AMC Networks‘ Shudder has announced the movie highlights for next month and provided us with their summer film premiere schedule. The Shudder June 2023 lineup includes horror, thriller and supernatural titles.
The Shudder June 2023 premieres include Brooklyn 45, The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 5B, Quicksand, and Children of the Corn.
SHUDDER JUNE 2023 HIGHLIGHTS
A look at the Shudder June 2023 premiere schedule.
Brooklyn 45 (Shudder Original Film) – New Film Premieres Friday, June 9
Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather to support their troubled host, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all too literal.
Starring Anne Ramsay (A League of Their Own), Ron E. Rains (The Onion’s Film Standard) and Jeremy Holm (House of Cards).
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 5B (Shudder Original Series) – New Episodes Premiere Live Every Friday on Shudder TV and AMC+ TV Beginning June 23
On The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Joe Bob Briggs hosts eclectic horror movie double features, expounding upon their merits, histories and significance to genre cinema.
Join Joe Bob, Darcy the Mail Girl, and the rest of The Last Drive-In crew as they ring in an all-new episodes in the fifth season.
Quicksand (Shudder Original Film) – New Film Premieres Friday, June 23
An American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike 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. Starring Carolina Gaitan (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan).
Children of the Corn (Shudder Exclusive) – New Film Premieres Friday, June 30
Possessed by a spirit in a dying cornfield, a twelve-year-old girl in Nebraska recruits the other children in her small town to go on a bloody rampage and kill all the adults and anyone else who opposes her. A bright high schooler who won’t go along with the plan is the town’s only hope of survival.
Starring Elena Kampouris (Before I Fall), Kate Moyer (Station Eleven), Callan Mulvey (The Gray Man) and Bruce Spence (The Road Warrior).
SUMMER 2023 FILM SCHEDULE
In addition to the Shudder June 2023 highlights, here are the films coming to the streaming service this summer.
AVAILABLE MAY 26
Influencer (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)
Synopsis: While struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living. But CW’s interest in her takes a darker turn.
Director: Kurtis David Harder; Writer: Kurtis David Harder, Tesh Guttikonda; Cast: Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant, Rory J Saper, and Sara Canning.
AVAILABLE JUNE 9
Brooklyn 45 (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)
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.
Writer & Director: Ted Geoghegan; Cast: Anne Ramsey, Ron E. Rains, Jeremy Holm, Larry Fessenden, Ezra Buzzington, and Kristina Klebe.
AVAILABLE JUNE 23
Quicksand (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)
Synopsis: An American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike 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.
Director: Andres Beltran; Writer: Matt Pitts; Cast: Carolina Gaitan, and Allan Hawco.
AVAILABLE AUGUST 11
Elevator Game (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)
Synopsis: Elevator Game follows socially awkward teenager Ryan, who discovers that the night his sister disappeared she had played ‘The Elevator Game’ — a ritual conducted in an elevator, in which players attempt to travel to another dimension using a set of rules that can be found online. Ignoring warnings, he resolves to follow and find her.
Director: Rebekah McKendry; Cast: Gino Anania, Alec Carlos, Megan Best, Nazariy Demkowicz, Verity Marks, and Liam Stewart-Kanigan.
AVAILABLE AUGUST 18
birth/rebirth (In theaters August 18th via IFC Films with a Shudder streaming release in the US, CA, UKI, and ANZ to follow)
Synopsis: A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.
Director: Laura Moss; Cast: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, and Breeda Wool.
AVAILABLE AUGUST 25
Bad Things (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)
Synopsis: “Glow’s” Gayle Rankin stars as a woman on the edge, staying in a closed hotel, haunted by the past. Hari Nef co-stars in this psychological terror from “Lyle” director, Stewart Thorndike.
Director: Stewart Thorndike; Cast: Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, Rad Pereira, and Molly Ringwald.
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1
Perpetrator (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)
Synopsis: “Perpetrator” follows Jonny (Kiah McKirnan), a wild and impulsive teenage girl living precariously in a town where young women continue to go missing, and the power she’s forced to unlock to survive. At its core, a horror film inspired by the shared experience of generations of women, “Perpetrator” is equal parts modern mythmaking, thrilling story of revenge, and extraordinary exploration of youthful chaos.
Director and Writer: Jennifer Reeder; Cast: Kiah McKirnan, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Lowell, Melanie Liburd, and Ireon Roach.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills in 2018 to cover the latest news on streaming, movies, TV, and video games.