Summer is upon us, but as far as we’re concerned that just means we’re one step closer to Halloween. Premium horror streamer Shudder has announced all of the titles which will be joining the service across the month of June including some huge new original films.
New joiners in June include Luke Boyce’s Revealer, an apocalyptic battle for survival in 1980s Chicago and writer/director Phil Tippett’s Mad God, Tippett’s feature directorial debut.
Also joining the service in June, available for the first time on SVOD, will be cult favorite creature features Alligator (1980) andAlligator II: The Mutation (1991) come to Shudder in stunning new prints scanned from the original camera negatives.
Here’s the full list of new original films and series joining in June:
1st June
What Keeps You Alive
On the eve of their one-year wedding anniversary, Jules and Jackie become embroiled in a merciless fight for their lives when they find themselves pitted against the most unexpected of adversaries: each other.
2nd June
Alligator
From director Lewis Teague (Cujo) and screenwriter John Sayles (The Howling) comes an unstoppable thriller with bite. A family returning from Florida decides their pet baby alligator is too much to handle and flushes him down the toilet. Meanwhile, Slade Laboratories is conducting secret experiments with animals and disposing of them in the sewer. The alligator, fending for itself, begins to feed on the dead animals, and grows. Now, twelve years later, after several mysterious murders, David Madison (Robert Forster, Jackie Brown) is on the case to find out who … or what … is killing people.
Alligator II: The Mutation
Deep in the sewers beneath the city of Regent Park, a baby alligator feeds on the experimental animals discarded by Future Chemicals Corporation. Nourished by the toxic growth hormones and other mutating chemicals, the gator grows immense in size … and voracious in appetite. Now, it must kill to survive! It’s a classic confrontation between man and beast. This sequel stars Joseph Bologna (Transylvania 6-5000), Steve Railsback (Lifeforce), Dee Wallace (The Howling), Richard Lynch (Bad Dreams) and Kane Hodder (Jason X).
6th June
Hellbenders
When a demon escapes into New York intent on cracking open the gates of Hell, a group of elite, highly-trained exorcists must save the planet from eternal damnation! Contains strong language, violence and gore.
The Incident
George, Max and Ricky work in the kitchen of a high security asylum. Good pay, minimum risk – they have no physical contact with the inmates. One night, just before dinner time, a big storm shuts down the security system, the doors open and the lunatics break loose. Help is on its way and should soon arrive. They just have to wait for it – and survive until then.
Crystal Eyes
On the first anniversary of the death of Alexis Carpenter, the unstable supermodel who died tragically in a horrendous catwalk fire, fashion editor Lucia L’uccello wants to honour Alexis in a commemorative issue of her magazine. However, the night before the cover photoshoot, Alexis’ original dresses are stolen, and staff members begin to disappear at the hands of a sinister silhouette in a long black leather raincoat.
13th June
Demonic
A group of teenage ghost hunters travel to a supposedly haunted house in an attempt to summon spirits from the dead. After performing a Seance, something goes drastically wrong and they are violently killed over the course of the night. A police officer and a psychologist are brought in to question the survivor to discover what happened to them during that horrific evening.
Open 24 Hours
After setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire, a paranoid delusional woman gets a job at an all-night gas station.The isolation triggers her anxiety and hallucinations, with devastatingly gory results.
Repression
When therapist Marianne moves to a remote area of Scotland, her attempts at a new life is thrown off course by one of her patients, ten-year-old Manny, who claims he can see and control her future. Marianne struggles against both the wall of silence from her colleagues and her mind as she tries to uncover the truth behind Manny’s drawings.
20th June
The Freakmaker
Professor Nolter, a college science professor who believes it is man’s destiny to survive an uncertain future by evolving into a hybrid plant/human mutation. To test his theories, Nolter supervises the abduction of young co-eds and fuses them with mutant plants he has developed in his laboratory, placing his rejects in a neighboring freak show (which stars such real-life oddities as the Alligator Lady, the Frog Boy, the Human Pretzel, the Monkey Woman, the Human Pincushion and the unforgettable “Popeye”.
Sea Fever
Solitary marine biology student Siobhán endures a week on a ragged fishing trawler, where she’s miserably at odds with the close-knit crew.
We Summon the Darkness
Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls’ country home for an afterparty. A night of fun and youthful debauchery takes a deadly turn as bodies begin to pile up, with each side thinking the other hides the killer.
Slumber Party Massacre (2021)
A slumber party turns into a bloodbath when a psychopath wielding a power-drill disrupts the fun. A reimagining of Roger Corman’s 1982 cult classic directed by Danishka Esterhazy.
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