Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers, and the supernatural, announced today a supersized Season of Screams programming event kicking off today, Friday the 13th, and featuring an epic lineup of new film releases, series, specials, and live watch parties on Shudder TV.
The three-month celebration of the best in horror will also bring back an all-new Ghoul Log, Shudder’s popular Halloween Hotline for those in need of horror movie recommendations from Shudder’s head of programming Samuel Zimmerman, and spotlight popular horror franchise films from Friday the 13th to Children of the Corn.
Shudder’s Season of Screams features films such as the acclaimed In a Violent Nature, a new installment in the popular V/H/S franchise – V/H/S/Beyond – and the Russell Crowe-led The Exorcism, as well as a new season of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula and the debut of the series The Creep Tapes, from writers and executive producers Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice.
These new films and series join Shudder’s extensive library, including the Friday the 13th franchise (all eight films), the Rob Zombie catalog (all seven films), cult classic It Follows, the streaming return of Mike Flanagan’s Hush, popular Halloween-set found footage horror The Houses October Built (2011), and the addition of Chucky Season 3 to complete the full series availability.
Fans can join Shudder for frights every Friday with LIVE Watch Parties at 9 p.m. ET on Shudder TV spotlighting new premieres and curated double features, including:
September 13: Neo-Slasher – In a Violent Nature and Lake Bodom
September 20: Zombie Weekend – The Sadness and Undead
September 27: Modern Master – Damian McCarthy’s Oddity and Caveat
October 4: Found Footage – V/H/S/Beyond and Hell House LLC
October 11: Horrifying Households – Daddy’s Head and Metamorphosis
October 18: Shocking Scourges – MadS and Virus:32
October 25: TBA
October 30: Late Night with the Devil on Devil’s Night
October 31: Halloween on Halloween
November 1: Day of the Dead on Day of the Dead – Day of the Dead Collection
Also returning is Shudder’s popular Halloween Hotline (Dates TBA). Whether viewers are looking for a slasher film, ghost story, or monster flick, Samuel Zimmerman, head of programming for Shudder, will be on hand to offer personalized picks for a perfectly scary weekend based on each caller’s mood and preference.
The team behind the new Shudder original series, Horror’s Greatest, resurrects everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern just in time for spooky season with The Rise of the Ghoul Log. The new hour-long video of the chilling, candlelit pumpkin sets the scene for horror fans beginning in October. Shudder will also feature a special limited-time offer for horror connoisseurs craving scares all year long, with an annual plan available at a 31% discount for the 31 Days of October.
SHUDDER’S SEASON OF SCREAMS PROGRAMMING
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AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 13
In a Violent Nature (Shudder Original Film)
When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year-old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it. The undead golem 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 – along with anyone in his way.
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 20
Z Nation Seasons 1-5
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the United States of America, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27
Oddity (Shudder Original Film)
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.
AVAILABLE 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.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 6 (Shudder Original Series)
Dubbed “Season 666,” the next chapter of Emmy-nominated The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula is the most ambitious and terrifying yet, with world-renowned actors and directors joining the judges’ panel, raising the stakes to hellish new heights. Every episode promises spine-chilling, extreme physical feats that will push the cast of drag superstars to confront their darkest fears.
This 10-episode season is bigger, bloodier, and more brutal than anything that’s come before, featuring expanded “on location” challenges, twisted new themes for the floorshows, cinematic sequences dripping with dread, and innovative drag that will leave viewers gasping.
Hush
A deaf and muted writer who retreated into the woods to live a solitary life must fight for her life in silence when a masked killer appears at her window.
WNUF Halloween Special
A horror comedy with fake news and commercials section that was filmed on old video cameras to make it look like a real VHS recording or a commercial television station’s Halloween special from 1987.
Exorcist III
A police lieutenant uncovers more than he bargained for as his investigation of a series of murders, which have all the hallmarks of the deceased Gemini serial killer, leads him to question the patients of a psychiatric ward.
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Decades before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encountered the demon Pazuzu in Kenya. Merrin’s initial battle with Pazuzu leads to the rediscovery of his faith.
