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Shudder February 2022

Shudder never lets us down when it comes to quality horror programming, and February 2022 is no exception. The all horror/thriller streaming platform is never short on titles, and they’ve pulled out the stops as Winter’s deep freeze continues with the continuation of the final season of A Discovery of Witches, a tribute to Boris Karloff, and an all-new Valentine’s Day special from Joe Bob’s Drive-In.

Check out the full line-up below and let us know what you’ll be watching in February on Shudder!

Shudder February 2022 Calendar

February 1st:

THE BORIS KARLOFF COLLECTION: A collection of Boris Karloff’s most iconic film roles, premiering February 1 on Shudder US. Presented as a companion to the January 27th Shudder Exclusive documentary Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the MonsterThe Black Cat, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, The Mummy, and Son of Frankenstein, along with The Old Dark House and Black Sabbath, both now available on Shudder US.

Tales from the Hood: (Available on Shudder US) A funeral director tells four strange tales of horror to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.

Tales from the Hood 2: (Available on Shudder US) A sequel to the cult classic reunites executive producer Spike Lee and writer/directors Rusty Cundieff and Darin Scott for this horror-comedy starring David Keith.

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight: (Available on Shudder US) Brayker is a man who carries the last of seven keys, special containers which held the blood of Christ and were scattered across the universe to prevent the forces of evil from taking over. If The Collector gets the last key, the universe will fall into Chaos, and he has been tracking Brayker all the way to a small inn in a nowhere town. And now the final battle for the universe begins.

Tales from the Crypt: Bordello of Blood: (Available on Shudder US) The Crypt Keeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello.

Cherry Falls: (Available on Shudder US) In the small town of Cherry Falls, a psychotic murderer is killing off the virgins of the local high school.

Queen of the Damned: (Available on Shudder US) In this loose sequel to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles the vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the equally beautiful and monstrous Queen of all vampires.

Roh: (Available on Shudder US, Shudder Canada) Cut off from civilization, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters, but these are not mere superstitions. As more strangers show up on her doorstep, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest. Malaysia’s official submission to the 2021 Academy Awards.

Amulet: (Available on Shudder Canada) An ex-soldier, homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for her, he cannot ignore his suspicion that something sinister is going on.

Censor: (Available on Shudder Canada) After viewing a strangely familiar video, Enid, a film sensor, sets out to solve the past mystery of her sister’s disappearance, embarking on a quest that dissolves the line between fiction and reality.

The Initiation: (Available on Shudder UKI) A professor struggling to save his marriage and career uncovers a society of witches.

Battle Royale: (Available on Shudder UKI) In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary “Battle Royale” act.

Battle Royale II: (Available on Shudder UKI) Three years after the failure of the last Battle Royale program, a second act is forged, and a class of students is sent to an island with one objective: to kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.

February 2nd:

Blood Glacier: (Available on Shudder US) Scientists working in the Austrian Alps discover that a glacier is leaking a liquid that appears to be affecting local wildlife.

The Last Winter: (Available on Shudder US) An oil company drilling in the Arctic triggers something very scary during an expedition in director Larry Fessenden’s eco-horror film, which stars Ron Perlman (Nightmare Alley), Connie Britton (American Horror Story) and James Le Gros (Hunters).

February 3:

Slapface: (Available on Shudder US, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ) After the death of his mother, Lucas, a loner who lives in a rundown home with his brother Tom, regularly seeks solace in the nearby woods. With his only “friends” being a group of female bullies, he keeps to himself most of the time. But, after a strange encounter with an inhuman monster, Lucas begins to withdraw from others. When the two reach a tentative trust, a bizarre friendship is born, and Lucas is swept up in a series of primal adventures.

February 7th:

Rock, Paper, Scissors: (Available on Shudder US and Shudder Canada) Jesus and Jose Maria are siblings living in a closed-off world constructed of strange games and relentless madness. When their half-sister Magdalena returns home to inquire about her share of their inheritance, a strange and bloody affair ensues.

