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Sundance Now And Shudder Team Up For “A Discovery Of Witches” Series Adaptation

Sundance Now and Shudder have teamed up for the first time and acquired the rights to author Deborah Harkness‘ best-selling novel “A Discovery of Witches” for a series adaptation. The series has an amazing cast that includes Emmy® nominated actor Matthew Goode (The Crown, Downtown Abbey), Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge), Alex Kingston (Er, Doctor Who), Valarie Pettiford (Being Mary Jane), and Owen Teale (Game of Thrones). The eight-episode series will be produced by Bad Wolf, the team behind “The Night Of”, “Doctor Who”, “Torchwood”, “Da Vinci’s Demons”, and the upcoming adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials”. Filmed in the UK’s Wolf Studios Wales and on location in Oxford, “A Discovery of Witches” is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires, and demons live an work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight. Teresa Plamers plays the brilliant historian Diana Bishop, a reluctant witch denying

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2018
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‘Revenge’ Smashes Records On Shudder

Since its debut on the service last Thursday, the hypnotic and stylish thriller, Revenge, from first-time director Coralie Fargeat has become the most-watched film premiere in Shudder’s history by a wide margin. Revenge took the number spot following film’s premiere on both Shudder U.S. and Shudder Canada, and was the most reviewed film on Shudder during an opening weekend and currently has an impressive 5 out of 5 skulls rating from Shudder members (skulls are the Shudder equivalent of stars). Shudder subscribers aren’t the only ones leaving rave reviews, critics love Revenge too. It has a 93% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an 81% “must-see” rating on Metacritic, and everyone from The New York Times to Vogue has been cheering. …an incredibly stylish exercise in horror filmmaking…” – The Atlantic “Blunt, bloody and stylish.” – The New York Times “The bloodiest – and most important – film released this year.” – Esquire While streaming services don’t release viewer numbers,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 19, 2018
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Shudder’s ‘Deadwax’ Series To Make World Premiere At Fantastic Fest

Streaming genre service Shudder has announced that Graham Reznick‘s killer series Deadwax will be making its World Premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Texas. Reznick who served as the sound designer on several films such as Stakeland and The Sacrament before becoming a filmmaker. “In the series, which will premiere in its entirety, “A young woman (Hannah Gross) is pulled into a murder investigation revolving around a curious vinyl record which has driven those who possess it mad, and killed anyone who dared to listen to it.“ The film takes cues from the urban legends about backmasking, that’s when a record is played in reverse and a message is revealed. Get your tickets now for the World Premiere of Deadwax at Fantastic Fest.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
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Stan Lee’s “Lucky Man” Coming To Shudder

Shudder, the leading subscription video on demand service for thriller, suspense, and horror has acquired all three seasons of the bold, action-packed crime thriller Stan Lee’s Lucky Man for US release, produced by Carnival Films. Based on the original idea from legendary comic book writer Stan Lee, Lucky Man is a story about luck, fate, gambling, superstition and the consequences of our actions. It follows DI Harry Clayton – a brilliant, yet troubled cop from London’s notorious Murder Squad who is also a compulsive gambler in danger of losing the thing he values most: his family. As he’s approaching rock bottom, he meets the beautiful and enigmatic Eve at a casino who gives him a mysterious bracelet that grants him with the power to control luck. But it comes at a price. I’ve always been captivated by the subject of luck, and I thought it would be fascinating to explore a character who is bestowed an immense amount of fortune,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 13, 2018
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Shudder Kicks Off Halloween With Movie Premieres And Much More

Halloween has officially begun on Shudder! To celebrate a new frightening flick will be premiering each week as well as special collections, digital exclusives, fan experiences, and much more. Just another reason why Shudder is the leading premium streaming service for thriller, suspense, and horror. We’re taking Halloween to an unprecedented level this year with a killer lineup of seven original and exclusive films that starts with the breakout movie REVENGE and culminates with the shocking slasher SUMMER OF 84,” said Shudder General Manager Craig Engler. “We’re also premiering the hit U.K. series True Horror, launching season 3 of Channel Zero and bringing back amazing classics like John Carpenter’s Halloween and a massive Hitchcock collection.” The season begins with Shudder‘s VENGEANCE IS HERS collection on September 10. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and the femme fatales of these films are no exception. Headlining the collection is REVENGE, a Shudder Original that delivers a razor-sharp feminist subversion of

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2018
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Hell House LLC: Abaddon Hotel Premiering Exclusively On Shudder

