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Plenty of horrors to stream this May 2022 on Shudder. We’re continuing our monthly series looking at what is new on Shudder, just like last month. Let’s go over them in this Friday the 13th-edition of our guide to what is streaming on the service. We’ll even cover what is leaving, what the big new Originals and Exclusives are, as well as full listings for what lands on Shudder in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia/New Zealand.

Shudder Originals and Exclusives will be in bold. Dates will be regionally formatted.

Leaving Shudder in May 2022

The Shudder Staff has provided a list on the official subreddit regarding what is leaving in May. We’re sharing it here.

  • 5.1 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT (CA), THE STRANGE VICE OF MRS. WARDH (US/CA)
  • 5.2 SATAN’S SLAVE (1980) (US/CA), THE SKIN I LIVE IN (ANZ), HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN (CA)
  • 5.8 THE MIST (CA)
  • 5.9 WE ARE STILL HERE (CA), A DARK SONG (US), THE HALLOW (US), KILL LIST (US/CA), PYEWACKET (US)
  • 5.10 HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES (UKI)
  • 5.12 SNOWPIERCER (CA)
  • 5.14 HELLRAISER IV: BLOODLINE (ANZ)
  • 5.15 THE WOMAN IN BLACK (CA), THE WOMAN IN BLACK 2: ANGEL OF DEATH (CA)
  • 5.20 THE DARK (UKI)
  • 5.24 TROMA’S WAR (US/CA), TURBO KID (US)
  • 5.29 AMONG THE LIVING (US/CA)
  • 5.30 STARFISH (US/CA)
  • 5.31 THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (CA/ANZ), GRAND PIANO (UKI), RABBIT (UKI), A PERFECT GETAWAY (UKI)
  • 6.1 COLD IN JULY (ANZ), DAY OF THE DEAD (ANZ), HELLRAISER III: HELL ON EARTH
  • 6.2 ANGUISH (UKI), DOUBLE LOVER (US)
  • 6.7 GHOST KILLERS VS. BLOODY MARY (US)

What is New in May 2022?

Here are some of the new things hitting Shudder this month:

The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs (Shudder Original)

New Episodes Premiere Every Friday

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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. The season premiere will feature a celebration of The Last Drive-In’s 100th movie since Joe Bob’s first Shudder marathon in 2018, with surprise special guests.

Cursed Films II (Shudder Original)

New Episodes Premiere Thursdays; Season Finale May 5

Shudder’s acclaimed documentary series is back to explore the facts and myths surrounding a new batch of famous films some consider cursed. The new season will feature The Wizard of Oz, Rosemary’s BabyStalker, The Serpent and the Rainbow, and Cannibal Holocaust. Featuring new interviews with FX expert and former Mythbusters host Adam Savage, Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins, actor Bill Pullman, and director Ruggero Deodato, among many others. 

The Twin (Shudder Exclusive Film)

New Film Premieres Friday, May 6 *Day and Date Release with Theaters

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The Twin – May 2022 on Shudder and in Theaters

In The Twin, following the aftermath of a tragic accident that claimed the life of one of their twins, Rachel (Teresa PalmerA Discovery of WitchesWarm Bodies) and husband Anthony (Steven CreeA Discovery of WitchesOutlander) 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.

The Sadness (Shudder Exclusive Film)

New Film Premieres Thursday, May 12

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The Sadness – May 2022 on Shudder

After a year of combating a pandemic with relatively benign symptoms, a frustrated nation finally lets its guard down. This is when the virus spontaneously mutates, giving rise to a mind-altering plague. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things they can think of. Murder, torture, rape, and mutilation are only the beginning. A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they try to reunite amid the chaos. The age of civility and order is no more. There is only “The Sadness.” The film is the feature debut of writer and director Rob Jabbaz and stars Regina Lei (76 Horror Bookstore), Berant Zhu (We Are Champions), Tzu-Chiang Wang (It’s Drizzling) and In-Ru Chen.

