The film was released teathrically in november 30th, 2015 and worked as an box office sucess. However, at critic speacilized sites, it received mixed reviews. While the movie stars many icons from contemporany horror movies, the film itself features an huge amount of references, easter eggs and quick time characters from other horror films, such as the Evil Dead, Scream, Psycho, Saw and many others. The six veteran actors, Robert Englund, Tony Todd, Doug Bradley, Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly and Angus Scrimm portrays their titular long-time horror characters.