The horror-comedy “Deadstream” feels like ’80s Sam Raimi traveled forward in time, became obsessed with streaming culture, and turned Ash Williams into the dumbest possible stunt streamer.
And it rules.
With stunning creature effects, a great balance between laughs and scares, and one of the best uses of the Screenlife format, this is a film that could easily become a Halloween tradition alongside “Evil Dead II” or “Hell House LLC.”Joseph Winter pulls what is mostly a one-man show as Shawn Ruddy, a popular yet toxic YouTube vlogger who was canceled after one of his stunts went too far and left someone in the hospital.
After switching platforms to Twitch knockoff Livvid, Shawn decides to reclaim his influencer status and monetize his fans by conquering his biggest fear and surviving an entire night at a haunted house.
The problem is, Shawn is an absolute idiot.
He opens the stream with
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