Shudder Content Guide – Nov. 2021 – Monster Balls
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While the Halloween season is at an end, we’re still due for some great content this November 2021, on Shudder. We have new premieres in addition to two ongoing series that premiere throughout the month. It’s like Halloween never ended after all!
Shudder’s November Originals and Exclusives
So, what is new from Shudder this November?
Dead & Beautiful – Premieres November 4
(Available on Shudder US, Shudder CA, Shudder UK and Shudder ANZ)
Five rich spoiled Asian twenty-somethings (Gijs Blom, Aviis Zhong, Yen Tsao, Philip Juan, Anechka Marchenko) are suffering from upper-class ennui, unsure how to spend their days when so little is expected from them. In search of excitement, the five friends form the “Circle,” a group where they take turns designing a unique, extravagant experience for the others. But things go wrong when the privileged urbanites awaken after a night out, to find they have developed vampire fangs and an unquenchable thirst for flesh, blood, and adventure at any price.
Great White – Premieres November 11
(Available on Shudder US and Shudder CA)
A blissful tourist trip turns into a nightmare for five passengers when their seaplane goes down near a shipwreck. Stranded miles from shore in an inflatable life raft, they find themselves in a desperate fight for survival as they try to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by a menacing pack of sharks lurking just beneath the surface. Great White stars Katrina Bowden (Piranha 3DD, 30 Rock), Aaron Jakubenko (Tidelands), Kimie Tsukakoshi (Riptide), Tim Kano (Neighbours), and Te Kohe Tuhaka (Love and Monsters, The Dead Lands). Written by Michael Boughen (Dying Breed), the film was featured directorial debut of Martin Wilson.
Prisoners of the Ghostland – Premieres November 19
(Available on Shudder US, Shudder UKI)
In the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town, a ruthless bank robber (Nicolas Cage) is sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord, The Governor (Bill Moseley), whose adopted granddaughter Bernice (Sofia Boutella) has run away. Strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within five days if he doesn’t find the missing girl, the bandit sets off on a journey to find the young woman — and his own path to redemption.
The Strings – Premieres November 23
(Available on Shudder US, Shudder CA, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ)
In the dead of winter, Catherine (Teagan Johnston), a talented musician who, having recently broken up her successful band, travels to her aunt’s remote coastal cottage to work on new material in solitude. Once there, she and local photographer Grace (Jenna Schaefer) spark up a budding romance while visiting an abandoned farmhouse with a disturbing past. Soon after, strange and seemingly supernatural occurrences begin to manifest at the cottage, escalating each night and dangerously eroding Catherine’s sense of reality.
Ongoing Shudder Series in November
Of course, we also have two current Shudder series premiering new episodes this month.
The Boulet Brothers Dragula – Premieres every Tuesday
The groundbreaking Shudder Original series follows ten drag artists from around the world competing for a $100,000 grand prize – the largest in show history. Season four guest judges include Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical film series), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Kristian Nairn (Game of Thrones), Misha Osherovich (Freaky), Queer country music icon Orville Peck, pop-metal star Poppy, Ray Santiago (Ash vs. The Evil Dead), Bob the Drag Queen (We’re Here) and more.
Behind the Monsters – Premieres every Wednesday
(Available on Shudder US, Shudder CA, Shudder UKI and Shudder ANZ)
Behind the Monsters takes an in-depth exploration of the creation of favorite horror icons including Candyman, Chucky, Michael Myers, and Freddy Krueger. No horror icon came out of a filmmaker’s first draft fully formed. There were early drafts, wrong turns, experimentation. Once made flesh (or latex), there’s presentation, impact, audience response, and legacy. Each episode examines a horror icon who has broken free of the confines of the film from which it was born and become the stuff of legend.
Leaving Shudder
We don’t have a list of what is leaving Shudder just yet, but like last month, we will update as we discover more information. Stay tuned.
Coming to Shudder CA in November 2021
Shudder has a number of additions for Canada this month. Our selection is The Strings, which premieres on November 23. It is available on Shudder US, Shudder CA, Shudder UKI, and Shudder ANZ.