Entwined: (Available in all Shudder territories) Panos, a city doctor, relocates to a remote Greek village to offer his services to the underserved community. It’s love at first sight when he sees Danae, who lives in isolation and with a mysterious skin condition. Determined to cure her, Panos will soon discover Danae is not the helpless princess he thought she was, and time is of the essence for both.

Fragile: (Available on Shudder US and Shudder Canada) At her new job in a rundown children’s hospital, a nurse desperately tries to keep her patients safe from a plague of random mysterious acts.

City of the Living Dead: (Available on Shudder UKI) A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.

The Bird with the Crystal Plumage: (Available on Shudder UKI)  An American expatriate in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer, he conducts his own investigation.

Initiation: (Available on Shudder ANZ) Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is murdered, kicking off a spree of social media slaying that force students to uncover the truth behind the school’s hidden secrets and the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point.

February 8th:

I Blame Society: (Available on Shudder US) A struggling filmmaker senses her peers are losing faith in her ability to succeed, so she decides to prove herself by finishing her last abandoned film… and committing the perfect murder. Writer/director Gillian Wallace Horvat, nominated for this year’s “Someone to Watch” Independent Spirit Award, stars along with Keith Poulson (Her Smell) and Chase Williamson (Scare Package).

February 10th:

All the Moons: (Available on Shudder US, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ) North of Spain, at the end of the 19th century, during the final throes of the last Carlist war, a little girl is rescued from an orphanage by a mysterious woman after it’s destroyed by a bomb. Wounded and close to death, the girl believes the woman is an angel coming to take her to Heaven. Soon, however, she discovers that this strange being has given her the gift of eternal life by turning her into a vampire.

February 14th:

Knocking: (Available on Shudder US and Shudder CA) After suffering a traumatic incident, Molly (Cecilia Milocco) moves into a new apartment to begin her path to recovery, but it’s not long after her arrival that a series of persistent knocks and screams begin to wake her up at night. Molly’s new life begins to unravel as the screams intensify and no one else in the building believes or is willing to help her.

Corporate Animals: (Available on Shudder US) A delusional CEO (Demi Moore) takes her staff of misfits on a disastrous team building retreat led by an overeager guide (Ed Helms). When catastrophe strikes and the food runs out, mandatory office bonding becomes a lot more… appetizing.

I Am a Ghost: (Available on Shudder US and Shudder Canada) Emily, a troubled spirit, haunts her own house every day, wondering why she can’t leave. With help from a clairvoyant hired to rid the home of ghosts, Emily is forced into a “patient/therapist” relationship, uncovering disturbing mysteries about her past that may help her move on to the “next place.”

Silent Retreat: (Available on Shudder US and Shudder Canada) Janey is sent to a silent meditation retreat, in the woods, for rehabilitation, only to realize that the men who run it are brainwashing women, and if she breaks the rules, she’ll discover what lurks beyond the trees.

Spring: (Available on Shudder US) A young man in a personal tailspin flees to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark secret.

Eat, Brains, Love: (Available on Shudder US) A laugh-out-loud funny, romantic, zombie road trip movie filled with heart and brains.

The Wretched: (Available on Shudder UKI and Shudder ANZ) A defiant teenage boy, struggling with his parents’ imminent divorce, faces off with a thousand-year-old witch, who is posing as the woman next door.

31: (Available on Shudder UKI) Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned and hellish compound and forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.

Hagazussa: (Available on Shudder UKI)  In a remote Alpine village in the 15th century lives a marked woman. The scapegoat of ancient superstitions and monstrous misogyny, this self-styled witch begins to assert her otherworldly birthright. This atmospheric debut feature from Lukas Feigelfeld is a haunting pagan death trip and a startling vision of psychedelic horror.

A Night of Horror: (Available on Shudder ANZ) A collection of strange and terrifying shorts from Australia’s long running A Night of Horror International Film Festival.

