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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping StarKid’s Hatchetfield series into the ol’ VCR. 

If you follow us on Instagram (shameless plug) or are subscribed to us on YouTube (shameless plug 2: judgment day), you’ll know that I recently watched Nerdy Prudes Must Die. 

I’m a big Smosh fan, so it had been on my radar for a hot minute. I finally sat down to watch it a few weeks ago, and I instantly fell in love. 

Nerdy Prudes Must Die is hysterical, raunchy, creepy, and incredibly well-performed. You’ll be singing songs like “Dirty Girl” and “Bully the Bully” for days, if not weeks, after watching. 

After being blown away by NPMD, I started pursuing StarKid’s YouTube channel and uncovered something incredible — they’ve created an entire universe akin to Sunnydale or Gravity Falls called the Hatchetfield series. 

Video Source: Team StarKid

Hatchetfield serves as a hub for paranormal happenings ranging from Eldritch horrors to alien parasites. There are countless Easter eggs throughout the series, and you know I love a good Easter egg. Additionally, there are some recurring characters, so keep your eyes peeled. 👀

The Hatchefield series began back in 2018 with The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, wherein the title character, Paul Matthews, must band together with his coworker friends and barista crush to battle alien parasites that murder the citizens of Hatchetfield and turn them into singing and dancing hosts. 

I might be reading way too much into this, but, IMO, I think this is a brilliant way to set up why the Hatchetfield universe is comprised of musicals. Think about it. Everyone is singing and dancing because of a hostile alien takeover? Sign me up! 

Video Source: Team StarKid

Next up in the Hatchetfield universe, we have Black Friday. Black Friday not only serves as a tongue-in-cheek look at the Tickle Me Elmo craze from ‘96*, but introduces an Eldritch horror to the town of Hatchetfield that turns consumer-obsessed adults into murderous shoppers all in the name of their new “God,” Wiggly. 

*KP actually found herself in the middle of the Tickle Me Elmo chaos and casually clotheslined a woman to get me one. In her defense, the woman tried to hit KP over the head with her purse. 

Video Source: Team StarKid

After Black Friday comes Nightmare Time and Nightmare Time 2. These stories each present a different cryptid or paranormal occurrence/entity that resides within Hatchetfield. I’m still making my way through these episodes, but I can confirm the ones I’ve seen are delightful. 

And finally, we have Nerdy Prudes Must Die. I love all of the Hatchetfield series, but I would be lying if I said NPMD wasn’t my favorite; it’s just next level. I know it might sound like I’m biased, but I think one of Angela’s best performances ever is in Black Friday, so do with that what you will. 

If you’re a fan of horror musicals, I can’t recommend this one enough. One thing to keep in mind is that most of these musicals are on the raunchy side, with NPMD probably being the raunchiest. 

HOWEVER, you obviously don’t see anything, and everything is implied/done off-screen. I only mention this because I know some peeps might want to watch these with their teens or have kids to be conscious of. Just know there’s a lot of language, sexual dialogue, etc… 

 I digress. 

I know A Very Potter Musical and A Very Potter Sequel were huge when I was in college, but I’ve never been the biggest Harry Potter fan, so I watched them a couple of times with friends. Outside of that, I never revisited them (P.S. Here’s your daily reminder that J.K. Rowling is absolute trash). 

But, I can 100% get on board with StarKid’s Hatchetfield series. In fact, I already am. I really hope we get another entry from this universe soon, and I’m happy I still have Nightmare Time content to watch. 

Please watch and support StarKid’s content because it’s truly great. 

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have an appointment over at the old Waylon place.