Here’s a practical question that has long plagued horror lovers: Where do you find the good stuff? Coming this Autumn to the UK and Ireland, AMC Networks’ SHUDDER aims to be the premium video streaming service to answer that very question.
SHUDDER is the only streaming service in the UK and Ireland dedicated to serving both the casual and hardcore fans of horror and suspense-filled entertainment. It offers new premieres and exclusives each month, and with 80% percent of its 200+ launch selection of Horror, Mystery, Suspense, Supernatural and Dark Thrillers not currently available on any of the big UK SVOD platforms (Amazon, Netflix and Sky Movies), SHUDDER is a truly unique experience.
SHUDDER is also sleek and easy to use. Its extensive library ranging from hard-to-find international and independent films to thrilling TV series to cult grindhouse classics to Hollywood blockbusters is well-organised into specific categories that make discovery easy.
SHUDDER will be available for a one-week free trial or £4.99 monthly / £49.99 yearly membership ad-free and with unlimited viewing on SHUDDER’s website, mobile apps for iOS and Android, Apple TV and the Roku platform with more platforms to be added in the immediate months after launch.
SHUDDER’S CURATORS
SHUDDER curators Colin Geddes and Sam Zimmerman
Our curators TIFF Midnight Madness programmer Colin Geddes and former Fangoria editor Sam Zimmerman are world-class experts and fans themselves who, along with regular guest curators, unearth and handpick the best in modern and classic horror unlocking a treasure trove of terror for SHUDDER subscribers.
Colin Geddes has been selecting cutting-edge films for the Toronto International Film Festival since 1998, where he's in charge of the Midnight Madness and Vanguard programs. At TIFF he has introduced new talent and hosted the premieres of films including Takashi Miik’s Ichi the Killer; Eli Roth's Cabin Fever and Hostel; Alex Aja’s High Tension; and Pascal Laugier’s Martyrs.
“Lead curator Colin Geddes…has tons of experience selecting all the best fright flicks to chill even the most seasoned audience.” - AIN’T IT COOL NEWS
As Shudder’s newest addition to the curator team, Sam Zimmerman represents a well-respected voice in the horror community while racking up his impressive knowledge from past work as former web editor at Fangoria and most recently, managing editor at the horror site Shock Till You Drop. He’s recognized as an early champion of acclaimed contemporary horror including The Babadook and Kill List.
SHUDDER
PREMIERES AND EXCLUSIVES
DEAREST SISTER directed by Mattie Do
As part of SHUDDER’s commitment to bringing the best in the genre to UK audiences, SHUDDER members will be treated to premieres and exclusives each month.
• DEAREST SISTER – A Shudder Exclusive – Premiering October 2016
A spine-tingling creepy and politically charged chiller from Laos’ first female filmmaker Mattie Do. A village girl heads to the city to live as her rich cousin’s companion. On her arrival, she finds the servants giving her evil looks and the man of the house engaging in shady business deals. Worst of all, her cousin’s encroaching blindness is exhibiting disturbing supernatural side effects. Expertly layering on the menace and gore in equal measure, DEAREST SISTER played to great reviews at this year’s Fantastic Fest and screens as part of BFI London Film Festival and upcoming Celluloid Screams festival in Sheffield.
Veerle Baetens in BEYOND THE WALLS
• BEYOND THE WALLS –3x52’– A Shudder Exclusive Series – Premiering October 2016
30-year-old Lisa's fate takes a dramatic turn the day she inherits a mysterious uninhabited old house left to her in the will of its deceased former owner. Fascinated, Lisa moves into the house without any inkling of the mysteries that await her in his unnerving and thrill-packed French mini-series staring Veerle Baetens and Geraldine Chaplin.
COMING SOON
THERAPY coming soon to SHUDDER
• THERAPY – A Shudder Exclusive – Premiering Autumn 2016
Two young police officers lead an investigation into the discovery of hidden video equipment in an abandoned house. With the first filmed images going well beyond a simple home movie, the investigators realize they must move quickly before it’s too late. Fresh from screening at Fantasia Festival in Montreal in July 2016, this intense new horror film comes from gifted 16-year-old filmmaker Nathan Ambrosioni whose previous work has been acclaimed at Fright Fest.
• SADAKO VS KAYAKO – A Shudder Exclusive – Premiering Autumn 2016
The mega ghouls of Japanese-horror face off in this TIFF Midnight Madness closing film monster mash-up of Ju-On (The Grudge) and Ringu (The Ring). After reviving the evil spirits of Sadako and Kayako, two university students and a high school girl quickly realize the only way to outsmart these vengeful spirits hell-bent on haunting is to pit them head-to-head.
• WE GO ON – A Shudder Exclusive – Premiering Autumn 2016
Following their Slamdance festival favourite Yellowbrickroad, Writer-director-editing team Andy Milton and Jesse Holland serve up another slice of intriguing supernatural drama with WE GO ON which stars Clark Freeman as a man whose many phobias lead him to find out more about the afterlife than he bargained for. With standout turns from Freeman and Annette O’Toole as his protective mother, WE GO ON is thought-provoking glimpse into the other side.
