Behind the Monsters: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shudder, AMC Networks' premium streamer for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced the new original docu-series Behind the Monsters, which takes a deep dive on cinematic horror icons. Each of the series' six episodes will focus on a single horror character, including Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Candyman, Chucky and Pinhead, and feature interviews with horror experts and the writers, directors and actors from the original films that made each character the stuff of genre legends.

Series details

• Title: Behind the Monsters
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2021-10-27
• Status in TVmaze: To Be Determined
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Shudder
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 42 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 4.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 57057
• TVDB ID: 408884

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2021-10-27; final listed air date 2021-11-30.

Source and licence

Adapted from Behind the Monsters on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.