The Found Footage Phenomenon (Shudder Exclusive Film)

New Film Premieres Thursday, May 19

A still from the documentary The Found Footage Phenomenon - May 2022 on Shudder

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 (Shudder Exclusive Film)

New Film Premieres Thursday, May 26

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Widowed mother Holly (Sienna Guillory) is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Jessica Alexander) 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. Also starring Ruby Stokes and Lindsay Duncan. Directed by Ruth Paxton.

Shudder in May 2022: CA Region

5/1

Eli Roth’s History of Horror Season 3

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

5/2

The Midnight Swim

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Goodnight Mommy

Insidious

5/5

Cursed Films: Cannibal Holocaust

5/6

The Twin

The Last Drive-In Season 4, Week 2

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5/9

Popcorn

The Stylist

A Ghost Waits

5/12

The Sadness

5/13

The Last Drive-In Season 4, Week 3

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5/15

FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards – Live on Shudder TV at 7P ET

5/16

Brain Damage

5/19

The Found Footage Phenomenon

5/20

The Last Drive-In Season 4, Week 4

5/23

Tetsuo The Iron Man

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Tetsuo The Body Hammer

5/24

The Prowler

5/26

A Banquet

5/27

The Last Drive-In Season 4, Week 5

5/30

Slaughterhouse

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The Unseen

Demon Wind

Etheria Season 6

5/31

Kolobos

Shudder in May 2022: US Region

5/1

Eli Roth’s History of Horror Season 3

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Goodnight Mommy

Broadcast Signal intrusion

5/2

The Babadook

The Midnight Swim

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5/5

Cursed Films: Cannibal Holocaust

5/6

The Twin

The Last Drive-In Season 4, Week 2

5/9

Popcorn

The Stylist

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A Ghost Waits

5/12

The Sadness

5/13

The Last Drive-In Season 4, Week 3

5/15

FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards – Live on Shudder TV at 7P ET

5/16

Brain Damage

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5/19

The Found Footage Phenomenon

5/20

The Last Drive-In Season 4, Week 4

5/23

Tetsuo The Iron Man

Tetsuo The Body Hammer

5/24

The Prowler

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5/26

A Banquet

5/27

The Last Drive-In Season 4, Week 5

5/30

Slaughterhouse

The Unseen

Demon Wind

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Etheria Season 6

5/31

Kolobos

Shudder in May 2022: UKI Region

1/5

Eli Roth’s History of Horror Season 3

2/5

Dead Snow

Dead Snow 2

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The Collection

5/5

Cursed Films: Cannibal Holocaust

6/5

The Twin

9/5

The Stylist

A Ghost Waits

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Night Fare

Cheap Thrills

12/5

The Sadness

15/5

FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards – Live on Shudder TV at 11:59P

16/5

Donnie Darko

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Errors of the Human Body

Husk

19/5

The Found Footage Phenomenon

23/5

Magic Magic

Seconds Apart

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26/5

A Banquet

30/5

Etheria Season 6

Mulberry Street

The Soul Collector

31/5

Kolobos

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Shudder in May 2022: ANZ Region

2/5

Eli Roth’s History of Horror Season 3

3/5

Excess Flesh

The Glass Coffin

5/5

Cursed Films: Cannibal Holocaust (Australia Only)

6/5

The Twin

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10/5

V/H/S: Viral

The Blackcoat’s Daughter (February)

12/5

The Sadness

16/5

FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards – Live on Shudder TV at 9A AEST

17/5

We Summon the Darkness

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The Taking of Deborah Logan

19/5

The Found Footage Phenomenon

24/5

Knock Knock

Tales of Halloween

26/5

A Banquet

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31/5

Etheria Season 6

Viral

The Resident

Blair Witch


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#ChadGetsTheAxe Coming Out September 1st

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Look, I’m a simple guy. Sure, I like my Small Town Monsters and my silly-billy movies about cats eating people.

