This year’s Season of Screams runs through the end of the year and features a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials, screening events, and live watch parties on Shudder TV.

Shudder’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated premieres every Friday through the end of the year, including Parasomnia; a new installment in the popular V/H/S franchise, V/H/S/Mixtape; the found footage breakout hit Infirmary, body horror thriller Bloody Tennis; supernatural nightmare The Cycle; the Milly Shapiro-led Hallowarrior; a new season of The Creep Tapes; the 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards; and a new Halloween special, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party.

This Halloween we’re also getting an all-new Ghoul Log special, the annual twist on the traditional holiday yule log. Titled Curse of the Ghoul Logs, this year’s sequel was created by the filmmakers behind Shudder’s buzzy new feature Hallowarrior. They didn’t just resurrect everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern; they’re giving multiple pumpkins the spooky spotlight.

Watch an exclusive sneak peek at this year’s Ghoul Log(s) below…

The new hour-long Curse of the Ghoul Logs sets the scene beginning October 1!

And then in Hallowarrior, which premieres October 16, “Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro), the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, 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.”

Hallowarrior is written and directed by Ben Sottak.

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Tennis, a sport that doesn’t seem to get many movies about it in general, has finally landed its first crossover with the horror genre. Bloody Tennis falls mostly on the serious side of the genre net, for better and worse, resulting in an uneven matchup between sports thrills and horror chills.

Sophie (Sandra Guldberg Kampp) is a young American with aspirations of winning some majors and becoming the world number one. She’s been sent to an esteemed but remote tennis academy in rural Spain to learn from a legendary pairing – Mary Tyrone (Elina Lowensohn) is the owner/motivator, and Stavkos (Zlatko Buric) is the coach – who guarantee results for students who give the training their all. Five other girls are already in play when Sophie arrives, and she quickly discovers that she’s only here because another girl left early.

The film’s cold open shows a girl being pummeled and killed on the court by a powerful ball machine with precision aim, so we already know she didn’t leave early of her own accord.

Training commences immediately, and Sophie’s not thrilled to see that it’s harsh, unfair, and heavy in hairy proteins. She knows she has to stick it out, though, and when a knock-out tournament is announced between the six students with an incredible end prize, she decides that nothing and no one is going to stand in her way.

Writer/director Nikias Chryssos paints a vivid picture with Bloody Tennis regarding a young athlete’s all or nothing drive to be the best, and he puts style on a higher pedestal than substance throughout. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, and the film’s “’70s eurohorror” vibes are certain to remind viewers of other films that have done the same. Dario Argento’s Suspiria and Phenomena, for example, both drop young American women into foreign academies with weirdly incoherent atmospheres, but Chryssos lacks Argento’s grip on the unfolding madness.

To be sure, he still nails more than a few moments of horror through imagery both beautiful and grotesque, and it works to unsettle and, on occasion, disgust. Bloody smoothies, writhing slugs and leeches, and bodily injuries captured in wince-inducing detail – a hidden tack stabbing into a toe is very effective – all feed into the idea that pain and suffering are necessary to be a winner. That suffering is required by both you and your opponents, and if you can tilt the scale so that they get the bulk of it? Well, that’s game, set, match.

As someone who only watches and plays a single sport, tennis, I’m always thrilled to see it captured in the movies, but it’s clear that Chryssos could have just as easily made this about pickleball or even water polo. Details of the sport never come into play outside of some gnarly scenes featuring the camp’s creepy handyman, Fred (Vincent Romeo), acquiring and stringing the racquets with “catgut.” In real life, people used sheep, goat, or other farm animal intestines to string with, but Fred takes the term more literally… and then goes another step or two beyond that.

Chryssos and cinematographer Constantin Campean also shoot the tennis sequences with an eye for style and beauty rather than authenticity. We get a few wide shots, but most matches are captured in close-up to highlight the sweat, pain, and inner violence that these teenagers are willingly enduring in their effort to be the best. It’s a highly effective choice given Chryssos’ focus here, even if it makes his choice of sport inconsequential.

Kampp does good work as Sophie and captures both the innocence she arrives with and the aggression she begins to develop. Her Danish accent occasionally slips through to remind you she’s not actually from Detroit, but it’s hardly a real distraction. The remaining young women are something of a mixed bag, performance-wise, but in their defense, there’s not much to the characters aside from the expected type-A personalities. Tracy Goteas’ Bana is an exception, though, as we see a more distinct line between Bana’s on and off-court personas. She and Sophie also share a striking transition shot as Chryssos moves us from a close-up of leeches to one of the girls biting the other’s bare back.

Bloody Tennis more than lives up to the first half of its clunky title, and while CG blood is nobody’s friend, there are enough practical gore beats to satisfy. I’d actually argue there are too many instances, though, as the body count really shouldn’t be as high as it is here. No spoilers, but Chryssos throws logic out the window in favor of delivering more kills when they’re just not necessary.

The film’s at its best when focused on Sophie’s growing understanding of the world around her. The academy’s atmosphere is heightened, obviously, but its real-world ramifications on the cut-throat nature of not just survival, but domination, are evident. A disconnected father, a deceased mother who was a former professional player, the idea that this is her only shot at becoming someone – these are fuel for her fire, and the strength here is seeing what she chooses to do with those accelerants.

Chryssos, who made his feature debut with 2015’s weird and wonderfully awkward Der Bunker, crafts an attractive and intriguing world with Bloody Tennis. A tighter focus on those inner workings would make for a more lasting and effective film, but as it stands, this is still an entertaining and icky entry in the sport horror subgenre. And really, parents need to stop sending their daughters to remote European schools…

Bloody Tennis makes its debut on Shudder today, September 25.

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Here are the new horror movies that released September 21 – September 27, 2026!

Fresh out of theaters, Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man is now available on Digital.

Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man later hits DVD & Blu-ray on October 20, with a 4K Ultra HD SteelBook release featuring art cards and scratch & sniff stickers listed for November 17 on Amazon.

A mysterious ice cream man rolls into an idyllic town serving kids sweet treats that trigger a strange and deadly madness. Soon, the kids embark on an increasingly unhinged kill spree, sending the town spiraling into chaos and revealing something far darker beneath the surface.

Ari Millen, Charlie Zeltzer, Shiloh O’Reilly, Kiori Mirza Waldman, Sarah Abbott, Benjamin Byron Davis, Eli Roth, Karen Cliche, Dylan Hawco, and Charlie Storey star.

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Critically acclaimed documentary Boorman and the Devil chronicles how one of the world’s greatest filmmakers made one of the most hated movies ever: Exorcist II: The Heretic.

Boorman and the Devil is now available on Digital at home.

After the success of Point Blank and Deliverance, Warner Brothers offered John Boorman the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to direct a sequel to their smash hit, The Exorcist. The result was one of the biggest disasters in movie history. A critical and financial failure that not only changed how Hollywood did business, but nearly ended Boorman’s filmmaking career.

Now, John Boorman, Linda Blair, Louise Fletcher, Karyn Kusama, Joe Dante, Mike Flanagan, and more reflect back on the ambition of the film, the artistry and craft, and the value of big creative swings in the documentary Boorman and the Devil.

“I am beyond thrilled that Yellow Veil has come on board to help us share this story with a larger audience,” said director David Kittredge. “Like myself and the rest of our team, they’re huge cinema-lovers. It’s so exciting that a film which is not only a love letter to John Boorman, but also to ambitious filmmaking, will be handled by people who share the same passions that our team shares.”

Daniel Kurland wrote in his review, “Boorman and the Devil goes above and beyond to be the definitive text on Exorcist II. This documentary will delight horror and Exorcist fans alike, but it also provides incredible insight for anyone who is just marginally interested in film production.”

Japanese horror movie Never After Dark is now playing in select U.S. theaters.

The official Never After Dark trailer features rave reviews from both Stephen King and Scott Derrickson (The Black Phone), with King calling the film “amazing and haunting.”

Scott Derrickson raves that Never After Dark is “intelligent, unpredictable, and bone chilling.”

In the film from director Dave Boyle, “A wandering medium, Airi (Moeka Hoshi, “Shogun”), spends her life guiding restless spirits out of the world of the living accompanied by her constant companion: her dead sister Miku (Kurumi Inagaki). Summoned to exorcise a spirit from an isolated country house by the new owner, Teiko (Tae Kimura), she comes face to face with a grotesque apparition with powers that defy Airi’s experience.

“Faced with skepticism from Teiko’s son, Gunji (Kento Kako), she digs deeper into the house’s past until a secret comes to light — and Airi finds herself hunted by a far more unpredictable force. For the first time, her greatest adversary is not the supernatural, but the living.”

Magnolia Pictures previews, “Boyle spins a uniquely terrifying and hauntingly atmospheric ghost story.”

Kento Kaku (“House of Ninjas”), Kurumi Inagaki (“House of Ninjas”), Mutsuo Yoshioka (Chime), Bokuzo Masana (“Tokyo Vice”), and Tae Kimura (“All Around Us”) also star.

Brand new Tubi Original slasher movie Buzzkill is now streaming only on Tubi.

The Tubi Original horror movie Buzzkill is written by Suzanne Keilly (Slumber Party Massacre) and directed by Jem Garrard (R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead). Watch the trailer below.

In the film, “When a group of sorority sisters finds themselves trapped with a vengeful killer, party-girl Nora knows that the drunker she gets, the more her tipsy memories start revealing clues about who’s murdering her friends. But she’d better hurry, or her next vodka soda might be her last.”

Siena Agudong (Carrie), Brec Bassinger (Final Destination Bloodlines), and Aliyah’s Interlude (English Teacher) lead the cast of Jem Garrard’s Buzzkill.

Garrard said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, “I loved Suzanne’s script and was excited by her spin on the slasher genre. Nora isn’t your traditional final girl. She screws up constantly and is spectacularly ill-equipped for what’s happening around her, but we never stop rooting for her.

“Siena [Agudong] has incredible comic instincts and brings so much heart to Nora. I couldn’t have asked for a better ensemble. Everyone brought such a distinct energy to their character, and I’m excited for audiences to meet this lovable, dysfunctional sorority.”

Reality and fantasy collide in Family, the feature debut by writer-director Benjamin Finkel. Just in time for Halloween, the bone chilling horror film is now available on Digital.

“A 10-year-old girl begins to believe her parents are trying to kill her. Convinced a sinister spirit is to blame, she spirals into a haunting fantasy world that mirrors her deepest fears.”

Cameron Dawson Gray stars as the young girl, Johanna, opposite Ruth Wilson (Victorian Psycho) and Ben Chaplin (Mrs. Davis, Murder By Numbers) as her parents.

Family unnerved audiences at its SXSW premiere in 2024.

Meagan wrote in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “What Finkel does remarkably well is crafting visceral scares and bone-chilling imagery with an oppressive, claustrophobic atmosphere. The sound design is skin-crawling and creepy, ensuring every creak and moan the house makes puts you on edge, and that’s before the inhuman whispers and clicks.”

“Above all,” Meagan’s review continues, “Finkel mines the uncanny valley for maximum terror, tweaking and stretching familiar silhouettes and frames to viscerally disturbing effect.”

Competition gets cutthroat in sports horror movie Bloody Tennis, now streaming on Shudder.

Sophie (Guldberg Kampp), an American tennis player, earns a spot at an elite academy hidden away in Southern Europe. Beneath the pristine courts and promise of athletic excellence lies an isolated, cult-like environment where ruthless competition and extreme discipline come at a dangerous cost.

The film uses the contrast between tennis’s elegance and brutality to explore the dark side of achievement culture and what happens when pressure pushes athletes beyond their limits.

The cast also includes Helena Zengel (The Legend of Ochi), Lucie Zhang (Paris, 13th District), Lily Taieb (The French Dispatch), Tracy Gotoas, Elina Löwensohn (Schindler’s List), and Zlatko Burić (Triangle of Sadness), with an original score from Jim Williams (Titane, Raw, Possessor).

Bloody Tennis marks the English-language debut of Nikias Chryssos (Der Bunker).

What if an AI was created that needed no guidance?

AI-gone-wrong horror movie C.O.G. is now available on Digital.

In the film from Brainstorm Media, “A tech startup on the verge of launching a new super powerful AI chatbot soon discovers their creation harbors a dark and sinister will of its own.”

Piper Curda, Josh Zuckerman, and Natasha Behnam star.

C.O.G. is directed by Tommy Savas.

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Director Rebekah McKendry’s upcoming horror movie Sundown follows three generations of women who reunite in a remote cabin to avenge a loved one’s death, only to discover their captive isn’t who he seems to be, and his family is closing in, waiting for sundown.

Olwen Fouéré (The Watchers, Mandy), Camille Sullivan (Shelby Oaks), Summer H. Howell (Carrie), Daniel Bernhardt (The Matrix Reloaded, Nobody 2) and David Alpay (From) star, along with Kyle Mac (Reacher), Elisa Paszt (Monica’s News), David Ian McKendry, Junko Bailey (The Grudge), and Megan Best (Elevator Game).

“The town in Sundown feels very much like the hometown of my youth, and its family squabbles are ones I know all too well,” McKendry said. “I am both a daughter and a mother, and this film allowed me to explore female relationships inspired by my own life while celebrating my deep love of ’80s vampire movies.”

“Sundown is ferocious, smart and completely unafraid to have a great time with horror,” said IFC’s Mark Ward. “Rebekah yet again proves that she can sustain a killer tone that balances brutal thrills and genuine supernatural menace, delivering the kind of wild ride that stays with you. We knew immediately that this was a film Shudder audiences would embrace.”

Joshua Hull and David Ian McKendry (Glorious) wrote the script for Sundown.

Executive Producers include music legend Slash under his BerserkerGang label.

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Despite impressing horror fans all year long, the service still takes things up a notch when October rolls around. With the countdown to Halloween kicking into full gear next week, the service has released their slate of new additions for the coming month, which you can read below.

October 1

• Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
• Alone in the Dark (1982)
• Bury Me Twice
• Crystal Lake Memories
• 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.
• Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
• Haunt (2019)
• Insidious
• Lake Mungo
• Lake Mungo Revisited
• Lords of Salem
• New Normal
• Session 9
• The Car
• The Descent
• The Endless
• The Ghost (2024)
• The Haunting (1963)
• Twilight Zone: The Movie

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.

October 5

• Harbinger

October 7

• God of Frogs
• The Monster Within

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.

October 12

• Jitters

October 14

• The Mill Killers

October 15

• Etheria Film Night 2026

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.

October 19

• Crazy Lips
• Gore From Outer Space
• Play Dead

October 21

• Dead of Night (1945)
• Fear No Evil
• The Horror of Frankenstein
• The North Witch

October 23

• 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
• 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.

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

October 26

• Deviant

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.

October 28

• The R.I.P. Man

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.

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.

What titles are you most looking forward to checking out? Let us know in the comments below!

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V/H/S/MIXTAPE premieres on Shudder on October 9.

Directors include Ernest Dickerson (Demon Knight), Flying Lotus (Ash), Ghost’s Tobias Forge, David Moreau (MadS), RZA and Renee Zhan, with the film featuring GWAR and effects from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.

Watch the face-melting trailer below, which features volume instructions from GWAR itself and a whole lot of puppet and stop motion-animated carnage.

Shudder previews, “V/H/S/MIXTAPE 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.”

The new segments are described as follows:

“DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, DANCE”

• Directed by Renee Zhan
• A studio attempts to reboot a long-cancelled puppet show with a mysterious past. Featuring work from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.

“HEARTBEAT”

• Directed by David Moreau
• A pair of YouTube urbex influencers find themselves trapped in a decommissioned military facility used for sonic experimentations.

“THE MUSIC OF MR. SZE”

• Directed by Ernest Dickerson
• A college film student’s documentary project uncovers the reclusive life of a tormented musician.

