10 Best New Horror Movies For Halloween 2022

In Deadstream, Shawn Ruddy is an online influencer with a firm fanbase and more sponsors than he can count.

When one of his videos stirs up a controversy, Shawn is left disgraced. Desperate to win back his followers, Shawn decides to perform a livestream in America's scariest haunted house. When things start going bump in the night, Shawn realises that pestering demonic spirits for clicks was probably a bad idea.

Although there are many horror films highlighting the downfalls of social media, most of them aren't remembered very fondly.

Fortunately, Deadstream ticks all the right boxes. The found-footage style is handled so well, there are times where you'd swear you were watching a genuine livestream. The lead actor, Joseph Winter (who's also the co-director) channels so much Ash Williams energy, you could mistake this film as a zany Evil Dead spin-off.

If you're worried Deadstream will hit you over the head with its "social media is bad" message, don't worry. Like the best social commentaries, Deadstream highlights its themes quickly before it moves onto the scares.

If duds like Unfriended made you doubt the Screenlife format could work in horror, Deadstream proves the sub-genre still has plenty of life in it.