Hulu announced this week the return of its annual “Huluween” celebration. All October long, viewers can access Hulu’s Halloween-themed hub for a collection of new and fan-favorite Halloween TV shows and films.
This year the Huluween destination features 800 premium Halloween titles and more than 5,000 episodes of new and library TV series. The Huluween hub will also serve consumers personalized recommendations all month long from hand-picked Halloween collections including Freaky Franchises, Foreign Frights, Psychological Horror & Thrillers, Sci-Fi Scares, Indies, Zombies, Humorous Horror, Anthologies, alongside Hulu Originals and Huluween Essentials.
The curated experience will also bring fans exclusive, new content throughout the month, including the premieres of returning Original series “Castle Rock,” “Light as a Feather,” and “Into the Dark” and the highly anticipated Hulu Original Films Little Monsters and Wounds.
Hulu Original Film Little Monsters makes its streaming premiere on Friday, October 11. Starring Academy Award-Winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad and Alexander England, the critically-acclaimed Australian horror comedy begins with a harmless school field trip which ends with a zombie outbreak.
Written and Directed by Under The Shadow’s Babak Anvari, Wounds streams on Hulu on October 18. The feature film follows the story of a New Orleans bartender whose life begins to unravel after a series of disturbing and inexplicable events that begin to happen to him after picking up a phone left behind at a bar. Wounds features a star-studded cast including Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson and Zazie Beets.
Lastly, “Zomboat!,” a zombie-horror-comedy import, will premiere on Friday, October 25 in co-production with iTV. The series features a pair of sisters as they escape the apocalypse with the help of Dorothy, an early-80’s wood-paneled canal boat.
Hulu is also bringing back the popular Huluween Film Fest, which will give seven up-and-coming filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their horror-themed short films on Hulu throughout the month. Collaboratively curated with the Sundance Film Institute, the short films, including – Hidden Mother, Ride, Swiped to Death, Flagged, Undo, The Dunes and The Ripper – premiered on October 1 in conjunction with the Huluween experience. The filmmaker with the highest level of engagement on Hulu and Hulu’s YouTube channel will win $50,000 towards production of their feature-length film.
You can access your personalized Huluween hub at https://www.hulu.com/hub/huluween.