But sometimes there comes a film that’s smartly written, full of humor and social commentary, plus great acting. Oh, and scares that actually scare the shit out of me.

Almost a year to the date, I got to watch such a film called #CHADGETSTHEAXE that I saw as a screener for FilmQuest Fest in October, 2022. And I was blown away by the talents of director/co-writer Travis Bible and co-writer/producer Kemerton Hargrove; starring Spencer Harrison Levin (Black Jesus), Michael Bonini (New Amsterdam), Taneisha Figueroa (Duck World), Cameron Vitosh (Walker), Brandon Doyle (Murder Made Me Famous), and Shun Hagins (Snitch).

Mini-Review, I swear it’s short:

And, I know, I know, I know. ‘But Brannyyyyk, isn’t livestreaming horror movies just a flash in the pan? Hasn’t it been done beforeeee?’ For one, stop saying it like that, it’s weird. For two, not like this. The care and attention that went into #CHADGETSTHEAXE is wickedly clever with such tongue-in-cheek humor of influencers, humanity, and the toxic culture of fandom. It’s the shining example of live-streaming movies because it’s so f-ing smart.

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Case in point, the characters are living up to their personas. However, even when the personas are ragged and driven to the edge of life and death, we never see them as people, fully dimensional people, because we never see them break away from their devices. There’s never a shot that shows us ‘hey, this is a film, now let’s see them as the real character they are’. The actors are really carrying dual roles as the personas and the real people underneath; as they are struggling to keep up appearances in front of the millions of viewers.

Plus, don’t get me started on the characters within the livestream feed, along with running jokes and clues to the haunted house.

Anyway, I don’t want to give too much away as I’m going to be covering it on Streamin’ Demons soon. But I wanted to also tease about the fact that I’m going to be interviewing some VIPs from the movie for What’s Kraken? So, shhh, only tell your closest friends because it’s going to be incredible.

It has the characters taking selfies in front of an axe killer

Join the Hype Train:

Adapted from an award-winning short with the same title, #ChadGetsTheAxe follows four social media influencers as they live-stream their trip to Devil’s Manor, former home to a Satanic Cult. Things don’t go well. And as the violence ramps up… so do the views.

The film premiered at FilmQuest in October 2022 and Internationally at FrightFest Glasgow in March 2023 where it was well received by critics. #ChadGetsTheAxe was produced by Travis Bible, Eric Gibson, Kemerton Hargrove, and Frances O’Hanlon, while Dream Big Group serves as executive producers.

The Horror Collective is the genre label of Entertainment Squad — a production and distribution company founded by veteran producer Shaked Berenson (TURBO KID, TALES OF HALLOWEEN). The label’s latest releases include the Daytime Emmy nominated Limited Series DOOMSDAY, the killer-pants Shudder Original SLAXX, and the critically acclaimed horror-comedy SUMMONING SYLVIA.

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I’m hoping it gets DVD distribution one day because I’m old and I need DVDs for when the zombie apocalypse happens.

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Welcome to June! There’s so much on the hopper for Arrow that I just have to give you, my friends, the hot goss.

Just a picture of the stuff I'm talking about after the picture.

June 2nd:  Paul Joyce Documentaries

June 2nd kicks off the month with ARROW’s latest curation of Paul Joyce documentaries, this time looking at legendary filmmaker John Cassavetes, straight from the mouth of his friend and collaborator co-star Peter Falk (Columbo) in Out of the Shadows: The Films of John Cassavetes.

After a six year directing hiatus, Monte Hellman sat down with Paul Joyce and just talked for an hour while Joyce filmed. The result is Plunging on Alone: Monte Hellman’s Life In a Day.

June 2nd: the wild world of Ero Guro  

What is Ero Guro? Well, the Japanese sub-genre of horror and pink films Ero Guro combines the erotic (ero) and the grotesque (guro) to deviant, decadent and unforgettable effect. ARROW’s Ero Guro collection features the unholy trinity of core Ero Guro films, Teruo Ishii’s Shogun’s Joy of Torture and Horrors of Malformed Men and Yasuzo Masumura’s Blind Beast, plus plenty more exciting, explicit and enticingly depraved delights to delve into.

