In January, Shudder is showcasing some of the biggest names in the genre, from Carpenter to Fulci and Stuart Gordon. It’s a solid lineup to kick off the year!
Let’s take a closer look.
Premieres
Marshmallow (Shudder Exclusive)
Directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio
Date: January 1st
Synopsis: At a secluded summer camp, Morgan, a shy and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a living nightmare when a legendary campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure begins stalking the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a perilous journey that will force them to confront their deepest fears and question the very nature of their existence.
A Desert (Shudder Exclusive)
Directed by Joshua Erkman
Date: January 1st (Now Streaming)
Synopsis: A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.
Chain Reactions (Shudder Exclusive)
Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe
Date: January 9
Synopsis: Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama – through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes, the documentary goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.
Beast of War (Shudder Exclusive)
Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner
Date: January 16
Synopsis: When their boat is sunk while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a young troop of Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking life raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.
Mother of Flies (Shudder Original)
Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser
Date: January 23
Synopsis: Mickey faces a deadly diagnosis, but she isn’t ready to die yet. Heading into the woods with her father, she seeks dark magic at the hands of mysterious recluse, Solveig, who has an intimate relationship with death and roots that go deep in the land. For three days, Mickey endures Solveig’s extreme rituals of death magic. But every cure has its cost, and every curse is another’s gift. As buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the veil between the living and the dead begins to unravel, and Mickey finds herself facing dark truths that only the dead and the dying can know.
TV SERIES & SPECIALS
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder Original)
Date: New episode premieres LIVE Friday, January 9; debuts on-demand Sunday, January 11.
Synopsis: Lock your doors and crank the volume for a new episode of The Last Drive-In. Join Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl the first Friday of every month for all-new, bone-tingling double-features sure to delight horror buffs and video hounds alike, proving once again that the drive-in will never die.
Wolf (TV Series)
Date: Premieres Wednesday, December 30; episodes premiere weekly until the Season Finale on February 3.
Synopsis: Based on Mo Hayder’s acclaimed Jack Caffrey novels, the series follows DI Jack Caffery, a young detective plagued by nightmares and obsessed with the neighbor he believes murdered his 10-year-old brother in the ’90s. Jack finds himself trying to right the wrongs of others – but at what cost? Meanwhile, in an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves the victims of a psychopath’s cruel games, trapped and terrorized.
SHUDDER TV HIGHLIGHTS
Join the Watch Parties every Friday at 9pm ET featuring new premieres and curated double features:
January 2: “Macabre Magic” Watch Party Films: The Jester 2 and Magic
January 9: “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” Watch Party Titles TBA (Live)
January 16: “Soldiers, Sailors, & Scares” Watch Party Films: Beast of War and Dog Soldiers
January 23: “The Adams Family” Watch Party Films: Mother of Flies and Hellbender
January 30: “Director Bob Clark” Watch Party Films: Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things and Deathdream
SHUDDER RESURRECTED
January 1
Shark Night
A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.
Carrie (1976)
Directed by Brian De Palma.
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
28 Days Later
Directed by Danny Boyle.
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors find sanctuary.
28 Weeks Later
Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate.
From Beyond
Directed by Stuart Gordon.
A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality.
Bone Tomahawk
Directed by S. Craig Zahler.
In the Old West, a small-town sheriff and his rag-tag posse set out to rescue several townspeople from a brutal cave-dwelling, cannibalistic tribe.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2
Directed by Tobe Hooper.
A radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.
January 9
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Directed by Tobe Hooper.
Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather and discover something sinister within a deserted house.
Don’t Torture a Duckling
Directed by Lucio Fulci.
When a southern Italian town is rocked by a string of child murders, the police and two urban outcasts search for the culprit amid scapegoating.
January 10
In the Mouth of Madness
Directed by John Carpenter.
An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer’s books have had on his fans is more than inspirational.
January 12
Founders Day
Directed by Erik Bloomquist.
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.
