Television Crossover Universe

Creepshow is an anthology film series, so not all the stories are necessarily connected.  However, some of the stories have crossover connections that indeed place them within the Horror Universe. FRIDAY THE 13TH (FILM) Release Date: May 9, 1980 (Setting is June 13, 1979) Series: Friday the 13th The Story: Teens get murdered at Camp Crystal Lake, the victims of Pamela Voorhees. In 1957, Pamela worked at the camp, and her deformed son drowned as a result of bullying peers and irresponsible counselors. In the end, Pamela is killed, and her son Jason is discovered to be alive. Notes: There are lots of Friday the 13th timelines on the web, that place all of the films using valid reasoning, and yet seem to contradict each other. I even have one on my Television Crossover Universe website. Friday the 13th is brought in via the ninth film, Jason Goes to Hell, that crosses with A Nightmare on Elm Street, Evil Dead, and Creepshow. That is followed up by Freddy Vs. Jason, which...

Every Thursday I am posting excerpts from the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia relating to a particular horror series from television or film. COLLIERS MAGAZINE “THE BODY SNATCHERS” (NOVEL BY JACK FINNEY) Release Date: 1954 (Contemporary Setting) Series: Body Snatchers (novel) Horror Crosses: Halloween; Phantoms; Memoirs of an Invisible Man; Stephen King Universe; Scream of the Banshee; Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 film); Return of the Living Dead; Boo; Sharknado Non-Horror Crosses: Airwolf; A Friend to Die For; Ben 10; Doctor Who The Story: In Santa Mira, California, people are starting to act different. It turns out aliens are invading by slowly replacing the inhabitants and taking their forms. Notes: Unlike the film versions, in this story, there is a happy ending and the aliens are defeated. And in fact, in the Katrina Protocol (aka Voodoo Twilight), it’s revealed that the Shop (the secret government agency from Stephen King books) sent in Ohisver van Helsin...

This blog post is about Marvel Comics characters that have been adapted to the screen...as it relates to the multiverses of Marvel Canon.  My upcoming TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE:  WORLDS AND MYTHOLOGY will cover how Marvel Comics characters and series fit into the Television Crossover Multiverse, and my other upcoming book, the Cartoon Crossover Encyclopedia, will do the same for Marvel characters and series in the Cartoon Multiverse.  But Marvel over the years has also established that their own shows and movies exist within their own multiverse.  And so that's what I'm talking about today, since this is a blog about shared realities of television and film.  Omniverse Originally according to The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe 2004, "the omniverse is the collection of every single universe, multiverse, dimension (alternate or pocket) and realm." Megaverse There are certain universes which are tied to the Marvel multiverse – such as the...