UK Horror streaming service Shudder is serving up a treat to everyone staying home streaming by invoking the spirit of our favourite season and transforming April 2020 into ‘Halfway to Halloween Month,’ with original series, fantastic Halloween themed movies and so much more. New members can use promo code SHUTIN on shudder.com for a 30-day free trial.
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1st April – New Movies
EVERLY
(Director: Joe Lynch)
When Everly betrays her ex, a powerful mob boss, she must face a legion of killers who are out to collect the bounty on the heads of her and her family. Starring Selma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda, Togo Igawa
THE HALLOW
(Director: Corin Hardy)
When a London-based conservationist is sent to Ireland to survey an area of forest believed to be hallowed ground, his actions disturb a horde of demonic creatures who prey upon the lost. Starring Joseph Mawle, Bojana Novakovic, Michael McElhatton, Michael Smiley
2nd April onwards – CURSED FILMS
Cursed Films is a five-part documentary series from writer/director Jay Cheel (How to Build a Time Machine) exploring the myths and legends behind some of Hollywood’s notoriously “cursed” horror film productions. From plane accidents and bombings during the making of The Omen, to the rumoured use of real human skeletons on the set of Poltergeist, these stories are legendary … but what’s real and what’s myth?
Cursed Films recounts the horrifying events that haunted these productions through interviews with experts, witnesses and the cast, directors and producers who lived through them, including Richard Donner, Linda Blair, Michael Berryman, Lloyd Kaufman, Kane Hodder, Gary Sherman, Eileen Dietz, Mitch Horowitz. Were these films really cursed, as many believe, or just the victims of bad luck and bizarre circumstances? A Shudder Original Series
April 2: Ep. 1 “The Exorcist”
April 9: Ep. 2 “Poltergeist” and Ep. 3 “The Omen”
April 16: Ep. 4 “The Crow” and Ep. 5 “Twilight Zone: The Movie”
20th April – More Movies
BURIED
(Director: Rodrigo Cortés)
Paul Conroy wakes up six feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why. Buried with only a cell phone and lighter, he only has ninety minutes to be rescued. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Samantha Mathis, Robert Paterson
PERSONAL SHOPPER
(Director: Olivier Assayas)
An ethereal and mysterious ghost story about a high-fashion personal shopper to the stars who is also a spiritual medium. Grieving the recent death of her twin brother, she haunts his Paris home, determined to make contact with him. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz
IT FOLLOWS
(Director: David Robert Mitchell)
After a seemingly innocent sexual encounter, 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe of THE GUEST) suddenly finds herself trapped by a vicious curse—someone or something is following her, and the only way to save herself is to put others in harm’s way. Starring Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Olivia Luccardi, Jake Weary, Lili Sepe
23rd April 0.0Mhz Movie
Members of a paranormal exploration club go to an abandoned house in the remote small town to prove the existence of a ghost using radio frequency-based technology. Unfortunately, the young students unwittingly become the ghost’s host… Starring Yoon-young Choi, Shin Joo-Hwan, Eun-ji Jung (of the K-pop group Apink) , directed by Sun-Dong Yoo.
25th April – THE LAST DRIVE IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS — Premier
Proving once again that “the drive-in will never die,” iconic horror host and exploitation movie aficionado Joe Bob Briggs is back with an all-new season of weekly Friday night double features streaming live exclusively on Shudder. Over the course of ten episodes, The Last Drive-In series will offer an eclectic selection of movies running the gamut from horror classics to obscurities and foreign cult favorites along with the occasional surprise guest. A Shudder Original Series.
Note: only some movies featured will be available in the UK.
27th April – THE SIREN
(Director: Perry Blackshear)
Tom rents a cabin on a secluded lake marked by a local legend of a lovelorn spirit who haunts the surrounding woods and drowns anyone she encounters. Drawn to her immediately, Tom
knows he has found his soulmate in the seemingly human Nina, who must battle to repress her demonic instincts when she feels the same towards him. Starring: Margaret Ying Drake, MacLeod Andrews, Evan Dumouchel
30th April – PREVENGE
(Director: Alice Lowe)
A pitch black, wryly British comedy. A pregnant woman goes on a killing spree at the bidding of her misanthropic unborn baby speaking from the womb, coaching her to lure and kill her unsuspecting victims. Struggling with her conscience, loneliness and prepartum madness, she must ultimately choose between redemption and destruction at the moment of motherhood. Starring Alice Lowe, Gemma Whelan, Kate Dickie, Jo Hartley
30th April – WOLF CREEK – TV Series – season 2
In the second season of the hit horror series, a group of international tourists embark on the Outback adventure of a lifetime, but a chance encounter with trigger-happy pig hunter Mick Taylor (John Jarratt) sets them on a journey none of them could have imagined. With Tess Haubrich (Alien: Covenant), Matt Day (Rake), Ben Oxenbould (The Code), Laura Wheelwright (Animal Kingdom), Charlie Clausen (Home & Away) Stephen Hunter (The Leftovers) and Chris Haywood (Muriel’s Wedding). A Shudder Exclusive Series.