XX: (Available on Shudder ANZ) XX is an all-female helmed horror anthology featuring four dark tales written and directed by fiercely talented women: Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Karyn Kusama (The Invitation), Roxanne Benjamin (Body at Brighton Rock) and Jovanka Vuckovic (Riot Girls), featuring a cast that includes Natalie BrownMelanie LynskeyBreeda Wool and Christina Kirk.

February 17th:

They Live in the Grey: (Available on Shudder US, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ) While investigating a child abuse case, a young social worker discovers that a supernatural entity is tormenting the family. To save the parents from losing custody of their child, she must confront her fears and use her clairvoyance to stop the malevolent force.

February 21st:

Dawn of the Beast: (Available on Shudder US, Shudder Canada, and Shudder ANZ) A group of graduate students get more than they bargained for while searching for the legendary Bigfoot. Not only is he real, but there’s something far more dangerous lurking in the shadows.

Dogs: (Available on Shudder US) Roman returns to the land he just inherited from his grandfather. After he decides to sell the vast desolate property, a local police officer warns him that his late grandfather was a local crime lord, and his men will never let go of the land.

Detention: (Available on Shudder US and Shudder Canada) 1962 Taiwan, during the time of the White Terror. Fang wakes up at her desk, but school has changed. As she wanders through the sinister corridors and other dilapidated rooms in search of her teacher, she meets Wei (Tse Jing-Hua). Together, they must confront the ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their alma mater, to find out what happened there.

Come to Daddy(Available on Shudder Canada) A man in his thirties travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father.

Bloodline: (Available on Shudder Canada) Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and his newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Undergods: (Available on Shudder UKI) An otherworldly journey through a Europe in decline – a collection of darkly humorous, fantasy tales about ill-fated characters and doomed fortune.

The Lesson: (Available on Shudder UKI) Fin, a lone teen from a broken family, gets caught up in the wrong crowd of delinquent kids in this chilling horror film filled with white-knuckle suspense.

February 24th:

Hellbender: (Available on Shudder US, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ) 16-year-old Izzy leads an isolated life on a lonely mountaintop. All she’s learned is from her protective mom and the wilderness that swallows them. It’s a gentle, quiet existence — except for when Izzy and Mom bang out loud songs for their band, H6LLB6ND6R. Izzy dreams of a live gig, but her mother thinks she’s too sick and mustn’t be around others. Questioning her illness and starved for companionship, Izzy sneaks down the mountain where she befriends brazen Amber. Izzy is in heaven until a cruel drinking game with a live worm unleashes a new kind of hunger.

February 28th:

ABCs of Death 2: (Available on Shudder ANZ) Another 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.

Across the River: (Available on Shudder ANZ) An ethologist works in the remote woods trapping animals and mounting cameras on them to monitor their behavior. The resulting recordings lead him to an isolated village, the site of an ancient curse, where he gets trapped due to heavy rain that raises the level of the river and floods his only way out.

Sputnik: (Available on Shudder ANZ) The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn’t returned home alone – hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature.

V/H/S 2: (Available on Shudder UKI) Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find a collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student’s disappearance.

V/H/S Viral: (Available on Shudder UKI) A Los Angeles police chase sends a fame-obsessed man on a wild ride to save his girlfriend from a cybernetic terror.

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Cannabis-Themed Horror Movie ‘Trim Season’ Official Trailer

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With tomorrow being 4/20, it’s a great time to check out this trailer for the weed-based horror film Trim Season.

It looks like a hybrid of Heredity and Midsommar. But its official description is, “a suspenseful, witchy, weed-themed horror movie, Trim Season is like if someone took the ‘nightmare blunt rotation’ meme and turned it into a horror film. ”

According to IMDb the film reunites several actors: Alex Essoe worked with Marc Senter twice before. On Starry Eyes in 2014 and Tales Of Halloween in 2015. Jane Badler previously worked with Marc Senter on 2021’s The Free Fall.

