Steve Franks, the creator of the TV series “Psych,” is leaning heavy into his love of horror for the brand new upcoming horror-comedy series “Mitchcraft,” Deadline reports today.
“Psych” executive producer Chris Henze of Thruline is also on board, as are horror regulars Brad Fuller and Andrew Form of Fully Formed Entertainment (A Quiet Place).
“Described as a two-handed relationship comedy with a genre twist, Mitchcraft follows a small town fire marshal who realizes he may have inadvertently harnessed the power of the Supernatural and become, for lack of a better term, a witch.”
“Over the course of Psych, we had the opportunity and freedom to play with different genres, worlds and themes within the confines of a procedural mystery,” Franks said in a statement. “Comedy was always the constant, but thanks to an obsessive cast and our collective reverence for stories like The Shining, American Werewolf in London, Twin Peaks, the Friday the 13th & Halloween franchises, among others, we often found the most joy by putting funny people in incredibly dangerous and scary situations.”
“Mitchcraft,” said to “make scary fun again,” will be an extension of that.