Halloween season is officially underway. Shudder is unleashing a horde of great horror films and series this September. From new releases to old favorites, there’s something for every horror fan. Here’s what’s headed your way on the streaming service for horror movies, series, and all things spooky.
IN A VIOLENT NATURE
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Chris Nash
Streaming On Shudder September 13
Synopsis
A locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower, waking Johnny, a vengeful spirit. He becomes hellbent on retrieving it. He homes in on the group of vacationing teens responsible for the theft and proceeds to methodically slaughter them one by one in his mission to get it back.
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ODDITY
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Damian McCarthy
Streaming On Shudder September 27
Synopsis
When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local mental health institution, where Ted is a doctor. However, soon after the tragic killing, the suspect is found dead. A year later, Dani’s blind twin sister Darcy, a self-proclaimed psychic and collector of cursed items, pays an unexpected visit to Ted and his new girlfriend, Yana. Convinced that there was more to her sister’s murder than people know, Darcy has brought with her the most dangerous items from her cursed collection to help her exact revenge. Starring Carolyn Bracken and Gwilym Lee.
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THE DEMON DISORDER
Directed by Steven Boyle
Streaming On Shudder September 6
Synopsis
The Australian demonic family drama centers on Graham, a man haunted by his past since his father’s death and his two brothers’ estrangement. Jake, the middle brother, contacts Graham, claiming that something is horribly wrong: their youngest brother, Phillip, is possessed by their deceased father. Graham reluctantly agrees to go and see for himself. With the three brothers back together, they soon realize they are unprepared for the forces against them and learn that the sins of their past will not stay hidden. But how do you defeat a presence that knows you inside and out? An anger so powerful it refuses to stay dead? Starring John Noble (The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy), Charles Cottier, Christian Willis, and Dirk Hunter.
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TV SERIES
Horror’s Greatest
Shudder Original Series
Series Premieres August 27, with New Episodes Streaming Every Tuesday on Shudder
Synopsis
Celebrating the very best the genre has to offer, Horror’s Greatest is a deep dive into everything we love about horror. From fresh looks at classics to unearthing scores of hidden gems, this series has something for every fright film enthusiast. A gallery of ghoulish pros, including actors, directors, writers, composers, and special effects artists, draw on their unique knowledge to answer the big questions: What are the must-see films in horror’s many sub-genres? What’s the appeal of horror tropes, and how do today’s filmmakers subvert our expectations? What shape does horror take in countries outside of the United States? The answers encompass the breath of the nightmares we watch for our entertainment.
The Last Drive-In: Nightmareathon
Shudder Original Series
Season Finale Marathon Premieres LIVE Friday, August 30 on Shudder TV Beginning at 9pm ET; Debuts on-demand Sunday, September 1
Synopsis
Fans are invited to celebrate the significant 666 milestone! Join an all-night party in honor of 6 years when the season 6 finale culminates in a LIVE “Nightmareathon” event featuring six killer films.
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SHUDDER RESURRECTED
September 1
Salem’s Lot
A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town that vampires have invaded.
Candyman (1992)
Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster’s myth.
The Funhouse
Teenage Amy Harper, her boyfriend, Buzz Dawson, and their friends Richie Atterbury and Liz Duncan visit a local carnival for a night of innocent amusement; however, when they witness a fortune teller’s murder and find that the exits are locked.
The People Under the Stairs
When Fool breaks into the home of his family’s landlords, he discovers that they have mutilated several boys and kept them imprisoned under stairs. As Fool attempts to flee, he meets their daughter Alice. Can Fool and Alice escape?
Shocker
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses the electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him into the police.
September 2
Basket Case (+TLDI 108 Marathon)
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed, formerly conjoined twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
September 7
All You Need is Death
A young couple who collects rare folk ballads discovers the dark side of love when they surreptitiously record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past.
September 9
Popcorn
A master of disguise deranged killer begins killing off the college students who are organizing a horror-movie marathon in an abandoned theater.
Blue Sunshine
A bizarre series of murders begins in Los Angeles, where people start going bald and then become homicidal maniacs. But could the blame rest on a hazardous form of LSD called Blue Sunshine, which the murderers took ten years before?
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.
September 23
Eight Eyes
A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.
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