Everything Coming to Shudder US and Canada in AUGUST
The pandemic is still raging, protests are strong across the world, and so many things are changing quickly. It’s tough to pull yourself back from the news and take a mental health break. Shudder has so much great content in August, I encourage you to take a little time for yourself to breathe and stream and scare yourself shitless. It will totally help!
Dropping today is a Shudder original:
HOST
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance over Zoom during lockdown but get far more than they bargain for as things quickly go wrong. Host was shot remotely during quarantine and features practical scares, stunts, and surprises, all filmed by the actors in their own homes. Director Rob Savage (Dawn of the Deaf) never set foot in the same room as his actors at any point during production and instead directed them remotely.
Starring: Haley Bishop (Deep State), Radina Drandova (Dawn of the Dead), Edward Linard (The Rebels), Jemma Moore (Doom: Annihilation), Caroline Ward (Stalling It) and Emma Louise Webb (The Crown). (Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK)
August 1
SQUIRM (Director: Jeff Lieberman) (Also available on Shudder Canada)
URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT (Director: John Ottman)
August 3
AMITYVILLE 1992: IT’S ABOUT TIME (Director: Tony Randel)
August 6th - Shudder Exclusive
LA LLORONA
Winner: Venice Days. Official Selection: TIFF, Sundance Film Festival
Indignant retired general Enrique finally faces trial for the genocidal massacre of thousands of Mayans decades ago. As a horde of angry protestors threatens to invade their opulent home, the women of the house—his haughty wife, conflicted daughter, and precocious granddaughter—weigh their responsibility to shield the erratic, senile Enrique against the devastating truths being publicly revealed and the increasing sense that a wrathful supernatural force is targeting them for his crimes. Meanwhile, much of the family’s domestic staff flees, leaving only loyal housekeeper Valeriana until a mysterious young Indigenous maid arrives.
Starring María Mercedes Coroy, Margarita Kénefic, Sabrina de la Hoz and Julio Díaz. Directed by Jaryo Bustamante. (Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK)
August 10
RING (Director: Hideo Nakata)
RING 2 (Director: Hideo Nakata)
RING 0 (Director: Norio Tsuruta)
(Also available on Shudder Canada)
August 14th
THE LAST DRIVE-IN: SUMMER SLEEPOVER SPECIAL
Fire up the popcorn and slip into your PJs: Joe Bob Briggs, America’s foremost drive-in movie critic, is back for a special summer sleepover double-feature. Joining Joe Bob and Darcy in the trailer park will be director Adam Green (Frozen, Hatchet series) along with other surprise guests.
August 17th
JAWBREAKER (Director: Darren Stein)
HELLMASTER (Director: Douglas Schulze) (Also available on Shudder Canada)
UNCAGED (Director: Dick Maas) (Also available on Shudder Canada)
August 20th - Shudder Exclusive
RANDOM ACTS OF VIOLENCE
Official Selection: Fantastic Fest
Comic book creator Todd, his wife, assistant and best friend all embark upon a road trip from Toronto to New York Comic Con, and bad things start to happen: people start getting killed. Is a crazed fan using Todd’s “SLASHERMAN” comic as inspiration for his stylized slaughter?
Starring: Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy), Jordana Brewster (Furious 7), Niamh Wilson (Saw series) and Jay Baruchel (This Is the End). Directed by Jay Baruchel. (Also available on Shudder UK)
August 24
THE EVIL (Director: Gus Trikonis) (Also available on Shudder Canada)
MORTUARY (Director: Howard Avedis) (Also available on Shudder Canada)
ONE DARK NIGHT (Director: Tom McLoughlin) (Also available on Shudder Canada)
30 MILES FROM NOWHERE (Director: Caitlin Koller) (Also available on Shudder Canada)
August 27th - Shudder Exclusive
THE SHED
Official Selection: Sitges International Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Stan and his best friend Dommer have put up with bullies their entire lives. All of that changes when Stan discovers he has a ravenous vampire living in his shed. Seeing the bloodshed and destruction the monster is capable of, Stan knows he has to find a way to destroy it. But Dommer has a much more sinister plan in mind.
Starring Jay Jay Warren, Cody Kostro, Sofia Happonen, Frank Whaley and Timothy Bottoms. Directed by Frank Sabatella. (Also available on Shudder Canada)
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