Series

Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge2014

Name: Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge
Genre: Reality
Released: 2014-03-25
Rating: 7.3

7.3

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IMDb 8.0TMDB 7.9

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Year

2014

Seasons

Network

Syfy

Status

Canceled

The premise

Ten aspiring creature creators competing to out-imagine one another in a series of challenges where they build everything from mechanical characters to whimsical beasts, bringing high-end creature designs to life. The contestants compete for a prize worth up to $100,000 including the opportunity for the job of a lifetime - a contract working at the world-renowned Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™.

Horror Vault's take

Ten talented creature builders go head-to-head in a high-stakes competition to prove they have what it takes to join the legendary Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Each challenge pushes contestants to design and construct extraordinary beings — from intricate mechanical characters to fantastical beasts — under the watchful eye of industry veterans. With a life-changing contract on the line, the pressure to innovate is relentless.

Episode Guide

🏆 Best Episode Overall

S1.E7 · Alien Press Conference

9.5

⭐ Highest Rated This Season

S1.E7 · Alien Press Conference

9.5

★ 8.5 avg· 8h 0m total· Mar 2014 → May 2014

S1.E1 · What Lies BeneathPremiere
7.7
Mar 25, 2014 · 60 min
Brian Henson welcomes 10 talented creature designers to Jim Henson Studios for their first Creature Brief: design and build an original underwater creature for a screen test on the Henson Soundstage.
S1.E2 · Return of the Skeksis
8.0
Apr 1, 2014 · 60 min
The creature designers are given the chance to reimagine the fictional species Skeksis from "The Dark Crystal." Later, their characters appear in a screen test for the original 1982 film.
S1.E3 · Assembly Inspired
8.0
Apr 8, 2014 · 60 min
Unconventional materials from a junkyard are used to create scrap-fantasy creatures that are trapped inside a hanging cage.
S1.E4 · Heads Up!
8.0
Apr 15, 2014 · 60 min
A humor-filled challenge requires the designers to create mounted creature heads that magically come to life under the spell of a wizard played by Donald Faison.
S1.E5 · Life in Motion
9.0
Apr 22, 2014 · 60 min
An appearance by Lady Gaga's unicorn inspires the creature designers to create a larger-than-life creation with realistic movement, performed on a blacklight soundstage.