Shudder’s annual “Season of Screams” programming event returns Sept. 1, kicking off a four-month celebration packed with original film premieres, returning series, live watch parties, and exclusive specials.
The festivities run through the end of the year, anchored by weekly Friday night premieres and the return of the streamer’s seasonal centerpiece, The Ghoul Log, launching Oct. 1. Created by the team behind the upcoming feature “Hallowarrior,” this year’s hour-long “Curse of The Ghoul Logs” marks a franchise first by featuring multiple candlelit jack-o’-lanterns.
Shudder TV will host live watch parties every Friday at 9 p.m. ET, alongside dedicated events for Halloween night and Día de los Muertos. Highlights from the fall schedule include:
- Sept. 4 – “Parasomnia”: A young woman (Jasmine Mathews), plagued by night terrors, suspects that a demonic figure from her sleep has entered the real world.
- Sept. 11 – “Mārama”: In 1859, a young Māori woman travels to Victorian England and confronts her family’s dark colonial history.
- Sept. 15 – “The Creep Tapes” Season 3: Mark Duplass returns in the found-footage thriller series, featuring guest appearances by Kate Siegel and Elliott Fullam.
- Sept. 18 – “Goody Goody”: A home birth during a raging blizzard turns sinister for expecting parents and their midwife.
- Sept. 25 – “Bloody Tennis”: A young athlete (Sandra Guldberg Kampp) uncovers brutal, cult-like dynamics at an elite European sports academy.
- Oct. 2 – “Infirmary”: Found bodycam footage reveals the unexplainable disappearance of a psychiatric hospital security guard.
- Oct. 9 – “V/H/S/Mixtape”: The ninth entry in the anthology franchise centers on audio-based terror, featuring segments directed by RZA, Ernest Dickerson, David Moreau, and Renee Zhan (with puppets by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop), plus appearances by GWAR and Tobias Forge.
- Oct. 16 – “Hallowarrior”: Milly Shapiro stars as a wasteland survivor battling a gang of raiders on Halloween night.
- Oct. 23 – “The Cycle”: Deborah Ann Woll and Jeffrey Donovan star in a mystery surrounding a dead man’s horrifying secret.
- Oct. 23 – “Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party”: Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl host a live, double-feature Samhain celebration.
- Oct. 25 – “2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards”: Host Devon Sawa honors the year’s best in horror cinema.
- Oct. 30 – “Big Baby”: Directed by Spider One and executive produced by Cher, a screenwriter discovers his slasher villain creation may be real.
- Oct. 31 – “Hunting Matthew Nichols”: A filmmaker investigates her brother’s 20-year-old disappearance on Vancouver Island.
- TBA – “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula” Season 7: Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet return with a new lineup of drag artists competing in extreme horror performance challenges.
Additional programming details for November and December will be announced later this fall.
