Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- frantic
- irreverent
- grotesque
- halloween night
- late night horror marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be an inventive and highly entertaining revival of found-footage horror, praised for its scares and B-movie energy.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Shawn's attempted comeback is transmitted as a real-time livestream, making audience interaction and digital interfaces part of the storytelling.
The haunted-house ordeal combines vengeful-spirit threats with Shawn's frantic performance, crude humor, and escalating improvisation.
The disgraced internet personality stages a dangerous comeback event to rebuild his public image and recover his followers.
The entire comeback livestream centers on Shawn spending one night alone inside a haunted house while supernatural threats intensify.
Films like Deadstream, and why
What We Do in the Shadows
found-footage horror blended with irreverent comedy and a contained haunted-house survival premise
The Blair Witch Project
inventive found-footage presentation, escalating supernatural danger, and darkly comic tone
Host
screen-based horror that turns technological mediation into a source of suspense and humor
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
claustrophobic supernatural horror with a playful, self-aware genre sensibility
Movie Details
- Directors
- Vanessa Winter, Joseph Winter
- Release Date
- 2022-10-20
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (415)
Cast
- Joseph Winter
- Melanie Stone
- Jason K. Wixom
- Pat Barnett Carr
- Marty Collins
- Perla Lacayo
- Cylia Austin-Lacayo
- Hayden Gariety
- Ariel Lee
- Jaxon Harker
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Deadstream about?
- A disgraced livestreamer turns a haunted-house comeback stunt into a chaotic, screen-mediated battle against a vengeful ghost.
- What is Deadstream like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Deadstream as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Deadstream violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Deadstream as brutal.
- What did critics think of Deadstream?
- Critics broadly found the film to be an inventive and highly entertaining revival of found-footage horror, praised for its scares and B-movie energy.
- Which films are like Deadstream?
- Films with a similar feel include What We Do in the Shadows, The Blair Witch Project, Host, and Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.
- How long is Deadstream?
- Deadstream runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Deadstream?
- In United States, Deadstream streams on Netflix, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel.
