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Shudder Slips Toward Fall in September with Classics Frights, New Collections, and More!

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Everyone’s favorite all horror/thriller streaming service, Shudder, is getting ready for Fall in a big way in September with an all new line-up of classic frights as well as new exclusive and original content and a brand new collection of films in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

September will also see the premiere of season three of the streamer’s hit anthology series, Creepshow, on September 23rd, and the continuation of Slasher: Flesh and Blood with new episodes each week until its finale on September 16th.

Check out the full schedule of films below, and let us know which ones you’ll be watching as Halloween draws ever-closer!

September Frights on Shudder!

September 1st:

Carrie: After being teased and bullied her entire life by her classmates and living under the thumb of her domineering, religious mother (Piper Laurie), Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) discovers a power growing deep inside her. She can change her environment at will, move object with her mind, and she’s about to make them pay.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers: When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, California, where they replicate the residents into emotionless automatons one body at a time. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, and Jeff Goldblum.

Lifeforce: A frightening journey into the unknown awaits when a mission to investigate Halley’s Comet discovers an even stranger phenomenon: an alien spacecraft housing three vampiric aliens hungry for the human lifeforce. The film is directed by Tobe Hooper.

The Haunting (1963): Hill House has a reputation for evil. The mysterious New England mansion has been the scene of grisly murders. But when four people spend the night, the find themselves trapped by The Haunting.

Poltergeist: JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson lead the cast in this story of the Freeling family who are intrigued at first by the strange phenomena happening in their new home. When the activity turns dark, however, it will test the very bonds that hold their family together.

September 2nd:

Superhost: In Superhost, travel vloggers Teddy (Osric Chau, Supernatural) and Claire (Sara Canning, Nancy Drew) share their experiences in and around vacation homes with their subscribers while maintaining a moderate level of internet fame. When their follower count starts to dwindle, they pivot to creating viral content around their most recent host, Rebecca (Gracie Gillam, Z Nation). With all eyes turned towards their “superhost,” Rebecca, they slowly start to realize something isn’t right and as they investigate further, they unlock a horrifying truth. Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator) also stars. (Also available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ)

September 6th:

Grave Encounters: For their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that’s supposedly haunted – and it might prove to be all too true.

Grave Encounters 2: A film student who is obsessed with the movie Grave Encounters sets out with his friends to visit the psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film.

Resolution: A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin outside San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

September 7th:

They Look Like People: Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.

Jug Face: A pregnant teen discovers her neighbors plan to sacrifice her to an evil entity who lives in a pit on the edge of her backwoods community. Even though Ada knows that a sacrifice is required to keep the pit happy, Ada decides to escape. But the pit wants what it wants and when it doesn’t get it, there’s usually hell to pay.

Dark Waters: When a young Englishwoman attempts to discover her mysterious connection to a remote island convent, she will unlock an unholy communion of torment, blasphemy, and graphic demonic depravity.

September 9th:

Martyrs Lane: In this unsettling ghost story, Leah, 10, lives in a large, old house with her family but can’t quite work out why her mother seems so distant. At night she is visited by a mysterious guest, who might be able to give her some answers. With a new challenge every night, Leah is rewarded with bits of knowledge that, when pieced together, threaten to shine a dangerous light on both the truth in her nightmares and of the world she lives in. (Also available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ)

 

September 13th:

Ms. 45: Abel Ferrara’s 1981 grindhouse stars the late, great Zoë Lund as Thana, a mute seamstress who gets raped twice in one day. After Thana manages to kill (and dismember) her second attacker, she snaps and embarks on a killing spree aimed at lecherous men, which soon puts the whole city on edge.

#LIKE: Rural teen, Rosie, discovers the mysterious man who exploited and bullied her sister to commit suicide is back on-line trolling for new victims. After the authorities refuse to get involved, she takes justice into her own hands.

September 14th:

Woe: A brother and sister stumble upon their father’s secret one year after his death. They soon learn that this secret may not be his alone.

The Columnist: Columnist Femke Boot wants to shut her critics up – permanently. Hell hath no fury like someone insulted on social media.

Kriya: A young DJ, enticed into a beautiful stranger’s home, is terrified to find himself unable to flee from the death rituals he must perform on the bound and shackled corpse of her father.

