On this episode of the No Movie College Podcast, GG Hawkins checks into Netflix’s model new animated comedy, Haunted Resort, and will get a behind-the-scenes take a look at what it takes to create an grownup animation from the bottom up.
She’s joined by sequence creator and showrunner Matt Curler (Rick and Morty), artwork director Robbie Erwin, and author Avital Ash for a roundtable dialog that spans the present’s lengthy growth journey, the complexities of world-building in animation, and the inventive collaboration required to deliver this spooky but heartfelt household comedy to life. From storytelling tone to visible language and manufacturing logistics, this episode is a crash course in what makes grownup animation work—and the way this workforce made certain Haunted Resort stood out in a crowded subject.
On this episode, we focus on:
- How Haunted Resort developed from a pitch to a Netflix sequence
- Why Matt Curler leaned into horror as an alternative of sci-fi—and what makes horror extra emotionally resonant
- How Robbie Erwin’s theme park design background helped form the present’s tactile visible world
- The author’s room philosophy that prioritized kindness, creativity, and distinctive views
- Why visible design and writing needed to be deeply built-in for profitable world-building
- How the workforce balanced comedy, horror, and emotional depth throughout the season
- The choice to make the present TV-14 as an alternative of TV-MA—and the way that opened it as much as extra viewers
- The workforce’s favourite ghost characters
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