Shudder is your home for horror, thriller, and supernatural content, many of which are Shudder exclusives. This year the streamer is prepared for a very scary Halfway to Halloween event with many original movies and some old favorites as well.
The streamer has a long list of new horror filled movies to celebrate the halfway point to many horror fans favorite holiday, Halloween. The event includes new movies, watch parties and a new season of The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs.
Watch Parties Every Friday at 9 p.m. ET – featuring new premieres and curated double features
including:
- Friday, April 4: The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 7 New Episode
Premiere Watch Party – Films TBA - Friday, April 11: Spotlight on Stephen Cognetti Watch Party – 825 FOREST
ROAD and HELL HOUSE LLC Director’s Cut - Friday, April 18: Trapped Watch Party – DEAD MAIL and GLORIOUS
- Friday, April 25: The Movies That Made Shudder Watch Party– REVENGE and
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD
The Shudder original 825 Forest Road is directed by Stephen Cognetti, known for the Hell House LLC franchise, premieres on the stream April 4. The story follows Frank and his family who after experiencing a tragedy, moves to the two of Ashland Falls. The town is said to be haunted by the ghost of Helen Foster who committed suicide in the 1940s. The spirit has terrorized the community for years and finding her home is the key to ending her reign of terror but the address listed is nowhere to be found. Frank must find Helen's home to keep his family safe.
Shadow of God is another original movie featured that is directed by Michael Peterson and will be released on April 11. Awaiting orders from the church after five fellow Vatican exorcists are killed, Father Mason Harper returns to his hometown to discover his father Angus, who was thought to have died, is very much alive. The town holds dark secrets of Mason's past, and his father's as leader of a religious organization. The unexpected reunion with his father alerts Mason to the fact that his father may be possessed by something holy.
Dead Mail, another Shudder exclusive, will premiere on April 18 and is directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy. This movie begins on a Midwestern road where a bound man struggles to place a blood stained note into a postal box as a panicking figure closes in behind him. The letter crosses "dead letter" investigator, Jasper's desk where he proceeds to piece together evidence that leads him to a kidnapped keyboard engineer and his eccentric business associate.
Fréwaka , directed by Aislinn Clarke (Devil's Doorway), will be released on Shudder on April 25. Set in a remote village, this movie follows home care worker Shoo, who is placed with an agoraphobic woman who fears her neighbors and the Na Sídhe, sinister entities she claims abducted her years prior. The two become deeply connected, and Shoo is forced to face horrors from her past as she becomes consumed by the old woman's s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions.
New movies on Shudder in April 2025.
April 1
April Fool's Day
Rawhead Rex
Halloween H20
Halloween VI: The Curse of Michael Myers
Halloween: Resurrection
13 Ghosts (1960)
Fright Night (1985)
Repulsion (1965)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
Crimson Peak
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Land of the Dead
Unfriended
April 5
Intruder (2019)
April 7
A Cat in the Brain
City of the Living Dead
Manhattan Baby
The Beyond
The Black Cat
The New York Ripper
April 14
Chain Reaction (2006)
April 21
Psychomania
Don't miss all the horrific fun during Shudder's Halfway to Halloween event beginning April 1.