If you’re a horror fan, a Shudder subscription is a must, especially during the upcoming Halloween season when the streaming platform has all kinds of horrific delights available for their subscribers.
Check out this month’s highlights below and then keep scrolling to take a look at some of the other titles coming to Shudder in October.
Please note: This list is correct at the time of writing but Shudder’s schedule may be subject to change.
October 2
Spirit Halloween (2022)
What will you be doing on Halloween night? The young friends in this movie, who have decided they are too old for trick or treating, decide to spend the night locked inside a newly opened Halloween store. What a fun idea! Not really, as they soon regret their decision to forego door-knocking when they find out the store is haunted by an angry evil spirit that possesses a set of creepy animatronic characters!
October 6
V/H/S 85 (2023)
Take a gore-filled journey through the grim underbelly of the forgotten 1980s in this next installment of the infamous found footage franchise. With segment titles like Dreamkill, No Wake, and God of Death, you can be sure of a terrifying time if you choose to watch the semi-realistic home movies that are presented in this sequel.
October 13
Creepshow – Season 4
Shudder’s anthology horror series is back with a 12-episode season, 6 of which are premiering on this date. Episode titles include The Hat, Grieving Process, and Smile.
The Puppetman (2023)
A serial killer on Death Row maintains his innocence, claiming an evil force controlled his body when he slaughtered his victims. Was a malevolent entity really pulling his strings? This is something his daughter needs to find out when the people around her begin to die in brutal ways. Can she break the Puppetman curse? Michael Paré, Caryn Richman, and Alyson Gorske star in this diabolical chiller.
October 16
Lockdown Tower (2022)
Also known as La Tour, this French chiller is centered around the residents of a tower block who wake up one morning to discover their building has been surrounded by a strange dark matter that devours anybody who tries to pass through it.
October 20
Night of the Hunted (2023)
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she is made the plaything of a sociopathic sniper who wants her dead. And so begins a night of terror as she dodges his bullets while trying to figure out who wants her dead and why!
October 27
When Evil Lurks (2023)
This Spanish-language horror movie tells the tale of two brothers who inadvertently release a demon into their village when they fail to escort a possessed man out of town.
October 30
Hell House LLC Origins (2023)
This fourth film in the Hell House LLC series isn’t a prequel, despite having the word ‘Origins’ in the title. And according to director Stephen Cognetti, it’s not a sequel either.
This is an original film set within the Hell House LLC universe about a group of internet sleuths who travel to the remote Carmichael Manor, the site of the infamous 1989 Carmichael family murders, and then disappear, leaving the footage of their horrific discoveries behind.
The other films within this franchise are also being shown on Shudder this October.
October 31
Saw 1-7
Fans of the Saw franchise have much to look forward to this Halloween. The latest installment in the series – Saw X – is being released into theatres, and Shudder is screening the first seven movies.
If you need a reminder of the movies within the franchise, check out our companion site, TheTimelineGeek, which lists all of the Saw movies in order of release.
Also Streaming…
October 1
Dead End (2003)
Evil Dead II (1987)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
Lake Mungo (2008)
May (2002)
The Gate (1987)
The Lords Of Salem (2012)
October 2
Hell House LLC: The Director’s Cut (2015)
Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018)
Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire (2019)
October 9
All Hallow’s Eve (2013)
All Hallow’s Eve 2 (2015)
Dog Soldiers (2002)
October 10
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: 1978 Halloween special
October 20
Joe Bob’s Helloween
October 23
Kidnapped (2010)
The Midnight Man (2016)
October 30
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula – Season 5
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