The House of the Devil: A man lures a babysitter to a house with an unusually large sum of money.

September 20th:

Hammer House of Horror: In this series, the legendary Hammer presents ghoulish mysteries, vengeance from beyond the grave and timeless tales of undying curses.

The Devil’s Rain: A Satanist cult leader is burnt alive by the local church. He vows to come back to hunt down and enslave every descendant of his congregation, by the power of the book of blood contracts, in which they sold their souls to the devil. The film stars Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, William Shatner, and Ida Lupino.

Extraordinary Tales: An animated anthology of five tales adapted from Edgar Allan Poe’s stories.

September 21st:

13 Cameras: A newlywed couple, move into a new house across the country, only to find out that their marital issues are the least of their problems. Unbeknownst to them, their grim and lascivious landlord has been spying on them from day one.

Stitches: An evil clown returns from the dead to terrorize the teens who caused his death.

September 27th

Phantasm: When Mike’s parents die, his world is turned upside down. But nothing can prepare him for the
shocking discovery that a mortician (the late, great Angus Scrimm) and his dwarf army have
stolen Mike’s parents’ bodies. Did we mention the flying spheres?

Phantasm III: Reggie teams up with a boy and a young woman to rescue Mike from the Tall Man.

Phantasm IV: Reggie, Mike, Jody, and The Tall Man are drawn to Death Valley for a final showdown.

Phantasm Ravager: While searching for Mike, Reggie prepares himself for one final epic battle with The Tall Man.

September 29th:

Séance: Camille Meadows is the new girl at the prestigious Edelvine Academy for Girls. Soon after her arrival,
six girls invite her to join them in a late-night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who
reportedly haunts their halls. But before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering
what they may have awakened. (Also available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ)

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Hispanic Heritage Month Collection

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Shudder has grouped together its list of titles already on the site created by Latinx filmmakers from around the world in one place. Titles include:

  • Belzebuth (Mexico)
  • Deadtectives (US/Mexico)
  • The Funeral Home (Argentina)
  • Good Manners (Brazil)
  • La Llorona (Guatemala)
  • Luz: The Flower of Evil (Colombia)
  • Luciferina (Argentina)
  • The Nightshifter (Brazil)
  • Perfect (United States)
  • Terrified (Argentina)
  • Tigers Are Not Afraid (Mexico)
  • The Untamed (Mexico)
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Yay or Nay: What’s Good and Bad in Horror This Week

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Welcome to Yay or Nay a weekly mini post about what I think is good and bad news in the horror community written in bite-sized chunks. 

Yay:

Mike Flanagan talking about directing the next chapter in the Exorcist trilogy. That might mean he saw the last one and realized there were two left and if he does anything well it’s draw out a story. 

Yay:

To the announcement of a new IP-based film Mickey Vs Winnie. It’s fun to read comical hot takes from people who haven’t even seen the movie yet.

Nay:

The new Faces of Death reboot gets an R rating. It’s not really fair — Gen-Z should get an unrated version like past generations so they can question their mortality the same as the rest of us did. 

Yay:

Russell Crowe is doing another possession movie. He’s quickly becoming another Nic Cage by saying yes to every script, bringing the magic back to B-movies, and more money into VOD. 

Nay:

Putting The Crow back in theaters for its 30th anniversary. Re-releasing classic movies at the cinema to celebrate a milestone is perfectly fine, but doing so when the lead actor in that film was killed on set due to neglect is a cash grab of the worst kind. 

The Crow
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The Top-Searched Free Horror/Action Movies on Tubi This Week

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The free streaming service Tubi is a great place to scroll when you’re unsure what to watch. They are not sponsored or affiliated with iHorror. Still, we really appreciate their library because it’s so robust and has many obscure horror movies so rare you can’t find them anywhere in the wild except, if you’re lucky, in a moist cardboard box at a yard sale. Other than Tubi, where else are you going to find Nightwish (1990), Spookies (1986), or The Power (1984)?

We take a look at the most searched horror titles on the platform this week, hopefully, to save you some time in your endeavor to find something free to watch on Tubi.

Interestingly at the top of the list is one of the most polarizing sequels ever made, the female-led Ghostbusters reboot from 2016. Perhaps viewers have seen the latest sequel Frozen Empire and are curious about this franchise anomaly. They will be happy to know it’s not as bad as some think and is genuinely funny in spots.

