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Check out this month’s highlights below and then keep scrolling to take a look at some of the other movies and shows coming to Shudder UK in May 2024.
Please note: Shudder’s schedule may be subject to change.
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The Outwaters (2022)
Release Date: May 2
If you weren’t convinced to avoid the desert after watching the recent horror movie The Seeding, you might be inclined to steer away from any kind of desert setting after watching The Outwaters, a chilling film about four travellers who encounter menacing phenomena while camping in a remote stretch of the Mojave Desert.
The Beta Test (2021)
Release Date: May 13
Jim Cummings (Thunder Road) stars in this bizarre and brilliant comedy-mystery about a married Hollywood agent who becomes ensnared in a sinister world of lying, murder and infidelity after receiving an invite for an anonymous sexual encounter.
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2024)
Release Date: May 17
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars in this belated sequel to the 1994 cult horror. It tells the story of Emma, who takes a job in the forensic department where, years before, her parents were almost murdered by a psychopathic police inspector named Wörmer. When she finally gets to confront the madman, she unintentionally awakens his bloodlust.
Stopmotion (2023)
Release Date: May 31
A one-of-a-kind hand-crafted horror film about a stop-motion animator who struggles to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing and manipulative mother.
Notable Additions
May 13
Butt Boy (2019)
The tale of a man who inadvertently sucks objects and people up into his butt. Based on a true story…not!
Landlocked (2021)
When a man is summoned to his soon-to-be demolished childhood home, he discovers a mysterious video camera that can see into the past.
May 20
Number 37 (2018)
A man initiates a treacherous blackmail scheme after witnessing a murder.
May 27
The Knocking (2022)
Three adult siblings run into all kinds of spooky goings-on when they visit their deserted childhood home.
Also Streaming…
May 1
The Toxic Avenger (1984)
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (1989)
TA4 – Citizen Toxic: The Toxic Avenger IV (2000)
May 6
Calvaire (2004)
Dobermann (1997)
May 8
Mother’s Day (1980)
May 15
Combat Shock (1984)
May 27
Graduation Day (1981)
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What will you be watching on Shudder UK in May 2024? Let us know in the comments below.