November 2024 Programming Highlights
Shudder’s “Season of Screams” programming event continues with an epic lineup of new film releases, series, specials and live watch parties on Shudder TV through December 13!
FILMS
DOC OF CHUCKY
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Thommy Hutson
Streaming On Shudder November 1
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
The ultimate account of the Child’s Play film franchise and Chucky, a horror villain for the ages. With contributions from cast, crew, critics, historians, and experts, as well as clips, photographs, archival documents, behind-the-scenes footage, and more, experience the making-of story that proves you can’t keep a good guy down in a series of films that have created an icon.
BLACK CAB
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Bruce Goodison
Streaming On Shudder November 8
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
When Anne and Patrick hail a black cab after a night out their driver is chatty, jovial even, but they are in no mood to talk. In fact, the couple is barely on speaking terms. That is, until they realize the driver has no intention of taking them home. Locked in the cab with no means of escape, the driver transports the couple to a stretch of deserted and supposedly haunted road. But what is his purpose? Is he mad or just plain evil? And why has he selected Anne and Patrick as his victims?
RITA
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Jayro Bustamante
Streaming On Shudder November 22
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
While fleeing a neglectful household, thirteen-year-old Rita is placed in an oppressive state-run orphanage. Rita’s arrival provides a glimmer of hope to the girls inside, who share a prophecy that an angel will appear to release them. Encouraged by one another, the girls plan an escape to claim their freedom and expose the orphanage’s abuses of power. Based on the true story behind one of Guatemala’s most harrowing tragedies, RITA shines a light on the brave orphans whose fight for survival inspired a nationwide outcry for justice and reform.
OUT COME THE WOLVES
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Adam MacDonald
Streaming On Shudder November 29
Available in US, AU, NZ, UKI
Retired hunter Sophie invites her fellow hunter and childhood best friend Kyle to her family’s secluded cabin deep in the woods. There, she plans for Kyle to meet and teach her fiancé Nolan how to hunt for an article he’s writing and to share the news of their engagement. Tensions flare between Kyle and Nolan over their shared history with Sophie, escalating during the hunt that goes awry when they are ambushed by a vicious pack of territorial wolves. As alliances fracture under the pressure of survival, Sophie is forced to rely on her long-abandoned hunting prowess to face the deadly predators and save the one closest to her heart.
THE J-HORROR VIRUS
Directed by Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp
Streaming On Shudder November 4
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Charting the origins of Japanese horror films at the turn of the millennium, films featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay.
TV SERIES
The Creep Tapes
Shudder Original Series
New Series Premieres Friday, November 15 with New Episodes Streaming Every Friday
Until Season Finale on December 13
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
From writers and executive producers Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, The Creep Tapes continues to unravel the mind of a secluded serial killer who lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula
Shudder Original Series – Season 6
New Episodes Every Tuesday Until Season Finale on December 3
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Dubbed “Season 666,” the next chapter of Emmy-nominated The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula is the most ambitious and terrifying yet, with world-renowned actors and directors joining the judges’ panel, raising the stakes to hellish new heights. Every episode promises spine-chilling, extreme physical feats that will push the cast of drag superstars to confront their darkest fears. This 10-episode season is bigger, bloodier, and more brutal than anything that’s come before, featuring expanded “on location” challenges, twisted new themes for the floorshows, cinematic sequences dripping with dread, and innovative drag that will leave viewers gasping. Season six of the Shudder original series boasts a star-studded lineup of guest judges, including Jennifer Tilly (Actor, Bride of Chucky, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills), Mike Flannagan (Director, Midnight Mass, Haunting of Hill House), Jamie Clayton (Actor, Hellraiser), Tatiana Maslany (Actor, Orphan Black, She-Hulk), Don Mancini (Creator and Writer of Chucky), Justin Simien (Director, The Haunted Mansion, Dear White People), David Dastmalchian (Actor, Late Night with the Devil, Dune, Suicide Squad), Akela Cooper (Writer, Malignant, M3gan, The Nun 2), Joe Bob Briggs & Darcy (Hosts of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs), Violet Chachki (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Alaska Thunderfck (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Tananarive Due (Author, Horror Historian), Darren Stein (Director, Jawbreaker), Mathieu Cote (Creator of Dead By Daylight), Landon Cider (Winner of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season Three) and Niohuru X (Winner of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season Five).