CLIVE BAKER’S HELLRAISER coming soon to SHUDDER
• HELLRAISER ONE & HELLRAISER TWO: HELLBOUND – A Shudder Exclusive - Streaming Premiere Autumn 2016
From the disturbed mind of horror maestro Clive Barker comes these classic horror titles now released to stream for the first time ever, exclusively on SHUDDER.
• WITCHING & BITCHING – A Shudder Exclusive – Premiering Autumn 2016
Dark and wickedly subversive, WITCHING AND BITCHING is gross-out genre fun with a huge helping of warped comedy thrown in for good measure from fan favourite director Alex de la Iglesia. The film created much buzz at screenings at TIFF, Fantastic Fest and Glasgow Film Festival.
• THE CORPSE OF ANNA FRITZ – A Shudder Exclusive – Premiering Autumn 2016
A ghoulish and uncompromising thriller from director Hèctor Hernández Vicens in which a hospital orderly attempts to have his wicked way with one of the deceased residents of the hospital’s morgue. Until, that is, the corpse in question wakes up… THE CORPSE OF ANNA FRITZ created a stir when it played at SXSW and BFI London Film Festival.
Macarena Gomez in SHREW’S NEST
• SHREW’S NEST – A Shudder Exclusive – Premiering Autumn 2016
Arthouse meets grindhouse in this stylish psychological and claustrophobic horror set in 1950s Madrid where two sisters share a sinister apartment. Produced by Alex de la Iglesia, the film appeared at both SXSW and BFI London Film Festival
• ROB ZOMBIE’S 31 – A Shudder Exclusive – Streaming Premiere Autumn 2016
In filmmaker / musician Rob Zombie’s latest blood-soaked film, a group of carnival workers come face-to-face with a gang of murderous clowns on Halloween night. A game of life-or-death will determine their fate. Coming to SHUDDER as a streaming premiere, the film was first introduced to audiences at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN available to watch on SHUDDER
SPECIAL TREATS - ONLY ON SHUDDER
Here are some picks from SHUDDER’s extensive launch selection to look out for – Streaming ONLY ON SHUDDER this Autumn 2016.
CLASSIC HORROR
Classic horror to send a chill down the spine whether it’s a first time watch or a repeat viewing
The Curse of Frankenstein (Dir. Terence Fisher) 1957
Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee unite as creator and creation in this classic slice of gothic horror: the first colour film by Hammer Studios.
Black Sabbath (Dir. Mario Bava) 1963
The legendary Boris Karloff cheerfully presents this lurid anthology, fraught with chilling imagery, from genre master Mario Bava.
BREAKOUT HITS
Cross-over titles to worry the mainstream and delight the initiated
[REC 2] (Dirs. Jaume Balaguera, Paco Plaza) 2010
Picking up 15 minutes from where [REC] left off, [REC 2] takes us back into the quarantined Barcelona apartment building where a terrifying virus has turned the occupants into mindlessly violent, raging beasts. This time we follow a heavily armed SWAT team into the fray…
V/H/S (Dirs. Adam Wingard, Joe Swanberg, Ti West and more) 2012
Hired to steal a rare VHS tape from a remote house, a ragtag band of crooks finds a dead body, old TVs and a lot of cryptic footage in this portmanteau melting pot of horrific delights.
YOU’VE HEARD THE NAME, NOW IT’S TIME TO WATCH
Don’t delay, terrify yourself today
The Toxic Avenger (Dir. Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz) 1984
Low on budget, high on imagination, cult production house Troma’s first foray into horror is now considered a Midnight Movie classic and follows the adventures of a nerdy janitor turned crimefighter!
White of the Eye (Dir. Donald Cammell) 1987
British visionary Donald Cammell (who wrote and co-directed Performance with Nicolas Roeg) presents this unique, kaleidoscopic take on the serial killer flick. Stunningly photographed by Larry McConkey and with an eerie, minimalist score courtesy of Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, WHITE OF THE EYE retains the power to shock and confound almost 30 years after its initial release.
CULT CLASSICS TO TRY
Join the cult with these ghoulish delights
Lake Nowhere (Dirs. Maxim Van Scoy, Christopher Phelps) 2014
Inspired by the dusty days of VHS, LAKE NOWHERE is an age-old tale of senseless slaughter which quickly spirals into the realm of supernatural horror and classic monster movies, as we learn the true power that lies within LAKE NOWHERE. Nostalgic and gory fun!
Lesson of the Evil (Dir. Takashi Miike) 2012
This acclaimed horror from the iconic Japanese genre master Takashi Miike (Audition / Ichi the Killer) sees a popular high school teacher concoct an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behaviour among the student body. Chaos ensures in typically stylish and excessive Miike fashion.