“DEATH TONE”

• Directed by RZA
• A young sound engineer follows her late Dad’s instructions to create the ultimate track.

Wrap Segment

• GWAR hosts skits and music videos in an MTV-style show from hell.
• Featuring music videos directed by Tobias Forge and Flying Lotus.

V/H/S launched in 2012, followed by 2013’s V/H/S/2, 2014’s V/H/S: Viral, 2021’s V/H/S/94, 2022’s V/H/S/99, 2023’s V/H/S/85, 2024’s V/H/S/Beyond, and 2025’s V/H/S/Halloween. The tenth installment, V/H/S: SCP, will be the first to head to theaters in 2027. Stay tuned for more.

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Hallowarrior is set to hit Shudder on October 16 and the streamer has released the movie’s first trailer, which you can see below.

The movie is described, “Pumpkin, the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenges the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Her lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by the fearsome Thalia. Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.”

Hallowarrior stars Milly Shapiro, Ajani Russell, AJ Bowen, and Shannyn Sossamon.

“Hallowarrior is a love letter to horror and Halloween, and I am thrilled that the film has found its home with a distributor whose brand is synonymous with both,” writer/director Ben Sottak previously shared of the movie. “It’s an honor to have Hallowarrior join the Shudder family, and a treat to introduce their audience to this fun, scary, gory film along with its badass lead, Pumpkin, played by the incredible Milly Shapiro.”

Not only does the premise of the movie feel like a perfect fit for Shudder, but it also stars a number of genre favorites. Shapiro’s role as Charlie in Hereditary is iconic, with her character’s demise being one of the most unsettling sequences in horror of the last decade. Bowen has a number of cult classics to his name, such as The House of the Devil and You’re Next. Sossamon’s early forays into the genre world include The Order,  Catacombs, and One Missed Call, but has more recent small-screen endeavors like Sleepy Hollow and Wayward Pines.

While there are countless genre movies out there that aim to cash in on the excitement of Halloween, the premise of Hallowarrior feels like something we haven’t quite seen before and could hopefully become an annual October watch.

Hallowarrior hits Shudder on October 16.

Are you looking forward to the movie? Let us know in the comments below!

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The feature debut of director Alex Goyette was scheduled for October 16 but will now release in theaters on October 28, so adjust your calendars.

In Breeder, “An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there’s a catch.”

Daniel Doheny, Dot Marie Jones, Maddie Phillips, and Tanaya Beatty star.

The horror movie made its debut earlier this year at Tribeca. Our review from the festival calls the film one of the year’s biggest surprises and singles out the villainous turn by Dot Marie Jones: “She’s played with such chilling, calculating intensity, even when she’s completely normal. Patti is like Misery’s Annie Wilkes mixed with No Country for Old Men’s Anton Chigurh, and it’s absolutely unforgettable.”

“Breeder is the kind of movie that makes you lean forward and ask, ‘How did they get away with this?’” said Mark Ward of IFC Entertainment Group. “It’s provocative and constantly surprises you just when you think you’ve figured it out. We knew the moment we saw it that audiences will be talking about it long after they leave the theater, and we can’t wait to shock audiences on the big screen later this year.”

Breeder has been rated ‘R’ for “disturbing material, violence/bloody images, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language.”

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Writer/Director Chris Nash is back at the helm, this time sharing directing credit with Nate Wilson. Also back are the over-the-top, insanely violent kills, a lack of nondiegetic score, and silent stretches of stomping through the woods. What’s different, though, is that this sequel is set at Camp Puddingstone, where bullied camper Alex (Lucas Nguyen) summons Johnny to enact vengeance upon his tormenters.

The only problem is that those campers are long gone by the time Johnny arrives, leaving only Alex, his sister Julie (Olivia Scriven), and her fellow camp counselors celebrating the end of season as targets for slaughter instead.

It turns out that Johnny’s silent, unstoppable killer perspective is far more interesting than that of an awkward, sullen tween who’s unleashed a massacre upon familiar Friday the 13th archetypes. Though just a kid, and a constantly picked-on one at that, Alex makes for a rough protagonist to track through the carnage for his repellent behavior that includes creeping on crush Olga (Laurie Babin), bullying another social outcast, and passivity as he watches all of the counselors succumb to increasingly gnarly deaths.

The sequel shackles us to a terrible version of Tommy Jarvis, leaving most of the insanely high body count off screen, with their eviscerated corpses leaving a trail to be discovered. That’s not to say it skimps on memorable deaths, though; Nash and Wilson not only top the yoga-pretzel kill of the first with a gruesomely protracted stand-out sequence but also deliver a solid handful of crowd-pleasing kills that’ll leave gorehounds howling.

The emphasis on practical effects continues here, too, ensuring each extreme burst of ultraviolence sears into your skull. Though we spend less time with Johnny this round, appearing only to stalk then graphically slash, Barrett’s Johnny remains an unstoppable force of barbaric evil. His physicality terrifies and intimidates; this is a killing machine who takes pride in his “art.”

The movie springs to life any time Johnny is on screen; it’s everything else around it that drags this sequel down. That’s not just reflected in a dream-like sequence that sees a shell-shocked Olga lead Alex to safety in a haze, only for this sequence to end on a deeply confusing note. It’s also in the film’s final scenes that clumsily harkens back to the first film. 

In a Violent Nature 2‘s fairly padded runtime winds up creating a repetitive pattern that sees an uninteresting young lead evade and dodge Johnny as everyone around him gets bisected, sliced, crushed, and, well, much, much worse. But whereas the lack of interiority was understandable in an undead, silent killer, it’s far more puzzling in a lead so closed off that he refuses to even open up to his sister.

There’s never any sense that Alex is in any real danger either, leaving both him and the viewer as passive observers to a summer camp slasher we’ve seen many times before. To be fair, that’s reflective of Johnny’s urban legend, but it robs much of this sequel of any real tension.

As a showcase of stunning practical effects and slasher carnage, In a Violent Nature 2 tops its predecessor with ease. That’ll be more than enough for those looking for a fun time, but this sequel doesn’t have much to offer beyond its inventive gore.

In A Violent Nature 2 made its premiere at Fantastic Fest and is coming soon from Independent Film Company and Shudder.

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Red Snow, a new Scandinavian horror film that world premiered at Fantastic Fest this week, is that kind of film, beginning with its witty juxtaposition of Santa and vampire and continuing all the way through its resolution. It doesn’t always hold together, but when it does, it’s an absolute ball, with a few things to say along the way. 

It’s Christmas, and rebellious, vampire-obsessed teen Johanna (Anni Iikkanen) is having a rough time. Here, Mom’s off somewhere without her, while her Dad (Kari Hietalahti) is too busy waving around his new live-in fiancée (Marja-Liisa Nguyen) to care that she’s struggling. Throw in a clueless little brother (Otava Rossi) and a Christmas dinner at Grandma’s (Eeva Litmanen), and it’s not a happy Christmas. 

At least Grandma’s rich, though, and willing to indulge Johanna’s grit up to a point, even if she does think vampires are silly. The source of all the family’s money – including her father’s – Grandma demands a celebration on Christmas night, and to help out, Johanna’s father’s called in Santa. 

But while the man who shows up at the door (Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman), specifying that he must be invited in, might look like Santa Claus, he’s actually a different kind of ageless legendary being entirely, and he’s very hungry. 

Yes, this is a movie about a vampire Santa terrorizing a dysfunctional family at Christmas, and that’s as fun as it sounds. Writer and director Ilja Rautsi knows we came to see blood and guts and flying limbs, and he gives it to us, in part by bringing in a ringer in the form of a gruff old vampire hunter (Tommi Korpela) and his misanthropic home care nurse (Krista Kosonen).

As the first act unfolds, the script wisely builds in layers of opposition between various characters, including some who have no idea that they’re destined to fight someone else. So when the blood starts to flow, a really ingenious flow of horror chaos ensues that makes the film feel like You’re Next meets Fright Night. 

It helps, of course, that the cast is having a ball, diving deep into gallows humor, shifting allegiances, and just plain weird moments of body horror with not just commitment, but joy. Iikkanen is every bit the star, but she’s encircled by a cast of scene-stealers, especially Bjorkman, who makes us hate him even as he gets us on his side every once in a while. The fun they’re having is infectious, but all the mirth of the picture is not contained to the actor. 

Red Snow is verbally witty and packed with great moments of tragicomic acting, but it’s also a visually witty film, thanks to cinematographer Kertu Hakkarainen and editor Eric Backstrom. The film adores the “Red” of its title, draping Grandman’s mansion in heavy curtains and carpets that make it feel like an ocean of blood growing thicker by the minute. The pacing is smart, shuffling between perspectives as characters split up or find themselves forced apart, but it never loses the primary thread, the dance between Johanna and the vampire. 

It’s here that we have to talk about the often deft way that Red Snow handles the themes of Christmas within its story. On the surface, it’s just funny to think of the shared immortality of Santa and vampires, so putting them together is a nice idea. It also just looks cool, and the Red Snow team made sure to do more than play by the simple two-fanged rules so common to the genre.

But what is Santa Claus? He is an all-powerful, omniscient master of time and space, and yet (metaphorically speaking) we let him into our home because we trust him to also be an avatar of kindness and joy. More than that, we invite him, and we leave out cookies and milk to thank him for his visit. Santa gives, vampires take. The juxtaposition is just too good to pass up, and then the film goes further to make Santa’s dominance, like this vampire’s dominance, part of the patriarchal machinery that’s, in Johanna’s mind, holding her and all the women around her back. The men in her life are bleeding her dry, so why can’t a vampire?

Are these ideas always enunciated perfectly in the grammar of the film? Not quite. Do they sometimes get muddled by mixed metaphors and symbolic overreaches? Maybe. But Red Snow, on top of all its bloody fun, is also trying to be about something, something we might think about even more at Christmas time.

That’s good Christmas horror, and I can’t wait to watch this one again on a cold December night. 

Red Snow premiered at Fantastic Fest and has been acquired by Shudder. Release info TBA.

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At the forefront of the crime investigation is Dr. Meg Garland (Deborah Ann Woll), an expert on death and decay. So much so that when the police find a rather peculiar crime scene that’s stumped their local medical examiner, they call her in for her expertise. The only catch, though, is that one of the bodies happens to be Meg’s estranged father of 34 years. The further into her search for answers, the more those around her die.

Stewart’s cinematography and rather gruesome forensic work evoke shades of Seven, a somber setting for Meg to work through her emotional baggage while showcasing why she’s the foremost expert in her field. Helping her are officers Ian (Will Hochman) and Marks (Jeffrey Donovan), a son and father duo serving as the ideal relationship Meg would’ve loved to have with her own dad had he not abandoned his family decades ago.

To remind that this is, indeed, a horror movie beyond a serial killer thriller, Downey injects a few terrifying hallucinations and flashbacks, underscoring the familial trauma Meg’s long ignored. Less effective are visually incoherent scenes propelling the murder mystery forward; Downey intentionally obscures attack scenes to preserve the element of later surprise, but it’s hard to discern what’s even happening on screen.

Woll’s vulnerable yet determined nature carries the front half through its rough patches, complete with clumsy foreshadowing, particularly where dialogue is concerned. The Cycle might be a dead giveaway title for savvy monster lovers, but the script attempts to throw off audiences with clunky mentions of Frankenstein’s monster or an on-screen DM from a “Demeter” handle.

The excellent news is that when the movie’s monster finally arrives, what a grand entrance it makes. The gruesome corpse work in the front half is merely the appetizer for Patrick Magee’s full-throttle SFX work in the back half, combining old school transformation techniques with modern, grisly creature design in a way that delights and surprises. Making this ferocious monster even more intimidating, as if the gnarled, gruesome design wasn’t enough, is creature performer Trevor Newlin (Smile 2, Alien: Romulus).

While much less so than the film’s front half, shaky camerawork does frustratingly obscure some of the action in an intense finale, a move likely to bypass limitations of creature FX. Fog also becomes a masking crutch in a crucial final confrontation.

The Cycle juggles a grisly crime procedural, complete with plenty of red herrings and mutilated bodies, and a winsome creature feature. At the center of all, connecting both almost disparate halves, is a family tragedy. But too much time is spent on Sherlock Holmes’ style of deduction and answer-seeking that it leaves little room to resolve the many questions raised in the back half.

Even still, the compassion The Cycle affords all of its characters carries it through to one hell of a monster movie in the back half. Downey adds new wrinkles and lore to my personal favorite variety of movie monsters, surprising with an inventive twist to a familiar staple. It may take a while for The Cycle to fully show its hand, but it’s more than worth the wait.

The Cycle made its premiere at Fantastic Fest and will debut on Shudder on October 23.

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This year’s installment, V/H/S/MIXTAPE, will expand from the core idea of segments that were discovered on VHS tapes and will introduce a new type of media, as teased in the movie’s first poster. Each segment of the new movie will incorporate music and sound more heavily into their premises, while featuring musical artists in front of and behind the camera. An all-new poster for the movie has been released, which you can see below.

Shudder describes this new entry, “V/H/S/MIXTAPE cranks the franchise’s 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, transform, 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, the latest installment pushes the boundaries of found footage with four wildly original stories that each put a unique spin on the terrifying relationship between sound and fear.”

The new segments are described as follows:

“DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, DANCE”

• Directed by Renee Zhan
• A studio attempts to reboot a long-cancelled puppet show with a mysterious past. Featuring work from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.

“HEARTBEAT”

• Directed by David Moreau
• A pair of YouTube urbex influencers find themselves trapped in a decommissioned military facility used for sonic experimentations.

“THE MUSIC OF MR. SZE”

• Directed by Ernest Dickerson
• A college film student’s documentary project uncovers the reclusive life of a tormented musician.

“DEATH TONE”

• Directed by RZA
• A young sound engineer follows her late Dad’s instructions to create the ultimate track.

Wrap Segment

• GWAR hosts skits and music videos in an MTV-style show from hell.
• Featuring music videos directed by Tobias Forge and Flying Lotus.

V/H/S/MIXTAPE premieres on Shudder on October 9.

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A key component of its success is that, rather than merely compiling every horror-adjacent title they can get, there’s a dedicated team behind the scenes who ensures only the best movies and TV series end up on the service, both with classic releases and indie titles.

The service has announced today that Angel Melanson has been named as its new Director of Programming. AMC Global Media announced by press release, “In this role, Melanson will help drive Shudder’s content strategy and programming and working cross-functionally to deliver compelling experiences for the service’s passionate and engaged horror fan community.”

“Angel is one of the most respected and well-connected voices in the horror community, with a deep understanding of the genre, its creators, and fans,” Courtney Thomasma, the company’s Executive Vice President of Linear and Streaming Products, shared in a statement. “Her passion, editorial instincts, and unique perspective will be critical as we continue to grow Shudder and strengthen its position as the premier destination for horror fans around the world.”

Melanson joins AMC Global Media from FANGORIA, where she served as Digital Editor of FANGORIA.com for more than five years, overseeing editorial strategy and daily content operations for one of horror’s most iconic brands. A respected voice within the horror community, she has interviewed leading filmmakers and talent, moderated industry panels and hosted fan-focused events. Melanson is also the founder of Horror Girl Problems, a horror-focused media platform and podcast, and has previously appeared in Shudder’s documentary series Queer for Fear and In Search of Darkness Part III, reflecting her longstanding connection to the brand and its audience.

Angel Melanson is in great company, as Shudder launched with Sam Zimmerman serving as a lead curator, who has since been named Senior Vice President, Development and Acquisitions at Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. The service’s history of enlisting passionate genre enthusiasts with years of history in the world of horror has helped establish Shudder as the go-to destination for all manner of horror fan.

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One veritable phenomenon on the streaming platforms has been The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula series, which is set to return with a Season 7 next month.