SHUDDER TV HIGHLIGHTS
Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET – featuring new premieres and curated double features including:
Friday, November 1: Day of the Dead on Day of the Dead
Friday, November 8: Mysterious Fiends – Black Cab and Anything for Jackson
Friday, November 15: J-Horror – Audition and Noroi: The Curse
Friday, November 22: Director Jayro Bustamante – Rita and La Llorona
Friday, November 29: Lupine Horror – Werewolves Within and The Company of Wolves
SHUDDER RESURRECTED
**Repertory Titles New to Shudder**
November 1
Child’s Play 2 – While Andy’s mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy’s soul, is not far behind.
Child’s Play 3 – Chucky returns for revenge against Andy, the young boy who defeated him, and now a teenager living in the military.
Bride of Chucky – Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll.
Seed of Chucky – Chucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent gender-confused child, Glen/Glenda, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls’ murder spree is underway.
Curse of Chucky – After her mother’s mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that Chucky may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.
Cult of Chucky – Chucky returns to terrorize his human victim, Nica. Meanwhile, the killer doll has some scores to settle with his old enemies, with the help of his former wife.
Ju-On The Grudge – A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
Ju-On: The Grudge II – As their curse spreads on, the ghosts find their chance to live once again through the pregnancy of a cursed woman.
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice – A journalist and his son travel to Nebraska to investigate the mysterious town of Gatlin where, unbeknownst to them, a murderous cult of children are still waiting in the corn fields.
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest – Two brothers connected to the murderous children’s cult of Gatlin, Nebraska are taken to Chicago by an adoptive couple.
Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering – A nurse returns to her hometown in Nebraska, only to find that the town’s children have fallen under a mysterious mass illness connected to its sinister past.
Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror – Six college students on a road trip take a wrong turn and end up trapped in a strangely deserted rural town inhabited by a murderous cult of children.
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return – As a teenage girl comes to Gatlin to find her biological mother, the town’s infamous cult plots a comeback as their leader, Isaac, awaken from a coma.
November 4
The Slit Mouthed Woman – A suburban town in Japan is the victim of what is supposedly just an urban legend, a woman’s spirit with a horribly disfigured face who is intent on kidnapping children for unknow reasons.
Tomie – A traumatized young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name “Tomie” but is unable to recall where she knows it from.
Shikoku – When Hinako was a child she was separated from Fumiya and Sayori as she moved to Tokyo. Now she has returned to Shikoku, but it turns out that Sayori drowns. When Hinako starts seeing Sayori in her dreams, she seeks help from Fumiya.
Isola – When a woman, able to read the thoughts of others, comes to help survivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a girl with multiple personality disorder whose dangerous 13th personality, Isola, must be stopped.
Inugami – Akira, the young new schoolteacher in town falls for secretive Miki, an older woman who takes care of her family’s urn that supposedly holds a forest wolf-spirit, inugami. People soon start disappearing and the town blames Akira.
St. John’s Wort – A game designer, and his girlfriend Nami, drive out to a decrepit mansion she just inherited, to film backgrounds for a new video game called St. John’s Wort.
One Missed Call – Several people start receiving voicemails from their future selves- messages which include the date, time and some of the details of their deaths.
One Missed Call 2 – A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter’s cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it’s a ghost?
One Missed Call 3: Final – The timid, young Asuka is bullied by her classmates. When they embark on a class field trip to Korea, Asuka plans revenge by sending them a cursed phone message they can either pass on or die.
Ghost Samurai – In a chilling twist on urban legend, Okamuro-san, an ancient monster, emerges from the shadows for those who dare utter his name online. As victims vanish, a desperate race unfolds to uncover the monster’s origins and break the deadly curse before it’s too late.
Ninja vs. Shark – In a remote village during the Edo period, evil cult leader Koushirou uses ninjutsu to force sharks to attack pearl divers so the cult can steal the valuable pearls. Desperate for help, the village chief hires temple guard Kotaro Shiozaki.
Tokyo Gore Police – In future Tokyo, a young woman in the privatized police force tracks down her father’s killer while battling against mutant rebels known as engineers.
Exte: Hair Extensions – A morgue attendant sells hair pieces that hold terrible consequences for those who wear them.
Earth vs. The Spider – A shy obsessive comic book fan gets injected with an experimental serum of a lab that is studying how to give humans the abilities of spider.
Tragedy Girls – A twist on the slasher genre, following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into a frenzy, and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
Wake – Desperate for a lead role in a Hollywood remake, a struggling actress tracks down the lead of the original film who’s now a mysterious recluse. Strange occurances quickly turn the meeting into a nightmare.
Christmas Spirit – A family on Christmas Eve is having a Christmas gathering but as the gathering goes on, the bodies start to pile up and as the days go by, things are getting more and more out of touch with reality.