Nightbreed
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian, where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
Friday the 13th (1980)
A group of teenage camp counselors attempts to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but a mysterious, relentless killer stalks them.
Friday the 13th Part II
Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.
Friday the 13th Part III
Jason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who have just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake.
Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
After being announced dead and taken to a morgue, Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives, escapes from the hospital, and stalks a group of friends renting a house in the countryside near Crystal Lake.
Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
Still haunted by his past, Tommy Jarvis, who, as a child, killed Jason Voorhees, is sent to a secluded halfway house in the countryside, where the killing of a young man triggers a brutal series of murders in the area.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Tommy Jarvis exhumes Jason Voorhees to cremate his corpse but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can stop him.
Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
Jason Voorhees is accidentally freed from his watery prison by a telekinetic teenager. Now, only she can stop him.
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Takes Manhattan
Jason Voorhees is accidentally awakened from his watery grave and ends up stalking a ship full of graduating high school students headed to Manhattan.
The Houses October Built (2011)
Every October, over 30 million people will visit Halloween Haunted Houses. This film sheds light on the dark world of haunting.
3 From Hell
After barely surviving prison, the demented Firefly clan goes on the run, unleashing a whole new wave of murder, madness, and mayhem.
Rob Zombie’s 31
Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, hellish compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.
The Devil’s Rejects
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family takes to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
Lords of Salem
Radio DJ Heidi is sent a box containing a record – a “gift from the Lords.” The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town’s violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?
Rob Zombie’s Halloween
After being committed for 15 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution and immediately returns to Haddonfield to find his baby sister, Laurie.
Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael’s deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
It Follows
An unknown supernatural force follows a young woman after a sexual encounter.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 4
V/H/S/Beyond (Shudder Original Film)
The popular film anthology will feature six new bloodcurdling tapes, placing horror at the forefront of a sci-fi-inspired hellscape.
Chucky Season 3
The comedy horror-drama television series from Child’s Play film franchise creator Don Mancini sees Chucky take Washington DC in season 3 as the diabolical doll poses a threat to the President of the United States staff.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 7
Demons
A group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.
Demons II
A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down.
Tenebrae
An American novelist visiting Rome to promote his latest book is stalked and harassed by an obsessed fan who is committing a string of murders that appear to be tributes to his work.
Phenomena
A young girl who has an amazing ability to communicate with insects is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 11
Daddy’s Head (Shudder Original Film)
In the wake of his father’s untimely death, a young boy is left in the eerie solitude of a sprawling country estate with his newly widowed stepmother. His stepmother, struggling to navigate the overwhelming task of parenthood, grows distant, leaving their fragile bond at risk of collapse. Amidst the growing tension, the boy begins to hear unsettling sounds echoing through the corridors.
Soon, he is haunted by the presence of a grotesque creature bearing a disturbingly familiar resemblance to his late father. But as the boy’s warnings are dismissed as the imagination of a grieving child, the sinister entity tightens its grip on their crumbling lives.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15
Audition
A widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
Noroi: The Curse
A paranormal expert vanishes while filming a documentary about an ancient demon.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 18
MadS (Shudder Original Film)
Eighteen-year-old Romain has just graduated and makes a stop at his dealer’s place to try a new pill. As he heads off to a party, he sees an injured woman on the side of the road and decides to help her, but when she gets in his car, she suddenly smashes her own head against the dashboard, bleeding out until she dies.
Is this a bad trip? Or is it something else? One thing is for sure: it’s only the beginning of the night.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 25
Azrael (Shudder Original Film)
In a world in which no one speaks, a mysterious, devout community hunts down a young woman named Azrael, who has escaped their imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, she is to be sacrificed to pacify an evil that resides deep within the surrounding wilderness – but Azrael will stop at nothing to ensure her own freedom and survival.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 28
Satan’s Little Helper
A naïve young boy becomes the pawn of a serial killer.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 30
The Exorcism (Shudder Exclusive Film)
Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe stars as Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.