So take a look at the list below and tell us if you are interested in any of them this weekend.

1. Ghostbusters (2016)

Ghostbusters (2016)

An otherworldly invasion of New York City assembles a pair of proton-packed paranormal enthusiasts, a nuclear engineer and a subway worker for battle.An otherworldly invasion of New York City assembles a pair of proton-packed paranormal enthusiasts, a nuclear engineer and a subway worker for battle.

2. Rampage

When a group of animals becomes vicious after a genetic experiment goes awry, a primatologist must find an antidote to avert a global catastrophe.

3. The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren uncover an occult conspiracy as they help a defendant argue that a demon forced him to commit murder.

4. Terrifier 2

After being resurrected by a sinister entity, Art the Clown returns to Miles County, where his next victims, a teenage girl and her brother, await.

5. Don’t Breathe

A group of teens breaks into a blind man’s home, thinking they’ll get away with the perfect crime but get more than they bargained for once inside.

6. The Conjuring 2

In one of their most terrifying paranormal investigations, Lorraine and Ed Warren help a single mother of four in a house plagued by sinister spirits.

7. Child’s Play (1988)

A dying serial killer uses voodoo to transfer his soul into a Chucky doll which winds up in the hands of a boy who may be the doll’s next victim.

8. Jeepers Creepers 2

When their bus breaks down on a deserted road, a team of high school athletes discovers an opponent they cannot defeat and may not survive.

9. Jeepers Creepers

After making a horrific discovery in the basement of an old church, a pair of siblings find themselves the chosen prey of an indestructible force.

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Panic Fest 2024 Review: ‘Haunted Ulster Live’

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Everything old is new again.

On Halloween 1998, the local news of Northern Ireland decide to do a special live report from an allegedly haunted house in Belfast. Hosted by local personality Gerry Burns (Mark Claney) and popular children’s presenter Michelle Kelly (Aimee Richardson) they intend to look at the supernatural forces disturbing the current family living there. With legends and folklore abound, is there an actual spirit curse in the building or something far more insidious at work?

Presented as a series of found footage from a long forgotten broadcast, Haunted Ulster Live follows similar formats and premises as Ghostwatch and The WNUF Halloween Special with a news crew investigating the supernatural for big ratings only to get in over their heads. And while the plot has certainly been done before, director Dominic O’Neill’s 90’s set tale of local access horror manages to stand out on its own ghastly feet. The dynamic between Gerry and Michelle is most prominent, with him being an experienced broadcaster who thinks this production is beneath him and Michelle being fresh blood who is considerably annoyed at being presented as costumed eye candy. This builds as the events within and around the domicile becomes too much to ignore as anything less than the real deal.

The cast of characters is rounded out by the McKillen family who have been dealing with the haunting for some time and how it’s had an effect on them. Experts are brought in to help explain the situation including the paranormal investigator Robert (Dave Fleming) and the psychic Sarah (Antoinette Morelli) who bring their own perspectives and angles to the haunting. A long and colorful history is established about the house, with Robert discussing how it used to be the site of an ancient ceremonial stone, the center of leylines, and how it was possibly possessed by the ghost of a former owner named Mr. Newell. And local legends abound about a nefarious spirit named Blackfoot Jack that would leave trails of dark footprints in his wake. It’s a fun twist having multiple potential explanations for the site’s strange occurrences instead of one end-all be-all source. Especially as the events unfold and the investigators try to discover the truth.

At its 79 minute timelength, and the encompassing broadcast, it’s a bit of a slow burn as the characters and lore is established. Between some news interruptions and behind the scenes footage, the action is mostly focused on Gerry and Michelle and the build up to their actual encounters with forces beyond their comprehension. I will give kudos that it went places I didn’t expect, leading to a surprisingly poignant and spiritually horrifying third act.

So, while Haunted Ulster Live isn’t exactly trendsetting, it definitely follows in the footsteps of similar found footage and broadcast horror films to walk its own path. Making for an entertaining and compact piece of mockumentary. If you’re a fan of the sub-genres, Haunted Ulster Live is well worth a watch.

3 eyes out of 5
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