Shudder has announced the return of “Season of Screams,” which will kick off on September 1, 2025, featuring a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials, and live watch parties on Shudder TV through the end of the year. The four-month celebration of fear rounds out the streamer’s 10th anniversary with the best in horror. It will spotlight popular franchise films from “REC” to “28 Weeks Later” to “The Blair Witch Project,” bring back an all-new “Ghoul Log,” as well as Shudder’s popular Halloween Hotline with movie recommendations from Shudder’s Head of Programming, Samuel Zimmerman.
Shudder’s “Season of Screams” features highly anticipated films such as the acclaimed “Dangerous Animals,” a new installment in the popular “V/H/S” franchise – “V/H/S/Halloween” – and the found footage breakout hits “House on Eden” and “Hell House LLC: Lineage,” as well as new seasons of “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans” and “The Creep Tapes,” and a new Halloween special, “Joe Bob’s Splatterween,” featuring special guests, the legendary rock band GWAR. These new films and series join Shudder’s extensive library, including the original 1935 classic “The Bride of Frankenstein” (celebrating its 90th anniversary), beloved Hitchcock collection of films “The Birds,” “Rear Window,” “Vertigo,” and “Psycho” (celebrating its 65th anniversary), as well as popular TV series “Bitten” and “Hemlock Grove.”
“Season of Screams” highlights include:
- Revenge of the Ghoul Log: The Andujar Twins, the production design team behind Shudder’s “Birth/Rebirth” and the recent “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” have resurrected everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern with “Revenge of the Ghoul Log.” The new hour-long video, featuring a chilling, candlelit pumpkin, sets the scene for horror fans beginning October 1.
Check out a behind-the-scenes look at this year’s Ghoul Log below:
- LIVE Watch Parties at 9 p.m. ET on Shudder TV spotlighting new premieres and curated double features, including:
- September 5: “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” Season 7 New Episode Premiere Watch Party (Titles TBA)
- September 12: “Recreational Psychopaths” Watch Party– “Dangerous Animals” and “The Furies”
- September 19: “The Babysitters Club” Watch Party – “Night of the Reaper” and “Spoonful of Sugar”
- September 26: “Movies that Made Shudder” Watch Party – “V/H/S/94” and “Late Night with the Devil”
- October 3: “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” Season 7 New Episode Premiere Watch Party (Titles TBA)
- October 10: “Found Frights Watch Party” – “V/H/S/Halloween” and “Noroi: The Curse”
- October 17: “Spotlight on Director Moreau Triple Feature Watch Party” – “OTHER,” “Mads,” and “Them”
- October 19: “FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards Watch Party”
- October 24: “Joe Bob’s Splatterween Watch Party” (Titles TBA)
- October 30: “Hell House LLC Watch Party” – All five films, including “Hell House LLC: Lineage”
- October 31: “Trick or Treat Watch Party” – “Halloween” (1978) and “Deadstream”
- November 1: “Day of the Dead Watch Party”
- Shudder’s Halloween Hotline (Dates TBA): — whether viewers are looking for a slasher film, ghost story, or monster flick, Samuel Zimmerman, head of programming for Shudder, will be on hand to offer personalized picks for a perfectly scary weekend based on each caller’s mood and preference.
Other programming highlights include:
Dangerous Animals (Shudder Film Premiere) – Friday, September 5
When Zephyr (Hassie Harrison, “Yellowstone”), a rebellious surfer, is abducted by a shark-obsessed serial killer (Jai Courtney, “American Primeval”) and held captive on his boat, she must figure out how to escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks below.
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder Original Series)
New double-feature premieres live Friday, September 5 at 9 p.m. ET on Shudder TV; Available On Demand beginning Sunday, September 7; New episodes premiere live on the first day of every month
Lock your doors and crank the volume for a brand-new trip to “The Last Drive-In.” Join Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl every month for all-new, bone-tingling double-features sure to delight horror buffs and video hounds alike, proving once again that the drive-in will never die.
