Screamfest Horror Film Festival stands as a cornerstone of the horror genre, boasting the largest and longest-running festival of its kind in the United States. You can learn more about this year’s festival by checking out the official site. Howdy, Neighbor! played on Wednesday, October 11. 

When he was just a child, Benjamin Caldwell (Matthew Scott Montgomery, who also wrote this movie) was Bucky on the TV show Howdy, Neighbor! He’s been trying to hide his past but he’s asked to be in a web-based reunion before the show starts streaming again. Before that, his neighbor Chase (Grant Jordan) starts stalking him when he recognizes him from the show.

Ben shares this with neighbor Harley Walker (Debby Ryan) who suggests he contact the police. Benjamin wants to solve it all on his own which is the worst of all plans.

This entire movie is shot on screens, so if you spend all day in Teams calls like I do, it kind of feels like you’re back at work. For anyone else, this is an interesting way of seeing this story as the neighbor gets stranger and Benjamin keeps making some of the worst decisions.