for local businesses or future television broadcasts to a news story about a local dentist's "cash for candy" campaign. Some of these are shown in their entirety while others are fast forwarded through by an unseen viewer. Commercials Parents Against Partying (written and directed by James Branscome) Phil's Carpet Warehouse (written and directed by Shawn Jones) King of Castle Lane (written and directed by Scott Maccubbin) MOUTH by Asphxia (written and directed by Lonnie Martin) Stay Sure Tampons (written and directed by Matthew Menter) Dandridge for Governor (written and directed by Andy Schoeb) The Shining Trapeze Strip Club (written by Carley Cooper) Cast Paul Fahrenkopf as Frank Stewart Aaron Henkin as WNUF Announcer (voice) Nicolette le Faye as Veronica Stanze Leanna Chamish as Deborah Merritt Richard Cutting as Gavin Gordon Brian St. August as Dr. Louis Berger Helenmary Ball as Claire Berger Robert Long II as Father Joseph Matheson Sabrina Taylor-Smith as Donna Miles Thomas Lee Johnson as Carl Durant Kendra North as Angela Harris Frederick Cowie as Officer Howard Bookwalter Bob Creager as Dr. Stanley Allen, DDS Ron LaMartina as Governor Mike Barlow George Stover as Dr. Bloodwrench Production While filming, director Chris LaMartina tried to make the film closely resemble 1980s footage and shot on vintage tape stock. Of the WNUF Halloween Special, LaMartina stated that as most viewers would be able to instantly tell that the movie was not an actual broadcast from the 1980s they instead tried to "make people remind themselves why they fell in love with VHS and blatant localism in the first place" and that the movie is "a love letter to VHS and public access TV." LaMartina chose to include several faux commercials into the WNUF Halloween Special, as he wanted it to more closely resemble advertising for actual television shows, which will frequently interrupt a broadcast to repeat various commercials. Filming took place in an old rectory in Timonium, Maryland, and the crew made multiple copies of the film on several VCRs to degrade the film quality to where it would more closely resemble a bootleg VHS tape. To publicize the film, LaMartina and the movie's producers left behind multiple VHS copies of the WNUF Halloween Special in various locations, such as a VHS convention in Pennsylvania, where they left them in bathrooms and tables. Their intent was that by doing this, they would start a successful whisper campaign. Reception Critical