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Behind the Monsters

2021 – 2021 · Shudder
1 seasons · 6 episodes
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A docu-series exploring how Chucky, Michael Myers, Pinhead and more came to be icons of the horror genre.

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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.

SERIES CAST

Tony Todd
Self
Robert Englund
Self
Virginia Madsen
Self
Nick Castle
Self
Brad Dourif
Self
Heather Langenkamp
Self
Lin Shaye
Self
Ryan Turek
Self

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Status
Ended
Type
Documentary
First aired
Oct 27, 2021
Original language
EN
Production
Stage 3 Productions
Country
US

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