There's a chill in the air and pumpkin decorations are hitting the stores… spooky season is almost upon us and Shudder are ushering it into full action with Season of Screams, a three-month celebration of new film releases, series, specials and live watch parties kicking off today, fittingly, on Friday the 13th!
Along with an incredible lineup of movies (which we'll get to in just a moment), Season of Screams will bring back an all-new Ghoul Log (which has quickly become a staple of the season), resurrected by the team behind the new Shudder original series, Horror’s Greatest. The Rise of the Ghoul Log is a new hour-long video of the chilling, candlelit pumpkin sets the scene for horror fans beginning in October. The Halloween Hotline will also be running again for those in need of horror movie recommendations from Shudder’s Head of Programming Samuel Zimmerman.
And hey that's not all – 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.
So what about those new movies, huh? From the official press release:
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. These new films and series join Shudder’s extensive library, including the Friday the 13th franchise (all 8 films), the Rob Zombie catalogue (all 7 films), cult classic It Follows, the streaming return of Mike Flanagan’s Hush, popular Halloween-set found footage horror The Houses October Built (2011), and the addition of Chucky Season 3 to complete the full series availability.
Fans can join Shudder for frights every Friday with live Watch Parties at 9pm 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
Check out the Full Season of Screams schedule of premieres throughout September and October HERE. Additional highlights for November and December will be announced at a later date, so check back later for further updates.
