Shudder’s epic Season of Screams programming event returns September 1 featuring a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials, screening events and live watch parties on Shudder TV. The four-month celebration takes horror fans from spooky season through the holiday season and spotlights popular franchise films and series – from Insidious 1-3 to Twilight Zone: The Movie to all four films from Hitchcock’s beloved thriller franchise Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates – and brings back an all-new Ghoul Log special, the annual twist on the traditional holiday yule log, featuring haunting visuals centred on a creepy candlelit jack-o-lantern in Curse of the Ghoul Logs beginning October 1.
This year’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated premieres every Friday through the end of the year, including the acclaimed Parasomnia, a new instalment in the popular V/H/S franchise, V/H/S/Mixtape, the found footage breakout hit Infirmary, body horror thriller Bloody Tennis, supernatural nightmare The Cycle, Milly Shapiro-led Hallowarrior, a new season of The Creep Tapes, the 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, and a new Halloween special, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party. These titles and more join Shudder’s extensive library, including Tales from the Crypt, Shudder Original Series Creepshow, the Hell House LLCfranchise, and more.
Season of Screams Highlights include:
- The filmmakers behind Shudder’s buzzy new feature Hallowarrior resurrected everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern – and, for the first time ever, multiple pumpkins – with Curse of the Ghoul Logs. The new hour-long video of the chilling pumpkins sets the scene for horror fans beginning October 1.
- LIVE Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET on Shudder TV spotlighting new premieres and curated double features,including:
- Friday, September 4: “Can You Survive Your Sleep?” Watch Party – Parasomnia and Somnium
- Friday, September 11: “Indigenous Horror” Watch Party – Mārama and La Llorona
- Friday, September 18: “Chamber Piece Terrors” Watch Party – Goody Goody and Glorious
- Friday, September 25: “Whatever It Takes To Succeed” Watch Party – Bloody Tennis and The Ugly Stepsister
- Friday, October 2: “Found Footage Frights” Watch Party – Infirmary and Host
- Friday, October 9: “V/H/S/Marathon” Watch Party – V/H/S/Mixtape, V/H/S/Halloween, V/H/S/Beyond, V/H/S/85, V/H/S/99 and V/H/S/94
- Friday, October 16: “Surviving Halloween” Watch Party” – Hallowarrior and Night of the Demons
- Friday, October 23: “Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party” Watch Party (Titles TBA)
- Sunday, October 25: “2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards” Watch Party; followed by “Full Moon Fever” Watch Party at 10:30pm in celebration of the Hunter’s Moon – The Cycle, Dog Soldiers and Werewolves Within
- Friday, October 30: “Maniacs in Masks” Watch Party – Big Baby and Night of the Reaper
- Saturday, October 31: “Trick or Treat” Watch Party– Halloween (1978), Late Night with the Devil and Deadstream
- Sunday, November 1: “DÍa de los Muertos” Watch Party” – Huesera: The Bone Woman and La Llorona
- Programming highlights below in chronological order (also available on AMC+):
Parasomnia (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, September 4
Riley (Jasmine Mathews, The Tomorrow War, Sweetbitter) is a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When her best friend is the latest to go missing, she begins to suspect a demonic figure lurking in her sleep has crossed over into the real world.
Mārama (Shudder Exclusive Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, September 11
Rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, Mārama is centered on a young Māori woman who discovers her horrific colonial heritage after travelling to Victorian England in 1859. She soon becomes compelled to confront and destroy the titled Englishman who devastated her family.
The Creep Tapes Season 3 (Shudder Original Series)
Two-Episode Season Premiere Tuesday, September 15
From writers and executive producers Mark Duplass (Backrooms, The Morning Show) and Patrick Brice (Creep), season threecontinues to expose a collection of video tapes from the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer (Duplass). 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. Guest stars including Kate Siegel (Carrie), Nic Hamilton (IT), Elliott Fullam (Terrifier 2, Terrifier 3)and Duplass’ daughter, Ora Duplass (Coven Academy), who will star in a throwback episode.