Night of the Reaper (Shudder Original Film) – Friday, September 19
In the heart of a quiet, 1980s suburb, college student Deena returns home and reluctantly takes on a last-minute babysitting job. That same night, the local sheriff receives a cryptic package that draws him into a sinister scavenger hunt, setting off a game of cat and mouse with a deadly killer. As the clues unravel, Deena finds herself entangled in a nightmarish mystery that may prove fatal.
House on Eden (Shudder Film Premiere) – Friday, September 26
Paranormal investigators Kris, Celina, and their videographer Jay expect the usual scares when they set out on their latest case. But after being mysteriously rerouted to an abandoned house deep in the woods, they find themselves facing a force unlike anything they’ve encountered before. As the night spirals into chaos, missing crew members and eerie phenomena hint at an ancient, malevolent presence watching their every move. The film stars social media sensations Kris Collins, Celina Myers, and Jason-Christopher Myers.
V/H/S/Halloween (Shudder Original Film) – Friday, October 3
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival. The six segments are:
- “Diet Phantasma” directed by Bryan M. Ferguson (Pumpkin Guts)
- “Fun Size” directed by Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks)
- “Home Haunt” directed by Micheline Pitt-Norman and R.H. Norman (Cosmetic)
- “Kidprint” directed by Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell)
- “Ut Supra Sic Infra” directed by Paco Plaza (REC)
- “Coochie Coochie Coo” directed by Anna Zlokovic (Appendage)
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Season 2 (Shudder Original Series) – Tuesday, October 7
In “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans” season two, fourteen of the fiercest drag artists from past seasons (most of them top three finalists and fan favorites) will return to battle in design, performance, and makeup-based challenges inspired by horror, science fiction, fantasy, and the supernatural. The competitors will have to survive the show’s pillars of Filth, Horror, and Glamour in order to win the crown, a $100,000 grand prize, a headlining spot on a forthcoming world tour, and the title of “Queen of the Underworld.” Hosted by Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, this season will feature a variety of guest judges & horror/genre royalty including David Dastmalchian, Jennifer Tilly, Todd McFarlane, Kate Siegel, Don Mancini, Bonnie Aarons, Akela Cooper, Twin Temple, Peaches Christ, Steve Orlando, Ryan Turek, James A Janisse & Chelsea Rebecca, and season one winner, Victoria Elizabeth Black.
OTHER (Shudder Original Film) – Friday, October 17
Alice (Olga Kurylenko, “Thunderbolts*”) returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, only to find the house is rigged with surveillance tracking her every move, as a sinister presence lurks, driving her towards a terrifying revelation.
Joe Bob’s Splatterween (Shudder Original Special)
New Halloween Special and Milestone 200th Episode Premieres Friday, October 24
Halloween is gonna be messy this year! The interdimensional rock legends of GWAR join Joe Bob and Darcy for Splatterween- a night filled with spew, goo, live music, and of course: two nasty flicks busting at the seams with Splatter Fu!
Hell House LLC: Lineage (Shudder Original Film) – Thursday, October 30
Haunted by visions and recurring nightmares years after a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepard (Elizabeth Vermilyea) finds herself living in the town of Abaddon, unable to break free from its unexplainable hold on her. When people around her suddenly and inexplicably begin to die, she soon uncovers her terrifying connection to the Abaddon Hotel, the Carmichael Manor, and the mysterious murders that have been occurring for decades, long before “Hell House LLC.” From director/writer Stephen Cognetti.
Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story (Shudder Film Premiere) – Friday, November 7
Max and Rudy Van Helsing have spent their lives under the strict and overprotective rule of their father, Abraham. Unaware of his dark past, they struggle to understand his paranoia and increasingly erratic behavior. But when they begin to uncover the violent truths behind their father’s history with Dracula, their world unravels, forcing them to confront the terrifying legacy they were never meant to inherit.
The Creep Tapes Season 2 (Shudder Original Series)
New Season Premieres This Fall
From writers and executive producers Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, “The Creep Tapes” continues to unravel the mind of a secluded serial killer who lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. 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.
Additional highlights for November and December will be announced at a later date.
“Season of Screams” caps a milestone year for Shudder as the streamer celebrates its 10-year anniversary of the best in horror. A year-long event, Shudder 10 features the service’s most terrifyingly ambitious slate to date, along with special fan events, a nationwide screening series, custom merchandise, and more.
