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Shudder is Frightening Up October 2020 with New Titles and Special Events!

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Shudder is continuing their 61 Days of Halloween in October with a huge slate of specials including something new from the creators of their Creepshow series and a celebration of everyone’s favorite fright-actor Vincent Price!

Also note that Shudder’s Halloween Hotline will return for the second year running! Shudder’s head curator, Samuel Zimmerman, will be offering callers live, personalized picks for what to watch every Friday in October. Movie lovers from around the world are invited to call Sam (via a new number to be announced) Fridays from 3-4pm ET, share their mood or taste, and from that information, Sam will use his horror knowledge to select films from Shudder’s vast library for them

Take a look at the full schedule of titles they’re adding to their content catalog in October below, and let us know what you’ll be watching in the comments!

61 Days of Halloween Shudder Offerings in October:

October 1st:

The Fall of the House of Usher: Vincent Price stars as Roderick Usher in Roger Corman’s adaptation of the classic tale by Edgar Allan Poe. When a young man named Philip travels to the ancestral home of his fiancee, Madeline Usher, he discovers a crumbling manor house. Madeline’s brother, Roderick, tells Philip their family is cursed and that they must not marry. That’s only the beginning of the terrifying events of this tale, however. (Also available on Shudder Canada)

The Masque of the Red Death: Price and Corman team up again, this time in the tale of wicked Prince Prospero (Price) who torments the local village while locking himself away in his manor to escape the Red Death plague that is scourging the land. Prospero’s lecherous ways soon catch up with him, however, when an unexpected visitor arrives. (Also available on Shudder Canada)

The Tomb of Ligeia: Verden Fell (Vincent Price) is obsessed with the memory of his deceased wife, but that doesn’t stop him from marrying once more. This house is haunted by more than the memory of Ligeia. Roger Corman directed this adaptation of Poe’s classic horror story. (Also available on Shudder Canada)

Theater of Blood: Vincent Price stars with Diana Rigg in this tale of a Shakespearean actor who seeks revenge on the critics who he blames for ruining his career. (Also available on Shudder Canada)

From Beyond: Stuart Gordon directed this adaptation of a story of H.P. Lovecraft starring Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton. The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. But when a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe. (Also available on Shudder Canada)

The Ghoul Log: Halloween’s answer to the Christmas Yule Log, the Ghoul Log is: a 24/7 streaming jack-o’-lantern (available on demand as a Shudder TV feed ‘round the clock) that offers the perfect ambience for all your Halloween festivities. This year’s edition has been lovingly crafted by a fan-favorite filmmaker who knows a thing or two about the holidayVisit Shudder October 1 for the big reveal… (Also available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UK and Shudder ANZ)

House of 1000 Corpses: Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon, Karen Black, and Rainn Wilson star in Rob Zombies film about two young couples in search of the mysterious Dr. Satan in Texas in the 1970s. They find far more than they bargained for when they become trapped by a psychopathic family in a real-life house of horror.

Scare Me: SHUDDER ORIGINAL, Official Selection at Sundance 2020. During a power outage, two strangers tell scary stories. The more Fred and Fanny commit to their tales, the more the stories come to life in the dark of a Catskills cabin. The horrors of reality manifest when Fred confronts his ultimate fear: Fanny may be the better storyteller. (Also available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UK and Shudder ANZ)

October 5th:

The Deeper You Dig: 14-year old Echo and her mother Ivy, a tarot card reader, live a quiet life in a rural area. When reclusive Kurt moves down the road to restore an abandoned farmhouse, an accident leads to Echo’s murder, and suddenly three lives collide in mysterious and wicked ways.

The Monster Club: Vincent Price stars as a vampire who invites a human to a very exclusive gathering of monsters for Halloween in this classic anthology film co-starring John Carradine and Donald Pleasence.

