As announced this past summer, the streaming service Shudder and RLJE Films are teaming up to release a wide range of horror films from Shudder's catalogue on VOD, Digital HD, Blu-ray, and DVD in the US, and they're giving horror fans plenty of ways to celebrate the Halloween season this month with the home media releases of Gwen, Last Ones Out, The Nightshifter, and Ruin Me on October 8th, as well as The Noonday Witch, Satan's Slaves, and Terrified on October 15th. To celebrate, we've been provided with two free iTunes download codes apiece of all seven titles to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers!
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Prize Details: (2) Winners will receive (1) free iTunes download code for:
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Shudder and RLJE Films October Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am EST on Tuesday, October 15th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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Press Release: LOS ANGELES, (Oct. 3, 2019) – RLJE Films has partnered with Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, to bring audiences the following titles on October 8, 2019: GWEN, LAST ONES OUT, THE NIGHTSHIFTER, and RUIN ME; as well as THE NOONDAY WITCH, SATAN’S SLAVES, and TERRIFIED on October 15, 2019.
TITLE: GWEN
ON DVD & BLU-RAY: October 8, 2019
DIRECTOR: William McGregor
WRITER: William McGregor
CAST: Maxine Peake, Eleanor Worthington-Cox
SYNOPSIS: In this stark and atmospheric tale, Gwen is a young girl struggling with her mother’s mysterious illness, her father's absence and the suspicious local community that has turned on them. Somehow Gwen must find the strength to guide her family through the darkness and overcome the evil that is taking grip of her home.
RUN TIME: 84 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Thriller/Horror
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
BONUS FEATURE: Interviews with Maxine Peake & Eleanor Worthington-Cox
DVD SRP: $27.97
BLU-RAY SRP: $28.97
TITLE: LAST ONES OUT
ON VOD, DIGITAL HD, DVD & BLU-RAY: October 8, 2019
DIRECTOR: Howard Fyvie
WRITER: Howard Fyvie
CAST: Greg Kriek, Celé Du Plessis, Christia Visser, Tshamano Sebe and Vukile Zuma
SYNOPSIS: When Henry Williamson wakes from surgery, he’s paralyzed, alone and in the dark. Within hours, the hospital has been overrun by the victims of a new virus. They are gripped by a bloodthirsty, zombie-like rage, desperate to feed on the uninfected. With the help of a handful of the surviving medical staff, Henry must get on his feet, escape from the hospital and get across a countryside ravaged by the flesh-hungry walking corpses to find a way…any way to safety.
RUN TIME: 76 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror/Thriller
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
DVD & BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURE: NO MORE EXCUSES: The Story Behind Last Ones Out
DVD SRP: $27.97
BLU-RAY SRP: $15.95
TITLE: THE NIGHTSHIFTER
ON VOD AND DIGITAL HD: October 8, 2019
DIRECTOR: Dennison Ramalho
WRITER: Dennison Ramalho and Cláudia Jouvin
CAST: Daniel de Oliveira, Fabiula Nascimento, Bianca Comparato and Marco Ricca
SYNOPSIS: Stênio works the graveyard shift in the morgue of a vast, violent city. Each night he prepares the lifeless corpses for examination, but he’s never alone. For Stênio can talk to the dead… and they talk back. But when the whispers of the dead reveal secrets of his own life, Stênio unleashes a curse that brings forth unimaginable danger and darkness.
RUN TIME: 110 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
TITLE: RUIN ME
ON VOD, DIGITAL HD, DVD & BLU-RAY: October 8, 2019
DIRECTOR: Preston DeFrancis
WRITERS: Trysta A. Bissett and Preston DeFrancis
CAST: Marcienne Dwyer, Matt Dellapina, Chris Hill, Eva Hamilton, John Odom, Sam Ashdown, Cameron Gordon and Rocky Rector
SYNOPSIS: Welcome to Slasher Sleepout: The Ultimate Horror Movie Experience combining camping, haunted houses, and an escape room into one extreme 36-hour event. Six strangers are hooded, dropped in the middle of the woods, and must survive a simulated horror movie. Alexandra, the only participant who has never even seen a horror film, reluctantly tags along with her boyfriend. But when the other campers start to die before their eyes, Alex becomes the star of her worst nightmares.
