Finger
    6.8/101,533 votes
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    #16 - Bad Wolf Down / The Finger

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2019

    A platoon of American soldiers finds something more sinister than war behind enemy lines. Then, a man with a passion for found objects finds something particularly odd: a finger… and it’s growing.

    Director: Greg Nicotero, Rob Schrab

    Writer: Rob Schrab, David J. Schow

  • Skincrawlers / By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain
    6.9/101,072 votes
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    #17 - Skincrawlers / By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2019

    Dr. Sloan discovers a cure to weight loss in a rare fat-sucking leech. Then, Rose believes she found Champ, the legendary monster of Lake Champlain, but the real monster may still be out there...

    Director: Tom Savini, Roxanne Benjamin

    Writer: Paul Dini, Stephen Langford

  • Time Out / The Things in Oakwood's Past
    6.9/10544 votes
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    #18 - Time Out / The Things in Oakwood's Past

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2021

    Tim finds the answer to always wishing there were more hours in the day, but the success he can now achieve might not be worth the cost. The town of Oakwood has a storied past, and the opening of a time capsule is an exciting moment of remembrance. But can a local librarian keep a darker part of the town’s history from repeating itself?

    Director: Greg Nicotero, Jeffrey F. January, Dave Newberg

    Writer: Greg Nicotero, Barrington Smith, Paul Seetachitt, Daniel Kraus

  • Something Burrowed, Something Blue / Doodles
    6.9/10348 votes
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    #19 - Something Burrowed, Something Blue / Doodles

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/2023

    A young couple are gifted everything they could ever wish for... but there's a catch. Then, an aspiring comic artist keeps hitting roadblocks. As she doodles away her frustrations, she realizes she might have more power than she thinks.

    Director: John Esposito, P.J. Pesce

    Writer: Todd Spence, Zak White

  • Gray Matter / The House of the Head
    7.1/101,989 votes
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    #20 - Gray Matter / The House of the Head

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2019

    After the death of a loved one, a drinking habit becomes insatiable. Then, dolls are Evie’s favorite companions, but when a severed toy head appears in her dollhouse, Evie can no longer protect them.

    Director: Greg Nicotero, John Harrison

    Writer: Josh Malerman, Philip de Blasi, Byron Willinger

  • Night of the Living Late Show
    7.2/10813 votes
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    #21 - Night of the Living Late Show

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/29/2021

    Simon has invented an incredible virtual reality experience that allows him to join in on his favorite films but is unprepared for when virtual reality becomes his actual reality.

    Director: Greg Nicotero

    Writer: Dana Gould

  • All Hallows Eve / The Man in the Suitcase
    7.4/101,469 votes
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    #22 - All Hallows Eve / The Man in the Suitcase

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2019

    Teens go trick-or-treating, but they aren’t met with smiles and sweets... Then, Justin brings home the wrong suitcase, and finds a man who spits out gold coins when he is in pain stuffed inside.

    Director: David Bruckner, John Harrison

    Writer: Bruce Jones, Christopher Buehlman

  • Model Kid / Public Television of the Dead
    7.7/101,201 votes
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    #23 - Model Kid / Public Television of the Dead

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/1/2021

    A 12-year-old monster fan turns to hand-built model kits to escape his unhappy reality; a public TV station is overwhelmed when the appraisal of an antique book accidentally summons a dark force.

    Director: Greg Nicotero

    Writer: John Esposito, Rob Schrab