Shudder Launches Season of Screams — The Biggest Horror Event in Its History

Shudder unleashes its largest horror lineup ever with films, series, and live events in Season of Screams.

Shudder Unleashes Season of Screams — Its Biggest Programming Event Ever

Shudder is going all-in for its 10th anniversary, announcing its largest programming event to date: Season of Screams, running September 1 through December 31, 2025.

The four-month horror celebration will feature new films, series, live watch parties, and specials on Shudder TV — capped by the streamer’s fan-favorite Halloween Hotline and an all-new Ghoul Log designed by Birth/Rebirth production designers, The Andujar Twins.

New Films and Premieres

• Dangerous Animals (Sept. 5) – A surfer (Hassie Harrison) abducted by a shark-obsessed killer (Jai Courtney).

• Night of the Reaper (Sept. 19) – An ’80s babysitter slasher with a sinister scavenger hunt twist.

• House on Eden (Sept. 26) – Paranormal investigators face a force unlike anything they’ve seen.

• V/H/S/Halloween (Oct. 3) – A new anthology entry with six Halloween-set tapes.

• OTHER (Oct. 17) – Olga Kurylenko returns home to a house wired with surveillance and sinister secrets.

• Hell House LLC: Lineage (Oct. 30) – Stephen Cognetti expands the Abaddon Hotel mythology.

• Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story (Nov. 7) – The Van Helsing children uncover their father’s dark past.

Returning Favorites

• The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Season 2 (Oct. 7) – Fourteen past contestants return for a $100k prize and the title of Queen of the Underworld.

• The Creep Tapes Season 2 (Fall) – Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice expand their found-footage killer saga.

• The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs – New double-features premiere the first Friday of every month.

• Joe Bob’s Splatterween (Oct. 24) – The 200th episode celebration with GWAR as guests.

Live Watch Parties & Specials

Shudder TV will host weekly 9pm ET watch parties — from Dangerous Animals and Night of the Reaper to curated double features like V/H/S/94 with Late Night with the Devil, and a full Hell House LLC marathon on October 30.

On Halloween night, fans can join the Trick or Treat double-feature (Halloween (1978) and Deadstream).

Anniversary Spotlight

• Celebrating 90 years of The Bride of Frankenstein.

• A Hitchcock showcase (The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho — celebrating 65 years).

• Fan-favorite horror series Bitten and Hemlock Grove.

Shudder is making sure the final months of 2025 are packed with blood, screams, and celebration. With new premieres, classics, and community events, Season of Screams is set to be the platform’s biggest horror event yet.