Behind the Monsters

2021 English 1 Season NR

Trailer

No horror icon came out of a filmmaker’s first draft fully formed. There were early drafts, wrong turns, experimentation. Once made flesh (or latex), there’s presentation, impact, audience response and legacy. Each of these steps that nudge a horror creation toward the annals of legend will be explored in Shudder’s BEHIND THE MONSTERS. Each episode examines a horror icon who has broken free of the confines of the film from which it was born and become the stuff of legend.

1. Michael Myers

A cheap film shot in 21 days changed the landscape of horror, made several careers, and gave one actress an iconic role that she’s tweaking 42 years later.

45min

2. Candyman

The genre's first black slasher showed up in 1992, rich with subtext about racial tensions in American history. In 2021, he's coming back - and is perhaps the most relevant horror icon imaginable.

36min

3. Chucky

What started as a nasty spin on 80s consumerism flourished over three decades into an unlikely progressive horror property that refuses to get back on the shelf.

32min

4. Freddy Krueger

In 1984 Wes Craven saw the slasher boom filling screens and took it to the next level by leaving reality behind. Other slashers carved through teen bodies; Freddy invaded their minds.

43min

5. Jason Voorhees

The producers just wanted to rip off HALLOWEEN. What happened instead was the accidental creation of a machete-wielding avatar of conservative 1980s morality.

45min

6. Pinhead

Emerging from a low budget independent film, this character who was simply called "Lead Cenobite" would become the undeniable symbol of pleasure and pain and the icon of the Hellraiser franchise.

48min

Member Reviews

Can't wait for season 2

Nabil-Gonzalez

1 week ago

Cant wait for another season. Definitely need to see more icons that made such huge impacts on the horror genre.

The_Mangoman

2 weeks ago

Great but love to see pumpkin head

darkdiscovery

2 weeks ago

next season now!!!! leather face, ghost face, tall man, pennywise, dare i say tremors????

FredVoorhees

1 month ago

super entertaining and informative about behind the scenes alongside the aftermath of the initial release!

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