Last Updated on November 3, 2025 by Dolores Quintana
You can count on fantastic frights this month from the new Horror movies on Shudder. In what has become a yearly tradition, Shudder has some fan favorites back for the beginning of fall. Found footage nightmare V/H/S/ has returned with a film with the most fitting title for October 2025, V/H/S/Halloween. Could it be more perfect? Joe Bob and Darcy will make three trips to The Last Drive-In, and you have no less than six Watch Parties to enjoy this month.
New shows include The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans and Greg Nicotero's Guts & Glory, and if you just want to relax in front of a faux fireplace, aka your TV, to dream of pumpkins, the Andujar Twins have dreamed up a new Revenge of the Ghoul Log for you. French director David Moreau has a new Shudder Original Film premiering this month with OTHER.
Be sure not to miss the Shudder repertory titles, because tucked in there are all four of the [REC] films, co-created by Spanish directors Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. Plaza, who also directed a segment in V/H/S/Halloween, is a director whose work is worth discovering. There is also an atmospheric title available that is rarely on streaming, Final Prayer (aka The Borderlands), which is a bit of a white whale for fans in the know.
Finally, AMC, the parent company of Shudder, will unleash this year's Fear Fest with the Hallowqueen, Janelle Monáe presiding over the festivities with a mammoth 650 hours of scary movies during the scary season. Monáe has even curated her own list of favorites that are part of a special playlist. She said, “Halloween is a time to investigate fears, transform them, and celebrate the unknown. Horror has always been a space to honor the horror classics, like the films that shaped me, while championing bold new voices and reinventing the way stories are told. I’m thrilled to return as the HalloQueen with AMC Networks and FearFest to share my favorite films, spotlight iconic franchises, and share this Halloween season with all my fellow horror enthusiasts!”
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Revenge of the Ghoul Log on October 1
REVENGE OF THE GHOUL LOG (Credit: Shudder) The yearly tradition is back, and what better way to ring in the season than to watch the soothingly scary Ghoul Log once again? Grab a cup of apple cider and relax, and muse upon all the subtle scares headed your way with a vengeance.
The Andujar Twins, the production design team behind Shudder’s Birth/Rebirth and the recent I Know What You Did Last Summer, have resurrected everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern. The new hour-long video of the chilling, candlelit pumpkin sets the scene for horror fans all month long.
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs on October 3
THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS (Credit: Shudder) Is that a chill in the air? Are the pumpkins coming home to roost? It's October and, of course, Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl are going all out to make it an even more terrifyingly entertaining Halloween.
Naturally, Joe Bob and Darcy have an enhanced schedule of Last Drive-In episodes that supersize your October at the drive-in. Three new episodes, including a very special Splatterween watch party, which promises a bloody good time.
- October 3: The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 7 New Episode Premiere Watch Party (Titles TBA)
- October 8: The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- October 24: Joe Bob’s Splatterween Watch Party (Titles TBA)
Shudder Watch Parties
2025 FANGORIA CHAINSAW AWARDS (Image: Shudder) Don't you worry, Shudder in October has a voluminous schedule of Watch Parties for you to partake in. We have to include the special Day of the Dead watch party even though it's not in October, but when George Romero zombies are involved, it is a must.
You can feast your eyes on the six special Watch Parties coming your way, with such treats as the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Party, and a watch party that is every film in the Hell House LLC series.
- October 10: Found Frights Watch Party – V/H/S/Halloween and Noroi: The Curse
- October 17: Spotlight on Director Moreau Triple Feature Watch Party – OTHER, Mads and Them
- October 19: Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Watch Party
- October 30: Hell House LLC Watch Party – All five films, including Hell House LLC: Lineage
- October 31: Trick or Treat Watch Party – Halloween (1978) and Deadstream
- November 1: Day of the Dead Watch Party – Day of the Dead
V/H/S/Halloween on October 3
V/H/S/HALLOWEEN (Credit: IMDB) Shudder has even more deliciously decadent found footage for your eyeballs with V/H/S/Halloween, a Shudder Original Film, which is a collection of Halloween-themed videotapes that unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival. We cannot wait to see what this latest entry has in store and judging by the film festival reactions, it's got a lot of blood chilling goodness.
