‘Infirmary’ Trailer Revealed Ahead of Found-Footage Horror Film’s Shudder Premiere
Nicholas Pineda’s Infirmary is heading to Shudder this October, giving the found-footage horror film a streaming home following its run on the festival circuit.
A new trailer has been released ahead of the film’s Oct. 2 Shudder premiere. Paul Syre, Mark Anthony Williams and Danielle Kennedy star in the feature, which transforms an abandoned psychiatric hospital and a security guard’s first overnight shift into a claustrophobic supernatural nightmare.
Infirmary follows a security guard who vanished during his first night working at an old psychiatric hospital in 2023. The body camera footage recovered from the night captures a series of unexplained incidents that continue to puzzle investigators.
HMU caught Infirmary earlier this year at Dances With Films, where the film became one of our early genre standouts of 2026. Pineda’s approach extends beyond traditional handheld found footage, incorporating CCTV feeds, security monitors and surveillance cameras to expand the film’s perspective without sacrificing the confined atmosphere of its abandoned hospital setting.
Syre stars as Edward, a young security guard beginning his first overnight shift inside the long-abandoned facility. He is paired with Lester, played by Williams, an experienced guard whose unusual behavior adds another layer of uncertainty to an already unsettling assignment. Kennedy plays Mrs. Downey, a social worker whose presence suggests there is more behind Edward’s new job than he initially understands.
The hospital itself becomes a significant part of the film’s tension. Empty corridors, surveillance blind spots and movement caught at the edges of the cameras allow Pineda to build dread without structuring the entire experience around conventional jump scares. Williams also brings an element of dark humor to the film, with Lester frequently occupying the uncomfortable space between comic relief and potential threat.
That restraint was one of the elements that stood out during HMU’s Dances With Films review. Rather than immediately explaining what may be happening inside the hospital, Infirmary gradually feeds the audience information while allowing the surveillance format and isolated setting to generate much of the fear. We rated the film 3.5 out of 5, calling it “a smart, forward-thinking found footage entry that understands how to modernize the genre without losing its core sense of fear.”
Pineda makes his feature debut with Infirmary. The filmmaker and creative director earned his BFA from Laguna College of Art and Design before receiving his MFA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He is also co-founder and managing partner of creative agency Dotexe.
The screenplay was written by Katy Krauland, with Pineda directing and Syre, Williams and Kennedy leading the cast.
Following its festival run, Infirmary now gets an opportunity to reach a considerably larger found-footage audience when it arrives as part of Shudder’s October programming.
Infirmary begins streaming on Shudder Friday, Oct. 2.
Read HMU’s original Dances With Films review of Infirmary
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