Shudder’s Season of Screams programming event has begun; featuring a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials, screening events and live watch parties on Shudder TV. The four-month celebration takes horror fans from spooky season through the holiday season and spotlights popular franchise films and series.

Shudder’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated premieres every Friday through the end of the year.

Season of Screams Highlights

The filmmakers behind Shudder’s buzzy new feature Hallowarrior resurrected everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern and, for the first time ever, multiple pumpkins with Curse of the Ghoul Logs. The new hour-long video of the chilling pumpkins sets the scene for horror fans this month.

LIVE Watch Parties

The LIVE Watch Parties occur every Friday at 9pm ET on Shudder TV. They spotlight new premieres and curated double features:

• Friday, October 16: “Surviving Halloween” Watch Party featuring Hallowarrior and Night of the Demons
• Friday, October 23: “Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party” Watch Party
• Sunday, October 25: “2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards” Watch Party; followed by “Full Moon Fever” Watch Party at 10:30pm in celebration of the Hunter’s Moon featuring The Cycle, Dog Soldiers and Werewolves Within
• Friday, October 30: “Maniacs in Masks” Watch Party featuring Big Baby and Night of the Reaper
• Saturday, October 31: “Trick or Treat” Watch Party featuring Halloween (1978), Late Night with the Devil and Deadstream
• Sunday, November 1: “DÍa de los Muertos” Watch Party”featuring Huesera: The Bone Woman and La Llorona

For those of you who speak Spanish, I invite to listen to my interview with Jayro Bustamante director of La Llorona at TIFF 2019.

You can learn more about Michelle Garza Cervera‘s debut film Huesera The Bone Woman through my interview with her and the film’s lead Natalia Solián.

Shudder Original Film Premieres

Infirmary
Friday, October 2

A guard vanished on his first night at an old psych hospital in 2023. His bodycam footage shows unexplainable incidents that continue to baffle investigators. Starring Paul Syre, Mark Anthony Williams and Danielle Kennedy.

V/H/S/Mixtape
Friday, October 9

The ninth installment cranks the signature found-footage horror up to eleven with an electrifying new anthology where music and sound become the source of terror. United by a theme that explores the power of music, rhythm, and audio to haunt, possess and destroy, the film blends cosmic horror, psychological suspense, outrageous splatter and groundbreaking practical effects into one unforgettable mixtape of nightmares.

Featuring all-new segments from legendary filmmaker Ernest Dickerson, hip-hop icon RZA, visionary director David Moreau, and acclaimed filmmaker Renee Zhan, the latest installment pushes the boundaries of found footage with four wildly original stories that each put a unique spin on the terrifying relationship between sound and fear.

Hallowarrior
Friday, October 16

Hallowarrior follows Pumpkin (Milly Shapiro, Hereditary), the last girl on earth and sole survivor of a humanity-ending plague, scavenging the wasteland for supplies on the eve of Halloween. Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Shannyn Sossamon, Wayward Pines). Outnumbered and armed with candy, wit and weapons, Pumpkin must ferociously fight back to survive the night.

The Cycle
Friday, October 23

When police discover a corpse beside a horrific crime scene, their only lead is the man’s estranged daughter (Deborah Ann Woll, Daredevil: Born Again, Escape Room, True Blood), who must unravel the disturbing secret her father thought he took to the grave. Also starring Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice).

Shudder Original Specials

FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards
LIVE Horror Awards Special Premieres Sunday, October 25 at 9pm ET

Annual awards ceremony honoring the best in on horror films of the year. Hosted by Devon Sawa (Final Destination, Chucky).

Other Shudder Exclusives

Big Baby
New Film Premieres on Devil’s Night, Friday, October 30

Directed by Spider One (Shudder films Little Bites, Allegoria) and executive produced by iconic singer and actress Cher.

Horror screenwriter Adam Lewis suffers from severe writer’s block and the sting of negative reviews. After having a recurring nightmare about a maniacal killer wearing a giant baby mask and onesie (“Big Baby”), Adam uses the dream as inspiration for his next script. Soon, the horrifying fiction begins to bleed into reality as a killer in a baby mask commits real-world murders, leaving Adam questioning his own sanity and control.

Hunting Matthew Nichols (Shudder Exclusive Film)
New Film Premieres on Halloween, Saturday, October 31

Directed by Markian Tarasiuk and starring Miranda MacDougall and Markian Tarasiuk.

Two decades after her brother mysteriously disappeared on Vancouver Island, a documentary filmmaker sets out to solve his missing person’s case. When some disturbing evidence is revealed, she comes to believe he might still be alive.

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Season 7 (Shudder Original Series)
New Season Premieres Fall 2026 on Shudder and AMC+

Hosted by modern-day horror icons and drag superstars Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, season seven of the hit reality competion series The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula will bring together extreme drag artists from around the world to compete in jaw-dropping challenges including costume design and creation, makeup and special effects, live performance and craftsmanship.

Full Season of Screams schedule of premieres can be found on the Shudder website.