Terror Films and Shudder, the leading streaming service for horror, thriller, and suspense, have teamed up for the release of writer-director Stephen Cognetti‘s highly-anticipated Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel. Following the success of Hell House LLC, released in 2016, Cognetti is giving fans what they’ve been begging for, a sequel, Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel. The sequel picks up eight years since the opening night tragedy of Hell House LLC; s many unanswered questions remain. Thanks to an anonymous tip, an investigative journalist is convinced that key evidence is hidden inside the abandoned Abaddon Hotel. This evidence that will shed light on the hotel’s mysteries, many unsolved deaths, and disappearances. Journalist Jessica Fox (Jillian Geurts) assembles a team to break into the hotel in hopes of discovering the truth. But the source of the tip and the secrets of the Abaddon Hotel are more horrifying than any of them could have imagined. Geurts stars alongside Vasile

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 8, 2018
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Shudder Announces Two Joe Bob Briggs Specials And A New Series!

Every horror fan knows Joe Bob Briggs. After the unprecedented 24-hour event The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs “broke the Internet” in July, Shudder will be bringing back the iconic horror host for Thanksgiving and Christmas specials, titled “The Dinners of Death” and “A Very Joe Bob Christmas!” Shudder, AMC’s premium streaming service for thrillers, suspense, and horror, also announced…hold on to your hats…plans to launch a regular series featuring Joe Bob in 2019! The response to our first marathon was overwhelming, and we can’t think of a better gift for our members than to bring Joe Bob back for the holidays,” said Shudder GM Craig Engler. “We’ve been hard at work with Joe Bob and his team to make these new marathons unforgettable events, and we have even bigger plans for 2019.” Joe Bob Briggs adds, “In November we’re turning Black Friday into Red Thursday with the best deadly-dinner movies in history, and in December we have a

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 5, 2018
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Shudder Announces 18 New Films And Channel Zero To Be Added This September

CHECK OUT WHAT’S NEW ON SHUDDER IN SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING 18 FILMS AND THE 2nd INSTALLMENT OF CHANNEL ZERO! September 1 Bait 3D (2012, Kimble Rendall) A freak tsunami traps a group of people in a submerged grocery store. As they try to escape, they are hunted by white sharks that are hungry for meat. The Eye 2 (2004, Danny Pang Phat, Oxide Pang Chun) A pregnant woman discovers the ability to see ghosts after she unsuccessfully attempts suicide. September 3 Gattaca (1997, Andrew Niccol) A genetically inferior man (Ethan Hawke) assumes the identity of a superior one (Jude Law) in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. Nurse 3D (2014, Doug Aarniokoski) A young nurse (Katrina Bowden) begins to suspect that a sexy colleague (Paz de la Huerta) is responsible for murdering a string of unfaithful men. Dan Curtis’ Dracula (1973, Dan Curtis) In this British television movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, Dracula is searching

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 4, 2018
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New Creepshow Series Coming To Shudder

Shudder is teaming up with “The Walking Dead’s” Greg Nicotero to breathe new life into the classic Creepshow, not as a movie, but as a new anthology series. The special effects makeup master will not only executive produce the series but also supervise the series’ effects that will be handled by his company KBN EFX. He will direct the premiere episode, according to EW. Creepshow is a project very close to my heart!” Nicotero said. “It is one of those titles that embraces the true spirit of horror… thrills and chills celebrated in one of its truest art forms, the comic book come to life! I’m honored to continue the tradition in the ‘spirit’ which it was created.” Set to premiere on Shudder in 2019, each episode of the series will be directed by a different filmmaker. The original 1982 film, directed by George A. Romero, featured tales by horror master of horror Stephen King who also appeared in the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 18, 2018
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Shudder Wants To Show You ‘The Witch In The Window’

Shudder has picked up the international streaming rights for writer-director Andy Mitton’s The Witch in the Window. And a new image has been had been unveiled. The Witch in the Window stars Alex Draper (Yellowbrickroad), Arija Bareikis (The Purge) and Charlie Tacker. Mitton will produce alongside Richard W. King. In the film, “A house-flipper named Simon and his twelve-year-old son, Finn, decide to bring an old New England farmhouse back to life. But a previous owner who died there, a witch of a woman named Lydia, doesn’t seem to have really left.” The Witch in the Window is set to screen at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2018

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Sundance Now And Shudder Team Up For “A Discovery Of Witches” Series Adaptation

