There is a lot to be said about the ‘80s and especially in regards to Halloween Specials on TV before the Internet, social media, and cell phones. The average horror fan would huddle around this year’s Halloween Special and get their kicks while eating candy and drinking soda. This is the atmosphere that the film WNUF Halloween Special (2013) which does it’s best to evoke that spirit through a VHS recording. It seems that someone has found a long thought lost recording of the 1987 live broadcast of the WNUF Halloween Special.
While delivering the weather and other relevant news it
seems that the big news of the night is the fact that WNUF is broadcasting a
live broadcast of reporters, news crew, a paranormal investigative husband and wife (a
dead homage to Ed and Loraine Warren), and a priest, for good measure into a murder
house while people stand outside and cheer and even more sit at home glued to
the TV screen.
To add to the aesthetic are the commercials, news updates,
and everything else you’d see during a regular program (although someone else fast-forwards
through the commercials they don’t want to see while allowing us to watch
others.
Anyone who grew up in the ‘80s with the VHS revolution and mixed
cassette tapes will enjoy this film as it is one of the most authentic found
footage films that have ever depicted this time period. Although it may come off as slow to modern
day audiences who grew up with cell phones, the internet, and social media,
this is film that both fans of found footage and the ‘80s will find plenty to
enjoy.
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