SHUDDER
Directed, Written and Produced by Julia Max
Starring Colby Minifie (“The Boys”) and Kate Burton (“Grey’s Anatomy”)
Streaming on Shudder Friday, May 23rd
“Female-facing horror finds a striking new voice in Julia Max. Though it delivers some quite serious wince-inducing gore, The Surrender never loses sight of its sincere emotional core. A bloody genre reworking of Postcards from the Edge.”
– Damon Wise, Deadline
“Just when a horror trend or theme feels tired and played out, an emerging filmmaker breathes new life into it. A visceral, thrilling and high-stakes vision without ever dampening the complicated, messy, and unglamorous nature of loss, marks Max as one to watch.”
– Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting
“Scary, squirm-inducing, and sympathetic all at once, The Surrender is another great entry in the ‘trauma horror’ subgenre.”
– Hoai-Tran Bui, Inverse
“Colby Minifie and Kate Burton’s tremendous, ferocious performances are some of the best of 2025 so far, in the horror genre or otherwise.”
– Cody Dericks, Next Best Picture
Upcoming Screenings
New York
Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan
Friday, May 16th and Saturday, May 17th
9:45pm
28 Liberty St, Suite SC301
Soho House
Saturday, May 17th
9:00pm
29-35 9th Ave
Ludlow House
Saturday, May 17th
9:00pm
139 Ludlow St
IFC Center – ‘Shudder Showcase’ Screening
Thursday, May 22nd
7:00pm
323 Avenue of the Americas
Los Angeles
Look Dine-In Cinemas
Followed by a Q&A with Director Julia Max
Friday, May 16th
8:00pm
128 Artsakh Ave
Soho House West Hollywood
Saturday, May 17th
9:00pm
9200 Sunset Blvd
Note there are also Soho House Screenings on Saturday, May 17th at 9pm in Chicago, Austin and Nashville
Synopsis
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead. As the bizarre and brutal resurrection spirals out of control, both women must confront their differences as they fight for their lives – and for each other.
About the Director
Julia Max is an LA native who grew up on film sets and graduated from USC. Her most recent short film, ‘Pieces of Me’, premiered at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. It screened at fifteen festivals before landing on ALTER’s streaming platform, where it’s received over 1 million views. She is repped by Entertainment 360.
Director: Julia Max
Screenwriter: Julia Max
Cast: Colby Minifie, Kate Burton, Neil Sandilands, Vaughn Armstrong, Mia Ellis, Pete Ploszek, Chelsea Alden, Alaina Pollack, Riley Rose Critchlow, Lola Prince Kelly
Producers: Mia Chang, Lovell Holder, Robert J. Ulrich, Julia Max, Ian McDonald
Executive Producers: Susan Gelb, Adam Maffei, Rob Massar
Director of Photography: Cailin Yatsko
Editor: Sushila Love
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Composer: Alex Winkler
Language: English
Runtime: 99 mins