As confirmed today, the new season of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula is officially set to premiere on October 27, making it just one of many thrilling new additions to the streaming services for the Halloween season.

Per the press release, “The forthcoming seventh season features some of the series’ most brilliantly unhinged and cutting-edge underground artists, a collection of beloved guest judges including Rose McGowan, Doug Jones, David Dastmalchian, Harvey Guillén, Rachel True, Darren Stein, Lloyd Kaufman, Brandon Rogers, James A. Janisse, Chelsea Rebecca, Yvie Oddly, Lauren LaVera, Bailey Sarian, Howard Berger, and previous The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula winners Landon Cider, Dahli, and Asia Consent, and the craziest elimination challenges in ten years of the show. The season will also pay homage to the grimy, tactile VHS horror of the 1980s and ‘90s through ambitious cinematic sequences that will celebrate some of the genre’s most iconic films.”

“Ten years ago, we opened the gates to our world without a roadmap, a television network or any idea of how far this strange underground experiment would take us. Today, Dragula has become an internationally recognized and Emmy-nominated franchise, but its heartbeat remains the same: fearless artists, disruptive ideas, and a refusal to play it safe,” said the Boulet Brothers in a statement. “For season 7, we wanted to celebrate everything that has always made Dragula dangerous and different while pushing the series into its next era. We cast raw, hungry artists who were completely unprepared for what was waiting for them, creating a season that feels unpredictable, cinematic, and alive in a way that takes us back to the beginning.”

Nick Lazo, SVP of Development and Production at Shudder, added, “Over the last decade, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula has grown into a genre-defining franchise and a cornerstone of Shudder’s programming … We are honored to have been part of that journey with the Boulet Brothers, who have become influential voices in modern horror, and look forward to bringing fans another unforgettable and jaw-dropping season just in time for Halloween.”

Also coming to Shudder in October is V/H/S/MIXTAPE on October 9, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party on October 23, and the FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards on October 25.

Are you looking forward to the new season? Let us know down in the comments!

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The feature debut of director Alex Goyette releases in theaters on October 16 via Independent Film Company and Shudder.

In Breeder, “An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there’s a catch.”

Daniel Doheny, Dot Marie Jones, Maddie Phillips, and Tanaya Beatty star.

The horror movie made its debut earlier this year at Tribeca. Our review from the festival calls the film one of the year’s biggest surprises and singles out the villainous turn by Dot Marie Jones: “She’s played with such chilling, calculating intensity, even when she’s completely normal. Patti is like Misery’s Annie Wilkes mixed with No Country for Old Men’s Anton Chigurh, and it’s absolutely unforgettable.”

“Breeder is the kind of movie that makes you lean forward and ask, ‘How did they get away with this?’” said Mark Ward of IFC Entertainment Group. “It’s provocative and constantly surprises you just when you think you’ve figured it out. We knew the moment we saw it that audiences will be talking about it long after they leave the theater, and we can’t wait to shock audiences on the big screen later this year.”

Breeder has been rated ‘R’ for “disturbing material, violence/bloody images, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language.”

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Creep got under the audience’s skin in the best way possible, and Creep 2 managed to generate even greater acclaim and enthusiasm with a more subversive story. It’s been extremely satisfying to watch Creep confidently transform into an anthology horror series that distills “Josef’s” murders down to concise, economical horror stories. 

The Creep Tapes is the ideal outlet for Duplass and Brice’s duplicitous killer that doubles as an entertaining opportunity to deconstruct the found footage genre. Now entering its third season, the series tackles some of its biggest and most personal stories yet.

To celebrate the latest installment in the growing Creep franchise, Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice discuss the selection process for the season’s stories, finding new ways to raise the stakes and expand the universe’s scope, and figuring out their killer’s psychology and whether they know where his story ends. 

BLOODY DISGUSTING: What I love so much about this series is that all these episodes find different ways to deconstruct the found footage genre. This season features such an assortment of stories. What’s your process for planning out seasons and deciding on the final lot of six episodes? 

PATRICK BRICE: Well, we have a running document of ideas for this show that is just pages-and-pages-long at this point. So part of the process involves going to that and seeing what could work and makes sense for the season. But a lot of the time it’s just instinctual. It’s us either saying, “This is an idea that could work for this season. Let’s go for it!” or it comes from a guest star that we thought would be amazing and figuring out how to tailor the idea to them. 

MARK DUPLASS: Yeah, I think our best episodes happen with like a text at like 11:47 PM from Patrick or myself that says something like, “CUDDLE PARTY,” and that’ll be it. Then there will be an “!” And then there will be a “Yes.” We’ll get on the phone the next day and hash it out and talk it through. The document that Patrick is talking about is also very fun because some of those things are fully fleshed-out episodes and some of them are just small germs of ideas. You know, sometimes we’ll go on set with full scripts, and sometimes we’ll have as little as a page to work with. Every episode has its own DNA.

I love that and how ideas can actively evolve while you’re shooting. The show has such a raw feeling to it that conveys that energy. 

MD: Yeah, the idea is that rather than doing a full shoot where we shoot all six episodes in a row, we sort of shoot an episode anytime that we get three or four days free in our schedules. Sometimes we’ll build it around a weekend if we’re working on other projects. It helps you bring this fresh energy to it. So the season takes place over the course of a year, which also allows me to have different looks and things like that. We find that there’s something about — I guess what they call “The Beginner’s Mind” — by just hopping into all this. We’re always a little cold on the first day, and we’re still trying to find it. I’ll start acting, and Patrick will be like, “That’s not him.” It takes a minute to get back into it. But achieving that state of childlike creativity with it and a beginner’s mind is very much a part of the process. 

This season’s “Anisha” episode is set on a plane and builds to such a huge climax that almost feels impossible for such a small, intimate franchise like this. Can you talk a little about approaching that sequence, bringing it to life, and if you’re looking to push some of these stories to even bigger places?

PB: That came as a result of us saying, “How can we make this feel bigger than it’s ever been?” The concept for that one was sort of born out of doing something that we’ve never done before. It seems kind of scary, and we might not entirely know what we’re doing, but we’re going to figure it out on the day of the shoot. Then something like that is especially nuts when considering the shooting method that Mark’s talking about. It’s much harder to approach things with a Beginner’s Mind when you’re dealing with major stunt work and higher concept ideas. That was one of the most fun experiences I had filming this season just because we were so out of our depth and so out of our element, but still able to apply this shorthand that we’ve learned over the years from shooting this show and getting this franchise.

MD: A lot of the creativity from the show comes out of the function of shooting it on a lower budget. Years ago, when we were making this small independent film — The Do-Deca-Pentathlon — we wanted to get a shot of somebody on a plane. I called one of those stages in Burbank that has all these old, grounded planes. They pull out different sides of them so you can shoot in it. I was like, “It’s going to be ridiculous how expensive this is,” but then they told me the cost, and it was really cheap. As we were talking about expanding the show’s scope, I mentioned that I think it should be doable to get a private plane as long as we can shoot the episode in like two days. 

The Creep Tapes episodes that dig into the killer’s family and backstory are always some of the most fascinating. This season looks at his teen years and one of his first kills. Can you talk a little bit about pulling the veil back with this character, how much you want to keep a secret, and how much of this backstory was already known?

MD: That’s a good question. I mean, we really love how much audiences are enjoying the teasing of his backstory. That wasn’t initially part of our master plan. When we did the first episode with his “Mother,” people really responded to that. So we thought that it would be fun to do one episode each season that has a little bit of lore. I think that the fun of playing with a character like this is that we decided very early on that almost nothing he says is factual, but everything is true. So even if the skin and the details of what he’s talking about don’t necessarily make sense or add up — emotionally — everything you hear from him and feel from him is very, very true and honest. 

So, this season we thought it’d be really fun to do something on a VHS camera, similar to the one that my brother and I had growing up. I loved that camera because it was the first camera that shot on VHSC, the compact one, and you could do two separate audio tracks and put music on it. It was like its own little filmmaking machine. That got into my hands when I was about 16, so I thought it would be really funny to consider what our lead character would do with this camera if he had it. Immediately, we were like, “What if he made something like Blair Witch before Blair Witch?” The false mythology that he had gotten there first felt very funny to us.

Were you actually able to shoot it on older tech? 

MD: So we tried using the older tech and the problem with that is—

PB: It was unreliable. 

MD: It’s very cold where we’re shooting too, which can be a problem for the camera. We have used the same camera for almost everything we’ve done on the show, other than some of the more omniscient perspective things and the iPhone one in New York. It’s kind of been our talisman. It’s like our lucky camera. We’ve spent more money fixing that than if we had bought a new one, but he’s our little buddy. So we used that camera and then treated the footage afterwards. 

This season’s “Nobody” episode is one of my favorites from the series, and it feels like it’s a bit of a sequel to the first season’s “Brandt” episode, which is also largely this solo performance piece. 

MD: You get us, yes! You see us!

Was that episode particularly challenging to figure out? You do such a great job whenever these two sides of the killer and Peachfuzz are in conversation with each other.

MD: Yeah, that one felt harder to get right. I felt like we were talking a lot between takes.

PB: Oh, absolutely. I mean, we were setting ourselves up for this, but it entirely relied on Mark’s shoulders. It’s all his performance and the sort of the dance of it. That was one where, in the opening sequence, we had to really get the timing right. There were a lot of longer takes and sort of fewer cuts because it was just Mark and nobody else. 

MD: But we got to use your voice again! One of my favorite things is when Patrick comes in to play Peachfuzz. Also, our third brother in this, Chris Donlon, is executive producer and editor with us every step of the way. He was also able to play the body in the grave. There’s some excellent musical timing that you’ll see in the episode. It’s really fun when we get up there, and that one was just the four of us putting it all together. I think sometimes it brings out the best in us when we’re all a little afraid and a little nervous. “Is this going to work?” We have those down moments, too. “Why did we try to do this?” But sometimes the best stuff comes out of that. 

Creep works so well as an anthology TV series, but does that make it any more of a challenge to find your way back to it as a film franchise? Is Creep 3 still of any interest or seem like an appropriate way to conclude the series?

PB: I mean, we never want it to end. I think it will end in our actual deaths. Creep 3 is definitely something we still talk about. I feel like making the show just invigorates me to come up with ideas for what would make sense for a Creep 3. The show is almost like our sketchbook, in a lot of ways. We’re trying to play with different ideas that maybe could be smaller, that then maybe push us to what the bigger story would be if we were to make another movie after that.

MD: Yeah, it took us quite a few years between Creep and Creep 2 to figure out that idea and get it right. I think it’s taking us that much more time between Creep 2 and Creep 3 because it’s so important to us. We’re just so appreciative of the fans, who reflect to us that there’s integrity in the way that these stories are told. They feel that from us, so we don’t want to feed them anything less than an A+ breakfast burrito. When it comes to Creep 3, frankly, we just haven’t come up with it yet. When we do, we’ll bring it forward, and hopefully there will be a Creep 4 and a Creep 5 — there’s got to be a movie that’s just called Peachfuzz. We’re working on it, with the only limit being our own creative ability. 

The Creep Tapes Season 3 premieres September 15th on Shudder, with back-to-back episodes airing weekly.

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This season sometimes struggles to articulate its points and can feel like more of the same. However, it provides a deeper dive into Peachfuzz’s character, which may be enough for some audiences. Season three is a mixed bag, but it still works hard to exceed expectations, push boundaries, and leave its comfort zone through more frightening character-driven found footage experiments.

Season two innovatively riffed on found footage’s many different styles, while this season is more interested in character archetypes and the act of connection. These constantly disarming performances leave each episode’s subject – and the audience – feeling incredibly vulnerable. The series explores these perpetual exercises in control and privilege as characters engage in tugs of war over authority and are left to litigate who really has the power in these sordid situations. Peachfuzz casually declares that “we contain multitudes” in the season’s premiere, which strongly resonates in each episode.

These new episodes explore how Peachfuzz’s killings are all repeated attempts to genuinely, truly connect with another human being, even if that’s by steeping his own backstory in lies, deception, and a creepy equivalent to kabuki theater. There’s some muddled commentary on the creative pursuit of being an artist and the grueling process of tirelessly pouring yourself into thankless work and how this artistic pursuit can change you.

Certain episodes do admittedly feel like they run out of steam and abruptly conclude in ways that some may consider to be underwhelming. That being said, it’s important to understand that The Creep Tapes is not about the kills, as gory and grandiose as they may be; it’s about human connection.

This season bombards the audience with some of Peachfuzz’s most wild and ridiculous character archetypes yet. This includes a Tommy Lee-esque rock star who is desperate for notoriety through a viral sex tape, an enigmatic billionaire who is eager to unload a confession that doubles as a budding journalist’s big scoop, and a voyeur living in a listless shut-in’s walls. These contrasting performances are all over the map in attempts to obfuscate Peachfuzz’s truth. However, they’re all connected by a desperate need for relevancy and a compulsion to not be forgotten that’s been present in this franchise since its very start. 

It’s a message that’s crucial to Peachfuzz’s legacy as a prolific serial killer, but one can’t help but feel this quest for relevance extends to the broader found footage genre as a whole. It’s a style of storytelling that’s never completely disappeared, but often feels like it’s one foot out the door and constantly at the risk of being disregarded. The Creep Tapes’ third season makes a strong case for why this genre is still meaningful and a valuable way to tell horror stories.

A lot of this season sticks to stripped-down, minimalist filmmaking that frequently utilizes a bottle episode-like framework. There are still opportunities for these episodes to go bigger and take some risks. There’s a particularly tense stalker story that sets Peachfuzz loose in New York City. There’s also a formative flashback episode in 1994 that chronicles one of Peachfuzz’s earliest kills when he was just a teenager. This season also features the franchise’s most extreme and creative death to date that deserves credit for the sheer audacity of the spectacle. 

This season also continues the tradition where one episode turns the camera onto Peachfuzz and attempts to unpack his own trauma and history. This season’s experiment is a one-man show from Duplass as Peachfuzz confronts and succumbs to his codependent demons. It doesn’t reach the same heights as the previous seasons’ glimpses into Peachfuzz’s dynamic with his mother and sister, but it’s still very rewarding and a real highlight of the season that helps demystify this increasingly interesting monster. 

Season three still retains the dark humor that’s always been baked into the franchise, which may work better for some than others. This heightened behavior and inappropriate sense of humor fit into Peachfuzz’s pursuit of throwing off and destabilizing his would-be victims so that they can’t tell where the truth lies and the performance ends.

The Creep Tapes is a series that lives and dies based on its guest stars. This season features some impressive and eclectic talent that includes Kate Siegel, James Earl, Chris Gethard, Rekha Shankar, It: Welcome to Derry’s Nicholas Hamilton, Terrifier 2 and 3’s Elliot Fulham, and Mark Duplass’ own daughter, Ora Duplass. Patrick Brice continues to handle all the directing duties and has only grown more confident in cultivating this franchise’s avant-garde voice. However, at this point it wouldn’t be a bad idea to bring in some fresh blood. 

Like before, six episodes is the perfect length for this season so that Peachfuzz’s continuous kills don’t feel repetitive, formulaic, or blur together. It’s just enough time for The Creep Tapes to approach its central idea from complementary angles and still wrap things up so that the audience is left wanting more, rather than being exhausted by Peachfuzz’s schtick.

The Creep Tapes still has lots to say and plenty of tricks up its sleeve. That being said, this is the first time that the bloom is starting to come off the rose. While a very strong continuation of this concept and character, these are arguably the weakest batch of episodes from The Creep Tapes’ three-season run. This doesn’t mean that a season four would have even greater diminishing returns. However, it’ll need to bring something different to the equation.

As Peachfuzz would say, “You’ve just got to trust the creative process,” even if it makes a bloody mess. It at least helps keep the wolves at the door.