In the dead of winter, Catherine (Teagan Johnston), a talented musician who, having recently broken up her successful band, travels to her aunt’s remote coastal cottage to work on new material in solitude. Once there, she and local photographer Grace (Jenna Schaefer) spark up a budding romance while visiting an abandoned farmhouse with a disturbing past. Soon after, strange and seemingly supernatural occurrences begin to manifest at the cottage, escalating each night and dangerously eroding Catherine’s sense of reality.The Strings Synopsis
Originals and Exclusives will be listed in bold. Date format is based on the corresponding region.
11/1
The Closet
The Dark
The Velvet Vampire
11/2
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 403
11/3
Behind the Monsters: Candyman
11/4
Dead & Beautiful
11/18
Darlin’
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
P2
The Visitor
The World of Kanako
11/9
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 404
11/10
Behind the Monsters: Chucky
11/11
Great White
Honeydew
11/15
Fender Bender
The Isle
Kill List
11/16
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 405
Blood Rage
Etheria Season 1
11/17
Behind the Monsters: Freddy
11/22
11/23
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 406
The Strings
11/24
Behind the Monsters: Jason
11/29
Wake in Fight
11/30
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 407
Coming to Shudder US in November 2021
The US gets a lot of great new content, but let’s talk about a classic with Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. The film returns to Shudder US on November 18th.
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer synopsis
Originals and Exclusives will be listed in bold. Date format is based on the corresponding region.
11/1
The Blood on Satan’s Claw
The Closet
The Dark
Leatherface
The Velvet Vampire
Wait Until Dark
11/2
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 403
11/3
Behind the Monsters: Candyman
11/4
Dead & Beautiful
11/18
Darlin’
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Tailgate
The Visitor
The World of Kanako
11/9
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 404
11/10
Behind the Monsters: Chucky
11/11
Great White
Honeydew
11/15
A Dark Song
Fender Bender
The Hallow
The Isle
Kill List
Pyewacket
11/16
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 405
Blood Rage
Etheria Season 1
11/17
Behind the Monsters: Freddy
11/22
11/23
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 406
The Strings
11/24
Behind the Monsters: Jason
11/29
Wake in Fight
11/30
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 407
Coming to Shudder UKI in November 2021
Shudder UKI gets blessed by the addition of a brand new Nicholas Cage film in Prisoners of the Ghostland. The film is available to stream on Nov. 19th on Shudder US and Shudder UKI.
A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.Prisoners of the Ghostland synopsis
Originals and Exclusives will be listed in bold. Date format is based on the corresponding region.
1/11
Evolution
Room 237
The Velvet Vampire
2/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 403
3/11
Behind the Monsters: Candyman
4/11
Dead & Beautiful
8/11
Odd Thomas
What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
9/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 404
10/11
Behind the Monsters: Chucky
11/11
The Night
15/11
Coherence
The Isle
The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears
Thirst
16/11
The Boulet Brothers Dragula Ep. 405
Blood Rage
Etheria Season 1
17/11
Behind the Monsters: Freddy
19/11
Prisoners of the Ghostland
22/11
Look Away
Murder Me Monster
23/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 406
The Strings
24/11
Behind the Monsters: Jason
29/11
All the Creatures Were Stirring
Ladyworld
30/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 407
Coming to Shudder ANZ in November 2021
For our friends down under we suggest Dead & Beautiful, which premieres Nov. 4th, available on Shudder US, Shudder CA, Shudder UK, and Shudder ANZ.
Five rich spoiled Asian twenty-somethings (Gijs Blom, Aviis Zhong, Yen Tsao, Philip Juan, Anechka Marchenko) are suffering from upper-class ennui, unsure how to spend their days when so little is expected from them. In search of excitement, the five friends form the “Circle,” a group where they take turns designing a unique, extravagant experience for the others. But things go wrong when the privileged urbanites awaken after a night out, to find they have developed vampire fangs and an unquenchable thirst for flesh, blood, and adventure at any price. Dead & Beautiful synopsis
Originals and Exclusives will be listed in bold. Date format is based on the corresponding region.
