Shudder October 2026 Schedule Announced
AMC Networks’ Shudder has announced the titles coming to the streaming service next month. The Shudder October 2026 slate includes horror, thriller, and supernatural titles.
The October schedule includes Shudder’s annual “Season of Screams” programming event with new premieres every week, including found footage horror Infirmary; the highly anticipated new installment in the fan-favorite anthology V/H/S/Mixtape; and horror thriller The Cycle, starring Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood, Daredevil, Escape Room) and Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice).
There’s also the post-apocalyptic Halloween feature Hallowarrior, starring Milly Shapiro (Hereditary); the slasher horror Big Baby, from director Spider One; the supernatural thriller Hunting Matthew Nichols; the return of beloved Emmy-nominated competition series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula; and more.
Shudder’s expanding library of films, TV series, and original content is available on most streaming devices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
SHUDDER OCTOBER 2026 SCHEDULE
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1
Curse of the Ghoul Logs (Shudder Original Special)
The filmmakers behind Shudder’s buzzy new feature, Hallowarrior, resurrected everyone’s favorite jack–o’–lantern—and, for the first time ever, multiple pumpkins—with Curse of the Ghoul Logs. The all-new hour-long video of the chilling, candlelit pumpkins sets the scene for horror fans this season.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2
Infirmary (Shudder Original Film)
A guard vanished on his first night at an old psych hospital in 2023. His bodycam footage shows unexplainable incidents that continue to baffle investigators. Starring Paul Syre, Mark Anthony Williams and Danielle Kennedy.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 9
V/H/S/Mixtape (Shudder Original Film)
The ninth installment cranks the signature found-footage horror up to eleven with an electrifying new anthology where music and sound become the source of terror. United by a theme that explores the power of music, rhythm, and audio to haunt, possess, and destroy, the film blends cosmic horror, psychological suspense, outrageous splatter, and groundbreaking practical effects into one unforgettable mixtape of nightmares.
Featuring all-new segments from legendary filmmaker Ernest Dickerson, hip-hop icon RZA, visionary director David Moreau, and acclaimed filmmaker Renee Zhan, whose segment includes original puppets by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
V/H/S/MIXTAPE also features original music video interludes directed by acclaimed filmmaker and musician Flying Lotus, alongside a brand-new music video from debut filmmaker Tobias Forge, creating a genre-bending mixtape experience unlike anything the franchise has attempted before.
Adding to the chaos, legendary shock-metal pioneers GWAR also make a featured appearance, further cementing the film’s celebration of horror, music and cult cinema.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 16
Hallowarrior (Shudder Original Film)
Hallowarrior follows Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro), the last girl on Earth and the sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, as she scavenges the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween.
Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Shannyn Sossamon). Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit, and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 23
The Cycle (Shudder Original Film)
When police discover a corpse beside a horrific crime scene, their only lead is the man’s estranged daughter, who must unravel the disturbing secret her father thought he took to the grave.
Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party (Shudder Original Special)
Slap the finishing touches on your costume a week early, because you’re cordially invited to Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party! RSVP for a Samhain soiree to remember with Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl as they host a seasonal double-feature chock-full of tricks, treats, and violent dismemberment. *LIVE on Friday at 9 pm ET; Available On-Demand Beginning Sunday, October 25
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 25
FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards (Shudder Special Premiere)
Annual awards ceremony honoring the year’s best horror films. Hosted by Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Chucky). *LIVE on Sunday at 9 pm ET, Available On-Demand Beginning Monday, October 26
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 27
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 7 (Shudder Original Series)
Hosted by modern-day horror icons and drag superstars Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, season seven of the hit reality competition series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula will bring together extreme drag artists from around the world to compete in jaw-dropping challenges including costume design and creation, makeup and special effects, live performance and craftsmanship.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 30
Big Baby (Shudder Exclusive Film)
Nightmares of a maniac killer in a baby mask inspire a horror writer’s new script. As his life begins to spiral out of control, he discovers Big Baby’s murderous rampage may be more than just fiction. Directed by Spider One (Shudder’s Little Bites, Allegoria) and executive-produced by iconic singer and actress Cher.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 31
Hunting Matthew Nichols (Shudder Exclusive Film)
Two decades after her brother mysteriously disappeared on Vancouver Island, a documentary filmmaker sets out to solve his missing person’s case. When disturbing circumstances and evidence are revealed, she comes to believe he might still be alive. Starring Miranda MacDougall and Markian Tarasiuk.