The Creep Tapes premieres September 15 on Shudder, with back-to-back episodes airing weekly.

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After a cold open teasing what the trio will be up against, River introduces them properly as siblings reuniting to scatter their father’s ashes at his favorite fishing spot deep downriver. It’s clear from the outset that this family has a rather fraught relationship, with the eldest (Rothe) having long fled the nest, leaving behind her younger siblings to deal with an alcoholic.

As such, it’s the middle sis (Levy) who’s had to step up, caring for family affairs that include a traumatized younger brother (Mattern).

Giuliano’s script smartly does just enough to illustrate this family’s complicated relationships and history, without overexplaining, to set up a series of mishaps and distractions that leave them completely stranded upriver with a masked man (Dane DiLiegro), an efficient killer with incredible physical capabilities.

From here, Giuliano keeps escalating his twisted cat-and-mouse game in an intense slasher that feels like a throwback to the golden age, drawing more from Texas Chain Saw Massacre than Friday the 13th, both in its lean, meat and potatoes formula and for its gritty, almost folk horror stylistic flourishes.

River harbors a few slight twists regarding its killer, though much of it is well forecast for savvy genre fans. DiLiegro makes for a formidable foe, an intelligent predator who can outswim and frequently outsmart his prey, though the camera does occasionally dispel his intimidating quality by lingering too long on his physique. His first appearance goes far in lending terror; DiLiegro’s silent stalk is his most effective means of inducing fear.

But the true standout here in an ensemble of talent that ensures River punches above its weight is Jane Levy. For all the grueling pain and suffering Giuliano and his killer dole out upon the siblings, it’s Levy who holds River in her grip. It certainly helps that her pragmatic character establishes her as the capable sibling who will make the smart calls, but when push comes to shove, Levy unleashes a fury that threatens to turn the tables in crowd-pleasing ways.

Jane Levy earned audience cheers multiple times during the TIFF premiere for her character’s Final Girl-worthy fight for survival. 

That character forward emphasis and the affecting sibling bonds carry River to a satisfying conclusion, though one that tacks on an unsettling but far too extended mid-credit scene, the film’s first and only insistence on overexplaining what a previous sequence already inferred. 

River doesn’t break from convention but instead uses the slasher tropes in its favor to ramp up the tension at a brisk and steady clip. It’s lean and efficient, anchored by its tremendous cast and a unique setting that’s utilized to its fullest when generating scares. It’s also not devoid of humor; Mattern’s sensitive, shell shocked persona frequently diffuses tension where his siblings are concerned. Mostly though, it’s a potent reminder that Jane Levy should do more horror.

River made its world premiere at TIFF and is expected to be released in theaters in 2026 through IFC, followed by streaming on Shudder.

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Hallowarrior premieres October 16 on Shudder. Check out the official poster below.

Milly Shapiro stars as Pumpkin, the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging 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.

Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit, and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.

Ajani Russell (“Betty”), AJ Bowen (You’re Next), and Shannyn Sossamon (Sinister 2) also star. Writer-director Ben Sottak makes his feature directorial debut with the project.

“Hallowarrior is a love letter to horror and Halloween, and I am thrilled that the film has found its home with a distributor whose brand is synonymous with both,” said Sottak. “It’s an honor to have Hallowarrior join the Shudder family, and a treat to introduce their audience to this fun, scary, gory film along with its badass lead, Pumpkin, played by the incredible Milly Shapiro.”

Shudder is pulling out all the stops for Halloween once again, as the horror streaming service’s annual Season of Screams event returned on September 1 with a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials, screening events, and live watch parties on Shudder TV.

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Watch the official trailer for Shudder Original Film Infirmary below.

In the found footage 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.”

Paul Syre, Mark Anthony Williams and Danielle Kennedy star in Infirmary.

Nicholas Pineda directed the found footage horror movie.

Infirmary is premiering as part of Shudder’s Season of Screams this Halloween season, which features a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials, screening events, and live watch parties on Shudder TV. The four-month celebration takes horror fans from spooky season through the holidays, filling your watchlists with great horror in the process.

Shudder’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated premieres every Friday through the end of the year, including Parasomnia; a new installment in the popular V/H/S franchise, V/H/S/Mixtape; the found footage breakout hit Infirmary; body horror thriller Bloody Tennis; supernatural nightmare The Cycle; the Milly Shapiro-led Hallowarrior; a new season of The Creep Tapes; the 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards; and a new Halloween special, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party.

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You can get lost in the Backrooms of Cap’n Clark’s Ottoman Empire on HBO Max later this month. Paramount+ offers both the theatrical and extended cut of Scary Movie. Netflix celebrates the upcoming release of Resident Evil with a collection of animated feature films based on Capcom’s hit video game series. Peacock embraces the Universal classic monsters and collects nearly every Purge film for a survive-the-night marathon.

Get into the seasonal spirit and expect an even bigger slate next month.

Here’s what’s coming to streaming in September.

HBO Max

September 1
A Clockwork Orange
Beetlejuice
Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare
Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare: Unrated Director’s Cut
Carrie (1976)
Final Destination (2000)
Final Destination 2 (2003)
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Interview with the Vampire
MaXXXine
Men (2022)
Misery
Pearl: The X-Traordinary Origin Story
Talk To Me (2023)
The Craft
The Final Destination (2009)
War of the Worlds (2005)
Zombieland (2009)
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

September 23
The Meg

September 25
Backrooms

Hulu

September 1
Coraline
Jennifer’s Body
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Ma
ParaNorman
Sinister
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
Starship Troopers: Invasion
Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars

September 7
Poor Things

September 8
Heretic

September 11
Rich Flu

Kanopy

September 1
1408
The Ruins

Netflix

September 1
Alien
Aliens
Gothika
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
Ready or Not
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Retribution
The Rite
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Unfriended

September 2
Resident Evil: Damnation
Resident Evil: Death Island
Resident Evil: Vendetta

September 3
Smile 2

September 9
Prom Night

September 24
House at the End of the Street
Oculus

Paramount+

September 1
Afflicted
Area 51
Asylum
Below
Case 39
Dracula III: Legacy
Event Horizon
Rumpelstiltskin
Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Seven
Shutter Island
Spell
Spontaneous
Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift
Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
Stephen King’s Thinner
Sweetness*
Tales From the Darkside: The Movie
The Crow
The Crow: City of Angels
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
The Dead Zone
The Devil Inside
The Gift

September 3
Scary Movie (2026)
Scary Movie (2026) – Extended Cut

*Title is available to Paramount+ Premium subscribers.

Peacock

September 1
Alien: Covenant
Bride of Frankenstein
Candyman
Creature From the Black Lagoon
Disturbia
Dracula
Drag Me to Hell
The First Purge
The Forever Purge*
Frankenstein
Get Out
Glass
Halloween
Halloween II
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Halloween Kills*
The Happening
Happy Death Day
The Invisible Man
It Follows
The Last Exorcism
The Mummy
Phantom of the Opera
Prometheus
Psycho
The Purge
The Purge: Election Year
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Shaun of the Dead
Signs
Sinister
Sinister 2
The Sixth Sense
The Skeleton Key
Split
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight

September 10
The Last Voyage of Demeter*

September 11
Drop

September 26
Bagman*

September 29
Lisa Frankenstein*

* = is exclusive to Peacock

Pluto TV

September 1
The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Bones And All
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
The Dead Zone
The Final Girls
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter
The Gift (2000)
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Idle Hands
Jennifer’s Body
Joy Ride
Lamb
Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer
Pet Sematary (2019)
Relic
Rings
Silent Hill
Slice
Smile (2022)
Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift
Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
Stephen King’s Thinner
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie
Urban Legend
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary
Urban Legends: The Final Cut
Vampire In Brooklyn
The Witch

Prime Video

September 1
Army Of Darkness
Cape Fear (1962)
Cape Fear (1991)
Carrie (1976)
Carrie (2013)
Cat People (1982)
Death Becomes Her
Devil
Don’t Breathe
Dracula Untold
George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead
Halloween II
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Hannibal
It Came From Outer Space (1953)
Morbius
Prince of Darkness
Skeleton Key
The First Omen
The Mummy (2017)
The Purge
The Purge: Anarchy
The Purge: Election Year
The Silence of the Lambs
The Thing (1982)
The Visit
They Live
Trap
Van Helsing
Videodrome

September 15
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train

Screambox

September 1
Deathwoods

September 4
Castle of Blood
The Hands of Orlac
The Virgin of Nuremberg
Wake Up

September 11
Dracula, Prisoner Of Frankenstein
Escape From Women’s Prison
Fit To Kill
Hot Spur
Lux Aeterna

September 18
Evie
Fear
The Nanny’s Night
Spithood

September 22
Nightfall: A Paranormal Investigation

September 25
The Degenerate: The Life And Films Of Andy Milligan
The Occupant
Witches of Blackwood
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight

September 29
Generation Terror

Shudder

September 1
Exorcismo
The Horseman
Irrefutable Truth About Demons
The Silent Scream

September 4
Parasomnia

September 7
Its Name Was Mormo
The Serpent’s Skin

September 11
Descendent
Mārama

Tubi

September 1
3 From Hell
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane
An American Haunting
And Soon The Darkness
The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Bone Tomahawk
Boogeyman
Boogeyman 2
Boogeyman 3
Case 39
Cooties
The Crazies
The Descent
The Descent: Part 2
Dracula 2000
Flight 7500
Fright Night (1985)
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Horns (2013)
The Inhabitant
Lake Placid
Lamb
Legion
The Messengers
Messengers 2: The Scarecrow
The Monster
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
Ouija
Ouija: Origin Of Evil
Perpetrator
The Prodigy (2019)
Rob Zombie’s Halloween
Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
The Ruins
See No Evil
Sleepy Hollow
Slice
Sorority Row
Texas Chainsaw 3D
They Live In The Grey
The Witch
What Lies Beneath
Wrong Turn (2021)
You’re Next

September 7
Presence

September 15
From Hell
Poltergeist

September 24
1408
The Eye (2008)
The Last Exorcism

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Bloody Tennis makes its debut on Shudder on September 25.

Watch the full trailer below that sees students engaging in Raw-like initiation rituals that grow increasingly more deranged. There are far more leeches than expected at a sports academy.

The film follows “Sophie (Guldberg Kampp), an American tennis player who earns a spot at an elite academy hidden away in Southern Europe. Beneath the pristine courts and promise of athletic excellence lies an isolated, cult-like environment where ruthless competition and extreme discipline come at a dangerous cost. The film uses the contrast between tennis’s elegance and brutality to explore the darker side of achievement culture and what happens when the pressure to succeed pushes young athletes beyond their limits.“

The cast also includes Helena Zengel (The Legend of Ochi), Lucie Zhang (Paris, 13th District), Lily Taieb (The French Dispatch), Tracy Gotoas, Elina Löwensohn (Schindler’s List), and Zlatko Burić (Triangle of Sadness), with an original score from Jim Williams (Titane, Raw, Possessor).

Bloody Tennis marks the English-language debut of Greek-German filmmaker Nikias Chryssos (Der Bunker).

Adam Koehler, director, acquisitions and productions at IFC Entertainment Group, said, “Bloody Tennis serves up an unexpectedly wild ride that will keep viewers exhilarated from start to finish. Distinctive, elegant, and gleefully offbeat, it’s exactly the kind of bold, boundary-pushing horror we strive to champion at Shudder. We’re thrilled to give this unforgettable film a home on our platform.”

Bloody Tennis is also slated to premiere at Fantastic Fest ahead of its release on Shudder next month.

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Penny Lane Is Dead premieres August 28 on Shudder.

Set on a hot summer’s night in 1986 Australia, 17-year-old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends. After Penny’s jealous and troubled cousin decides a cruel prank is in order, what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed and revenge.

Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, Tahlee Fereday, Alexandra Jensen (Talk to Me), Bailey Spalding, Steve Le Marquand (Vertical Limit), Fletcher Humphrys (“Wolf Creek”), and Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge) star in Penny Lane Is Dead.

The blood-soaked posters below introduce key players involved in this violent throwback.

Writer-director Mia’Kate Russell makes her feature debut on the project.

Russell said in a statement, “It’s exhilarating that my feature directorial debut is being released by Shudder, one of the most fearless and bold distributors out there. The Shudder team has such a keen understanding of genre films, and are the perfect partners to unleash this powerful film with audiences.”

I wrote in my Fantasia review, “As a lean, mean horror siege, Penny Lane is Dead holds your attention and effectively pulls you into Toni’s bid to meet dawn with her lives and friendships intact. It’s visceral, propulsive, and a strong debut in terms of style and energy.“

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Breeder has been rated ‘R’ for “disturbing material, violence/bloody images, sexual content, graphic nudity, and language.” 

The feature debut of director Alex Goyette releases in theaters on October 16 via Independent Film Company and Shudder.

In Breeder, “An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there’s a catch.”

Daniel Doheny, Dot Marie Jones, Maddie Phillips, and Tanaya Beatty star.

The horror movie made its debut earlier this year at Tribeca. Our review from the festival calls the film one of the year’s biggest surprises and singles out the villainous turn by Dot Marie Jones: “She’s played with such chilling, calculating intensity, even when she’s completely normal. Patti is like Misery’s Annie Wilkes mixed with No Country for Old Men’s Anton Chigurh, and it’s absolutely unforgettable.”

And the trailer has also arrived this morning.

“Breeder is the kind of movie that makes you lean forward and ask, ‘How did they get away with this?’” said Mark Ward of IFC Entertainment Group. “It’s provocative and constantly surprises you just when you think you’ve figured it out. We knew the moment we saw it that audiences will be talking about it long after they leave the theater, and we can’t wait to shock audiences on the big screen later this year.”

With the October release date around the corner, expect to hear more on this one soon.

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The four-month celebration takes horror fans from spooky season through the holidays, filling your watchlists with great horror in the process.

Shudder’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated premieres every Friday through the end of the year, including Parasomnia, a new installment in the popular V/H/S franchise, V/H/S/Mixtape, the found footage breakout hit Infirmary, body horror thriller Bloody Tennis, supernatural nightmare The Cycle, Milly Shapiro-led Hallowarrior, a new season of The Creep Tapes, the 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, and a new Halloween special, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party.

These titles and more join Shudder’s extensive library

That also means an all-new Ghoul Log special, the annual twist on the traditional holiday yule log.

We’ve got an exclusive first look at the all-new Ghoul Log, too, created by the filmmakers behind Shudder’s buzzy new feature Hallowarrior. They didn’t just resurrect everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern; they’re giving multiple pumpkins the spooky spotlight.

That’s right, Shudder’s Ghoul Log is now plural for the first time ever.

The new hour-long Curse of the Ghoul Logs sets the scene for horror fans beginning October 1.

Programming highlights below in chronological order (also available on AMC+):

Parasomnia (Shudder Original Film)  – September 4
Riley (Jasmine Mathews, The Tomorrow War, Sweetbitter) is a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When her best friend is the latest to go missing, she begins to suspect a demonic figure lurking in her sleep has crossed over into the real world.

Mārama (Shudder Exclusive Film) – September 11
Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Mārama is centered on a young Māori woman who discovers her horrific colonial heritage after travelling to Victorian England in 1859. She soon becomes compelled to confront and destroy the titled Englishman who devastated her family.

The Creep Tapes Season 3 (Shudder Original Series)  – Two-Episode Season Premiere on September 15
From writers and executive producers Mark Duplass (Backrooms, The Morning Show) and Patrick Brice (Creep), season three continues to expose a collection of video tapes from the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer (Duplass). Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.   Guest stars including Kate Siegel (Carrie), Nic Hamilton (IT), Elliott Fullam (Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3) and Duplass’ daughter, Ora Duplass (Coven Academy), who will star in a throwback episode.