2/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 403
3/11
Behind the Monsters: Candyman
4/11
Dead & Beautiful
9/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 404
10/11
Behind the Monsters: Chucky
15/11
Awoken
16/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 405
Etheria Season 1
17/11
Behind the Monsters: Freddy
22/11
Black Water
23/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 406
The Strings
24/11
Behind the Monsters: Jason
30/11
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Ep. 407
While the 61 Days of Halloween are over, Shudder continues to bring the frights and thrills through the end of the year. Do you have a favorite film you want to stream this month? Let us know in the comments.
David Davis is a writer, cartoonist, and educator in Southern California with an M.A. in literature and writing studies.
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Shudder Exclusives
While it is true that the release schedule for the start of 2023 on Shudder has been minor and slightly mixed, with films such as the much talked about experimental low-budget indie ‘Skinamarink‘, the surprisingly entertaining horror comedy ‘Sorry About the Demon‘, and writer/director Neil Marshall’s return to the genre with ‘The Lair‘. We also graciously received the wildly fun ‘The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine” special, with season 5 currently in production and premiering later this year; though it can’t come soon enough. As we like to do here at HauntedMTL, let’s kick off March with Shudder’s newest exclusives currently streaming now and in the coming weeks.
Spoonful of Sugar – Now Streaming
Starting off this list we begin with director Mercedes Bryce Morgan and writer Leah Saint Marie’s latest film ‘Spoonful of Sugar‘, now currently streaming.
Millicent (Morgan Saylor), a disturbed college student working on her thesis about children with severe allergies, is hired to babysit little Johnny (Danilo Crovetti), a sickly, mute child who suffers from every allergy under the sun. His mother Rebecca (Kate Foster) is an accomplished author currently focused on her newest book release, while his father Jacob (Myko Olivier) spends his days in the backyard working on frivolous carpentry projects. After experiencing a bizarre sexual awakening while using LSD as an alternative treatment for Johnny, she soon uncovers the family’s dark secrets as things begin to become unhinged.
Leave – Premiering Friday 3/17
After having been abandoned as an infant at a cemetery wrapped in a cloth with satanic symbols, Hunter White (Alicia von Rittberg) grows obsessed with figuring out who her biological parents are and why they seemingly abandoned her. However, as she gets closer to the answers she so desperately seeks, a malevolent spirit is warning her to leave.
‘Leave‘ premiers exclusively on Shudder Friday 03/17 and is directed by Alex Herron and written by Thomas Moldestad, starring Alicia von Rittberg, Herman Tømmeraas, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, and Stig R. Amda
The Unheard – Premiering Friday 03/31
‘The Unheard‘ follows the story of deaf 20-year-old Chloe Grayden (Lachlan Watson) after she undergoes an experimental treatment to restore her hearing. While recovering at her family’s beach home after the successful procedure, Chloe begins to fear she is not alone as she begins to experience auditory hallucinations related to the mysterious disappearance of her mother.
‘The Unheard’ is directed by Shudder alumni Jeffrey A. Brown (The Beach House) and written by brothers/screenwriting partners Shawn Rasmussen and Michael Rasmussen (Crawl), co-starring Michele Hicks and Nick Sandow. ‘The Unheard‘ premiers exclusively on Shudder Friday 03/31.
Returning Classic and Fan Favorites
Now that we’ve removed the veil for the new exclusive titles dropping this month, I think it’s time we reveal the returning classics jump starting our transition into spring for 2023. Allow me to highlight some of my favorite films returning to Shudder for March including ‘Gretel and Hansel‘ and ‘The Company of Wolves‘; grim re-telling’s of popular children’s fairy tales. We also cannot forget John Carpenter’s haunted coastal horror ‘The Fog‘; no, not the remake…thankfully.
