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Behind the Monsters

Season 1
Each episode of Shudder’s BEHIND THE MONSTERS 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.
20216 episodes
18+
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Michael Myers
    October 26, 2021
    45min
    TV-MA
    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.
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  2. S1 E2 - Candyman
    November 2, 2021
    36min
    TV-MA
    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.
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  3. S1 E3 - Chucky
    November 9, 2021
    32min
    TV-MA
    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.
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  4. S1 E4 - Freddy Krueger
    November 16, 2021
    43min
    TV-MA
    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.
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  5. S1 E5 - Jason Voorhees
    November 23, 2021
    45min
    TV-MA
    The producers just wanted to rip off HALLOWEEN. What happened instead was the accidental creation of a machete-wielding avatar of conservative 1980s morality.
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  6. S1 E6 - Pinhead
    November 30, 2021
    48min
    TV-MA
    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.
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