Goody Goody (Shudder Original Film) – September 18
Lulled into a necessary sense of comfort during a long home birth process, expecting parents and their midwife begin to realize something may be horribly wrong. A blizzard rages outside, trapping the family in their home as increasingly sinister complications arise. Colleen Foy, Samantha Robinson, and Zoe Renee star in writer-director Raymond Creamer‘s film.

Bloody Tennis (Shudder Original Film) – September 25
Centered in the world of elite sports to disturbing new extremes. After being admitted to an elite tennis academy hidden deep in Southern Europe, Sophie (Sandra Guldberg Kampp) must contend not only with the fierce brutality of her teammates, but with the school’s increasingly sinister undercurrents, where competitive sports are taken to their painful limits and only the hungriest survive.

Infirmary (Shudder Original Film) – October 2
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.

V/H/S/Mixtape (Shudder Original Film) – October 9
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.

Hallowarrior (Shudder Original Film) – October 16
Hallowarrior follows Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro, Hereditary), the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging 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, Wayward Pines). Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.

The Cycle (Shudder Original Film) – October 23
When police discover a corpse beside a horrific crime scene, their only lead is the man’s estranged daughter (Deborah Ann Woll, Daredevil: Born Again, Escape Room, True Blood), who must unravel the disturbing secret her father thought he took to the grave. Also starring Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice).

Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party (Shudder Original Special) – LIVE on October 23; On Demand on October 25
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.

FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards (Shudder Original Special) – October 25 LIVE at 9pm ET
Annual awards ceremony honoring the best in on horror films of the year. Hosted by Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Chucky).

Big Baby (Shudder Exclusive Film) – October 30
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 films Little Bites, Allegoria) and executive produced by iconic singer and actress Cher.

Hunting Matthew Nichols (Shudder Exclusive Film) – October 31
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 evidence is revealed, she comes to believe he might still be alive. Starring Miranda MacDougall and Markian Tarasiuk.

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 7 (Shudder Original Series) – Fall 2026
Hosted by modern-day horror icons and drag superstars Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, season seven of the hit reality competion 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.

Season of Screams Highlights include: 

• LIVE Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET on Shudder TV spotlighting new premieres and curated double features, including:
  • Friday, September 4: “Can You Survive Your Sleep?” Watch Party – Parasomnia and Somnium
  • Friday, September 11: “Indigenous Horror” Watch Party – Mārama and La Llorona
  • Friday, September 18: “Chamber Piece Terrors” Watch Party – Goody Goody and Glorious
  • Friday, September 25: “Whatever It Takes To Succeed” Watch Party – Bloody Tennis and The Ugly Stepsister
  • Friday, October 2: “Found Footage Frights” Watch Party – Infirmary and Host
  • Friday, October 9: “V/H/S/Marathon” Watch Party – V/H/S/Mixtape, V/H/S/Halloween, V/H/S/Beyond, V/H/S/85, V/H/S/99 and V/H/S/94
  • Friday, October 16: “Surviving Halloween” Watch Party” – Hallowarrior and Night of the Demons
  • Friday, October 23: “Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party” Watch Party (Titles TBA)
  • Sunday, October 25: “2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards” Watch Party; followed by “Full Moon Fever” Watch Party at 10:30pm in celebration of the Hunter’s Moon – The Cycle, Dog Soldiers and Werewolves Within
  • Friday, October 30: “Maniacs in Masks” Watch Party – Big Baby and Night of the Reaper
  • Saturday, October 31: “Trick or Treat” Watch Party– Halloween (1978), Late Night with the Devil and Deadstream
  • Sunday, November 1: “DÍa de los Muertos” Watch Party” – Huesera: The Bone Woman and La Llorona

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The series from writers and executive producers Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice will debut with the first two episodes on September 15. Following the season three premiere, two new episodes will roll out weekly on Shudder and AMC+ through September 29.

Season three continues to expose a collection of video tapes from the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer (Duplass). Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.

To date, the series has lined up an impressive roster of guest stars and the upcoming season is no different.

Guest stars this time include Kate Siegel (Carrie), Nic Hamilton (IT), Elliott Fullam (Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3) and Duplass’ daughter, Ora Duplass (Coven Academy), who will star in a throwback episode.

Get a peek at them in the trailer below, and read on for episode details:

The Creep Tapes is produced by Duplass Brothers Productions and Shudder. Executive producers include series star Duplass and Brice who both also serve as co-writers, with Brice directing all episodes. Additional executive producers include Mel Eslyn, Jay Duplass and Chris Donlon, while Shuli Harel serves as co-executive producer and John Baker serves as a producer.

The new trailer may also give a first look at the original Peachfuzz mask, revealing more of the Creep’s backstory.

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Goody Goody will begin streaming exclusively on Shudder on September 18.

In Goody Goody, “Lulled into a necessary sense of comfort during a long home birth process, expecting parents and their midwife begin to realize something may be horribly wrong. A blizzard rages outside, trapping the family in their home as increasingly sinister complications arise.“

Colleen Foy (There Will Be Blood), Samantha Robinson (Cam, The Love Witch), Zoe Renee (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), and Colby Hollman star.

“I’m obsessed with ghost stories and folklore, so I wanted this project to have a campfire tale or storybook quality to it,” said Creamer. “The cast is extraordinary, and working with Shudder has been a dream come true. I really hope horror fans get cozy and maybe light a couple candles when they give it a watch.”

Childbirth looks eerie in the new images below.

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The feature debut of director Alex Goyette releases in theaters on October 16 via Independent Film Company and Shudder.

In Breeder, “An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there’s a catch.”

Daniel Doheny, Dot Marie Jones, Maddie Phillips, and Tanaya Beatty star.

“Breeder is the kind of movie that makes you lean forward and ask, ‘How did they get away with this?’” said Mark Ward of IFC Entertainment Group. “It’s provocative and constantly surprises you just when you think you’ve figured it out. We knew the moment we saw it that audiences will be talking about it long after they leave the theater, and we can’t wait to shock audiences on the big screen later this year.”

The horror movie made its debut earlier this year at Tribeca. Our review from the festival calls the film one of the year’s biggest surprises and singles out the villainous turn by Dot Marie Jones: “She’s played with such chilling, calculating intensity, even when she’s completely normal. Patti is like Misery’s Annie Wilkes mixed with No Country for Old Men’s Anton Chigurh, and it’s absolutely unforgettable.”

Stay tuned for more as it arrives.

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Hallowarrior debuts on October 16.

Hereditary‘s Milly Shapiro stars as Pumpkin, the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging 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. Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit, and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.

Ajani Russell (“Betty”), AJ Bowen (You’re Next), and Shannyn Sossamon (Sinister 2) round out the cast.

Writer-director Ben Sottak makes his feature directorial debut on the project, based on his 2021 short Scavenger.

“Hallowarrior is a love letter to horror and Halloween, and I am thrilled that the film has found its home with a distributor whose brand is synonymous with both,” said Sottak. “It’s an honor to have Hallowarrior join the Shudder family, and a treat to introduce their audience to this fun, scary, gory film along with its badass lead, Pumpkin, played by the incredible Milly Shapiro.”

Stay tuned for more.

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Bloody Tennis marks the English-language debut of Greek-German filmmaker Nikias Chryssos (Der Bunker).

In the film, “After being admitted to an elite tennis academy hidden deep in the south of Europe, Sophie (Guldberg Kampp) must contend not only with the fierce brutality of her teammates but with the school’s increasingly sinister undercurrents, where competitive sports are taken to their extreme and only the hungriest survive.”

The cast also includes Helena Zengel (The Legend of Ochi), Lucie Zhang (Paris, 13th District), Lily Taieb (The French Dispatch), Tracy Gotoas, Elina Löwensohn (Schindler’s List), and Zlatko Burić (Triangle of Sadness), with an original score from Jim Williams (Titane, Raw, Possessor).

Adam Koehler, director, acquisitions and productions at IFC Entertainment Group, said, “ ‘Bloody Tennis’ serves up an unexpectedly wild ride that will keep viewers exhilarated from start to finish. Distinctive, elegant, and gleefully offbeat, it’s exactly the kind of bold, boundary-pushing horror we strive to champion at Shudder. We’re thrilled to give this unforgettable film a home on our platform.”

Katzenstein said, “After years of hard work, we’re incredibly excited to finally bring ‘Bloody Tennis’ to audiences with its world premiere in Locarno. This film would not exist without the extraordinary vision of Nikias, our wonderful cast and the dedication of everyone involved. Knowing that it has already found partners in so many territories—and that it will begin its journey with Shudder in North America—makes this moment even more special. We can’t wait for audiences to finally enter the strange and unsettling world we have created together.”

Bloody Tennis has also secured several international deals, nabbing distribution for Australia (Umbrella Entertainment), Baltics (BestFilm.eu), Italy (Plaion Pictures), Japan (Extreme Film), Poland (9th Plan), and Scandinavia (Njutafilms).

Stay tuned.

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The upcoming horror movie written and directed by James Ross II makes its debut on Shudder on September 4.

Parasomnia follows “Riley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When her best friend is the latest to go missing, she begins to suspect the demonic figure lurking in her sleep has crossed over into the real world.”

Jasmine Mathews, RJ Brown, Sally Stewart, Stephen Barrington, Danny Brown, and Simon Longnight star.

If the film’s tagline, “Don’t Fall Asleep,” wasn’t already an indicator, Wes Craven’s A Nightmare on Elm Street inspired the James Ross II for his feature debut. Shudder acquired the film ahead of its premiere earlier this year at the Overlook Film Festival.

The filmmaker said in a statement, “Parasomnia contains the DNA of many genre pieces influential to my development as a filmmaker. One thing I’ve wanted to explore involved drawing attention to some of life’s more mundane and involuntary aspects and making them scary, like sleeping.  When Wes Craven made A Nightmare on Elm Street, he brought forth an untapped goldmine of fear that resonates decades later due to the foundation of its scares being built on universal human experience – nightmares.  I’d like to bring a fresh perspective on the frightening aspects of sleep and take the audience on an immersive experience that will stay in their mind long after the credits roll.”

Don’t expect a retread, though, but the introduction to a new voice in horror as Parasomnia explores the terror of surrendering control to sleep.

The trailer below certainly packs in the nightmare fuel.

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The series will debut with the first two episodes on September 15. Following the season three premiere, two new episodes will roll out weekly on Shudder and AMC+ through September 29.

Season three continues to expose a collection of video tapes from the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer (Duplass). Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.

To date, the series has lined up an impressive roster of guest stars and the upcoming season is no different.

Guest stars this time include Kate Siegel (Carrie), Nic Hamilton (IT), Elliott Fulham (Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3) and Duplass’ daughter, Ora Duplass (Coven Academy), who will star in a throwback episode.

The Creep Tapes is produced by Duplass Brothers Productions and Shudder. Executive producers include series star Duplass and Brice who both also serve as co-writers, with Brice directing all episodes. Additional executive producers include Mel Eslyn, Jay Duplass and Chris Donlon, while Shuli Harel serves as co-executive producer and John Baker serves as a producer.

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Variety announces this morning that V/H/S/MIXTAPE will premiere October 9, 2026!

Directors for the music-themed V/H/S/MIXTAPE include Ernest Dickerson (Demon Knight), Flying Lotus (Ash), Ghost’s Tobias Forge, David Moreau (MadS), RZA and Renee Zhan, with the film featuring GWAR and effects from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.

Variety explains that Flying Lotus contributes music video interludes to the film, while Tobias Forge directs a music video. “Heavy metal icons GWAR also make a featured appearance.”

Shudder previews, “V/H/S/MIXTAPE 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.”

V/H/S launched in 2012, followed by 2013’s V/H/S/2, 2014’s V/H/S: Viral, 2021’s V/H/S/94, 2022’s V/H/S/99, 2023’s V/H/S/85, 2024’s V/H/S/Beyond, and 2025’s V/H/S/Halloween.

The upcoming V/H/S/MIXTAPE marks the ninth film in this franchise.

It’s likely that V/H/S: SCP will arrive in October 2027. Stay tuned for more.

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Here’s what’s arriving this month.

Netflix brings two new originals with The Last House and The Whisper Man this August, along with nearly all the Chucky films for your horror marathon needs. Shudder debuts the monstrous Hellcat, Buffet Infinity, and Ozploitation romp Penny Land is Dead to its packed catalog. Fans won’t want to miss the arrival of The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn on Hulu this month either.

Read on for all the horror arriving in August.

HBO Max

August 1
Barbarian
It Comes At Night
Orphan
Tusk

August 7
The Strangers: Chapter 2

August 17
Thanksgiving (2023)

August 21
Mother Mary

August 30
Knock Knock
The Cabin in the Woods
The Strangers: Chapter 1
The Strangers: Prey at Night

Hulu

August 1
The Blackening
The Bye Bye Man
Halloweentown
Halloweentown 2: Kalabar’s Revenge
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
Life
Untitled Home Invasion Romance

August 3
Ex Machina
MaXXXine
Pearl
X

August 4
Imaginary

August 14
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
The X-Files: I Want to Believe Vrach Frankenshteyn – Director’s Cut (2026)

Kanopy

August 7
The People’s Joker
Red Eye 

August 14
Dementia 13: The Director’s Cut (1963)
Species 

August 21
A Different Man

Netflix

August 1
Anaconda
Bride of Chucky
Child’s Play 2
Child’s Play 3
Cult of Chucky
Curse of Chucky
Seed of Chucky

August 3
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2

August 7
The Last House

August 13
Immaculate

August 15
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Shallows

August 24
M3GAN

August 28
The Whisper Man

Paramount+

August 1
10 Cloverfield Lane
Body Cam
Cloverfield
Crawl
Crawlspace
Disturbia
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter
Organ Trail
Overlord
Vampire in Brooklyn

August 23
The Cured

Peacock

August 1
Escape Room
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
The Faculty
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Gremlins
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Insidious*
Insidious: Chapter 2*
Insidious: Chapter 3*
Knock Knock
Old*
One Hour Photo
Predator
The Predator

August 27
The Woman in the Yard*

* = is exclusive to Peacock

Pluto TV

August 1
Angel Heart
Approaching The Unknown
The Astronaut’s Wife
The Blob (1988)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Cursed
Deepstar Six
District 9
Event Horizon
Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell
Fright Night (1985)
Green Room
Hellboy (2004)
Hellraiser: Deader
Hellraiser: Hellseeker
Hellraiser: Hellworld
The Loved Ones
Mars Attacks!
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Mimic
Mimic 2
Mimic 3: Sentinel
My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Phantoms
Red Eye
Spell
The Time Machine (2002)
Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000
Wes Craven Presents Dracula II: Ascension
Wes Craven Presents Dracula III: Legacy
The Woman In Black (2012)

Prime Video

August 1
Primate

August 19
Is God Is

Screambox

August 4
Ragebait

August 7
A Bay Of Blood
Caligula The Untold Story
Cries Of Pleasure
Dark Places
Death Brings Roses
Dracula And Son
Mummy Resurrection
Murderlust
Running Time
Scream Of The Demon Lover
The Candy Snatchers

August 11
A Balcony in Limoges

August 14
Butchers Book Three: Bonesaw
Evilenko
Voices From Beyond

August 18
Yellow Eyes

August 21
Behave
Bunker
Butchers Book Two: Raghorn
Hammer And Beyond: The Jimmy Sangster Legacy
Playhouse
Spandexorcist
The Mutant (English Dub)

August 28
Alfred Hitchcock: More Than Just a Profile
Burning Moon
Byleth: The Demon Of Incest
Closed Circuit
Death Ride
Nightmare Man
There’s Nothing Out There

Shudder

August 1
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Baxter (1989)
Bruiser (2000)
The Frighteners
George A. Romero’s Resident Evil
Salt Along the Tongue
Tales From the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight
The Book of Sijjin and Illiyyin
The Living and the Dead
They Came Back (2004)
What Happened to Dorothy Bell?

