Trying to plan out your horror streaming for next month already? Of course you are. With so many horror films streaming, it’s hard to keep track of what is streaming where!
Here is everything coming to Shudder for May of 2022!
(Information courtesy of AMC Networks press releases)
NEW SHUDDER ORIGINAL & EXCLUSIVE FILMS, AND SERIES
The Twin – Premieres May 6
In The Twin, following the aftermath of a tragic accident that claimed the life of one of their twins,
Rachel (Teresa Palmer, A Discovery of Witches, Warm Bodies, Lights Out) and husband Anthony
(Steven Cree, A Discovery of Witches, Outlander) relocate to the other side of the world with their
surviving son in the hopes of building a new life. What begins as a time of healing in the quiet
Scandinavian countryside soon takes an ominous turn when Rachel begins to unravel the torturous
truth about her son and confronts the malicious forces attempting to take a hold of him. Also
available in theaters and on demand on May 6 from RLJ Films.
The Sadness – Premieres May 12
The city of Taipei suddenly erupts into bloody chaos as ordinary people are compulsively driven
to enact the most cruel and ghastly things they can imagine. Murder, torture, and mutilation are
only the beginning. A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they try to reunite amid the
violence and depravity. The age of civility and order is no more. The film is the feature debut of
writer and director Rob Jabbaz and stars Regina Lei (76 Horror Bookstore), Berant Zhu (We
Are Champions, How to Train Our Dragon), Tzu-Chiang Wang (It’s Drizzling) and In-Ru
Chen. Official Selection Locarno Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Frightfest and winner “Best First
Feature,” Fantsia International Film Festival.
The Found Footage Phenomenon – Premieres May 19
Directed and produced by Sarah Appleton and Phillip Escott, the documentary tracks the origins
of the found footage technique and how it transformed with technological changes throughout the
last few decades. The Found Footage Phenomenon features interviews with integral found footage
directors whose films impacted the horror genre like no other sub-genre has, around the turn of the
millennium. Score by music legend Simon Boswell.
A Banquet – Premieres May 26
Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a
profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher
power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing
dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.
Starring Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, Lindsay Duncan. Directed by Ruth
Paxton.
Cursed Films II – Season Finale May 5 (Shudder Original Series)
Shudder’s acclaimed documentary series is back to explore the facts and myths surrounding a new
batch of famous films some consider cursed. In the season finale, Cursed Films travels to Roma,
Italy to discuss the making of what is arguably the most controversial horror film ever made,
Cannibal Holocaust. Writer/Director Ruggero Deodato discusses the film from concept through
creation, including the famous court case that saw him defending himself for the murder of a
performer in the heart of the Amazon. Meanwhile, his cast and crew detail the struggles they faced
while trying to meet the expectations of a demanding director, who continually pushed them
towards their breaking point.
The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob Briggs Season 4 – New Episodes Every Friday (Shudder
Original Series)
The hit series returns with Briggs, the world’s foremost drive-in movie critic, presenting eclectic
horror movie double features, interrupting the films to expound upon their merits, histories, and
significance to genre cinema. This season features a wide array of fan favorites, obscure cult
oddities and surprise guests.
NEW ADDITIONS TO SHUDDER’S MOVIE LIBRARY
May 1
Eli Roth’s History of Horror S3
This season of Eli Roth’s History of Horror continues to explore the fun and the fear of scary
films – both timeless classics and wildly frightening films that flew under the radar, tackling the
topics of Sequels (That Don’t Suck), Infections, Psychics, Apocalyptic Horror, Holiday Horror
and Mad Scientists. All-star lineup of interviewees include Cate Blanchett, Margaret Cho,
Jeffrey Combs, Jamie Lee Curtis, Geena Davis, Lex Scott Davis, Robert Englund, Vanessa
Hudgens, Elliott Knight, David Koechner, Christopher Landon, Meat Loaf, Greg Nicotero,
Jonah Ray, Giovanni Ribisi, Jessica Rothe, Madeleine Stowe, Quentin Tarantino, Jennifer
Tilly, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie, and many others.
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
In the late 1990s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes
obsessed with uncovering the conspiracy behind them.
Goodnight Mommy
Twin boys who do everything together, from collecting beetles to feeding stray cats, welcome their
mother home after her reconstructive surgery. But with her face wrapped in bandages, and her
demeanor distant, they grow suspicious of her identity.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Chainsaw-wielding maniac Leatherface (Bill Johnson) is up to his cannibalistic ways once again,
along with the rest of his twisted clan, including the equally disturbed Chop-Top (Bill Moseley).
This time, the masked killer has set his sights on pretty disc jockey Vanita “Stretch” Brock
(Caroline Williams), who teams up with Texas lawman Lefty Enright (Dennis Hopper) to battle
the psychopath and his family deep within their lair, a macabre abandoned amusement park.
Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990)
Driving through Texas, young yuppie couple Michelle (Kate Hodge) and Ryan (William Butler)
stop at the Last Chance Gas Station, but after they witness the owner attacking a hitchhiker named
Tex (Viggo Mortensen), they panic and flee. In their hasty departure, they get lost and soon find
themselves pursued by the chainsaw-toting maniac known as Leatherface (R.A. Mihailoff). While
running, the couple bump into survivalist Benny (Ken Foree), who they team up with in an effort
to escape.
May 2
The Babadook
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son’s fear of a
monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
The Midnight Swim
When Dr. Amelia Brooks’ three daughters travel home to settle her affairs after she disappears in
Spirit Lake, they find themselves drawn to the mysterious body of water.
May 9
Popcorn
A master of disguise deranged killer begins killing off the college students who are organizing a
horror-movie marathon in an abandoned theater.
The Stylist
A lonely hair stylist becomes obsessed with the lives of her clients and descends into murderous
madness.
A Ghost Waits
A man’s job requires him to clean a house, which turns out to be haunted. In the course of trying
to exorcise the ghost, he falls in love with her.
May 16
Brain Damage
A young man discovers a disgusting parasite has attached itself to his brain stem. He becomes
addicted to the psychedelic euphoria it produces, but in return he must feed it human victims.
May 23
Tetsuo The Iron Man
A businessman accidentally kills The Metal Fetishist, who gets his revenge by slowly turning
the man into a grotesque hybrid of flesh and rusty metal.
Tetsuo The Body Hammer
When metal-worshipping fanatics abduct his son, a father unleashes his dormant desctructive
power, as his naked rage transforms the once-feeble flesh into a grisly symbiosis of metal and
tissue.
May 24
The Prowler
An unknown killer, clad in World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent
on reliving a 35 year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holiding an annual
graduation dance.
May 30
The Unseen
A television reporter and her two friends head to Solvang, California to cover a Danish festival.
When there is a mix-up at the hotel and they are left without hotel rooms, the girls accept the
invitation of a friendly museum owner to board at his large farmhouse because the rest of the
motels in and around town are sold out. But unknown to the women, something is living in the
basement of the house. Their stay soon becomes a horrific nightmare when, one by one, they
encounter the ‘unseen’.
Demon Wind
The strange and brutal deaths of Cory’s grandparents has haunted him for years. Determined to
discover the truth, he has returned to the desolate region where they lived, along with a group of
friends, to try and uncover the mystery. Ignoring warnings from the locals that the area is cursed,
Cory and his friends soon realize that the legend is true, as the Demon Wind, possesses and
destroys them, one by one, turning them into monsters from hell.
May 31
Kolobos
Cameras record the violent deaths of several unsuspecting actors on the terrifying set of an
experimental film.