Sundance Now and Shudder have teamed up for the first time and acquired the rights to author Deborah Harkness‘ best-selling novel “A Discovery of Witches” for a series adaptation. The series has an amazing cast that includes Emmy® nominated actor Matthew Goode (The Crown, Downtown Abbey), Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge), Alex Kingston (Er, Doctor Who), Valarie Pettiford (Being Mary Jane), and Owen Teale (Game of Thrones). The eight-episode series will be produced by Bad Wolf, the team behind “The Night Of”, “Doctor Who”, “Torchwood”, “Da Vinci’s Demons”, and the upcoming adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials”. Filmed in the UK’s Wolf Studios Wales and on location in Oxford, “A Discovery of Witches” is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires, and demons live an work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight. Teresa Plamers plays the brilliant historian Diana Bishop, a reluctant witch denying

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 22, 2018
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‘Revenge’ Smashes Records On Shudder

Since its debut on the service last Thursday, the hypnotic and stylish thriller, Revenge, from first-time director Coralie Fargeat has become the most-watched film premiere in Shudder’s history by a wide margin. Revenge took the number spot following film’s premiere on both Shudder U.S. and Shudder Canada, and was the most reviewed film on Shudder during an opening weekend and currently has an impressive 5 out of 5 skulls rating from Shudder members (skulls are the Shudder equivalent of stars). Shudder subscribers aren’t the only ones leaving rave reviews, critics love Revenge too. It has a 93% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an 81% “must-see” rating on Metacritic, and everyone from The New York Times to Vogue has been cheering. …an incredibly stylish exercise in horror filmmaking…” – The Atlantic “Blunt, bloody and stylish.” – The New York Times “The bloodiest – and most important – film released this year.” – Esquire While streaming services don’t release viewer numbers,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 19, 2018
Horror Fuel

Shudder’s ‘Deadwax’ Series To Make World Premiere At Fantastic Fest

Streaming genre service Shudder has announced that Graham Reznick‘s killer series Deadwax will be making its World Premiere at the Fantastic Fest in Texas. Reznick who served as the sound designer on several films such as Stakeland and The Sacrament before becoming a filmmaker. “In the series, which will premiere in its entirety, “A young woman (Hannah Gross) is pulled into a murder investigation revolving around a curious vinyl record which has driven those who possess it mad, and killed anyone who dared to listen to it.“ The film takes cues from the urban legends about backmasking, that’s when a record is played in reverse and a message is revealed. Get your tickets now for the World Premiere of Deadwax at Fantastic Fest.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 14, 2018
Horror Fuel

Stan Lee’s “Lucky Man” Coming To Shudder

Shudder, the leading subscription video on demand service for thriller, suspense, and horror has acquired all three seasons of the bold, action-packed crime thriller Stan Lee’s Lucky Man for US release, produced by Carnival Films. Based on the original idea from legendary comic book writer Stan Lee, Lucky Man is a story about luck, fate, gambling, superstition and the consequences of our actions. It follows DI Harry Clayton – a brilliant, yet troubled cop from London’s notorious Murder Squad who is also a compulsive gambler in danger of losing the thing he values most: his family. As he’s approaching rock bottom, he meets the beautiful and enigmatic Eve at a casino who gives him a mysterious bracelet that grants him with the power to control luck. But it comes at a price. I’ve always been captivated by the subject of luck, and I thought it would be fascinating to explore a character who is bestowed an immense amount of fortune,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 13, 2018
Horror Fuel

Shudder Kicks Off Halloween With Movie Premieres And Much More

Halloween has officially begun on Shudder! To celebrate a new frightening flick will be premiering each week as well as special collections, digital exclusives, fan experiences, and much more. Just another reason why Shudder is the leading premium streaming service for thriller, suspense, and horror. We’re taking Halloween to an unprecedented level this year with a killer lineup of seven original and exclusive films that starts with the breakout movie REVENGE and culminates with the shocking slasher SUMMER OF 84,” said Shudder General Manager Craig Engler. “We’re also premiering the hit U.K. series True Horror, launching season 3 of Channel Zero and bringing back amazing classics like John Carpenter’s Halloween and a massive Hitchcock collection.” The season begins with Shudder‘s VENGEANCE IS HERS collection on September 10. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and the femme fatales of these films are no exception. Headlining the collection is REVENGE, a Shudder Original that delivers a razor-sharp feminist subversion of

