V/H/S/HALLOWEEN Debuts on Shudder on Friday, October 3rd: "A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival"
THE 8TH INSTALLMENT IN THE V/H/S FRANCHISE WILL FEATURE:
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Shudder Launches Biggest Ever Programming Event “Season of Screams” on September 1: "Shudder’s epic Season of Screams programming event returns September 1 featuring a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials and live watch parties on Shudder TV. The four-month celebration of fear rounds out the streamer’s 10th anniversary with the best in horror and will spotlight popular franchise films from REC to 28 Weeks Later to The Blair Witch Project, bring back an all-new Ghoul Log as well as Shudder’s popular Halloween Hotline with movie recommendations from Shudder’s Head of Programming Samuel Zimmerman.
Shudder’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated films such as the acclaimed Dangerous Animals, a new installment in the popular V/H/S franchise – V/H/S/Halloween – and the found footage breakout hits House on Eden and Hell House LLC: Lineage, as well as new seasons of The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans and The Creep Tapes, and a new Halloween special, Joe Bob’s Splatterween, featuring special guests, the legendary rock band GWAR. These new films and series join Shudder’s extensive library, including the original 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein (celebrating its 90th anniversary), beloved Hitchcock collection of films The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo and Psycho (celebrating its 65th anniversary), as well as popular TV series Bitten and Hemlock Grove.
Season of Screams Highlights include:
Dangerous Animals (Shudder Film Premiere)
New Film Premieres Friday, September 5
When Zephyr (Hassie Harrison, Yellowstone), a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer (Jai Courtney, American Primeval) and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder Original Series)
New Double-Feature Premieres LIVE Friday, September 5 at 9pm ET on Shudder TV; Available On Demand Beginning Sunday, September 7; New Episodes Premiere LIVE the First Friday of Every Month
Lock your doors and crank the volume for a brand-new trip to The Last Drive-In. Join Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl 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.
Night of the Reaper (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, September 19
In the heart of a quiet, 1980s suburb, college student Deena returns home and reluctantly takes on a last-minute babysitting job. That same night, the local sheriff receives a cryptic package that pulls him into a sinister scavenger hunt that sets off a game of cat and mouse with a dangerous killer. As the clues unravel, Deena finds herself ensnared in a nightmarish mystery that she may not survive.
House on Eden (Shudder Film Premiere)
New Film Premieres Friday, September 26
Paranormal investigators Kris, Celina, and their videographer Jay expect the usual scares when they set out on their latest case. But after being mysteriously rerouted to an abandoned house deep in the woods, they find themselves facing a force unlike anything they’ve encountered before. As the night spirals into chaos, missing crew members and eerie phenomena hint at an ancient, malevolent presence watching their every move. Starring social media sensations Kris Collins, Celina Myers and Jason-Christopher Myers (Nobody Gets Out Alive).
V/H/S/Halloween (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, October 3
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
The six segments are as follows:
o DIET PHANTASMA directed by Bryan M. Ferguson (Pumpkin Guts)
o FUN SIZE directed by Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks)
o HOME HAUNT directed by Micheline Pitt-Norman and R.H. Norman (Cosmetic)
o KIDPRINT directed by Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell)
o UT SUPRA SIC INFRA directed by Paco Plaza (REC)
o COOCHIE COOCHIE COO directed by Anna Zlokovic (Appendage)
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Season 2 (Shudder Original Series)
New Season Premieres Tuesday, October 7
In The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans season two, fourteen of the fiercest drag artists from past seasons (most of them top three finalists and fan favorites) will return to battle in design, performance, and makeup-based challenges inspired by horror, science fiction, fantasy, and the supernatural. The competitors will have to survive the show’s pillars of Filth, Horror and Glamour in order to win the crown and a $100,000 grand prize, a headlining spot on a forthcoming world tour, and the title of “Queen of the Underworld”. Hosted by Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, this season will feature a variety of guest judges & horror/genre royalty including David Dastmalchian, Jennifer Tilly, Todd McFarlane, Kate Siegel, Don Mancini, Bonnie Aarons, Akela Cooper, Twin Temple, Peaches Christ, Steve Orlando, Ryan Turek, James A Janisse & Chelsea Rebecca and season one winner, Victoria Elizabeth Black.
OTHER (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, October 17
Alice (Olga Kurylenko, Thunderbolts*, Oblivion) returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, only to find the house is rigged with surveillance tracking her every move, as a sinister presence lurks, driving her towards a terrifying revelation.
Joe Bob’s Splatterween (Shudder Original Special)
New Halloween Special and Milestone 200th Episode Premieres Friday, October 24
Halloween is gonna be messy this year! Joe Bob and Darcy are joined by the interdimensional rock legends of GWAR for SPLATTERWEEN- a night filled with spew, goo, live music, and of course: two nasty flicks busting at the seams with Splatter Fu!
