Ted Raimi's Your Dearest Darkest Friend Trailer Drops — A Haunted Manor Mixology Hour To Die For

You know the house — candle burning in a window that shouldn’t be lit, curtains twitching like the place is holding its breath. Tonight the gate is open. A low, theatrical voice tells you not to bother knocking.

Turn off the lights, pour something dark, and take your seat in the parlor — the night is about to get deliciously strange.

Watch the Trailer

Quick Specs

Series: Your Dearest Darkest Friend
Host: Ted Raimi — “the Mixologist of Macabre”
Network: Screambox
Premiere: Devil’s Night, October 30, 2026
Format: Half-hour episodes; six in the first season (per JoBlo)
Guests: Horror-icon lineup “to be announced soon” (per Bloody Disgusting)

Here’s the setup — and full disclosure, up front: we haven’t seen a frame of this show; this is trailer-plus-announcement coverage. Raimi hosts a darkly whimsical half-hour talk show from a haunted manor, interviewing horror icons over cocktails and mocktails. He told Forbes it lands “somewhere between Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Pee-wee’s Playhouse” — genius or grounds for an exorcism. Possibly both.

The puppet situation is pure Last Podcast on the Left: Ed Larson co-stars as Mortimer Dustworth, a re-animated head in a jar with a love-hate relationship with his host. Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks, and lead writer Holden McNeely cameo; puppets by Matt Cunningham’s Groovy Monsters. Produced by Tony Wash, Charlie Queen, Lauren Leshansky, and Raimi himself.

Trivia

Raimi’s genre résumé (per Bloody Disgusting): Evil Dead II, Darkman, Candyman, The Grudge, Wishmaster, Shocker, Intruder, Blood Rage — plus Twin Peaks, Ash vs Evil Dead, Creepshow, and Masters of Horror.
One outlet wrote “Our Dearest Darkest Friend.” Wrong — per Bloody Disgusting, Bleeding Cool, and JoBlo, it’s Your Dearest Darkest Friend. Get it right at the gates.
Mocktails share the menu with cocktails, so every fiend in the parlor can raise a glass.

Harper’s Extras

While Devil’s Night approaches, feed the streaming habit: FROM just crashed onto Netflix, and V/H/S/Mixtape is slicing through Shudder. Appetizers before the main haunting.

Where to Watch

Your Dearest Darkest Friend premieres on Screambox on Devil’s Night, October 30, 2026 — official trailer embedded above.

FAQ

When does Your Dearest Darkest Friend premiere? October 30, 2026 — Devil’s Night — exclusively on Screambox.
Who’s on the guest list? The celebrity lineup is “to be announced soon” (per Bloody Disgusting); Ed Larson co-stars as Mortimer Dustworth, with cameos from Henry Zebrowski, Marcus Parks, and lead writer Holden McNeely.
Where can I watch the trailer? Right above — the official trailer comes via Bloody Disgusting’s Horror YouTube channel, Screambox’s operator.

Trailer and announcement details via Bloody Disgusting and Screambox.

So here’s the dare, horror hounds: clear your Devil’s Night and tell us — which horror icon would you pour a drink for first? We’ll meet you in the parlor.