Here are six all-new scary stories that put the spotlight on the best holiday of the year:
- Diet Phantasma – Directed byBryan M. Ferguson (Pumpkin Guts)
- Fun Size – directed by Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks)
- Home Haunt – directed by Micheline Pitt-Norman and R.H. Norman (Cosmetic)
- Kidprint – Directed Byalex Ross Perry (Her Smell)
- UT Supra Sic Infra – Directed by Paco Plaza ([REC] Series)
- Coochie Coochie Coo – Directed by Anna Zlokovic (Appendage)
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Season 2 on October 7
THE BOULET BROTHERS’ DRAGULA: TITANS (Credit: Shudder) The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Season 2 is almost here, and we're excited. In The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans season two, fourteen of the fiercest drag artists from past seasons, most of them top three finalists and fan favorites, will return to battle in design, performance, and makeup-based challenges inspired by horror, science fiction, fantasy, and the supernatural.
The competitors will have to survive the show’s pillars of Filth, Horror, and Glamour to win the crown and a $100,000 grand prize, a headlining spot on a forthcoming world tour, and the title of “Queen of the Underworld”.
Hosted by Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, this season will feature a variety of guest judges & horror/genre royalty including David Dastmalchian, Jennifer Tilly, Todd McFarlane, Kate Siegel, Don Mancini, Bonnie Aarons, Akela Cooper, Twin Temple, Peaches Christ, Steve Orlando, Ryan Turek, James A Janisse & Chelsea Rebecca and season one winner, Victoria Elizabeth Black.
Guts & Glory on October 14
GUTS & GLORY (Credit: Shudder) You aren't experiencing déjà vu if you are reading this right now. Guts & Glory was originally scheduled to premiere in September, but the premiere date was rescheduled to October and is now ready to roll.
A new unscripted, horror-based competition show, Guts & Glory, has been created by award-winning special effects artist and executive producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead, Creepshow). The show flips the script on the traditional competition show, thrusting players into an immersive horror experience full of unexpected challenges. The new series blends the intensity of a horror film with the pressure of a survival game where contestants are confronted with their fears in various scenarios.
OTHER on October 17
OTHER (Credit: IMDB) OTHER, a Shudder Original Film, is directed by David Moreau, who has previously impressed with the zombie horror movie MadS, which was shot in one continuous take using a special camera rig.
Alice (Olga Kurylenko, Thunderbolts*, Oblivion) returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, only to find the house is rigged with surveillance tracking her every move, as a sinister presence lurks, driving her towards a terrifying revelation.
Hell House LLC: Lineage on October 30
HELL HOUSE LLC: LINEAGE (Credit: IMDB) Hell House LLC: Lineage, a Shudder Original Film, is the latest in the Hell House LLC franchise, directed by Stephen Cognetti. It delves still further into the lore of the franchise and is the fifth and final film of the series.
Haunted by visions and recurring nightmares years after a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepard (Elizabeth Vermilyea) finds herself living in the town of Abaddon, unable to break free from its unexplainable hold on her. When people around her suddenly and inexplicably begin to die, she soon uncovers her terrifying connection to the Abaddon Hotel, the Carmichael Manor, and the mysterious murders that have been occurring for decades, long before Hell House LLC.