August 3
13 Exorcisms
Dark Nuns
Devils Stay
Exorcismo
The Devil’s Exorcist
The Priest

August 7
The Yeti

August 10
Creation of the Damned
Morbus
Poppers
Rostros
Supernatural (1981)
The Bell from Hell
The House in the Outskirts
The People Who Own the Dark

August 14
Hellcat

August 17
Threads

August 21
Buffet Infinity

August 28
Penny Lane is Dead

Tubi

August 1
The Black Demon
The Blackening
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Final Destination
Final Destination 2
Final Destination 3
Flatliners (1990)
Flatliners (2017)
Ghost Stories
Godzilla (1998)
Halloween (2018)
Medusa Deluxe
Mimic
Resident Evil: Damnation
Resident Evil: Death Island
Resident Evil: Degeneration
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Scream (1996)
Scream 2
Scream 3
They
Zodiac

August 3
God is a Bullet

August 4
Imaginary

August 10
Bambi: The Reckoning
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey 2

August 18
Fall

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Bergholm’s debut, the skin-crawlingly gnarly and bitingly funny Hatching, puts its thematic concerns directly in the audience’s face, hammering home the point it was making about female puberty and the staggering expectations that come with growing up, but brushes in much more subtly along the way as it explores the complex tangle of emotions that come with those expectations. In that way, it becomes a film of surprising depth while also stirring up all those wonderful ghoulish body horror moments. 

Bergholm’s follow-up, the Fantasia Award-winning Nightborn, functions in much the same way, with an added maturity befitting its subject matter. A dark tale of motherhood, folk horror, and body horror about the various monstrosities that come with motherhood, it’s evidence of Bergholm’s growth as an artist from film to film, and one of this year’s must-see features. 

Saga (Seidi Haarla) and her new husband Jon (Rupert Grint) have just moved to rural Finland, hoping to fix up Saga’s grandmother’s old house, move in, and raise a family on the edge of a forest so magical they even conceive their first child there, nestled among the gnarled trees and the thick, verdant moss. It’s idyllic, the perfect way to start their new lives together, at least until the baby is born. 

A rough birth soon gives way to a newborn with odd features, from strangely sharp teeth and nails — though, to be fair, all babies have razor-sharp nails, so look out — to a body covered in dark, wolfish hair. Saga’s taken aback, but doctors assure the couple the baby is perfectly healthy, just a little, well, different. As the baby grows, and all the usual concerns of motherhood come up, Jon does his best to be the supportive partner and father, and wave away every fear Saga has about their child. But the more time Saga spends with her son, a child she insists on calling “it,” the more she wonders if the forest held more than trees and moss. 

As with her previous feature, the surface-level metaphors in Bergholm’s film, which she co-wrote with Hatching collaborator Ilja Rautsi, are both quite clear and quite heavy. The body horror of postpartum life is dialed up early and all the way to 11, from the way the baby chews at Saga’s nipples to the way her clothes don’t seem to fit anymore to the constant, insistent wailing from the creature in the crib. Any parent or anyone who’s simply never wanted kids of their own for exactly these reasons and more can relate to these moments, the sense of being unmoored from the shared reality of the rest of the world (even, for added horror, your spouse), and the feeling that the living being you’re tasked with caring for simply does not care about you in the least.

Those early months of parenting are often thankless and maddening, and Bergholm depicts that with vibrant shades of body horror and encroaching madness, helped along by a production design which seems to suggest that, despite the couple’s best efforts, the house is receding back into the forest. 

Which brings us to the no-less-subtle but arguably more vibrant folk horror shades in the film. Despite Jon’s best efforts to modernize their country home – complete with an electric car charging station and a robot lawnmower which serves as the film’s best recurring joke – the forest seems to keep reaching back to take over, its roots and saplings sprouting with impossible speed as Saga and Jon’s child takes a greater interest in things beyond breast milk and simple toys. It’s all beautifully done, right down to the green wallpaper that seems to swallow the house like a mossy curtain, and it builds to the subtler shades Bergholm’s managed to layer into her sophomore effort. 

It would be easy for Nightborn to go the simplest route and become a simple changeling story. After all, there’s a reason those legends have persisted for centuries; sometimes your kid just feels like a monster, and the more they assert their personality, the more they can feel less like a part of you and more like an invader in your home. In real life, these moments are temporary, even fleeting, but the anxiety remains, and here Bergholm runs that anxiety like a white-hot wire through the whole film, forcing Saga to confront her own bestial nature and her child’s increasingly unorthodox needs until the whole picture is thick with dread. 

But even with the potency of its darkness, Nightborn also showcases Bergholm’s talent for oddball, dark comedy, something very well-served by the casting of both Haarla and Grint. Just as he did with Servant, Grint plays a phenomenal horror straight man, but this time with an added softness. He’s a supportive husband, a good guy, who just wants to build a family with the woman he loves, and yet everything around him is increasingly bonkers and feral. It’s a highwire act, and he pulls it off.

Even with Grint’s supporting brilliance in mind, though, Haarla is the clear star. As her baby grows and changes, so too does Saga, and Haarla’s ability to pivot from gentle and curious to wild-eyed and furious is the linchpin on which the whole film turns. She’s incredible. 

There’s a richness to Nightborn that, for me at least, Hatching never quite achieved. Bergholm hasn’t lost her knack for wielding metaphor and thematic arcs with blunt-yet-artful force, but there’s an added depth here too, a sense of exploration and nuance that shows a filmmaker who’s still growing, still mastering her craft and dreaming up new horrors for a hungry audience. It’s a chilling artistic breakthrough, and an announcement that Hanna Bergholm is not just here to stay, but getting better all the time.

Nightborn premieres July 31 on Shudder.

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The dark fable makes its debut on Shudder on July 31.

Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star as new parents in Nightborn, and this exclusive clip highlights mom’s harrowing transition into motherhood.

In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”

Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson also star.

Bergholm teased of her maternal horror movie, “In Nordic countries, there’s a long-standing mythology of trolls living in the forests. In ancient times, people truly believed that trolls inhabited the woods and had a kind of control over nature. And in Nightborn, the forest reflects Saga’s emotions and the animalistic, primitive physical side of humankind.”

“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”

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Everything is rosy for popular girl Penny Lane (Bailey Spalding) in the summer of 1986. She’s celebrating her final days of high school with friends Toni (Tahlee Faraday) and Amy (Alexandra Jensen) at a remote family cabin before setting off to the college of her dreams. Penny is also riding the highs of her new secret romantic relationship with Toni; not even the naive and tender-hearted Amy is aware. Her good mood prompts her to also invite her family’s black sheep: cousin Kat (Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, daughter of actor Ben Mendelsohn). 

Though the trio braces themselves for Kat’s bad mood, she instead comes with cupcakes and a smile. It’s all a ruse; Kat gleefully sets about making Toni and Amy uncomfortable as Penny falls unconscious to her spiked treat. When Toni ejects her for the party foul, Kat then turns to criminal boyfriend Angus (Ben O’Toole) to crash the party. It transforms a night of intended revelry into a harrowing fight to survive.

Russell fully embraces B-movie, Ozploitation chaos, putting her characters through the absolute wringer. Punk rock energy and free-flowing drugs for party girl Kat set off simmering tension that roars to a boil with an inciting sexual assault. From there, Russell unleashes a no-holds-barred torrent of violence that delivers no shortage of arterial spray and wince-inducing prosthetic work. It’s not just the practical effects that are cheerworthy here, but Faraday’s resolute performance as Penny’s protector that forces her into fight mode. Penny Lane is Dead is prone to forcing its characters into making dumb decisions for the sake of plot momentum, but it at least imbues Toni with the adaptable street smarts that make her a rootworthy protagonist. 

Penny Lane is Dead also excels at making you loathe its detestable villains. Wright-Mendelsohn gives excellent crazy eye; there’s a sadistic, manic edge to Kat that makes her instantly unsettling and unpredictable. She doesn’t bat a (crazy) eye as her much older lover, Angus, and his unsavory henchmen Rodowsky (Fletcher Humphrys) and Merrick (Steve Le Marquand), set about hunting Toni and Amy. But by the final act, Wright-Mendelsohn’s unhinged portrayal of the young psycho stretches thin with nowhere left to go. The one-note villainess descends into cartoon mustache-twirling that an unsatisfying conclusion fails to overcome.

Not helping is the clashing tone; Penny Lane is Dead wants to be a fun romp despite broaching bleak territory. The film’s baddies do their best to channel the ’80s with larger-than-life character choices; O’Toole and Wright-Mendelsohn in particular really latched onto the enjoyment their characters derive from inflicting skin-crawling sexual violence. It’s here where Russell’s examination of genre norms grows confusing, especially as it assigns all responsibility to Kat only for the horrors inflicted upon female bodies. And it really doles out brutal punishment upon Penny, Toni, and Amy.

As a lean, mean horror siege, Penny Lane is Dead holds your attention and effectively pulls you into Toni’s bid to meet dawn with her lives and friendships intact. It’s visceral, propulsive, and a strong debut in terms of style and energy. But Russell’s explorations never venture very deep, and that punk rock energy fizzles out by the film’s end, leaving you split on whether this rape-revenge tale offers enough catharsis at the end of its zany, brutal ride.

Penny Lane is Dead made its world premiere at the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival and releases on Shudder on August 28.

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Deborah Ann Woll (“Daredevil: Born Again“, Escape Room) stars as woman shocked to discover that a recent body discovered at a crime scene turns out to be her estranged father. It unleashes a supernatural nightmare.

The Cycle will debut exclusively on Shudder on October 23, 2026.

The logline reads, “When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.“

Jeffrey Donovan (“Burn Notice“, Villains) also stars.

Jordan Downey wrote the screenplay with Kevin Stewart (The Head Hunter).

“We are so excited about The Cycle; Jordan has crafted such an original story that is gonna excite audiences. For us he has the ability to be the next great genre filmmaker and we can’t wait to make the movie,” said James Harris of production company Tea Shop (Obsession, 47 Meters Down). Peter Heller also produces.

Deborah Ann Woll rose to fame as the feisty vampire Jessica Hamby in HBO’s “True Blood” before becoming a fan favorite as Karen Page in Marvel’s “Daredevil” series. While horror fans recognize her from Escape Room and its sequel, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, the versatile actress has captured gamers’ attention as Laufey, Kratos’ wife in God of War: Ragnarök. She’ll receive her solo spinoff game in the upcoming God of War: Laufey. 

Check out the unsettling new teaser below and expect to learn more as we get closer to the Halloween season.

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Penny Lane Is Dead premieres August 28 on Shudder.

Watch the official trailer down below.

Set on a hot summer’s night in 1986 Australia, 17-year old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends. After Penny’s jealous and troubled cousin decides a cruel prank is in order, what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed and revenge.

Sophia Wright-Mendelsohn, Tahlee Fereday, Alexandra Jensen (Talk to Me), Bailey Spalding, Steve Le Marquand (Vertical Limit), Fletcher Humphrys (“Wolf Creek”), and Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge) star in Penny Lane Is Dead.

Writer-director Mia’Kate Russell makes her feature debut on the project.

Russell said in a statement, “It’s exhilarating that my feature directorial debut is being released by Shudder, one of the most fearless and bold distributors out there. The Shudder team has such a keen understanding of genre films, and are the perfect partners to unleash this powerful film with audiences.”

The film is the first outing from Sanctuary Pictures, the production arm of Umbrella Entertainment, who produces alongside Buffalo Media and in association with Cyan Films.

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The feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited the Fantasia title Ultrasound, makes its debut on Shudder on August 14.

In Hellcat, “Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?”

Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) leads the cast that also includes Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins (The Bikeriders), and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) in a voice role. Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert.

Hellcat made its world premiere last summer at Fantasia. I wrote in my review, “Hellcat is a bit of a Trojan horror that defies easy classification, by design. Bodell’s sneaky debut feature is occasionally too sparse in its worldbuilding in its bid to preserve the mystery, but not enough to detract from the thrilling road thriller that transforms into a completely left-field type of horror we don’t get nearly enough of. The stripped-down tribute to a classic horror staple catches you off guard in more ways than one, marking Bodell as one to watch.”

In other words, there’s a lot more than meets the eye to Hellcat‘s simple infection setup, delivering plenty of surprises along its bumpy road of horrors.

Check out the trailer and poster below and add Hellcat to your watchlists asap.

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The Cycle will debut exclusively on Shudder on October 23, 2026.

The logline reads, “When the body of a man missing for thirty-six years is discovered at the scene of a horrific crime, it’s up to his estranged daughter to unravel his dark past.“

Also starring in The Cycle is Jeffrey Donovan (“Burn Notice“, Villains).

Jordan Downey wrote the screenplay with Kevin Stewart (The Head Hunter).

“We are so excited about The Cycle; Jordan has crafted such an original story that is gonna excite audiences. For us he has the ability to be the next great genre filmmaker and we can’t wait to make the movie,” said James Harris of production company Tea Shop (Obsession, 47 Meters Down). Peter Heller also produces.

Deborah Ann Woll rose to fame as the feisty vampire Jessica Hamby in HBO’s “True Blood” before becoming a fan favorite as Karen Page in Marvel’s “Daredevil” series. While horror fans recognize her from Escape Room and its sequel, Escape Room: Tournament of Champions, the versatile actress has captured gamers’ attention as Laufey, Kratos’ wife in God of War: Ragnarök. She’ll receive her solo spinoff game in the upcoming God of War: Laufey. 

As for Jordan Downey, The Cycle will mark his long-awaited feature follow-up to the underseen gem, The Head Hunter, but the rising filmmaker also has sci-fi thriller Override on the way. 

Stay tuned for more.

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Nightborn will make its premiere at Fantasia on  July 22 before debuting on Shudder on July 31.

Motherhood appears to be a very violent, bloody affair in the below trailer and poster.

In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”

Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star in the film described as ” a visceral, gripping and terrifying dark fable about motherhood and unconditional maternal love.”

The cast also includes Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson.

“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”

Expect Nightborn to pull from Nordic folklore. Bergholm explained in a statement, “In Nordic countries, there’s a long-standing mythology of trolls living in the forests. In ancient times, people truly believed that trolls inhabited the woods and had a kind of control over nature. And in Nightborn, the forest reflects Saga’s emotions and the animalistic, primitive physical side of humankind.”

Discover what kind of monster Nightborn births later this month.

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Here’s what’s coming.

What’s the Fourth of July without Jaws? Peacock has you covered for a Jaws marathon this holiday weekend. The holiday also brings two 2026 theatrical releases to streaming: Lee Cronin’s The Mummy on HBO Max and Disney+/Hulu adds Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. Sharks close out the month, too, with the arrival of The Devil’s Mouth on Prime Video.

If you missed splatstick comedy Over Your Dead Body in theaters, look for it on Sundance Now on July 31. Also look for 2026 horror releases Exit 8 and Faces of Death to arrive on Shudder.

Read on for all the horror arriving in July.

HBO Max

July 1
Army of Darkness
The Evil Dead (1983)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Evil Dead (2013)
Hereditary
The Disembodied
The Frozen Dead
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Meg
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy (1959)
The Mummy Returns
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Strangers
Us

July 3
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

July 10
The Long Walk

Hulu

July 1
The Mummy

July 2
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come

July 3
Bodies Bodies Bodies

July 8
I.S.S.