The J-Horror Virus – Charting the origins of Japanese horror films at the turn of the millennium, films featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay.
November 11
Nightman – A young pregnant woman discovers that her perfect boyfriend may be a dangerous sleepwalker when she finds out about strange disappearances and murders taking place in the region.
Porcelain – After learning that her estranged father has died, a young woman returns to her hometown to face a forgotten past and something sinister lurking within her childhood house.
November 18
Silence & Darkness – Blind and deaf sisters, Anna and Beth, live happily in a secluded small town with Father. However, when a neighbor stops by, Anna and Beth begin to realize Father’s intentions are more sinister than they could have imagined.
November 28 – “Anime Chills & Thrills” Collection by HIDIVE
Parasyte – The Maxim (HIDIVE Original Series) – They’re the perfect killing machines, blending invisibly into human civilization by taking the form of their last victim. For Shinichi Izumi, infected with a deadly parasitic organism that’s determined to devour his brain and turn his body into the Earth’s new apex predator, they’re the ultimate nightmare. But instead of being consumed, Shinichi manages to partially foil the attack, leaving him with the parasyte known as Migi taking the place of his right hand. Now forced to share the same body, the two must become unwilling allies. Because Migi isn’t the only one of his kind, and unless they work together, they’ll both be killed as abominations. Prepare yourself for a horrifying new world where monsters lurk behind every corner and every face as the human race becomes prey in PARASYTE ~ THE MAXIM!
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Seasons 1-4 (HIDIVE Original Series) – Some adventurers delve into the sprawling labyrinths beneath the city of Orario to find fame and fortune. Others come to test their skills against the legions of monsters lurking in the darkness below. However, Bell Cranel’s grandfather told him a different reason: it’s a great place to rescue (and subsequently meet) girls! Now that Bell’s a dungeon delver himself, the ladies he’s encountering aren’t the helpless damsels in distress he’d imagined, and one of them, the beautiful swordswoman Ais Wallenstein, keeps rescuing Bell instead. As embarrassing as that is, it’s nothing compared to what happens when goddesses get involved. Freya, Hephaistos, and Loki, with their powerful Familias, are intimidating enough, but there’s one goddess whose relationship with Bell is certain to spark trouble. After all, Bell is the ONLY member of the goddess Hestia’s Familia, and she’s not sure if she wants to share him with anyone in IS IT WRONG TO TRY TO PICK UP GIRLS IN A DUNGEON?
Ragna Crimson Season 1 (HIDIVE Original Series) – Dragons reign terror over the earth, sea and sky. If sworn dragon hunters like Ragna are to have any hope of dealing death to these seemingly invincible, fire-breathing beasts, they must find a way to level the odds. Ragna teams up with a mysterious man named Crimson who has likewise sworn to stand against the dragons menacing the world. But although Crimson’s motivations may be mysterious, his goal and Ragna’s perfectly align, and together they’ll fight to vanquish the dragons once and for all in RAGNA CRIMSON!
Flowers of Evil Season 1 (HIDIVE Original Series) – It takes only a second for evil to take root in the human heart, and for Takao Kasuga, the germination begins when his obsession with his beautiful classmate Nanako leads him to steal her used gym clothes. Unfortunately, this loathsome act of theft is witnessed by Nakamura, the strange girl who sits behind Takao in class, and she quickly blackmails him into fulfilling her own dark obsessions. As Nakamura’s twisted tendrils worm their way into Takao’s miserable psyche, their relationship blossoms, entwining him in a nightmarish existence as her virtual slave. But what is Nakamura’s final goal? And will even poor Nanako be ultimately drawn in? The harvest has only begun as Takao finds himself led down the garden path to damnation when the seeds of sin and a soiled gym suit give birth to the FLOWERS OF EVIL!
The Dangers in My Heart Season 1 (HIDIVE Original Series) – Kyotaro Ichikawa occupies the lowest rung on his school’s social ladder. The self-described lone wolf fancies he’s one bad day away from a meltdown, and this wannabe troubled teen daydreams of ways to disrupt class and shatter his peers’ peaceful school lives… but even this bad egg feels his heart skip a beat around Anna Yamada, his gorgeous classmate who’s as goofy as Kyotaro is gloomy! Turns out Anna and Kyotaro are two oddball peas in a pod, and neither of them are who they appear to be at first glance. As facades fade and their true selves emerge, will Kyotaro and Anna defy their expectations of each other — and of themselves in THE DANGERS IN MY HEART!
