TV Tuesday: Scared Shrekless (2010)

 

Scared Shrekless - 2010

This edition of TV Tuesday brings us 2010's "Scared Shrekless", a short film where we see our favorite Shrek characters telling spooky stories.

The voice cast includes Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Dean Edwards, Cody Cameron, Christopher Knights, Conrad Vernon, Aron Warner, and Kristen Schaal.

It's Halloween, and Shrek's three kids are doing what ogres do best: scaring people.  They scare a bunch of trick-or-treaters away from the family home.

Inside the house, Shrek's friends have done their best to scare him, but Shrek doesn't scare easily.  It's ogres who do the scaring.

What's left to do?  Well, apparently tell ghost stories.  Whoever can tell the scariest story will be crowned the "King of Halloween".

Shrek gets the idea to tell the stories in Lord Farquaad's abandoned castle in Duloc.  The whole town is abandoned, and things are frightful, indeed.

Inside the castle, everyone gets comfy as they settle in to tell their spooky stories.

Gingy goes first.  He spins a tale of love gone horribly wrong, with his girlfriend turning into a zombie!

Puss and Donkey go next.  They tell a story of strange goings on at a hotel and a donkey eating waffle!

Shrek rounds things out with a story of a creepily possessed little boy.  Seriously, it's creepy.

With a little help from Fiona and the kids, Shrek is the last one standing and becomes the reigning King of Halloween.  He takes Fiona and the kids home to continue their Halloween celebrations.

Cast rundown:

   Mike Myers.......................................Shrek

   Cameron Diaz...................................Princess Fiona

   Antonio Banderas..............................Puss In Boots

   Dean Edwards...................................Donkey

   Cody Cameron..................................Pinocchio/Three Pigs

   Christopher Knights...........................Blind Mice

   Conrad Vernon..................................Gingerbread Man

   Aron Warner.....................................Wolf

   Kristen Schaal..................................Sugar

And that's it for Scared Shrekless.  This is the only installment in the canon Shrek story that does not feature Eddie Murphy as the voice of Donkey.  Shrek's kids are named: Farkle, Fergus, and Felicia.

The DVD release featured a bonus feature called "Thriller Nights".  Here we see Shrek and friends becoming zombified and dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller".  Enjoy!

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