July 10
Daniel Isn’t Real
Redux Redux

Kanopy

July 3
Dangerous Animals
Sharknado

July 10
The Witch
The Ice Tower

July 17
Keeper
Night of the Hunter

July 24
Cold Storage

July 31
Good Boy (2025)
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Netflix

July 1
The Beguiled
Hellboy
Krampus
Rebirth of Mothra
Rebirth of Mothra II
Rebirth of Mothra III
Talk to Me
The Witch

July 24
Scream
Scream 2
Scream 3

July 28
The Exorcism

Paramount+

July 1
Carriers
Nightwatch
The Ring
The Ring Two
Sleepy Hollow
Super 8
Tremors

Peacock

July 1
Blink Twice
Hellboy
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Jaws*
Jaws 2*
Jaws 3-D*
Jaws: The Revenge*
Seven
The Shallows
Van Helsing
War of the Worlds

* = is exclusive to Peacock

Pluto TV

July 1
247 Degrees Fahrenheit
After Darkness
After Midnight (1989)
After.Life
Aftershock
Alone In The Dark
Among The Shadows
American Carnage
Asylum (2008)
Barrens
The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Blood Creek
Bloodline
Boy Eats Girl
The Cabin In The Woods
Candyman III
Chained
Children Of The Corn: Runaway
Christine (1983)
Darkness
Day Of The Dead: Bloodline
Dead End (2003)
Demonic
The Dentist
The Dentist 2
Disquiet
Dracula 3000
Dreamkatcher
Embrace Of The Vampire
Escape From New York
The Eternal Daughter
Fangoria: Blood Drive
Fangoria: Blood Drive II
Fear Clinic
Fear Of Rain
Fertile Ground
The Fog
Ginger Snaps
Ginger Snaps 3
Gothic
Grace
Hatchet
High Life
Hollow Man
House Of The Dead (2003)
In Fear
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Jack Goes Home
Kill Theory
Knock Knock (2015)
Lamb
La Nina De La Mina
The Little Mermaid (2024)
Los Visitantes (2014)
Love Lies Bleeding
Martyrs (2015)
The Messengers
The Monster
The New Daughter
Night Of The Demons
Night Of The Living Dead 3D (2006)
Open Your Eyes
Parents
Patrick: Evil Awakens
Pet Sematary (1989)
Pet Sematary II
The Possession (2012)
Pulse III: Invasion
Rambler
Shivers
Speak No Evil
Spectre
Strangeland
Summer Camp (2016)
Tamara
To Let
Too Scared To Scream
Toolbox Murders
Under the Skin
The Uninvited
The Vatican Tapes
Waxwork
Waxwork II: Lost In Time
The Witch
Witch Hunt (2019)
Woodshock
Yakuza Apocalypse
You’re Next
Zodiac

Prime Video

July 1
Bones And All
Jinn
Leviathan
World War Z

July 8
65

July 17
Do Not Enter

July 29
*The Devil’s Mouth

July 31
Primate

*Prime Original

Screambox

July 10
Dawn of the Mummy
Black Venus

July 17
Curtains

July 21
Thingy

July 24
2020 Texas Gladiators
Ballad in Blood
Beast Mode
Contamination

July 31
The Forbidden
Beast In Heat
Revenge Of The Living Dead Girls
Caligula & Messalina

Shudder

July 1
A Grand Mockery
Amer
Cabin in the Woods
The Covenant
The Craft
Daydreamers
Dream Eater
The Evil Dead
Ghost Ship
Oscar Tango Hellwater
The Scarecrow

July 3
Touch Me

July 6
Bambi: The Reckoning
I Heart Willie
Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey
Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey 2

July 8
I Spit on Your Grave (1978)

July 10
Faces of Death

July 13
Dead Snow
The Outwaters
Sleepaway Camp

July 17
Exit 8

July 20
A Good Woman is Hard to Find
Baby in the Basket
Cold Road
Nina Wu

July 24
Saccharine

July 27
Cut Throats Nine
Night Train to Terror
Terminal Island

July 31
Nightborn

Tubi

July 1
American Psycho
The Blackcoat’s Daughter
Deep Blue Sea
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
The Eternal Daughter
Exorcist II: The Heretic
The Great Wall
Hellboy (2004)
High Life
Hostel: Part III
I Am Legend
Insidious
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Lamb
Love Lies Bleeding
No One Will Save You
Only Lovers Left Alive
The Shallows
The Time Machine
Under the Skin
Vacancy (2007)
The Witch

July 2
The Carpenter’s Son
Man Finds Tape

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Nightborn will make its premiere at Fantasia on  July 22 before debuting on Shudder on July 31.

In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”

Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star in the film described as ” a visceral, gripping and terrifying dark fable about motherhood and unconditional maternal love.”

The cast also includes Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson.

“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”

Bergholm previously explored the darker aspects of motherhood with her horror fairy tale debut, Hatching, a coming-of-age creature feature about a girl who hatches a mysterious egg found in the woods.

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It’s an interesting angle, and when combined with a dreamy visual style and a handful of confident performances, Mark O’Brien‘s film starts with a lot of promise and maintains a consistent dramatic tension throughout. There’s ambition here, and craft, and a sense of care that saves the film from oblivion, but unfortunately, thanks to confused pacing and certain baffling moments of characterization, all The Voices of Our Mother can really do, in the end, is avoid becoming a complete mess. 

The mother of the title is Harriet (Sheila McCarthy), whose four adult children fled the home she shared with her own mother as quickly as they could and never looked back. For years, Harriet’s efforts to stay in touch with her children were in vain, at least until their grandmother dies suddenly and a devastated Harriet is hospitalized after a medical episode of her own. It’s only then that twin siblings William (O’Brien) and Therese (Carolina Bartczak), junkie baby brother Martin (Alex Ozerov-Meyer), and devoted nun Annika (Georgina Reilly) are forced to return home to bury their grandmother and deal with Harriet, whose physical and psychological issues are growing stranger by the day. 

There’s a reason so many horror stories follow adults who must return to the site of their childhood trauma. It’s just such a charged environment for drama and psychological tension, as the characters fight to reconcile the understanding that comes with maturity with the rage and confusion they still feel over what happened long ago. O’Brien, who also wrote the screenplay, digs into this emotionally fertile ground immediately, showing us siblings who’ve left quite a few things unsaid, trying to reconnect even as their mother is constantly upsetting the delicate balance of peace they’re trying to construct for her.

In just his second feature as director (after 2021’s The Righteous), O’Brien recognizes the potency of the environment he’s created, and in the early minutes of the film, he exploits it. While Harriet recuperates in bed, the four siblings explore their various resentments, memories, and flat-out grudges from all angles, and it mostly works. The performances are solid, O’Brien works hard to infuse a genuinely distinctive visual style awash with dramatic reds and the glow of firelight into the proceedings, and the supernatural mystery at the core of the film is intriguing, if a little sloppily laid out. It’s a horror story built on the age-old conundrum over what to do with aging relatives with whom you’ve lost any real sense of emotional connection, and that’s palpably unsettling. 

But these unsettling qualities never translate to real horror, or even a cohesive narrative, once the supernatural mystery of it all really starts rolling forward. As Harriet’s illness progresses, and she starts doing things like whispering secrets in her kids’ ears to turn them against each other, the film stirs up fresh drama but fails to deliver on the emotional throughlines of that drama. Characters make baffling decisions, and not in the way that horror characters often act out of passion or confusion or plain old fear.

The tension over Harriet’s real fate fades in and out as the kids squabble, and she only seems to act out in overtly horrifying ways when the script needs to wrap up an argument without ever actually arriving at any conclusions. It’s a shame, because when McCarthy’s actually able to flex her horror muscles and turn Harriet into something to be feared, she brings remarkably nuanced terror to the film, and yet the film barely wants to showcase it. It would rather, it seems, be a psychological drama about the fallout of Harriet’s illness, which would be fine if that drama held together. Instead, we’re left with a string of interesting scenes that never quite come together into a story worth following, and by the time the more overt horror elements kicked in, I’d grown too frustrated to really be hooked. 

But The Voices of Our Mother is not all bad. McCarthy’s performance is solid, as is O’Brien’s, who injects a welcome naturalism into scenes that might otherwise be stiff. Reilly (who, as a Pontypool fan, I was just really happy to see), Bartczak, and Ozerov-Meyer bring their best to the material, but the film is just too tonally confused to deliver anything truly satisfying out of their work.

Still, I can’t help but think that with a little narrative tightening and some basic brush-ups on things like blocking and scene geography – the film is sometimes ambiguous on purpose but more often ambiguous by accident, like setups arrived half-formed – this thing could’ve gone much further. The Voices of Our Mother doesn’t work, but it’s far from a disaster, and I sincerely hope Mark O’Brien tries his hand at more horror in the future. 

The Voices of Our Mother hits Shudder June 19.

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Here’s all the new genre movies that released on Friday, June 12, 2026!

These aren’t all HORROR movies, but we want you to be aware of them all the same…

Norwegian creature feature Kraken is now available on Digital.

The film was also unleashed in select theaters. Check your local listings.

In the monster movie Kraken, “unnatural behavior in wild salmon, followed by inexplicable deaths in Norway’s deepest fjord, points to the mythical Kraken. The ancient, multi-armed monster has awakened, ready to crush everything that moves or makes a sound.”

Pål Øie (The Tunnel) directs Samuel Goldwyn Films’ Kraken from a script by Vilde Eide, Kjersti Jelen Rasmussen, and Natasha Arthur. Sara Khorami, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Øyvind Brandtzæg, Jenny Evensen, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Jon Erik Myre, Hans Morten Hansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, and Filip Bargee Ramberg star.

An all girls trip into the desert for escapism fun instead implodes in violence in the revenge thriller Find Your Friends, now streaming only on Shudder.

In the film, “Amber and her four best friends flee Los Angeles for a girls’ trip in Joshua Tree, only to find themselves unwelcome in a desert town simmering with quiet hostility. As isolation sets in and encounters with aggressive locals grow more threatening, festering resentments within the group begin to surface.

“What begins as fun and reckless escape spirals into a violent struggle for control and survival, as past wounds and present dangers collide in a night that turns their trip into a nightmare.”

Bella Thorne (The Babysitter), Chloe Cherry (“Euphoria”), Helena Howard (I Saw the TV Glow), Sophia Ali (Uncharted), Zion Moreno (“Gossip Girl”), and Chris Bauer (“True Blood”) star in the feature debut by writer/director Izabel Pakzad.

Steven Spielberg is more sure today than he was when he made Close Encounters and ET that aliens are very real, and with Disclosure Day, he aims to make you a believer too.

Okay so it’s not a horror movie, but the sci-fi blockbuster is now playing in theaters.

The vague synopsis for Disclosure Day reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for Jurassic World Rebirth.

Steven Spielberg is of course no stranger to extraterrestrial encounters, directing two of the greatest alien movies of all time: Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977 and E.T. in 1982. It’s an arena he returned to in 2005, directing an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.

Here in 2026, Steven Spielberg sees hope in the existence of aliens. He notes in the final trailer for Disclosure Day, “How will disclosure change us? I believe for the better.”

Another movie that’s not a horror movie but worth mentioning here is the violent martial arts revenge thriller The Furious, which is now playing in theaters from Lionsgate.

Xie Miao (The New Legend of Shaolin) and Joe Taslim (Mortal Kombat) star.

After his daughter is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no help from the corrupt police, Wang Wei sets out on a rampage to find her himself.

His only ally is Navin, a relentless journalist whose wife has mysteriously disappeared. Fueled by a furious vengeance, the unlikely duo ruthlessly fights against the kidnappers.

Kenji Tanigaki (Enter the Fat Dragon) directs from a script by Mak Tin Shu (Kung Fu Jungle), Lei Zhilong, Shum Kwan Sin (Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In), and Frank Hui.

A disturbing weight loss craze involving human ashes opens up a haunting world of hurt for a young woman in Saccharine, which is now available on Digital outlets at home.

From writer/director Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A), the Australian supernatural body horror film follows lovelorn medical student Hana, who becomes terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.

Midori Francis (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$), and Madeleine Madden (“The Wheel of Time”) star in Natalie Erika James’ latest nightmare.

From directors Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz, I Am Frankelda is billed as the first ever full length stop motion movie from Mexico, and it’s now streaming on Netflix.

The history-making stop-motion film is a dark fantasy set in a world of monsters.

Here’s the synopsis: “In 19th-century Mexico, Frankelda is a gifted writer whose dark tales are ignored and dismissed. Forced to suppress her voice, she refuses to give up, even as many try to silence her. But when she is thrust into her subconscious, the very monsters she created come to life.

“Guided by Herneval, a tormented prince trapped between dreams and nightmares, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before both realms collapse. Meanwhile, the sinister writer Procustes and his conspirators plot to seize control. As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse.

“To rewrite their fate, she must confront a love that defies existence and reclaim her power as a storyteller—before dark forces consume her imagination and reveal horrors beyond her creation.”

The directors said in a joint statement, “As brothers, we grew up inventing worlds together, drawing, playing, imagining. Over time we understood that fictional characters were not only companions but guides. Sometimes they felt closer than the people around us. They provided us courage, wisdom, and solace. We believe fiction is not an escape from reality but a way of understanding it. A way of converting truth into palatable chunks. I Am Frankelda comes from a lifelong love of storytelling.”

Mireya Mendoza, Arturo Mercado Jr., and Luis Leonardo Suarez lead the voice cast.

Meagan Navarro writes in her review for Bloody Disgusting, “Mexico’s first stop-motion animated feature is a macabre beauty.” Meagan also notes in her review, “I Am Frankelda is a gothic fantasy feature whose boundless creativity is matched by its ambition.”

The lines of reality and delusion blur in Time of Death, now available on Digital.

Michael Kelly (“The Penguin,” Dawn of the Dead 2004) stars with Kevin Pollak (End of Days), Mena Suvari (Vampires of the Velvet Lounge), and Dennis Haysbert (Send Help).

In the horror-thriller, “When a prisoner vanishes without a trace, Detective Frank Morley (Michael Kelly) is sent to a decaying prison on the verge of shutdown. What begins as a routine investigation quickly spirals into a dangerous search for answers.”

Will Wernick (Escape Room 2017, Follow Me) directs from a script by Jason Rosen. They also produce alongside Kelly Delson, Jeff Delson, and Kyle David Crosby.

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Makeup effects legend Greg Nicotero (“The Walking Dead,” “Creepshow”) has reimagined the iconic Crypt Keeper puppet from the classic HBO television series, and Shudder has shared photos of Crypt Keeper voice actor John Kassir posing with the new puppet!

Shudder captions the social post, “Horror FX legend Greg Nicotero joins forces with the unmistakable voice of John Kassir to bring a new Crypt Keeper puppet to life.”

The big question here is… WHY?! Was this just a fun project for Nicotero, as a fan of the series? Or is Shudder teasing that the puppet was created for a reason? It’s likely the former, but that hasn’t stopped fans from speculating that Shudder has something planned for “Tales from the Crypt” beyond merely streaming the seven existing seasons of the HBO television series.

A “Tales from the Crypt” reboot series has never been able to get off the ground due to complicated rights issues, but perhaps Shudder has been able to untangle that mess? The reopening of the Tales from the Crypt content archive on Shudder was made possible by a collaboration with Dark Castle Entertainment, Lauren Shuler Donner, and Walter Hill (Tales from the Crypt Holdings), so it’s possible they’ve been able to work something more out…

For now, all seven seasons are presented fully uncut and uncensored on Shudder. And that’s good enough for us!

Inspired by the EC Comics tales, each episode of “Tales from the Crypt” offers a self-contained story hosted by the Crypt Keeper (Kassir), a wisecracking corpse known for his macabre puns. With its signature unrestricted gore, profanity, and dark irony, the show’s episode styles range from comedy to drama and deliver twisted moral lessons where “bad people” meet poetically horrific ends – and issues like greed, lust, and moral decay lead to tragic consequences.

The original HBO series featured a long list of Hollywood A-list guest stars, including Brad Pitt, Demi Moore, Michael J. Fox, John Lithgow, Christopher Reeve, Catherine O’Hara, Steve Buscemi, Brooke Shields, and many more. The talent also extended behind the camera, with notable directors including Robert Zemeckis, Tobe Hooper, and William Friedkin, as well as Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Michael J. Fox.