Dororo Season 1 (HIDIVE Original Series) – Life as an orphan in feudal Japan is brutal, and while street thief Dororo has managed to survive, wile and craft can only go so far in the body of a child. Then, just when it seems that Dororo’s luck has run out, he’s rescued from a man-eating ghoul by a mysterious young man wearing a doll-like mask and artificial limbs that conceal deadly blades! Born without arms, legs, sight, hearing and even skin after his father crafted a monstrous deal with the forces of darkness, Hyakkimaru now somehow seeks out the demons who cursed him, regaining one of his lost attributes for each monster slain. With deadly secrets from his own past to protect, the young thief joins into an alliance with the impossible warrior, setting forth on a quest to restore Hyakkimaru’s stolen humanity and rid Japan of devils in DORORO!
Magical Girl Site Season 1 (HIDIVE Original Series) – Bullied by other girls at school and abused by her brother at home, Aya Asagiri’s life has become so bleak that she’s contemplating killing herself just to escape. Then a strange site on the internet promises to make her a magical girl and the consequences prove beyond terrifying when a toy gun left in Aya’s locker kills one of her bullies! Being a murderer isn’t the worst part of Aya’s new situation, however, as it turns out that there have been other Magical Girls before Aya, and someone has been systematically hunting them down, killing them and taking their magical artifacts! Together with her classmate Tsuyuno, Aya must now track down the other magical girls and discover who is murdering them and why… all before an ominous counter finishes a deadly countdown on the MAGICAL GIRL SITE!
Blade of the Immortal Season 1 (HIDIVE Original Series) – Damned to wander the Earth in an endless cycle of carnage and murder, the fallen samurai known as Manji seeks the chance to win back his mortality. To do so, he must first balance the deaths weighing against him by slaying 1000 evil souls, a task that would take even the greatest warriors a lifetime. Manji, however, has all the time in the world to kill, and his lonely quest leaves a trail of bloody bodies in his wake… until his path crosses with that of Rin, who has sworn vengeance against the murderers of her family and school, even though the cost will almost certainly be her own life. Now, the girl who chases death has an unkillable sword master at her side, and the men she seeks will soon learn to fear the BLAE OF THE IMMORTAL!
Devil’s Line Season 1 (HIDIVE Original Series) – Everything you thought you knew about vampires is wrong. They can walk in the daylight and holy water doesn’t burn them. In fact, vampires can pass as normal humans so perfectly that even other vampires have trouble spotting them. Until they drink human blood, that is; then they transform into monstrous beasts who mindlessly rape and murder. But not all vampires are evil. The secret task force that patrols Tokyo’s vampire population has several fanged operatives, including half-human Yuki Anzai, who believes that his human heritage lets him resist his species’ basest cravings. But after Yuki rescues college student Tsukasa Taira from a vampire stalker, he realizes that he’s succumbing to urges he’s never felt before. And like moths to the flame, he and Tsukasa find themselves being pulled into a potentially fatal attraction in DEVILS’ LINE!
Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor Season 1 (HIDIVE Original Series) – It would be hard to find a more pathetic scumbag than Kaiji Ito, who’s spent his life gambling, drinking, and running up massive debts. Unfortunately, Endo the Loan Shark has no trouble finding Kaiji himself, and to pay back an impossible debt, our human cockroach of a hero’s only hope is to risk life, limb, and freedom on a night on an infamous gambling ship. If Kaiji miraculously succeeds, his debts could be cleared… but Kaiji is just a pawn in a bigger, rigged, and even deadlier game where the real players are all betting against him becoming KAIJI THE ULTIMATE SURVIVOR!
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Shudder releases approximately thirty films per year, and has redefined genre streaming with a slate of groundbreaking and critically acclaimed titles, including Rob Savage’s HOST, Jayro Bustamante’s Golden Globe-nominated LA LLORONA, Phil Tippett’s MAD GOD, Coralie Fargeat’s REVENGE, Kyle Edward Ball’s SKINAMARINK, Christian Tafdrup’s SPEAK NO EVIL, Chloe Okuno’s WATCHER, Demián Rugna’s WHEN EVIL LURKS, and the latest installment in the V/H/S franchise. Shudder also boasts fan-favorite series such as the two-time Emmy Award-nominated THE BOULET BROTHERS’ DRAGULA, Greg Nicotero’s CREEPSHOW, and THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS. Notable 2024 releases include Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s THE DEVIL’S BATH, Chris Nash’s IN A VIOLENT NATURE, Sébastien Vaniček’s INFESTED, Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL, Damian McCarthy’s ODDITY, and Robert Morgan’s STOPMOTION.