WNUF Halloween Special: This found footage parody tells the story of a Halloween broadcast that took place in 1987 wherein a news team attempted to contact spirits in a haunted house. The film comes complete with commercials you won’t want to miss! (Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK)

October 8th:

The Cleansing Hour: SHUDDER ORIGINAL Max and Drew are millennial entrepreneurs who’ve made themselves famous with a webcast they created called “The Cleansing Hour,” which streams live exorcisms. The catch? Each ceremony is elaborately staged to look real in order to dupe their global audience—until today, when today’s subject, Drew’s fiancé, actually turns out to be possessed.

October 12th:

Mohawk: After a member of her tribe sets an American soldiers’ camp ablaze, a young Mohawk woman finds herself pursued by a ruthless band of renegades bent on revenge. Fleeing deep into the woods, Mohawk youths Oak and Calvin confront the bloodthirsty Colonel Holt and his soldiers. As the Americans seem to close in from all sides, the trio must summon every resource, both real and supernatural, as the brutal attack escalates. (Also available on Shudder ANZ)

October 14th:

The Mortuary Collection: SHUDDER ORIGINAL A young drifter applies for a job at the local mortuary and meets an eccentric mortician who chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the last. (Also available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UK, and Shudder ANZ)

October 19th:

Sleep Tight: Director Jaume Balagueró (REC) directs this film about a doorman who becomes obsessed with a woman in his building and slowly turns her life into a living hell.

Them (ILS): A group of hooded strangers stalk a young couple in this film from French director David Moreau.

October 22nd:

32 Malasana Street: SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE It’s 1976. The Olmedo family has left the countryside for a new life in Madrid. But their new home becomes a house of horrors in this hit supernatural thriller based on actual paranormal events. (Also available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UK, and Shudder ANZ)

October 23rd:

Joe Bob’s Halloween Hideaway: Horror host and drive-in movie expert Joe Bob has left the trailer park behind in favor of a more remote retreat, but he’s still ready to serve up a double feature of films hand-picked for your Halloween enjoyment. Premieres live on the ShudderTV feed Friday, October 23, and will be made available on demand on Monday, October 26. (Also in Shudder Canada)

October 26th:

The Creepshow Halloween Special: Though Greg Nicotero and his team are hard at work shooting season 2 (coming in 2021), they’ve crafted a fully animated Creepshow special for us just in time for Halloween, featuring two tales to die for: “Survivor Type,” based on the short story by Stephen King and adapted by Nicotero, stars Kiefer Sutherland (24Designated Survivor) as a man determined to stay alive alone on a deserted island no matter what the cost. “Twittering from the Circus of the Dead,” based on the short story by Joe Hill and adapted by Melanie Dale, stars Joey King (The Kissing BoothThe Act) as a teen whose family road trip includes a visit to the gravest show on earth. (Also available on Shudder Canada, Shudder UK and Shudder ANZ)

October 29th:

May the Devil Take You TooSHUDDER ORIGINAL Timo Tjahjanto returns with a sequel to his unforgettable 2018 hit, May the Devil Take You. Two years after escaping from demonic terror, a young woman is still haunted by unnatural visions. The dangers that await her and her friends grow as a figure of darkness rises, threatening to take their lives. (Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK)

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‘The Strangers’ Invaded Coachella in Instagramable PR Stunt

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Renny Harlin’s reboot of The Strangers isn’t coming out until May 17, but those murderous home invaders are making a pit stop at Coachella first.

In the latest Instagramable PR stunt, the studio behind the film decided to have the trio of masked intruders crash Coachella, a music festival that takes place for two weekends in Southern California.

The Strangers

This type of publicity began when Paramount did the same thing with their horror movie Smile in 2022. Their version had seemingly ordinary people in populated places look directly into a camera with an evil grin.

The Strangers

Harlin’s reboot is actually a trilogy with a more expansive world than that of the original.

“When setting out to remake The Strangers, we felt there was a bigger story to be told, which could be as powerful, chilling, and terrifying as the original and could really expand that world,” said producer Courtney Solomon. “Shooting this story as a trilogy allows us to create a hyperreal and terrifying character study. We’re fortunate to be joining forces with Madelaine Petsch, an amazing talent whose character is the driving force of this story.”