Goody Goody (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, September 18
Lulled into a necessary sense of comfort during a long home birth process, expecting parents (Samantha Robinson, The Love Witch) and Colby Hollman, Fear the Walking Dead) and their midwife (Colleen Foy, Station 19) begin to realize something may be horribly wrong. A blizzard rages outside, trapping the family in their home as increasingly sinister complications arise.
Bloody Tennis (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, September 25
Centered in the world of elite sports to disturbing new extremes. After being admitted to an elite tennis academy hidden deep in Southern Europe, Sophie (Sandra Guldberg Kampp) must contend not only with the fierce brutality of her teammates, but with the school’s increasingly sinister undercurrents, where competitive sports are taken to their painful limits and only the hungriest survive.
Infirmary (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, October 2
A guard vanished on his first night at an old psych hospital in 2023. His bodycam footage shows unexplainable incidents that continue to baffle investigators. Starring Paul Syre, Mark Anthony Williams and Danielle Kennedy.
V/H/S/Mixtape (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, October 9
The ninth instalment cranks the signature found-footage horror up to eleven with an electrifying new anthology where music and sound become the source of terror. United by a theme that explores the power of music, rhythm, and audio to haunt, possess and destroy, the film blends cosmic horror, psychological suspense, outrageous splatter and groundbreaking practical effects into one unforgettable mixtape of nightmares. Featuring all-new segments from legendary filmmaker Ernest Dickerson, hip-hop icon RZA, visionary director David Moreau and acclaimed filmmaker Renee Zhan, whose segment includes original puppets by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. V/H/S/MIXTAPE also features original music video interludes directed by acclaimed filmmaker and musician Flying Lotus, alongside a brand-new music video from debut filmmaker Tobias Forge, creating a genre-bending mixtape experience unlike anything the franchise has attempted before. Adding to the chaos, legendary shock-metal pioneers GWAR also make a featured appearance, further cementing the film’s celebration of horror, music and cult cinema.
Hallowarrior (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, October 16
Hallowarrior follows Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro, Hereditary), the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Shannyn Sossamon, Wayward Pines). Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.
The Cycle (Shudder Original Film)
New Film Premieres Friday, October 23
When police discover a corpse beside a horrific crime scene, their only lead is the man’s estranged daughter (Deborah Ann Woll, Daredevil: Born Again, Escape Room, True Blood), who must unravel the disturbing secret her father thought he took to the grave. Also starring Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice).
Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party (Shudder Original Special)
New Halloween Special Premieres LIVE on Friday, October 23; Streaming On-Demand Beginning Sunday, October 25
Slap the finishing touches on your costume a week early, because you’re cordially invited to Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party! RSVP for a Samhain soiree to remember with Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl as they host a seasonal double-feature chock-full of tricks, treats, and violent dismemberment.
FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards (Shudder Original Special)
LIVE Horror Awards Special Premieres Sunday, October 25 at 9pm ET
Annual awards ceremony honouring the best in on horror films of the year. Hosted by Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Chucky).
Big Baby (Shudder Exclusive Film)
New Film Premieres on Devil’s Night, Friday, October 30
Nightmares of a maniac killer in a baby mask inspire a horror writer’s new script. As his life begins to spiral out of control, he discovers Big Baby’s murderous rampage may be more than just fiction. Directed by Spider One (Shudder films Little Bites, Allegoria) and executive produced by iconic singer and actress Cher.
Hunting Matthew Nichols(Shudder Exclusive Film)
New Film Premieres on Halloween, Saturday, October 31
Two decades after her brother mysteriously disappeared on Vancouver Island, a documentary filmmaker sets out to solve his missing person’s case. When disturbing circumstances evidence is revealed, she comes to believe he might still be alive. Starring Miranda MacDougall and Markian Tarasiuk.
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 7 (Shudder Original Series)
New Season Premieres Fall 2026 on Shudder and AMC+
Hosted by modern-day horror icons and drag superstars Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, season seven of the hit reality competion series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula will bring together extreme drag artists from around the world to compete in jaw-dropping challenges including costume design and creation, makeup and special effects, live performance and craftsmanship.
Additional highlights for November and December will be announced at a later date.
