This Sunday the world sits down to watch the Super Bowl. For most people they’ll be watching to see the Philadelphia Eagles play the Kansas City Chiefs. For me, I’ll be sitting down for the first-ever Horror Halftime Show. Osgood Perkins, the writer and director of The Monkey, and star Elijah Wood will join Dead Meat hosts James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca for the first-ever Horror Halftime Show.

Taking inspiration from John Madden, the late legendary football coach and sports commentator, Dead Meat’s Horror Halftime Show will be the ultimate twisted event for horror fans to celebrate the past year of exceptional horror filmmaking. Just as Madden would analyze replays, Perkins, Wood, Janisse and Rebecca will review top horror films, kills, and scares complete with slow motion, frame by frame commentary. The inaugural show promises to deliver a bloody good time with the gnarliest horror scenes and plenty of comedy.

Dead Meat’s Horror Halftime Show will air live on Sunday, February 9th on the Dead Meat Presents YouTube channel during the Super Bowl Halftime.

Here’s a synopsis of The Monkey.

When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy. 

Our own Jeff Ewing labeled The Monkey as a new horror classic in his review.

The Monkey releases in theaters on February 21st, 2025.

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