Rick and Mortymay have gone on a brief vacation from their new sixth season, but luckily Adult Swim always keeps some special content around, this time celebrating Halloween with one of the most distinctive takes on the duo.
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This time around,ComicBook.comreports Hardcastle appears to have been given some extra playing room by Adult Swim, as “Summer’s Sleepover” will be a fully original claymation production that will premiere on October 30, on the artist’s own YouTube channel, with Adult Swim’s own description for the Halloween special reading: “An unexpected guest livens up Summer’s sleepover party in this trippy horror short from Claymation filmmaker Lee Hardcastle.” In the meantime, those curious about Hardcastle’s work would do well to check out his own compilation of work withRick and Morty.
Hardcastle became famous for his spectacular claymation work thanks to the filmThe ABCs of Death, as well as a strange combination of John Carpenter’sThe ThingwithPinguof all things, in the viral YouTube videoPingu’s The Thing. Naturally, his many tributes put a lot of focus on sci-fi, but also the horror genre, a niche into whichRick and Mortyhas only recently ventured to.
Season 6’s “Night Family” wasRick and Morty’smost horrific episode so far, with Summer being the star of a show drawing heavily from Jordan Peele’sUs, in a unique entry that was very well received by fans. Judging from the title, “Summer’s Sleepover” could very well be another chance for her to steal the spotlight, even if the claymation webisodes are part of the show’s non-canonical adventures.
Rick and Mortytook a break after episode 6of its current season, but things will go back to normal when the series returns on November 20. Although fans shouldn’t be shocked as last year a similar cutoff also took place, at least they’re getting proper Halloween continent and can find plenty ofalternativeRick and Mortyentertainment readily available.
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