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But it’s not the whole story.

Starting with her own experiences might have been Pazkad’s catalyst, but Find Your Friends works because it’s willing to not just interrogate these threats, but to allow its characters to exist in a way that makes them far from perfect horror movie victims when those threats arrive. Intense, confrontational, and relentless, this is a film that begins as a psychological unraveling, then descends into revenge movie madness, all with a style perfect for the Euphoria generation. 

Amber (Helena Howard) just went through a difficult breakup, and she’s looking forward to cutting loose during a trip out to the desert with her friends Lavinia (Bella Thorne), Zosia (Zion Moreno), Lola (Chloe Cherry), and Maddy (Sophia Ali). Her friends all think that what Amber needs is some drinks, drugs, and fun rebound sex, but Amber’s not so sure, particularly after her first attempt to hook up with a guy ends in the kind of casual sexual assault that’s easy for anyone who didn’t witness it to brush off. 

Still, when the ladies make it out to Joshua Tree for their getaway, everyone’s in high spirits, and Amber’s hoping to put the past behind her and get lost in music and mood-altering substances. But the past won’t fade quite so easily, and the quintet of friends is about to find out that the present is even more frightening. 

Structurally, this is a classic plot-driven thriller in which the decisions of the characters and their reactions to adversity inform who they are. We meet Amber and her friends mid-party, and aside from a couple of quiet moments, the party basically never ends, whether the girls are taking Molly at a desert concert or doing mushrooms in the wilderness. Along the way, we come to understand that, with adult responsibilities looming in their lives, these young women are all afraid of drifting apart, and they hope that a maelstrom of experience will bond them in such a way that they’ll reunite for a girls’ trip everywhere.

They’re trying to cling, often unhealthily, to a world in which they can hold each other up, and no one seems to need that more than Amber. Some characters don’t get as much detail brushed in as others – it’s really Amber’s movie despite its ensemble tendencies – but Howard, Thorne, and Moreno in particular imbue the film with emotional weight and palpable tension. 

That tension comes from a few different places, whether it’s Amber trying to hold her friends responsible for what she considers abandonment at a key moment or Lavinia trying to wring every last drop of fun from the trip at all costs, but it’s most evident in the way the girls engage with their environment. If you’ve ever visited any kind of major party destination for twentysomethings, you’ve met these women. I bumped into an almost identical group recently at a resort in San Juan, and I’m sure I’m not alone in my sense of recognition.

These women are loud, energetic, intoxicated, and fiercely devoted both to each other and to their shared goal of shutting out the wider world in favor of an experience they curate together. While their behavior might be jarring at first, especially if you’re an old homebody like me, you soon realize that it’s the whole point of the dramatic tension Pakzad has set out to establish. 

These characters need to be loud, profane, sometimes even self-centered and annoying, because Find Your Friends is a movie that dares you to dislike them. Why? Because Pazkad is interested not just in the slowly unfolding revenge narrative in the film, or in the way Amber’s psyche fractures under the weight of increasingly isolating experiences, but in forcing her audience to confront their own biases. In the eyes of a misogynistic viewer, these women seem to be doing a textbook version of “asking for it” or “being a tease.” They drink, they twerk, they speak frankly and openly about their sexual experiences, and they’re not shy about what they want when it comes to men.

Pakzad places all of this deliberately in our faces so that, when the violence and confusion start to kick in, we’re forced to consider our own internalized misogyny and judgment of women like these. If you’ve ever chastised a horror movie character for making a bad decision, Find Your Friends wants to throw that judgment back in your face. It is a wonderfully thorny exploration of the film’s themes, and it creates a thread of piano wire-tight tension that builds to one of the year’s most unforgettable horror crescendos. 

The film’s thematic oomph and the sheer energy of its pacing, helped along by editor Maxime Pozzi-Garcia and cinematographer Tim Curtin, is strong enough to mask some of its minor flaws. It could stand a bit more nuance, some tighter plotting, perhaps a bit quieter to let its ideas settle into place around the parties and the mayhem, but the film is so immediate and sensuous in its presentation, helped along by a pulsing soundtrack, that these things barely have time to take root in your mind.

This is a dreamy, feral little movie with a taste for blood, and I hope it finds the audience it deserves. 

Find Your Friends arrives June 12 on Shudder.

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Breeder becomes the tonal and structural hybrid of Barbarian and Misery, but still uniquely its own thing. It’s one of 2026’s best horror surprises.

Goyette’s debut is such an impressive feature film that remains endlessly engaging because of its ability to keep one foot in reality, no matter how extreme the storytelling gets. It builds to a wild complication that actually feels earned because of how it preys upon the protagonist, Russell (Daniel Doheny), and his deep sense of desperation that’s rooted in the world’s grim economic state. Life-changing money makes it a lot easier for red flags to take on a greener hue. 

Russell is a brilliant college student who is at the precipice of a game-changing study that has the potential to prevent a rare bee species’ extinction. He just lacks the funding to make this dream a reality. Russell is cautiously optimistic when a particular poodle breeder, Patti (Dot-Marie Jones), who is a fan of Russell’s work, promises to be an angel investor if he can help her with an experiment of her own. It’s a sublime setup for what turns into a consistently surprising take on the perilous pursuit of perfection and a dark, post-modern version of survival of the fittest.

Breeder is the very best style of slow-burn storytelling that grows more uncomfortable with each act. There are shades of Dogtooth and even Tusk, to some extent, as this extreme ritual that’s against nature takes place in plain sight and becomes normalized. The blunt, matter-of-fact nature of Patti’s actions makes this all the more horrifying. It’s almost as if Breeder applies a dog trainer approach to a hostage situation. The film deconstructs the complex bond between pet and owner, particularly how this relationship can warp and become toxic. There’s a slipping sense of reality that’s absolutely chilling. However, the film uses this confusion to find the humor in this unsettling premise as it balances these two extremes. Breeder’s sense of humor is low-key its secret weapon, and always feels so natural.

The entire cast shines, but this is really a movie that lives and dies on the success of its villain. Dot-Marie Jones is a revelation as Patti. It’s electric every second that she’s on screen, and there’s taut tension from not knowing when the other shoe will drop. She’s played with such chilling, calculating intensity, even when she’s completely normal. Patti is like Misery’s Annie Wilkes mixed with No Country for Old Men’s Anton Chigurh, and it’s absolutely unforgettable.

Alternatively, Russell’s layered character development and the arc that he experiences highlight the pressures that he faces in life over failing to realize his full potential. Breeder makes Russell feel helpless and establishes why this study is so important to him. It’s so easy to have main characters who make a slew of poor decisions and lose sight of themselves so that their karmic retribution almost feels justified and becomes a cathartic release for the audience. Russell never wavers, and he doesn’t read like any other idiot in a horror film who willingly puts themselves in a dangerous situation.

Most importantly, Goyette makes sure that the audience cares about Russell and that they’re actively rooting for his survival through all this. He’s put through the wringer, but it’s also fascinating to see how this harsh ordeal helps him grow and eliminate what he perceives to be weaknesses. Russell is a fun foil for every character that he shares time with in Breeder. However, there’s especially great chemistry between him and his girlfriend during the film’s first act. It helps establish a necessary baseline before everything falls apart. There’s a sardonic, dry energy to these scenes that’s such a stark counterpoint to the chaos that follows.

Breeder is such an original take on a low-budget “horror contained in a house” story that’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen. It’s a unique story that intentionally avoids taking the easy way out, even if that’s occasionally frustrating. The film’s end, for instance, is likely to split audiences. However, it’s a decision that feels real and organic, rather than some gratuitous pivot that only exists to cause controversy. This strong, earned storytelling is lifted through fantastic performances and confident filmmaking that never fail to rise to the occasion.

It’s an excellent showpiece for Goyette, and it’s genuinely exciting to consider what he’ll do with more at his disposal, but it’s also a standout horror film in a year that’s been stacked with creative offerings. Breeder is headed to Shudder after a limited theatrical release, and it will hopefully find an audience and not get lost in the streaming shuffle. Survival of the fittest and all that.

Breeder made its premiere at Tribeca 2026 and is slated for release this fall. 

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Save for one reboot, this month brings a ton of original new genre offerings like Leviticus, I Am Frankelda, and Kraken. Also look for brand new films from Steven Spielberg and more.

Here are ten new horror movies releasing in June 2026.

Scary Movie – In Theaters Today

Out in theaters today, June 5, is the sixth installment of the popular horror parody film series, marking the Wayans’ return to the franchise they started. Expect spoofs of anything and everything, from Scream (2022) to The Substance (our review).

Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).

Marlon Wayans (“Shorty”), Shawn Wayans (“Ray”), Anna Faris (“Cindy”), and Regina Hall (“Brenda”) reunite alongside returning favorites and fresh faces to slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, and anything with the word legacy in it.

The core four are joined by franchise favorites Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.

The ensemble cast also includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, and Felissa Rose.

Watch the official trailer for Scary Movie below.

Disclosure Day – In Theaters June 12

Legendary director Steven Spielberg is a believer, and he wants to make you one too when his latest invades theaters and IMAX next week. Spielberg revisits the idea of extraterrestrials once more; he previously delivered a trio of sci-fi greats with Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1977, E.T. in 1982, and War of the Worlds in 2005.

The vague synopsis for Disclosure Day reads: “If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to Disclosure Day.”

Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp. 

Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Josh O’Connor (Wake Up Dead Man, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple), and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).

Watch the official trailer for Disclosure Day below.

Find Your Friends – On Shudder June 12

An all girls trip into the desert descends into violence in intense thriller Find Your Friends, set to make its Shudder debut on a very crowded June 12.

In the film, “Amber and her four best friends flee Los Angeles for a girls’ trip in Joshua Tree, only to find themselves unwelcome in a desert town simmering with quiet hostility. As isolation sets in and encounters with aggressive locals grow more threatening, festering resentments within the group begin to surface. What begins as fun and reckless escape spirals into a violent struggle for control and survival, as past wounds and present dangers collide in a night that turns their trip into a revenge-fueled nightmare.”

Bella Thorne (The Babysitter), Chloe Cherry (“Euphoria”), Helena Howard (I Saw the TV Glow), Sophia Ali (Uncharted), Zion Moreno (“Gossip Girl”), and Chris Bauer (“True Blood”) star in the feature debut by writer/director Izabel Pakzad.

Watch the official trailer for Find Your Friends below.

I Am Frankelda – On Netflix June 12

Mexico’s first stop-motion animated feature film delivers meticulous, handmade artistry from Arturo Ambriz and Roy Ambriz, protégés of Academy Award-winner Guillermo del Toro, and celebrates a unique world of monsters. It also arrives exclusively on Netflix on June 12 (our review).

Here’s the synopsis: “In 19th-century Mexico, Frankelda is a gifted writer whose dark tales are ignored and dismissed. Forced to suppress her voice, she refuses to give up, even as many try to silence her. But when she is thrust into her subconscious, the very monsters she created come to life.

“Guided by Herneval, a tormented prince trapped between dreams and nightmares, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before both realms collapse. Meanwhile, the sinister writer Procustes and his conspirators plot to seize control. As Frankelda and Herneval grow closer, their bond becomes both a strength and a curse.

“To rewrite their fate, she must confront a love that defies existence and reclaim her power as a storyteller—before dark forces consume her imagination and reveal horrors beyond her creation.”

Mireya Mendoza, Arturo Mercado Jr., and Luis Leonardo Suarez lead the voice cast.

Watch the official trailer for I Am Frankelda below.

Kraken – In Select Theaters & on Digital June 12

A monstrous myth comes to life in Norwegian creature feature Kraken, out in limited theaters and VOD on the busiest day of the month in terms of new horror releases.

Pål Øie (The Tunnel) directs from a script by Vilde Eide, Kjersti Jelen Rasmussen, and Natasha Arthur.

In the film, unnatural behavior in wild salmon, followed by inexplicable deaths in Norway’s deepest fjord, points to the mythical Kraken. The ancient, multi-armed monster has awakened, ready to crush everything that moves or makes a sound.

Sara Khorami, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Øyvind Brandtzæg, Jenny Evensen, Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Jon Erik Myre, Hans Morten Hansen, Steinar Klouman Hallert, and Filip Bargee Ramberg star.

Watch the official trailer for Kraken below.

Leviticus – In Theaters June 19

“Leviticus is a strong debut with an incisive voice at the helm,” I wrote in my review of one of this summer’s most anticipated releases that sees a vicious curse wreak havoc on young lovers and their conservative community. The latest from NEON arrives in theaters in the back half of June.

Joe Bird (Talk to Me) and Stacy Clausen play star-crossed teenage boys who must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.

Mia Wasikowska (Crimson Peak), Jeremy Blewitt, Ewen Leslie (The Nightingale), and Davida McKenzie (Silent Night) round out the cast of horror movie Leviticus.

The film comes from writer-director Adrian Chiarella.

Watch the official trailer for Leviticus below.

Rose of Nevada – In Select Theaters June 19

Enys Men filmmaker Mark Jenkin is back with a new hallucinatory, shot-on-film folk horror nightmare, the time-traveling Rose of Nevada arriving in select theaters.

In the horror film, “Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it.”

Rose of Nevada was written, directed, edited, and scored by Jenkin, who shot the film on a 16mm Bolex camera.

George MacKay and Callum Turner star.

Watch the official trailer for Rose of Nevada below.

Hold the Fort – On Digital June 23

Those in the mood for a scrappy indie horror comedy that rails against the insanity of HOAs should find much to revel in when Hold the Fort arrives on VOD on June 23. Witches, werewolves, and mayhem ensue.

In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“

William Bagley writes and directs the film starring Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith.

Watch the official trailer for Hold the Fort below.

Hungry – On Digital June 23

The wildly unofficial adaptation of Hungry Hungry Hippos comes home to VOD after an extremely limited theatrical run. Rob Hunter called the animal attack flick “a terrific little survival thriller about an angry, angry hippo instead” in his review.

Hungry follows thrill-seeking tourists on a riverboat tour through the treacherous Louisiana swamplands. Lured off the beaten path by the promise of an exclusive adventure, they soon find themselves fighting for survival against a ravenous hippopotamus lurking beneath the bayou’s murky waters.

Madison Davenport (It’s What’s Inside), Tracey Bonner (Greenland), Michel Curiel (“She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”), Jim Meskimen (“Parks and Recreation”), Samantha Coughlan (Arcadian), Olivia Bernstone (Fighting with My Family), River Codack (“Happy Face”), and Joaquim de Almeida (Desperado) star.

James Nunn (Shark Bait, One Shot) wrote and directed.

Watch the official trailer for Hungry below.

Strung – On Peacock June 26

Producers Tyler Perry and Jason Blum have joined forces on this Peacock original, promising all sorts of twisty psychological turns.

In the film, “A talented violinist takes a prestigious job as a music tutor for the gifted daughter of an influential and enigmatic family. As she becomes entangled in their opulent world, unsettling secrets begin to surface, forcing her to question her safety, her dreams, and even her sanity.”

Malcolm D. Lee (Scary Movie 5, Space Jam: A New Legacy) directs from a script written by Alan B. McElroy (Wrong Turn, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers).

Chloe Bailey (“Swarm“), Lynn Whitfield (Jaws: The Revenge), Lucien Laviscount (“Scream Queens”), Anna Diop (Us), Coco Jones (Vampires vs. the Bronx), Langley Kirkwood (“Banshee”), and Romy Woods star.

Watch the official trailer for Strung below.

Which of these June 2026 horror movies are you most excited for?

Comment below.

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article stated that Her Private Hell will be released on June 24. The film’s actual release date is July 24. You’ll find it in next month’s preview!

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