Killer Horror Films Coming To Shudder This June

BROOKLYN 45 

Streaming on Shudder June 9

**SHUDDER PREMIERE**

(Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)

Writer & Director: Ted Geoghegan

Cast: Anne Ramsey, Ron E. Rains, Jeremy Holm, Larry Fessenden, Ezra Buzzington, Kristina Klebe

Synopsis: Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all too literal.

QUICKSAND

Streaming on Shudder June 23

**SHUDDER PREMIERE**

(Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)

Director: Andres Beltran

Writer: Matt Pitts

Cast: Carolina Gaitan, Allan Hawco

Language: English

Synopsis: On the brink of divorce, an American couple travels to Colombia for a work conference. While hiking through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake in order to escape.

CHILDREN OF THE CORN

Streaming on Shudder June 30

(Available in US, CA)

Writer & Director: Kurt Wimmer

Cast: Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey, Bruce Spence

Language: English

Synopsis: Possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield, twelve-year-old Eden recruits the other children in her small town to rise and take control. Tired of paying the price for their parents’ mistakes, Eden leads the kids on a bloody rampage, killing the adults and anyone who opposes her. With all the adults jailed or dead, it comes down to one high schooler who won’t go along with the plan and becomes the town’s only hope of survival.

SHUDDER RESURRECTED

**Repertory Titles New to Shudder**

June 1

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)

Cast: David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne

Language: English

Synopsis: David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne), two American college students, are backpacking through Britain when a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is brutally killed. As David heals in the hospital, he’s plagued by violent nightmares of his mutilated friend, who warns David that he is becoming a werewolf. When David discovers the horrible truth, he contemplates committing suicide before the next full moon causes him to transform from man to murderous beast.

GINGER SNAPS (2000)

Writer: John Fawcett, Karen Walton, Karen Walton

Cast: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle

Language: English

Synopsis: The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger (Katharine Isabelle) and Brigitte (Emily Perkins), in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger’s first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger’s wounds miraculously heal, but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.

GINGER SNAPS 2 (2004)

Writer:  Megan Martin

Cast: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle

Synopsis: A patient (Tatiana Maslany) at a rehabilitation center tries to prevent a young woman (Emily Perkins) from transforming into a werewolf.

THE HOWLING (1981)

Writer: Gary Brandner, John Sayles, Terence H. Winkless

Cast: Dee Wallace, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan

Language: English

Synopsis: In Los Angeles, television journalist Karen White (Dee Wallace) is traumatized in the course of aiding the police in their arrest of a serial murderer. Her doctor recommends that she attend an isolated psychiatric retreat led by Dr. George Waggner (Patrick Macnee). But while Karen is undergoing therapy, her colleague Chris (Dennis Dugan) investigates the bizarre circumstances surrounding her shock. When his work leads him to suspect the supernatural, he begins to fear for Karen’s life.

HOWLING II: YOUR SISTER IS A WEREWOLF (1986)

Cast: Christopher Lee, Annie McEnroe, Sybil Danning

Language: English

Synopsis: After his sister is turned into a werewolf and subsequently killed, Ben White (Reb Brown) decides to help the enigmatic Stefan Crosscoe (Christopher Lee) fight the growing population of lupine monsters, along with the lovely Jenny Templeton (Annie McEnroe). Traveling to Transylvania, Ben, Jenny, and Crosscoe attempt to hunt down the powerful werewolf queen, Stirba (Sybil Danning), and must face her furry followers and other supernatural forces.

June 5

CALVAIRE (2004) *Restoration

Writer: Fabrice Du Welz, Romain Protat

Cast: Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer, Philippe Nahon

Language: French

Synopsis: A stranded singer falls victim to a dangerously unhinged innkeeper determined to keep him captive.

June 12

THE DEVIL’S CANDY (2015)

Writer: Sean Byrne

Cast: Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Pruitt Taylor Vince

Language: English

Synopsis: A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his family move into their dream home.

June 19

BASKIN (2015)

Writer: Can Evrenol, Ercin Sadikoglu, Cem Ozuduru, Ogulcan Eren Akay

Cast: Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu, Mehmet Cerrajoglu

Language: Turkish

Synopsis: Policemen (Gorkem Kasal, Ergun Kuyucu) face a night of horror in a subterranean labyrinth after answering a distress call.

June 26

HOME MOVIE (2008)

Writer: Christopher Denham

Cast: Adrian Pasdar, Cady McClain, Amber Joy Williams, Austin Williams

Language: English

Synopsis: Handsome pastor David Poe (Adrian Pasdar) and his psychologist wife, Clare (Cady McClain), have just relocated to Upstate New York with their young children, twins Jack (Austin Williams) and Emily (Amber Joy Williams). When Halloween inspires bizarre behavior in the twins, the Poes begin documenting their struggle to regain control over the children as their idyllic family life is torn apart by sociopathic — and increasingly violent — behavior.