Hell House LLC: Lineage (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Thursday, October 30
Haunted by visions and recurring nightmares years after a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepard (Elizabeth Vermilyea) finds herself living in the town of Abaddon, unable to break free from its unexplainable hold on her. When people around her suddenly and inexplicably begin to die, she soon uncovers her terrifying connection to the Abaddon Hotel, the Carmichael Manor and the mysterious murders that have been occurring for decades, long before Hell House LLC. From director/writer Stephen Cognetti.
Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story (Shudder Film Premiere)
New Film Premieres Friday, November 7
Max and Rudy Van Helsing have spent their lives under the strict and overprotective rule of their father, Abraham. Unaware of his dark past, they struggle to understand his paranoia and increasingly erratic behavior. But when they begin to uncover the violent truths behind their father’s history with Dracula, their world unravels, forcing them to confront the terrifying legacy they were never meant to inherit.
The Creep Tapes Season 2 (Shudder Original Series)
New Season Premieres This Fall
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.
Season of Screams caps a milestone year for Shudder as the streamer celebrates its 10-year anniversary of the best in horror. A year-long event, Shudder 10 features the service’s most terrifyingly ambitious slate to date, along with special fan events, a nationwide screening series, customed merchandise and more. "
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BEYOND FEST TO HOST SPECIAL SCREENING OF LIONSGATE’S “THE LONG WALK” DIRECTED BY FRANCIS LAWRENCE SEPTEMBER 8 AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE: "In anticipation of the September 12 nationwide release of Lionsgate’s The Long Walk, directed by Francis Lawrence, Beyond Fest, the biggest and most highly attended genre film festival in the U.S., in partnership with the American Cinematheque will host a special screening of the film on Monday, September 8, at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.
The Long Walk’s cast and filmmakers are expected to attend the 8pm screening with a Q&A following moderated by Beyond Fest’s Christian Parkes.
“We’re thrilled to welcome the stars of The Long Walk to Beyond Fest,” said head of programming Evrim Ersoy. “Francis Lawrence has made an extraordinary and faithful adaptation of the first book Stephen King ever wrote, and the result is a powerful and visceral film that’s still living in my head. It’s unforgettable and I’m looking forward to sharing it with Beyond Fest and American Cinematheque audiences.”
Tickets are available at noon today at americancinematheque.com.
From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films (Catching Fire, Mockingjay – Pts. 1 & 2, and The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), comes THE LONG WALK, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?
THE LONG WALK stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Roman Griffin Davis, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, Josh Hamilton, with Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill. Directed by Francis Lawrence, with a screenplay by JT Mollner, based on the novel by Stephen King, the film is produced by Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Francis Lawrence, and Cameron MacConomy.
Lionsgate presents, in association with Media Capital Technologies, a Vertigo Entertainment / about:blank production."
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NEON LOCKS IN WORLDWIDE RIGHTS TO ADAM SCOTT-STARRER HOKUM; CWEATURE FEATURES JOINS CO-PRODUCTION WITH IMAGE NATION, SPOOKY PICTURES: "Award-winning studio NEON and Waypoint Entertainment’s Cweature Features have come on board writer and director Damian McCarthy's (Oddity) film Hokum, starring Adam Scott (“Severance”). NEON will release the film theatrically in the US in 2026. NEON International will represent the foreign sales rights and introduce the film next week at TIFF. Cweature Features board as co-producers on the project joining Image Nation and Spooky Pictures, as well as Team Thrives, who co-financed the project. The film is currently in post production.
Peter Coonan ("Bad Sisters") and David Wilmot ("Bodkin") join Scott along with Florence Ordesh, Will O'Connell, and Michael Patric. Siox C, Brendan Conroy, Austin Amelio, and Ezra Carlisle round out the cast.
When reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman (Scott) retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Soon, disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw him into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past. okum follows McCarthy's feature debut Oddity, which premiered at SXSW and won the Audience Award in the Midnighter Section. The film is produced by Spooky Pictures founders Roy Lee and Steven Schneider, Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy and Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde and Mairtín de Barra. Executive producers include Cweature Features’ Ken Kao and Josh Rosenbaum, as well as Ben Ross, Dan Kagan, Rami Yasin, Andrew Childs, and Team Thrives’ Bryan Meng and Dr. Terence Chan .The project is also supported by co-production funding from Screen Ireland/ Fís Éireann. The deal was negotiated by Jason Wald for NEON, Josh Rosenbaum for Cweature Features, and Ben Ross for Image Nation.
As previously announced, Hokum is the latest collaboration between Image Nation and Spooky Pictures following Charlie Polinger’s lauded feature The Plague which debuted in Cannes, last year’s hit Late Night With the Devil and the critically acclaimed thriller Watcher, directed by Chloe Okuno and starring Maika Monroe. The project is the sixth in the current Image Nation/Spooky Pictures slate following the announcement of Bryan Edward Hills’ Archangel starring Connor Leslie and Randall Okita’s Menace starring Isabel May, which was acquired by IFC/Shudder at Cannes last year.
Tailored Films, the Irish banner that co-produced Ali Abbasi’s Cannes-bowing and Oscar-nominated The Apprentice and Mubi’s Bring Them Down starring Barry Keoghan, is also on board.