Titles Include: Shogun’s Joy of Torture, Blind Beast, Irezumi.

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June 6th: Warriors Two (US/CA)

After making his directorial debut with the intense The Iron-Fisted Monk and firmly solidifying his worth at Golden Harvest, Sammo Hung would be given more creative control behind the camera. Now able to inject more of his own personality, Hung would bring to life the more upbeat (yet only slightly less violent) Wing Chun cult classic: Warriors Two!

Predating the Ip Man tetralogy by three decades – as well as Hung’s own The Prodigal Son (starring Yuen Biao as the younger incarnation of Leung Tsan) by a few years – Warriors Two is one of the earliest films to authentically portray the teachings of Wing Chun while also delivering the kind of kinetic and pulse-pounding fights synonymous with the name Sammo Hung!

June 16th: Eli Roth Selects (UK/IRE/US/CA)

Splatter icon Eli Roth takes a stroll through the archives with Eli Roth Selects (UK/IRE/US/CA). “I absolutely love Arrow and have been a collector of their editions for years, and Arrow Player is the most streamed channel in my house. I’ve seen a lot of Select lists, and while I agree with them, I wanted to highlight some that people might have otherwise overlooked.”

Titles Include: Basket Case, Contamination, Madhouse.

June 19th: Toru Murakawa’s Game Trilogy (UK/IRE/US/CA)

Made at the end of the 1970s, Toru Murakawa’s Game Trilogy launched actor Yûsaku Matsuda as the Toei tough guy for a new generation. Matsuda was the definitive screen icon of 1980s until his career was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 40, following his Hollywood debut in Ridley Scott’s Black Rain.

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The Most Dangerous Game (UK/IRE/US/CA): In this career-defining triptych, Matsuda is Shohei Narumi, an ice cool hitman of few words, a steely trigger finger, and a heart of stone, hired in The Most Dangerous Game by a company bidding for a lucrative government air defence contract to take out the competition.

The Killing Game (UK/IRE/US/CA): Narumi finds himself caught in the midst of violent yakuza gang warfare, while his own brutal past catches up with him in the form of two beautiful women still bearing the emotional scars of his past assignments.

The Execution Game (UK/IRE/US/CA): Narumi falls for a mysterious saloon bar chanteuse who may or may not be part of the same, shadowy underworld organization as the rival hitmen he is employed to rub out. (I’m assuming the tough-guy way and not the sexy way)

June 23rd: SHAAAARKS!!!

Yessss, Cruel Jaws is coming to Arrow!

ARROW heads to the beach for some terror with shark attacks.

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Cruel Jaws (US/CA): A huge shark terrorizes a beach in Florida, and the locals try everything to kill it.

Deep Blood (US/CA): Several young men have to stop an ancient native American evil in the form of a killer shark which is attacking a small beach community.

June 23rd: Sci-fi Stunners (UK/IRE/US/CA)

For the penultimate SeasonARROW boldly goes to the stars on June 23, seeking out new life and new cinema.

Sci-fi Stunners (UK/IRE/US/CA): There are other worlds than these. Come and explore them in this collection of cybernetic, planet-probing, time-travelling, cosmos-trotting, aliens-zapping, virtual and far-too-real adventures in Sci-fi Stunners – ARROW’s home world for the coolest Cult science-fiction films in the galaxy.

Titles Include: No Escape, Donnie Darko, Crimes of the Future.

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Last but not least

Cosa Nostra Collection (UK/IRE/US/CA):

The most American of directors according to celebrated critic Paolo Mereghetti, Damiano Damiani (A Bullet for the General) nevertheless surveyed his own country’s mafia history unlike anyone before him, to critical and box office success.

Full of twists and a fascinating meta-commentary on cinema, Damiani points the camera at himself and the genre as he investigates the social impact of mafia violence, a fitting end to this survey of Damiani’s Cosa Nostra.

