What's on Shudder in May

Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill daughter. 

Starring Terrence Howard (Iron Man) and Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire). Streaming exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ from Friday 3 May.

Skeletons in the Closet 

Streaming Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ 

Film Premieres Friday 3 May 

Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill daughter.  

Starring Terrence Howard (Iron Man) and Cuba  Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire). 

Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever 

Streaming Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ 

Film Premieres Friday 17 May  

22-year-old medical student Emma (Fanny Leander Bornedal) has just taken a job as the night watch in the same forensic department where her parents were once almost killed by the famed psychopathic police inspector Wörmer. The events led to her mother’s suicide, and her father Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) has turned to tranquilizers to suppress the memories. Determined to investigate what exactly happened to them, Emma  tracks down and confronts Wörmer, only to unintentionally reawaken his bloodthirst and ignite a violent  revenge on everyone who sealed his destiny years ago. 

*Nightwatch (1994) also streaming exclusively beginning 17 May 

Stopmotion 

Streaming Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ 

Film Premieres Friday 31 May 

Ella Blake is a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world, she embarks upon the creation of a macabre new puppet film, which soon becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella's mind starts to fracture, the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own, and the unleashed  power of her imagination threatens to destroy her. Starring Aisling Franciosi, Tom York and Jaz  Hutchins.

NEW ADDITIONS TO SHUDDER’S FILM LIBRARY 

May 1 

The Toxic Avenger 

Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls  into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.  

The Toxic Avenger Part II 

The Toxic Avenger is tricked into traveling to Tokyo to search for his estranged father, leaving  Tromaville open to complete domination by an evil corporation.  

The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie 

Toxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. He decides to go to  work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.  

TA4 – Citizen Toxic: The Toxi Avenger IV 

The Toxic Avenger must defend his friends from his own evil alternate universe doppelgänger, The  Noxious Offender.  

Subject 

On his way to prison, a man gets intercepted by a secretive government agency who task him to  monitor a secret experiment in exchange for commuting his sentence.  

Sound of Silence 

Emma must uncover the dark secret behind a cursed radio to survive and protect her family. 

May 6 

Mother, May I? 

When Anya starts behaving like her fiancée’s recently deceased mother, Emmet must confront his  deepest traumas to free his fiancée from this bewildering possession.  

Beaten to Death 

A desperate choice leads Jack down a path that leaves him beaten and bruised as he struggles  against man, nature, and his own insanity.  

Mad Heidi 

Swiss mountain girl Heidi is abducted by brutal government troops and must defend herself and fight  a war against a cheese-fueled machinery of hate.  

May 8 

Mother’s Day (1980) 

Three young women are tormented by an insane matriarch and her depraved sons.  *The Last Drive-In: Mother’s Day episode also available.

May 13 

Landlocked 

Summoned to his soon-to-be demolished childhood home, Mason discovers a video camera that can  see into the past, driving him to record as many memories as possible before the doomed house is  destroyed. 

Holy Shit! 

Architect Frank wakes up from unconsciousness, squashed in a porta-potty. But it gets worse: In  order to not be blown up during the imminent demolition, Frank must make his way out of his blue  grave in one hour. A race against time.  

May 15 

Combat Shock 

A dangerously disturbed Vietnam veteran struggles with life 15 years after his return home, and slowly falls into insanity from his gritty urban lifestyle. 

May 20 

Smoking Causes Coughing 

A group of vigilantes called the “tobacco-forces” is falling apart. To rebuild the team spirit, their leader  suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world. 

May 27 

Graduation Day (1981) 

A masked killer begins murdering students on the school track team after a track runner dies upon  completion of a 30-second 200-meter race.  

You Were Never Really Here 

A traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out  of control, Joe’s nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his  death trip or his awakening.