Trim Season (2024)

Directed by award-winning filmmaker and production designer Ariel Vida, Trim Season stars Bethlehem Million (Sick, “And Just Like That…”) as Emma, an adrift, jobless, 20-something seeking purpose.

Along with a group of young people from Los Angeles, she drives up the coast to make quick cash trimming marijuana on a secluded farm in Northern California. Cut off from the rest of the world, they soon realize that Mona (Jane Badler) – the seemingly amiable owner of the estate – is harboring secrets darker than any of them could imagine. It becomes a race against time for Emma and her friends to escape the dense woods with their lives.

Trim Season will open in theaters and on demand from Blue Harbor Entertainment on June 7, 2024.

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7 Great ‘Scream’ Fan Films & Shorts Worth a Watch

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The Scream franchise is such an iconic series, that many budding filmmakers take inspiration from it and make their own sequels or, at least, build upon the original universe created by screenwriter Kevin Williamson. YouTube is the perfect medium to showcase these talents (and budgets) with fan-made homages with their own personal twists.

The great thing about Ghostface is that he can appear anywhere, in any town, he just needs the signature mask, knife, and unhinged motive. Thanks to Fair Use laws it’s possible to expand upon Wes Craven’s creation by simply getting a group of young adults together and killing them off one by one. Oh, and don’t forget the twist. You’ll notice that Roger Jackson’s famous Ghostface voice is uncanny valley, but you get the gist.

We have gathered five fan films/shorts related to Scream that we thought were pretty good. Although they can’t possibly match the beats of a $33 million blockbuster, they get by on what they have. But who needs money? If you’re talented and motivated anything is possible as proven by these filmmakers who are well on their way to the big leagues.

Take a look at the below films and let us know what you think. And while you’re at it, leave these young filmmakers a thumbs up, or leave them a comment to encourage them to create more films. Besides, where else are you going to see Ghostface vs. a Katana all set to a hip-hop soundtrack?

Scream Live (2023)

Scream Live

Ghostface (2021)

Ghostface

Ghost Face (2023)

Ghost Face

Don’t Scream (2022)

Don’t Scream

Scream: A Fan Film (2023)

Scream: A Fan Film

The Scream (2023)

The Scream

A Scream Fan Film (2023)

A Scream Fan Film
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Another Creepy Spider Movie Hits Shudder This Month

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Good spider films are a theme this year. First, we had Sting and then there was Infested. The former is still in theaters and the latter is coming to Shudder starting April 26.

Infested has been getting some good reviews. People are saying that it’s not only a great creature feature but also a social commentary on racism in France.

According to IMDb: Writer/director Sébastien Vanicek was looking for ideas around the discrimination faced by black and Arab-looking people in France, and that led him to spiders, which are rarely welcome in homes; whenever they’re spotted, they’re swatted. As everyone in the story (people and spiders) is treated like vermin by society, the title came to him naturally.

Shudder has become the gold standard for streaming horror content. Since 2016, the service has been offering fans an expansive library of genre movies. in 2017, they began to stream exclusive content.

Since then Shudder has become a powerhouse in the film festival circuit, buying distribution rights to movies, or just producing some of their own. Just like Netflix, they give a film a short theatrical run before adding it to their library exclusively for subscribers.

Late Night With the Devil is a great example. It was released theatrically on March 22 and will begin streaming on the platform starting April 19.

While not getting the same buzz as Late Night, Infested is a festival favorite and many have said if you suffer from arachnophobia, you might want to take heed before watching it.

Infested

According to the synopsis, our main character, Kalib is turning 30 and dealing with some family issues. “He’s fighting with his sister over an inheritance and has cut ties with his best friend. Fascinated by exotic animals, he finds a venomous spider in a shop and brings it back to his apartment. It only takes a moment for the spider to escape and reproduce, turning the whole building into a dreadful web trap. The only option for Kaleb and his friends is to find a way out and survive.”

The film will be available to watch on Shudder starting April 26.

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