Today, Friday the 13th, Shudder announced and kicked off a supersized “Season of Screams” programming event featuring a lineup of new film releases, series, specials, and live watch parties on Shudder TV. The three-month celebration of the best in horror will also bring back an all-new Ghoul Log, Shudder’s popular Halloween Hotline for those in need of horror movie recommendations from Shudder’s Head of Programming Samuel Zimmerman, and spotlight popular horror franchise films from “Friday the 13th” to “Children of the Corn.” Shudder will also be featuring a special limited-time offer for horror connoisseurs craving scares all year long, with an annual plan available at a 31% discount for the 31 Days of October.
Shudder’s “Season of Screams” features highly anticipated films such as the acclaimed “In A Violent Nature,” a new installment in the popular “V/H/S” franchise — “V/H/S/Beyond” — and the Russell Crowe-led “The Exorcism,” as well as a new season of “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” and the debut of the highly anticipated series, “The Creep Tapes” from “Creep” writers and executive producers Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice.
Fans can join Shudder for frights every Friday with LIVE Watch Parties at 9 pm ET on Shudder TV spotlighting new premieres and curated double features, including:
- September 13: Neo-Slasher – “In A Violent Nature” and “Lake Bodom”
- September 20: Zombie Weekend – “The Sadness” and “Undead”
- September 27: Modern Master – Damian McCarthy’s “Oddity” and “Caveat”
- October 4: Found Footage – “V/H/S/Beyond” and “Hell House LLC”
- October 11: Horrifying Households – “Daddy’s Head” and “Metamorphosis”
- October 18: Shocking Scourges – “MadS” and “Virus:32”
- October 25: TBA
- October 30: “Late Night with the Devil” on Devil’s Night
- October 31: “Halloween” on Halloween
- November 1: Day of the Dead on Day of the Dead – Day of the Dead Collection
Shudder’s popular Halloween Hotline is also returning. While dates have not yet been announced, viewers looking for a slasher film, ghost story, or monster flick can call up Samuel Zimmerman, head of programming for Shudder, for personalized picks based on each caller’s mood and preference.
And the team behind the new Shudder original series, “Horror’s Greatest,” resurrects everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern just in time for spooky season with “The Rise of the Ghoul Log.” The new hour-long video of the chilling, candlelit pumpkin sets the scene for horror fans beginning in October.
All of this joins Shudder’s extensive library, which includes the “Friday the 13th” franchise (all 8 films), the Rob Zombie catalog (all 7 films), the cult classic “It Follows,” the streaming return of Mike Flanagan’s “Hush,” the popular Halloween-set found footage horror “The Houses October Built” (2011), and the addition of “Chucky” Season 3 to complete the full series availability.
Season of Screams will run through December 13, 2024. Additional highlights for November and December will be announced at a later date.