Shudder Resurrected - Repertory Titles for October 2025
[REC] 3: GENESIS (Credit: IMDB) October 1:Psycho: A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.Rear Window: A bored photographer recovering from a broken leg passes the time by watching his neighbors and begins to suspect one of them of murder.The Birds: A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend in a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.Vertigo: A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.[REC]: A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.[REC] 2: To ascertain the current situation inside, a supposed medical officer and a GEO team step into the quarantined and ill-fated apartment building.[REC] 3: Genesis: A couple’s wedding day turns horrific as some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness.[REC] 4: Apocalypse: An ill-fated television reporter is rescued and sent on a voyage across the ocean, but she is followed by the deadly virus that has plagued her and numerous others.Wolf Creek: Three backpackers stranded in the Australian outback are plunged inside a hellish nightmare of insufferable torture by a sadistic psychopathic local.Final Prayer (aka The Borderlands): A team of Vatican investigators descends upon a church in a remote area to demystify the unusual
happenings, but what they discover is more disturbing than they had first imagined.High Tension: Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia’s parents’ secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls’ idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.October 6:Witch: An isolated Puritan family in 1630s New England comes unraveled by the forces of witchcraft and possession.When A Stranger Calls (1979):A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.Invader: A young woman arrives in the Chicago suburbs and begins to suspect that something terrible has happened to her missing cousin, but soon realizes that her greatest fears don’t even begin to scratch the surface.Crumb Catcher: A newlywed couple is held captive in a remote lake house by a maniacally optimistic inventor and his sour wife, who are desperate to finance his dream project with a half-baked blackmail plot.October 15:Etheria Film Night 2025: Etheria is the world’s most respected showcase of new horror, comedy, science fiction, fantasy, action, and thriller films made by emerging women directors.October 17:Hemlock Grove Seasons 1-3: A teenage girl is brutally murdered in the small Pennsylvania town of Hemlock Grove, where
secrets lie, and the darkest evils hide in plain sight.Jack-O: Teens vandalize a grave on Halloween and accidentally free an evil being called Jack-O.October 22:Tale of Tales: From the bitter quest of the Queen Longtrellis, to two mysterious sisters who provoke the passion of the king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flea, these tales are inspired by the fairytales of Giambattista Basile.Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order - (AMC Original Series) on October 26
ANNE RICE’S TALAMASCA: THE SECRET ORDER (Credit: AMC) Two-Episode Series Premieres Sunday, October 26 on AMC and AMC+ at 9:00 pm ET/PT on AMC. Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order is the newest entry in the Anne Rice Immortal Universe, and it tells the tale of the secret order that exists to protect the human race from the supernatural beings that exist beside us. The series truly has a great cast and has great style.
Guy Anatole (Nicholas Denton, Dangerous Liaisons) is on the cusp of graduating from law school when he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca, a secret society responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe. When Guy learns that the Talamasca has been tracking him since his childhood, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who, up to now, have maintained a fragile balance with the mortal world.
Also starring Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey), William Fichtner (The Dark Knight), Maisie Richardson-Sellers (Nine Perfect Strangers), and Celine Buckens (Showtrial), and with Jason Schwartzman (Mountainhead) as a guest star and Eric Bogosian reprising his role from Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire as a crossover character.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon - Season 3 (AMC Original Series)
THE WALKING DEAD: DARYL DIXON (Credit: AMC) The third season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon is now airing, and AMC will premiere new episodes every Sunday until the season finale on October 19 on AMC and AMC+ (9:00 pm ET/PT on AMC). Season three follows Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) as they continue their journey to somehow return home and to the ones they love. As they struggle to find their way back, the path takes them farther astray, leading them through distant lands with ever-changing and unfamiliar conditions as they witness the various effects of the Walker apocalypse.
AMC Fear Fest
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (Credit: IMDB) Wednesday, October 1FearFest Halloween Kickoff Marathon3 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers5 pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers7 pm: Halloween (1978)9 pm: Halloween II (1981)11 pm: Halloween III: Season of the WitchThursday, October 26 pm: Trick ‘r Treat8 pm: Friday the 13th (2009)10 pm: Jeepers CreepersFriday, October 3AMC Premiere Event8 pm: It (2017)Saturday, October 4Freddy vs. Jason Weekend8 am: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter10 am: Friday the 13th: A New Beginning12 pm: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives2 pm: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood4 pm: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan6 pm: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday8 pm: Friday the 13th (1980)10 pm: Friday the 13th Part 212 am: Friday