Gretel and Hansel – Now Streaming
Directed by Osgood Perkins, ‘Gretel and Hansel’ is a terrifyingly dark and unique vision to one of history’s most famous childhood fairy tales. After being thrown out of their mother’s home, Gretel (Sophia Lillis) leads her younger brother, Hansel (Samuel Leakey), through the woods in search of food and work. The children soon discover a quaint cottage where a fragile old woman Holda (Alice Krige) offers fresh food and bed. The children accept all Holda has to offer, with little thought as to what may be asked of them in return.
Though it has been met with mixed reviews, ‘Gretel and Hansel‘ offers astounding performances by veteran actress Alice Krige as the films iconic Witch of the woods and Sophia Lillis as lead Gretel. Director Osgood Perkins does well to draw his viewer in with a beautifully haunting score and unnerving cinematography, making this one grim re-telling worth checking out at least once. ‘Gretel and Hansel‘ is available to stream now.
The Company of Wolves – Now Streaming
Continuing our list of returning classics, we have yet another bold re-telling of a beloved children’s fairy tale, 1984’s ‘The Company of Wolves‘. While the story of ‘Little Red Riding Hood‘ has been retold through various forms of media, including numerous films, ‘The Company of Wolves‘ is a beloved horror interpretation with adult themes and memorable practical effects including one of the genres best werewolf transformations.
A wise grandmother (Angela Lansbury) tells her granddaughter Rosaleen (Sarah Patterson) a disturbing tale of innocent maidens falling in love with handsome strangers … and of their sudden mysterious disappearances when the moon is full and accompanied by the strange sound of a beast in the woods.
‘The Company of Wolves’ is co-written and directed by Neil Jordan and stars Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, Micha Bergese, and David Warner, streaming now.
John Carpenter’s The Fog – Streaming 03/31
Writer, director, musician, and horror master John Carpenter is a legend in the genre having provided countless classics such as ‘The Thing‘, a terrifyingly gruesome remake of ‘The Thing from Another World‘. Or his sci-fi action/horror ‘They Live’ where he deals with societal control through corporations and government. And of course, my personal favorite, the film that jumpstarted his career and created one of horror’s most iconic slashers…’Halloween‘.
1980’s ‘The Fog‘ is a terrifying shoreside tale of vengeful spirits haunting the fictional coastal town of Antonio Bay, OR. as they begin preparations to celebrate its centenary. Following exactly 100 years after a ship mysteriously sank in the town’s waters, a thick unearthly fog harboring the souls of those who perished rolls in and with them, the dark secrets of Antonio Bay’s past.
John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’ stars scream queen and recent Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis, genre alums Adrienne Barbeau, Janet Leigh, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, and Nancy Kyes, and was co-written by the late Debra Hill. ‘The Fog‘ will be available to stream on Shudder 03/31.
Full Shudder March 2023 Film Releases
For a full comprehensive list of all the titles being added to Shudder for the month of January, please refer to the graphic below. Please be on the lookout for our review of ‘The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine’ to drop later this week here on HauntedMTL and be sure to follow us on Twitter and Instagram for more Shudder news and spooky reviews!
3/1:
Gretel and Hansel
3/2:
Spoonful of Sugar
3/9:
The Company of Wolves
3/13:
Holidays
3/17:
Leave
3/20:
Jack be Nimble
3/27:
Ultra Pulpe
After Blue
3/31:
The Unheard
The Fog
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The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Vicious Vegas Valentine Special Live Watch Party February 10th!
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Love Spells Abound…
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To add even further to the hype train, Warner Bro’s Pictures was gracious enough to drop the first official red band trailer for ‘Evil Dead Rise‘ today and boy oh boy, is it bloody! Not only do we get a terrifying first look at the film’s flesh-ripping demons but, we also get a sneak-peek of the many homages to previous entries whilst witnessing a bold, grim, and equally violent fresh take on the popular cult classic franchise. The official synopsis for ‘Evil Dead Rise’ reads:
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Witness the mother of all evil in the official trailer for Evil Dead Rise – only in theaters April 21. #EvilDeadRise pic.twitter.com/CMtitMZumK— Evil Dead (@EvilDead) January 4, 2023