Heading into TIFF next week, the NEON International sales slate currently includes: Takashi Miike’s next film Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo starring Shun Oguri and Lily James; Kevin Bacon's Family Movie starring Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick; Her Private Hell from director Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton; Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie from comedy duo Matt Johnson and Jay McCaroll; and Shelby Oaks from writer/director Chris Stuckmann.
NEON recently released Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin’s sophomore feature Splitsville starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona, which grossed the highest per screen average its premiere weekend, and the Sundance breakout film Together starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco. At the Venice Film Festival Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice, which NEON boarded earlier this year, will make its world premiere and at TIFF, NEON is presenting several films in Official Selection including The Secret Agent, It Was Just an Accident, Sirât, Sentimental Value, Orwell: 2+2=5, Arco, Exit 8 and Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie."
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LOLA TUNG AND NICO PARKER TO STAR IN OSGOOD PERKINS’ THE YOUNG PEOPLE, FIRST PROJECT UNDER FIRST-LOOK DEAL WITH NEON: "Award-winning studio NEON announced today the first project under their first-look deal with filmmaker Osgood Perkins, who will direct The Young People. Based on Perkins’ script, the film will star Lola Tung (“The Summer I Turned Pretty”) and Nico Parker (How To Train Your Dragon, “The Last of Us”). NEON is co-financing the film with Lyrical Media. NEON will release the film theatrically in the U.S. and represent the international sales rights to the film, introducing it to buyers in TIFF next week.
Perkins is producing with his partner Chris Ferguson for Phobos and Brian Kavanough-Jones for Range. While plot details are currently underwraps, production is set to begin this fall in Vancouver.
The Young People is the first project under the first-look deal between NEON, Perkins, and his production banner Phobos, which was inked in May. NEON and Perkins first partnered together in 2024 on Longlegs which was the highest grossing independent film of the year at $75 million domestically, closely followed by The Monkey which marked NEON’s second biggest opening weekend at the box office. The two are also partnering on Perkins' next film, Keeper, which NEON will release on November 14.
Lola Tung is quickly making a name for herself as the lead in Season 3 of Prime Video’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” She recently wrapped production on the upcoming horror feature Forbidden Fruits, directed by Meredith Alloway, which is slated for theatrical release in 2026. On stage, she made her Broadway debut in Hadestown as Eurydice in a limited engagement in February 2024.
Nico Parker most recently starred in Universal’s How To Train Your Dragon live-action remake as well as in Maude Apatow’s directorial debut, Poetic License, which is premiering at TIFF next week. Other credits include Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Laura Chinn’s Suncoast, for which she won a U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award, and the HBO series “The Last Of Us,” for which she was nominated for a 2024 BAFTA Television Award.
NEON recently released Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin’s sophomore feature Splitsville starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona, which grossed the highest per screen average its premiere weekend, and the Sundance breakout film Together starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco. At the Venice Film Festival NEON will debut Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice and debut seven films in TIFF, including The Secret Agent, It Was Just an Accident, Sirât, Sentimental Value, Orwell: 2+2=5, Arco, Exit 8 and Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie.
The NEON International sales slate includes: Takashi Miike’s next film Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo starring Shun Oguri and Lily James; Kevin Bacon's Family Movie starring Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick; Her Private Hell from director Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton; Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie from comedy duo Matt Johnson and Jay McCaroll; and Shelby Oaks from writer/director Chris Stuckmann.
Lyrical Media is currently in post-production on Adam Wingard’s Onslaught and Michael Sarnoski’s The Death of Robin Hood starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, and Bill Skarsgård. They are also developing a slate of projects, including Funny Story, an adaptation of Emily Henry's bestselling romantic comedy, Butcher & Blackbird, based on Brynne Weaver's popular novel and “Powerless,” a television adaption of Lauren Roberts’ best-selling debut YA novel.
Tung is represented by CAA, Carissa Stewart, Narrative and Jackoway Austen Tyerman et al. Parker is represented by WME and Curtis Brown Group. Perkins by CAA and Untitled Entertainment."
After more than a decade as a consultant in the tech and entertainment industries, Jonathan James launched Daily Dead in 2010 to share his passion for horror entertainment. He takes immense pride in Daily Dead's talented team of writers, who work tirelessly to explore and celebrate horror as a respected art form capable of telling complex, character-driven stories with deep emotional and cultural impact.
Over the course of his career, Jonathan has written more than 10,000 articles and hosted panels at major conventions, including New York Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con. He has also been consulted as an expert on horror and pop culture, offering his insights on horror history and the latest trends through media outlets, radio stations, film festivals, and fan conventions.
After more than a decade as a consultant in the tech and entertainment industries, Jonathan James launched Daily Dead in 2010 to share his passion for horror entertainment. He takes immense pride in Daily Dead's talented team of writers, who work tirelessly to explore and celebrate horror as a respected art form capable of telling complex, character-driven stories with deep emotional and cultural impact.
Over the course of his career, Jonathan has written more than 10,000 articles and hosted panels at major conventions, including New York Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con. He has also been consulted as an expert on horror and pop culture, offering his insights on horror history and the latest trends through media outlets, radio stations, film festivals, and fan conventions.
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