the 13th Part III2 am: Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter4 am: Friday the 13th: A New BeginningSunday, October 5Freddy vs. Jason Weekend Continues6 am: Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare8 am: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child10 am: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master12:15 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors2:30 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge4:30 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)6:45 pm: Freddy vs. JasonMonday, October 65:30 pm: House of Wax (2005)8 pm: Ghost Ship10 pm: Thir13n GhostsTuesday, October 7Creature Feature9 am: Eight-Legged Freaks11:30 am: Leprechaun1:30 pm: Pumpkinhead3:30 pm: The Thing6 pm: Pet Sematary8 pm: Lake Placid10 pm: Tremors12 am: Child’s Play2 am: Cujo4 am: AnacondaWednesday, October 88 pm: The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)10:55 pm: Freddy vs. JasonThursday, October 92:30 pm: Stephen King’s It Part 14:45 pm: Stephen King’s It Part 27 pm: Christine9 pm: It (2017)Friday, October 10Run Michael Run Marathon2 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch4 pm: Halloween (1978)6 pm: Halloween II (19818 pm: Halloween (2007)10:30 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers12:30 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael MyersSaturday, October 11Final Destination Marathon1 pm: Final Destination (2000)3 pm: Final Destination 25 pm: Final Destination 37 pm: The Final Destination (2009)9 pm: Final Destination 511 pm: Final Destination (2000)Sunday, October 12Fear the ‘80s Marathon8 am: Fright Night (1985)10:30 am: Poltergeist1 pm: Christine3 pm: Silver Bullet5 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers7 pm: Friday the 13th (1980)Monday, October 13Halloween Marathon2 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch4 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers6 pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers8 pm: Halloween (1978)10 pm: Halloween II (1981)Tuesday, October 14A Nightmare of Freddy Marathon11:30 am: Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare1:30 pm: Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child3:30 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master5:45 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors8 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)10:15 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's RevengeWednesday, October 156 pm: Trick ‘r Treat8 pm: Jeepers Creepers10 pm: I Know What You Did Last SummerThursday, October 167:15 pm: The Omen9:45 pm: Carrie (2013)Friday, October 17Friday the 13th Marathon11 am: Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday1 pm: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan3 pm: Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives5 pm: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood7 pm: Freddy vs. Jason9:15 pm: Friday the 13th (1980)11:15 pm: Friday the 13th Part 21:15 am: Friday the 13th Part IIISaturday, October 18Stephen King Marathon8:45 am: Pet Sematary10:45 am: Graveyard Shift12:45 pm: Thinner2:45 pm: It (2017)5:45 pm: Carrie (2013)8 pm: Christine10 pm: Misery12:30 am: Silver Bullet2:30 am: CujoSunday, October 19Michael vs. Everyone Marathon8:30 am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch10:30 am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers12:30 pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers2:30 pm: Halloween (2007)5 pm: Halloween II (1981)7 pm: Halloween (1978)Monday, October 201:30 pm: Stephen King’s It Part 13:45 pm: Stephen King’s It Part 26 pm: Friday the 13th Part 28 pm: Friday the 13th (2009)10 pm: Freddy vs. JasonTuesday, October 215 pm: Thir13en Ghosts7 pm: Final Destination (2000)9 pm: Final Destination 2Wednesday, October 22No Survivors Marathon4:30 pm: Jeepers Creepers6:30 pm: Halloween (2007)9 pm: Ghost Ship11 pm: Friday the 13th (2009)Thursday, October 236 pm: Trick ‘r Treat8 pm: I Know What You Did Last Summer10:15 pm: Scream 4Friday, October 24Supernatural Marathon11:30 am: The Exorcist2:15 pm: The Shining5:45 pm: Poltergeist8:15 pm: The Conjuring10:45 pm: The Omen (2006)1:15 am: Insidious: The Last KeySaturday, October 25Halloween Marathon1 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch3 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers5 pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers7 pm: Halloween (1978)9:30 pm: Halloween (2007)11:30 pm: Halloween II (1981)Sunday, October 26Final Destination Marathon11 am: Final Destination (2000)1 pm: Final Destination 23 pm: Final Destination 35 pm: The Final Destination (2009)7 pm: Final Destination 5Monday, October 277 pm: Thir13en Ghosts9 pm: House of Wax (2005)11:30 pm: Ghost ShipTuesday, October 286 pm: Final Destination 58 pm: Final Destination (2000)10: pm: Trick ‘r TreatWednesday, October 297 pm: Poltergeist9:30 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)11:45 pm: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's RevengeThursday, October 30Halloween on Halloween Marathon2 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch4 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers6 pm: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers8 pm: Halloween (2007)10:30 pm: Halloween (1978)12:30 am: Halloween II (1981)2:30 am: Halloween III: Season of the Witch4:30 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael MyersFriday, October 31Halloween on Halloween Marathon Continues6:30 am: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers8:30 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers10:30 am: Halloween (1978)12:30 pm: Halloween II (1981)2:30 pm: Halloween III: Season of the Witch4:30 pm: Halloween (2007)7 pm: Halloween (1978)9 pm: Halloween II (1981)11 pm: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers1 am: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers3 am: Halloween (1978)