RUN TIME: 88 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror/Thriller
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
DVD & BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURE: Filmmaker Commentary
DVD SRP: $27.97
BLU-RAY SRP: $15.95
TITLE: THE NOONDAY WITCH
ON VOD, DIGITAL HD, DVD & BLU-RAY: October 15, 2019
DIRECTORS: Jiri Sádek
WRITERS: Karel Jaromír Erben and Michal Samir
CAST: Anna Geislerová, Karolína Lipowská, Zdenek Mucha, Daniela Kolárová, Jirí Strébl and Marie Ludvíková
SYNOPSIS: After her husband’s death, Eliska and her daughter move to a rural village in hopes of a fresh start. But it is not long before they hear the troubling tales of the mysterious woman who haunts the surrounding farm fields and abducts children in broad daylight. At first Eliska dismisses the rumors as a deranged fantasy. But when her daughter starts to show signs of abnormal and erratic behavior, Eliska realizes her new home is not safe. Now she must protect her family from the great evil that is tearing them apart.
RUN TIME: 85 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror/Thriller
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
DVD & BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURE: None
DVD SRP: $14.95
BLU-RAY SRP: $28.97
TITLE: SATAN’S SLAVES
ON VOD AND DIGITAL HD: October 15, 2019
DIRECTOR: Joko Anwar
WRITER: Joko Anwar
CAST: Tara Basro, Bront Palarae, Dimas Aditya, Endy Arfian, Nasar Anuz and Muhammad Adhiyat
SYNOPSIS: Rini and her siblings take care of their mother who has been mysteriously sick for the past three years. But after their mother dies, terror begins as an entity resembling their mother appears in the house – lurking the hallways and calling out to them at night. Rini soon discovers that her mother was involved in an unholy pact that may threaten her entire family’s safety. Their mother has not returned to visit… she wants to take them with her.
RUN TIME: 106 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
TITLE: TERRIFIED
ON VOD AND DIGITAL HD: October 15, 2019
DIRECTOR: Demián Rugna
WRITER: Demián Rugna
CAST: Maxi Ghione, Elvira Onetto, Norberto Gonzalo, George Lewis, Demián Salomón, Agustín Rittano, Julieta Vallina and Natalia Señorales
SYNOPSIS: On an ordinary suburban street in Buenos Aires, voices are heard from kitchen sinks, loud and unexplained thumping noises come from the walls, and mysterious beings creep and crawl under the beds. Three paranormal and criminal investigators join forces to protect the innocent inhabitants of a neighborhood plagued by a supernatural entity. With their shared knowledge, they must team up and destroy this great evil before their dimension is taken over completely.
RUN TIME: 88 minutes
RATING: Not Rated
GENRE: Horror
DISTRIBUTOR: Shudder/RLJE Films
ABOUT RLJE FILMS
An RLJ Entertainment, Inc. brand, RLJE Films’ recent features include the 2018 Sundance Film Festival hit Mandy from writer/director Panos Cosmatos and starring Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough and Linus Roache; Galveston starring Ben Foster and Elle Fanning and directed by Mélanie Laurent; and The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then The Bigfoot written and directed by Robert Krzykowski and starring Academy Award nominee Sam Elliott, Aidan Turner and Ron Livingston. RLJ Entertainment is a privately owned subsidiary of AMC Networks. www.us.rljentertainment.com.
ABOUT SHUDDER
AMC Networks’ Shudder is a premium streaming video service, super-serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers and the supernatural. Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and originals is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland and Germany. To experience Shudder commitment-free for 7 days, visit www.shudder.com.