SHUDDER’S MAY LINE-UP

Check out Shudder’s May 2023 line-up.

HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN      Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera Streaming on Shudder May 12th (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)

Synopsis Valeria, a young woman expecting her first child, becomes cursed by a sinister entity. Plunged into a terrifying and dangerous world, a group of witches emerge as her only hope for safety and salvation, but not without grave risk.

Director: Michelle Garza Cervera   Writers: Michelle Garza Cervera and Abia Castillo                                                            Cast: Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla, Mercedes Hernández, Aída López, Martha Claudia Moreno Language: Spanish

Sissy – Australian Horror Film Streaming on Shudder and AMC+

Film Premieres Thursday 18 May

Synopsis: Cecilia and Emma had been tween-age BFFs who were never going to let anything come between them — until Alex (Emily De Margheriti) arrived on the scene. Twelve years later, Cecilia is a successful social media influencer living the dream of an independent, modern millennial woman, until she runs into Emma for the first time in over a decade. After reconnecting, Emmy invites Cecilia on her bachelorette weekend at a remote cabin in the mountains, where Alex proceeds to make Cecilia’s weekend a living hell. Starring Aisha Dee and Hannah Barlow.

CONSECRATION                                    Directed by Christopher Smith Streaming on Shudder May 19th (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)

Synopsis After the suspicious death of her brother, a priest, Grace (Malone) goes to the Mount Saviour Convent in Scotland to find out what really happened with the help of Father Romero (Huston). But she soon comes to distrust the account of the Church as she uncovers murder, sacrilege, and a disturbing truth about her own shadowy past that brings long-buried trauma to the surface.  

Director: Christopher Smith              Writer: Christopher Smith, Laurie Cook Cast: Jena Malone, Danny Huston, Janet Suzman Language: English

Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2023

Streaming Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+

Horror Awards Show Premieres Monday 22 May

The Fangoria Chainsaw Awards is an annual award ceremony recognizing outstanding achievements in horror film and television. For the third year in a row, the event will be hosted by actor and writer David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil, Dune), this time joined by co-host Peaches Christ (All About Evil, the Midnight Mass podcast) and will feature Jamie Clayton (Hellraiser), Mason Thames and Madeleine McGraw (The Black Phone), and Akela Cooper (Malignant, M3GAN) among its presenters. This year’s nominees include X, Prey, The Black Phone, Pearl, Nope, Stranger Things, Blood Relatives, Queer for Fear, Barbarian and Terrifier 2.

INFLUENCER                                          Directed by Kurtis David Harder Streaming on Shudder May 26th (Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ) **Shudder Premiere**

Synopsis While struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living. But CW’s interest in her takes a darker turn.  

Director: Kurtis David Harder (SPIRAL) Writer: Kurtis David Harder, Tesh Guttikonda                                                   Cast: Cassandra Naud, Emily Tennant, Rory J Saper, Sara Canning            Language: English

SHUDDER RESURRECTED

**Repertory Titles New to Shudder** (SHUDDER US)

High Tension (2003)
Directed by Alexandre Aja
Streaming on Shudder May 1st

Inside (2007)
Directed by Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury
Streaming on Shudder May 1st

Livid (2011)
Directed by Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury
Streaming on Shudder May 1st

Martyrs (2015)
Directed by Kevin & Michael Goetz
Streaming on Shudder May 1st

Poison for the Fairies (1986)
Directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada
Streaming on Shudder May 8th

Darker than the Night (1975)
Directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada
Streaming on Shudder May 8th

The Babadook (2014)
Directed by Jennifer Kent
Streaming on Shudder May 15th

The Devil’s Doorway (2018)
Directed by Aislinn Clarke
Streaming on Shudder May 15th

In Their Skin (2012)
Directed by Jeremy Power Regimbal
Streaming on Shudder May 22nd

NEW ADDITIONS TO SHUDDER’S FILM LIBRARY (SHUDDER ANZ)

1 May
          
The Wicker Man (1973)

A Puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.

8 May

Don’t Look Now

A married couple grieving the recent death of their young daughter are in Venice when they encounter two elderly sisters, one of whom is psychic and brings a warning from beyond.

15 May
          
The Masque of the Red Death

A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the “Red Death” plague that stalks the land.

22 May
         
Link

When a female zoology student is invited to a remote seaside mansion to assist a primatology professor with his experiments involving chimpanzees, dangerous events start to occur, all involving the intelligent 45-year-old chimp, Link.

Delicatessen

Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants.

29 May
          
The Strangers: Prey at Night

A family of four staying at a secluded mobile home park for the night are stalked and then hunted by three masked psychopaths.