Well, here we are: our first Halloween season on The Shuddering is drawing to a close, and we've got just one more episode to celebrate on before October kicks the proverbial bucket. Good thing we've got a couple of really wild Halloween-themed Shudder offerings to review -- one of which might just be an unheralded classic of so-bad-it's-good cinema! First up is the recent, buzzed-about Shudder exclusive Deadstream, a unique found-footage movie that marries Sam Raimi-style supernatural shenanigans with a heavy dose of social media culture. Did we enjoy it as much as the rest of the horror community seemed to, or did it just make us feel old, irrelevant, and out-of-touch? We'll leave that up to you to find out! And then... Man, where do we even start with 1982's Trick or Treats? You've probably seen the bad reviews this forgotten (supposed) slasher spoof has earned over the years, and maybe you've scrolled by the generic poster art thinking, "Yep, just another cheap knockoff of Halloween and Friday the 13th." But, folks, take it from us: this movie is so much more, and so, SO much less than what it presents itself as. Join us on our descent into bad-movie madness as we discuss a film that is so mind-bogglingly terrible, it might just be brilliant. Or, maybe it's just the stupidest movie we've ever seen. But, either way, we had a lot of fun digging through the dumpster-fire that it is, and we couldn't have thought of a better way to close out our Halloween! Have a great one, everybody, and we'll see you in November!
Well, here we are: our first Halloween season on The Shuddering is drawing to a close, and we've got just one more episode to celebrate on before October kicks the proverbial bucket. Good thing we've got a couple of really wild Halloween-themed Shudder offerings to review -- one of which might just be an unheralded classic of so-bad-it's-good cinema! First up is the recent, buzzed-about Shudder exclusive Deadstream, a unique found-footage movie that marries Sam Raimi-style supernatural shenanigans with a heavy dose of social media culture. Did we enjoy it as much as the rest of the horror community seemed to, or did it just make us feel old, irrelevant, and out-of-touch? We'll leave that up to you to find out! And then... Man, where do we even start with 1982's Trick or Treats? You've probably seen the bad reviews this forgotten (supposed) slasher spoof has earned over the years, and maybe you've scrolled by the generic poster art thinking, "Yep, just another cheap knockoff of Halloween and Friday the 13th." But, folks, take it from us: this movie is so much more, and so, SO much less than what it presents itself as. Join us on our descent into bad-movie madness as we discuss a film that is so mind-bogglingly terrible, it might just be brilliant. Or, maybe it's just the stupidest movie we've ever seen. But, either way, we had a lot of fun digging through the dumpster-fire that it is, and we couldn't have thought of a better way to close out our Halloween! Have a great one, everybody, and we'll see you in November!