Here’s what’s coming to Shudder in January!
FILMS
MOTHER OF FLIES
Shudder Original Film
Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser
Streaming On Shudder January 23
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis
Mickey faces a deadly diagnosis, but she isn’t ready to die yet. Heading into the woods with her father, she seeks dark magic at the hands of mysterious recluse, Solveig, who has an intimate relationship with death and roots that go deep in the land. For three days, Mickey endures Solveig’s extreme rituals of death magic. But every cure has its cost, and every curse is another’s gift. As buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the veil between the living and the dead begins to unravel, and Mickey finds herself facing dark truths that only the dead and the dying can know.
CHAIN REACTIONS
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe
Streaming On Shudder January 9
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ
Synopsis
Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra HellerNicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama – through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never beforeseen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), the documentary goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist **The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) also available beginning January 9. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (1986) is available to stream on Shudder beginning January 1.
BEAST OF WAR
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner
Streaming On Shudder January 16
Available in US, CA
Synopsis
When their boat is sunk while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a young troop of Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking life raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.
MARSHMALLOW
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio
Streaming On Shudder January 1
Available in US, CA
Synopsis
At a secluded summer camp, Morgan, a shy and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a living nightmare when a legendary campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure begins stalking the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a perilous journey that will force them to confront their deepest fears and question the very nature of their existence
A DESERT
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Charlies E. Sellier Jr.
Streaming On Shudder December 1
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis
A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.
TV SERIES & SPECIALS
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs
Shudder Original Series
New Episode Premieres LIVE Friday, January 9 on Shudder TV Beginning at 9pm ET;
Debuts on-demand Sunday, January 11
Available in US and CA
Synopsis
Lock your doors and crank the volume for a new episode of The Last Drive-In. Join Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl the first Friday of every month for all-new, bone-tingling double-features sure to delight horror buffs and video hounds alike, proving once again that the drive-in will never die.
Wolf
TV Series Premieres Wednesday, December 30; Episodes Premiere Weekly until the Season
Finale on February 3
Available in US and CA
Synopsis
Based on Mo Hayder’s acclaimed Jack Caffrey novels, the series follows DI Jack Caffery (Ukweli Roach, The Midwich Cuckoos), a young detective plagued by nightmares and obsessed with the neighbor he believes murdered his 10-year-old brother in the ’90s. Jack finds himself trying to right the wrongs of others – but at what cost? Meanwhile, in an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves the victims of a psychopath’s cruel games, trapped and terrorized. When the two narratives collide, it’s a thrilling, nail-biting, and deeply disturbing race against time. Also starring Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) and Sian ReeseWilliams (Line of Duty).
SHUDDER TV HIGHLIGHTS
Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET – featuring new premieres and curated double features
including:
January 2: “Macabre Magic” Watch Party – The Jester 2 and Magic
January 9: “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” Watch Party – Titles TBA
January 16: “Soldiers, Sailors, & Scares” Watch Party – Beast of War and Dog
Soldiers
January 23: “The Adams Family” Watch Party – Mother of Flies and Hellbender
January 30: “Director Bob Clark” Watch Party – Children Shouldn’t Play with
Dead Things and Deathdream
SHUDDER RESURRECTED
**Repertory Titles New to Shudder**
January 1
Shark Night
A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.
Carrie (1976)
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
28 Days Later
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors find sanctuary.
28 Weeks Later
Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
From Beyond
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life form.
The Other
Unable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of a tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster’s past has returned to destroy the new family.
Bone Tomahawk
In the Old West, a small-town sheriff and his rag-tag posse set out to rescue several townspeople from a brutal cave-dwelling, cannibalistic Indian tribe. Starring Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Fox.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.
January 9
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.
Don’t Torture a Duckling
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating within the superstitious community.
Don’t Go Into the Woods
Four friends camping in the woods inadvertently stumble upon the domain of a maniacal killer.
January 10
In the Mouth of Madness
An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer’s books have had on his fans is more than inspirational.
January 12
Founders Day
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.
The Severed Sun
Magpie lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father, The Pastor. When a man is murdered, paranoia sets in and people start to whisper about a strange ‘Beast’ that lives in the forest.