SHUDDER LIBRARY ADDITIONS
Repertory titles that are new to Shudder in October.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1
Crystal Lake Memories
Documentary chronicling the history of the Friday the 13th franchise.
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Four horror and science fiction segments, directed by four famous directors, each a new version of the classic story from Rod Serling’s landmark television series.
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast. It soon encounters much more than expected as it moves deeper inside the nightmarish old building.
New Normal
In 2024 Seoul, six strangers engage in solo dining rituals that unexpectedly thrust them into a nightmarish realm where isolation fosters unspeakable terrors, forever altering their lives.
The Endless
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces, bringing them back to where they began.
The Haunting (1963)
Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is indeed haunted.
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
In 1961, divorced Catholic couple Dom and Catherine Spages’ life is upended when their teenage daughter Alice is suspected of her younger sister Karen’s brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of stabbings follow.
Alone in the Dark (1982)
A few dangerous and delusional mental patients break out of a mental asylum during a power blackout and lay siege to their new doctor’s house, who, they believe, killed their previous doctor.
The Descent
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong when six explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Haunt (2019)
On Halloween, a group of friends encounters an “extreme” haunted house that promises to feed their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
Lake Mungo
Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
Lake Mungo Revisited
Features interviews with the cast and crew, along with the expert opinions and unearthed behind-the-scenes footage, to explore the enduring legacy and creepy realism of the horror mockumentary.
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?
Insidious
A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
The Car
A small desert town is terrorized by a powerful, seemingly possessed car, and the local sheriff may be the only one who can stop it.
Session 9
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
The Ghost (2024)
Amid the barren landscape of post-famine Ireland, a father and daughter struggle to survive the brutal winter as caretakers of a remote mansion, only to be driven to the edge of insanity by the horrors lurking within.
Bury Me Twice
Los Angeles, 1954. When a washed-up detective takes a case searching for a reporter’s missing sister, he discovers solving the mystery of her disappearance is the key to uncovering the source of the zombie outbreak – and saving the city.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 5
Harbinger
Julia, sole survivor of late serial killer Decker, is lured back to the house she shared with him for a ghost hunting TV show. The crew discovers the ‘Harbinger’ – a fairground fortune-telling machine that reveals their fates one by one.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 7
God of Frogs
Deep in the heart of the jungle exists an elemental creature with eternal hunger. Once every quarter century it emerges to feed, and every time its fate is entwined with the same human family.
The Monster Within
In a quiet town, reclusive Garret inherits his family’s 100-acre farm. Beneath the land lies something ancient and hungry. As the evil stirs, he must decide how far he’ll go to keep it buried – before it consumes him entirely.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 12
Jitters
Detective Collymore, a single divorced father, stumbles upon a mysterious case involving the death of Tiffany, initially deemed natural. Digging deeper, he discovers the horrors of Jitters.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 14
The Mill Killers
Four girls return to their ghost town home, haunted by a stalker who may know their secret – or could it just be their guilty conscience catching up?
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 15
Etheria Film Night 2026
Etheria is the world’s most respected competition showcase of new horror, science fiction, fantasy, action and thriller films made by emerging women directors.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 19
Crazy Lips
Satomis is a young woman who hires an eccentric psychic to prove her missing brother’s innocence after he becomes the prime suspect in the gruesome decapitation of four schoolgirls.
Gore From Outer Space
A woman on death row recounts a bizarre kidnapping case involving quirky FBI agents, a psychic, and potential alien invasion.
Play Dead
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 21
Dead of Night (1945)
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
Fear No Evil
A high school student turns out to be a personification of Lucifer. Two archangels in human form (as women) take him on.
The Horror of Frankenstein
Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.
The North Witch
Five women embark on a search for a cabin that mysteriously went missing 60 years ago. They soon realize that watching them is a sinister, demented being. Can they survive the horrors of The North Witch, or is death the better way out?
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 26
Deviant
Jake, a young sex addict, finds his deviant mind turning on him as he continues his self-destruction through entertaining all of his darkest sexual fantasies and desires.
AVAILABLE OCTOBER 28
The R.I.P. Man
A serial killer with a rare oral condition begins to target young adults and removes a single tooth from each victim. Can a family’s kept secret unfold the truth and help prevent the murders from continuing?