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 11, 2018
Horror Fuel

Hell House LLC: Abaddon Hotel Premiering Exclusively On Shudder

Terror Films and Shudder, the leading streaming service for horror, thriller, and suspense, have teamed up for the release of writer-director Stephen Cognetti‘s highly-anticipated Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel. Following the success of Hell House LLC, released in 2016, Cognetti is giving fans what they’ve been begging for, a sequel, Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel. The sequel picks up eight years since the opening night tragedy of Hell House LLC; s many unanswered questions remain. Thanks to an anonymous tip, an investigative journalist is convinced that key evidence is hidden inside the abandoned Abaddon Hotel. This evidence that will shed light on the hotel’s mysteries, many unsolved deaths, and disappearances. Journalist Jessica Fox (Jillian Geurts) assembles a team to break into the hotel in hopes of discovering the truth. But the source of the tip and the secrets of the Abaddon Hotel are more horrifying than any of them could have imagined. Geurts stars alongside Vasile

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 8, 2018
Horror Fuel

Shudder Announces Two Joe Bob Briggs Specials And A New Series!

Every horror fan knows Joe Bob Briggs. After the unprecedented 24-hour event The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs “broke the Internet” in July, Shudder will be bringing back the iconic horror host for Thanksgiving and Christmas specials, titled “The Dinners of Death” and “A Very Joe Bob Christmas!” Shudder, AMC’s premium streaming service for thrillers, suspense, and horror, also announced…hold on to your hats…plans to launch a regular series featuring Joe Bob in 2019! The response to our first marathon was overwhelming, and we can’t think of a better gift for our members than to bring Joe Bob back for the holidays,” said Shudder GM Craig Engler. “We’ve been hard at work with Joe Bob and his team to make these new marathons unforgettable events, and we have even bigger plans for 2019.” Joe Bob Briggs adds, “In November we’re turning Black Friday into Red Thursday with the best deadly-dinner movies in history, and in December we have a

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 5, 2018
Horror Fuel

Shudder Announces 18 New Films And Channel Zero To Be Added This September

CHECK OUT WHAT’S NEW ON SHUDDER IN SEPTEMBER, INCLUDING 18 FILMS AND THE 2nd INSTALLMENT OF CHANNEL ZERO! September 1 Bait 3D (2012, Kimble Rendall) A freak tsunami traps a group of people in a submerged grocery store. As they try to escape, they are hunted by white sharks that are hungry for meat. The Eye 2 (2004, Danny Pang Phat, Oxide Pang Chun) A pregnant woman discovers the ability to see ghosts after she unsuccessfully attempts suicide. September 3 Gattaca (1997, Andrew Niccol) A genetically inferior man (Ethan Hawke) assumes the identity of a superior one (Jude Law) in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. Nurse 3D (2014, Doug Aarniokoski) A young nurse (Katrina Bowden) begins to suspect that a sexy colleague (Paz de la Huerta) is responsible for murdering a string of unfaithful men. Dan Curtis’ Dracula (1973, Dan Curtis) In this British television movie adaptation of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula, Dracula is searching

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 4, 2018
Horror Fuel

New Creepshow Series Coming To Shudder

Shudder is teaming up with “The Walking Dead’s” Greg Nicotero to breathe new life into the classic Creepshow, not as a movie, but as a new anthology series. The special effects makeup master will not only executive produce the series but also supervise the series’ effects that will be handled by his company KBN EFX. He will direct the premiere episode, according to EW. Creepshow is a project very close to my heart!” Nicotero said. “It is one of those titles that embraces the true spirit of horror… thrills and chills celebrated in one of its truest art forms, the comic book come to life! I’m honored to continue the tradition in the ‘spirit’ which it was created.” Set to premiere on Shudder in 2019, each episode of the series will be directed by a different filmmaker. The original 1982 film, directed by George A. Romero, featured tales by horror master of horror Stephen King who also appeared in the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 18, 2018
Horror Fuel

Shudder Wants To Show You ‘The Witch In The Window’

Shudder has picked up the international streaming rights for writer-director Andy Mitton’s The Witch in the Window. And a new image has been had been unveiled. The Witch in the Window stars Alex Draper (Yellowbrickroad), Arija Bareikis (The Purge) and Charlie Tacker. Mitton will produce alongside Richard W. King. In the film, “A house-flipper named Simon and his twelve-year-old son, Finn, decide to bring an old New England farmhouse back to life. But a previous owner who died there, a witch of a woman named Lydia, doesn’t seem to have really left.” The Witch in the Window is set to screen at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
May 19, 2018
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