Titles Include: Day of the Owl, The Case is Closed, Forget It, How To Kill a Judge.

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Specially curated by members of the ARROW team, ARROW is home to premium film and TV entertainment, exclusive new premieres, cutting edge cinema, international classics and cult favorites – such as the works of Lars Von Trier, Brian De Palma, Dario Argento, David Cronenberg and Park Chan-wook, and brand-new short films from both new and established filmmakers.

In the coming months, ARROW will be adding Oscar-winning hits, European classics, Asian cinema masterworks, rediscovered Westerns, offbeat gems and much more as part of ARROW’s international strategy to support and celebrate the medium of film.

For more information on ARROW and its titles, please contact: justin@justincookpr.com or visit https://www.arrow-player.com.

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The Science Fiction, Fantasy Writers Association is one of the most prestigious organizations in America for speculative fiction writers. While horror is not specifically mentioned, we all know that it’s nearly impossible to discuss fantasy and science fiction without the shadow of horror creeping in. 

Each year, SFWA hosts a convention for writers called Nebula Con. I have virtually attended the convention for the past two years. And if you’ve never attended, you might want to consider it. Even if your writing, like mine, is long in the shadows and short on the elves.

First off, I do want to be clear that Nebula Con is a convention for speculative fiction writers. There are some fan panels, like the one on the works of Robin McKinley, this year’s Grandmaster. But the majority of the panels and events are for writers. 

That being said, there are panels for writers at every stage of their careers. 

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For writers interested in crafting better stories, craft panels abound. My favorite panel was the one titled For The Love of Short Fiction. This panel started with a reading of some of the best short works from 2022. Then, each panelist dug into what made that piece work for them.

Clip from Nebula Con, 2023

There were several other terrific panels, including one all about constructing a realistic legal system in your fictional world and writing fictional podcasts. (Like I do.)

But, you might say, these are panels for sci-fi and fantasy writers. No, these are panels for speculative fiction writers. Horror authors who want to have any kind of career would do well to master the short story. And if you don’t think there’s room for some legal horror in the market, you are wrong. 

While the craft panels were wonderful, the career and marketing panels were probably the most useful and valuable of the whole convention. Are you, like many other online creatives, worried about the effects AI-generated writing is going to have on our field? There were two informative panels regarding that. Are you wondering how writers’ relationships with agents have changed now that self-publishing is so prevalent? There’s a panel for that.

A lot is going on in the publishing world. It’s confusing as hell, my friends. And one of the ways we keep each other up to date is with conventions like this. What I got out of the panel most was that having a career in writing is possible. My fellow participants and I learned from writers who are doing the thing. It’s hard, but it’s possible.

Of course, a convention is more than just panels. There’s the chance to meet with other authors. This might be where a virtual convention seems to have a deficit. And while I’ll admit that meeting online isn’t the same as meeting in person, there are certainly perks. I was able to meet, chat with and share stories with other writers in a Zoom chat room. And I came away feeling much like I did as a kid, having met new friends at summer camp. Even if I wasn’t sitting across from them, it was great to be surrounded by other people who want to make a living scaring the hell out of other people. 

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All of this writing joy culminates with the Nebula Awards Ceremony. If you’re interested in catching the awards but didn’t make it to the convention this year, you can watch it all on Youtube. Each year speculative fiction authors of all kinds of honored, from written work to gaming to television. This year’s toastmaster was Cheryl Platz, an author, and actress. As a critic, awards ceremonies are usually something I usually force my way through. The Nebula Awards are a rare treat in that scene. Partially because there’s a chance I’ve met the people up for the awards. But also because the people involved are, first and foremost, writers. It’s amazing how much more entertaining events are when the people being honored are, you know, talented storytellers.

If you’ve been on the fence about attending Nebula Con virtually, I suggest giving it a try. The world certainly needs more stories that go bump in the night. 

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