Behind the Monsters - Season 1

Behind the Monsters - Season 1

Season 1

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.
Network
Datesoct. 27, 2021 - nov. 30, 2021

Episodes

Michael Myers
Season 1Episode 145 min

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. 

oct. 27, 2021
Candyman
Season 1Episode 236 min

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.

nov. 2, 2021
Chucky
Season 1Episode 332 min

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.

nov. 9, 2021
Freddy Krueger
Season 1Episode 443 min

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.

nov. 16, 2021
Jason Voorhees
Season 1Episode 545 min

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.

nov. 23, 2021
Pinhead
Season 1Episode 648 min

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.

nov. 30, 2021

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