The Strangers

The movie follows a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) who “after their car breaks down in an eerie small town, are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues as they are terrorized by three masked strangers who strike with no mercy and seemingly no motive in The Strangers: Chapter 1 the chilling first entry of this upcoming horror feature film series.”

The Strangers

The Strangers: Chapter 1 opens in theaters on May 17.

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‘Alien’ Returning to Theaters For a Limited Time

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It’s been 45 years since Ridley Scott’s Alien hit theaters and in celebration of that milestone, it is headed back to the big screen for a limited time. And what better day to do that than Alien Day on April 26?

It also works as a primer for the upcoming Fede Alvarez sequel Alien: Romulus opening on August 16. A special feature in which both Alvarez and Scott discuss the original sci-fi classic will be shown as a part of your theater admission. Take a look at the preview of that conversation below.

Fede Alvarez and Ridley Scott

Back in 1979, the original trailer for Alien was kind of terrifying. Imagine sitting in front of a CRT TV (Cathode Ray Tube) at night and suddenly Jerry Goldsmith’s haunting score begins to play as a giant chicken egg starts to crack with beams of light bursting through the shell and the word “Alien” slowly forms in slanted all caps across the screen. To a twelve-year-old, it was a scary pre-bedtime experience, especially Goldsmith’s screaming electronic musical flourishes playing over scenes of the actual movie. Let the “Is it horror or sci-fi?” debate begin.

Alien became a pop culture phenomenon, complete with kid’s toys, a graphic novel, and an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. It also inspired dioramas in wax museums and even a frightening setpiece at Walt Disney World in the now-defunct Great Movie Ride attraction.

Great Movie Ride

The film stars Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, and John Hurt. It tells the tale of a futuristic crew of blue-collar workers suddenly awakened out of stasis to investigate an undecipherable distress signal coming from a nearby moon. They investigate the source of the signal and discover it’s a warning and not a cry for help. Unbeknownst to the crew, they have brought a giant space creature back on board which they find out in one of the most iconic scenes in cinema history.

It is said that Alvarez’s sequel will pay homage to the original film’s storytelling and set design.

Alien Romulus
Alien (1979)

The Alien theatrical re-release will take place on April 26. Pre-order your tickets and find out where Alien will screen at a theater near you.

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Home Depot’s 12-Foot Skeleton Returns with a New Friend, Plus New Life-Size Prop from Spirit Halloween

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Halloween is the greatest holiday of them all. However, every great holiday needs amazing props to go with it. Luckily for you, there are two new amazing props that have been released, which are sure to impress your neighbors and frighten any neighborhood children who are unfortunate enough to wander past your yard.

The first entry is the return of the Home Depot 12-foot skeleton prop. Home Depot has outdone themselves in the past. But this year the company is bringing bigger and better things to their Halloween prop lineup.

Home Depot Skeleton Prop

This year, the company unveiled its new and improved Skelly. But what is a giant skeleton without a loyal friend? Home Depot has also announced that they will release a five-foot tall skeleton dog prop to eternally keep Skelly company as he haunts your yard this spooky season.

This bony pooch will be five feet tall and seven feet long. The prop will also feature a posable mouth and LCD eyes with eight variable settings. Lance Allen, Home Depot’s merchant of decorative Holliday gear, had the following to say about this year’s lineup.

“This year we increased our realism within the animatronics category, created some impressive, licensed characters and even brought back some fan favorites. Overall, we are most proud of the quality and value we are able to bring to our customers with these pieces so they can continue to grow their collections.”

Home Depot Prop

But what if giant skeletons just aren’t your thing? Well, Spirit Halloween has you covered with their giant life size Terror Dog replica. This massive prop has been ripped out of your nightmares to appear frighteningly on your lawn.

This prop weighs in at almost fifty pounds and features glowing red eyes that are sure to keep your yard safe from any toilet paper throwing hooligans. This iconic Ghostbusters nightmare is a must have for any fan of 80s horror. Or, anyone who loves all things spooky.

Terror Dog Prop
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