Shudder Sets ‘Guts & Glory’ Horror Competition Series Described as ‘Survivor’ Meets ‘The Blair Witch Project’

“The Walking Dead” special make-up effects legend Greg Nicotero serves as showrunner and EP for the immersive 6-episode reality show premiering this year

Greg Nicotero
Greg Nicotero attends the "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon" Madrid premiere in October 2024 (Borja B. Hojas/WireImage)

If there’s one man who knows about both guts and glory, it’s Greg Nicotero. He’s cemented himself as a horror legend with “The Walking Dead,” which means his new reality show “Guts & Glory” coming to Shudder later this year should be a scary good time.

The 6-episode series greenlit on Monday promises to flip the script on the traditional competition show by “thrusting players into an immersive horror experience full of unexpected challenges” and special make-up effects.

“I couldn’t be more excited with this opportunity to explore this new landscape. To marry a non-scripted competition show with a genre narrative lands along the lines of if ‘Survivor’ and ‘The Blair Witch Project’ had a baby,” Nicotero teased.

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