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SPOOKBUSTERS: The Halloween Season Finale

Season 1, Ep. 11

It's here. The chilling moment of reckoning. After Episode 10 brought things level, the score will be settled in this tiebreaker Halloween special.
This week, the boys will be picking from within the Halloween genre and things get terrifyingly tense as the overall winner is decided.

Our guest judge this week is the wickedly talented Sara Lynam. Sara has real spooky pedigree as one of the creatives behind Horror theatre group Uncanny Collective.

Join us as we descend through the realms of demons, monstrous creatures and the biggest horror of them all: borderline plagiarism.

You can find Sara at @SaraLynam and Uncanny Collective at @UncannyColl on all social media, or on their website - https://uncannycollective.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR1gD3nLym374M7zNVM2Vesdn7EntyUGcdxLrox7STjKxtkZGWw6bLKl_gs

Thanks so much to everyone for joining us for this series of Mockbusters, we really do appreciate it. If you've enjoyed the show then please do leave us a review, subscribe and share with your friends.
We'll be back in December for the Christmas Special followed by Season 2 shortly after!



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