‘Tell Me A Story’ Trailer: Fairy Tales Meet Horror In This CBS All Access Show
Happy Halloween, here are some of your favorite fairy tales, made sexy and scary. Created byThe Vampire DiariescreatorKevin Williamson, the CBS All Access ShowTell Me aStoryreimagines three classic fairy tales, The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel in a “dark and twisted psychological thriller.”
The streaming service has released the official fullTell Me a Storytrailer for the series which, in honor of the month of October, doubles down on the horror elements of this modern reimagining.
Tell Me a Story Trailer
StarringBilly Magnussion,Kim Cattrall, andThe Vampire DiariesalumPaul Wesley,Tell Me a Storyinterweaves the three fairy tales of Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel into a serialized drama that will premiere exclusively on CBS' streaming service. From the trailer, we can see iconography from these fairy tales in the form of bank robbers' pig masks, a young woman’s red raincoat that she refuses from her mother (Cattrall), and a butchered pig head. We get it; pigs look creepy.
Based on the Spanish fantasy series,Cuéntame un cuento,Tell Me A Storyfeatures several alumni of Williamson’s hit shows, includingThe Vampire Diaries' Paul Wesley andThe Originals’Danielle Campbell. TheTell Me A Storycast is rounded out byJames Wolk, Dania Ramirez, Sam Jaeger, Davi Santos, Zabryna Guevara,andDorian Missick.
Here’s the official synopsis forTell Me a Story:
Get a sneak peek at the new CBS All Access Original Series, Tell Me A Story, which takes the world’s most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Set in modern-day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves “The Three Little Pigs,” “Little Red Riding Hood” and “Hansel and Gretel” into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge and murder.
Tell Me A Storypremieres exclusively on CBS All-Access onOctober 31, 2018.
