What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in July 2021?
David Farnor | On 28, Jun 2021
Summer’s upon us, but why venture outside when there’s frightfully good entertainment on offer from Shudder, AMC’s subscription service dedicated to horror, thrillers and the supernatural?
Here’s what’s coming soon to Shudder UK in July 2021:
Lake Mungo – 1st July
Strange things start happening after a girl is found drowned in a lake.
Dawn of the Dead (1978) – 1st July
Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) – 6th July
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives alone in a high-class Quebec small town, but unknown to the neighbors, she is leading a secret and dangerous life.
Terror Train (1980) – 6th July
Three years after a prank went terribly awry, the six college students responsible are targeted by a masked killer at a New Year’s Eve party aboard a moving train.
Death Ship (1980) – 6th July
A mysterious ghostly freighter rams and sinks a modern-day cruise ship whose survivors climb aboard the freighter and discover that it is a World War II Nazi torture vessel.
Basket Case (1982) – 7th July
A young man carrying a big basket that contains his extremely deformed Siamese-twin brother seeks vengeance on the doctors who separated them against their will.
Basket Case 2 (1990) – 7th July
Duane and his basket-bound mutant brother are taken in by a secret home for wayward freaks with journalists hot on their tail.
Basket Case 3 (1991) – 7th July
Duane recovers from his delusional breakdown to find his freakish basket-bound brother Belial will soon become a father. But not everything is joyous as the once tight knit brothers no longer seem to trust each other.
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) – 7th July
Two siblings and three of their friends en route to visit their grandfather’s grave in Texas fall victim to a family of cannibalistic psychopaths.
Son – 8th July
After a mysterious group breaks into Laura’s home and attempts to abduct her eight-year-old son, David, the two of them flee town in search of safety. But soon after the failed kidnapping, David becomes extremely ill, suffering from increasing psychosis and convulsions. Following her maternal instincts, Laura commits unspeakable acts to keep him alive, but soon she must decide how far she is willing to go to save her son. Written and directed by Ivan Kavanagh (The Canal, Never Grow Old), Son stars Andi Matichak (Halloween franchise, Assimilate), Emile Hirsch (The Autopsy of Jane Doe), and Luke David Blumm (The King of Staten Island).
Messiah of Evil (1973) – 12th July
A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Her journey takes her to a strange Californian seaside town governed by a mysterious undead cult.
Carnival of Souls (1962) – 12th July
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.
Straight Edge Kegger (2019) – 12th July
A young punk and a houseful of drunks square off against the gang of militant straight edgers that he’s abandoned.
Dead & Buried (1981) – 12th July
A suspense horror film set in a small coastal town where, after a series of gory murders committed by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses begin to come back to life.
Black Water (2007) – 12th July
A terrifying tale of survival in the mangrove swamps of Northern Australia.
White Girl (2020) – 13th July
Beth, a fifteen-year-old white girl, is seemingly lost. Over the course of an evening on the streets of East London, her interactions with the city’s dwellers take darker turns, but who is the real monster?
Separation (2021) – 13th July
A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.
The Toll – 15th July
When a young woman and her rideshare driver break down on a dark forest road, each sees the other as a threat. A strange phenomena begin occurring around them, they gradually realize they’ve become trapped in the world of a terrifying supernatural being: The Toll Man. Directed by Michael Nader. Starring Jordan Hayes, Max Topplin, James McGowan and Rosemary Dunsmore
She’s Allergic to Cats (2016) – 19th July
A lonely dog groomer searches for love but his true passion is making weird video art that nobody understands.
They’re Inside (2019) – 19th July
When two sisters go to an isolated cabin in the woods to film a passion project, family secrets start to get in the way, as do masked strangers filming a passion project of their own.
Sadistic Intentions (2018) – 19th July
A psychotic musician lures a fellow bandmate and an unsuspecting woman to a remote mansion for a night of romantic deceit and grinding metal mayhem.
Mass Hysteria (2019) – 20th July
A group of Salem witch trial reenactors find themselves at the center of a modern-day witch hunt.
Rot (2019) – 20th July
A grad student breaks up with her boyfriend to focus on her thesis, not realizing something has infected him and that he is going to wreak havoc on her life.
Kandisha – 22nd July
It is summer break and best friends Amélie, Bintou and Morjana hang together with other neighborhood teens. Nightly, they have fun sharing scary stories and urban legends. But when Amélie is assaulted by her ex, she remembers the story of Kandisha, a powerful and vengeful demon. Afraid and upset, Amélie summons her. The next day, her ex is found dead. The legend is true and now Kandisha is on a killing spree— and it’s up to the three girls to break the curse. Directed by Inside and Livid duo Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo. Starring Mathilde Lamusse, Samarcande Saadi and Suzy Bemba.
Etheria: The Series (2020) – 26th July
From post-apocalyptic westerns to demented comedies to terrifying horror and gore, ETHERIA serves up the perfect blend of mind-bending and panic-inducing excitement from the best emerging women genre directors in the world. Each episode showcases a vision of the fantastic in this new anthology series created to introduce amazing directors to devoted genre fans.
They Remain (2018) – 26th July
Two scientists who share a romantic history are tasked with investigating unnatural animal behavior on the site of a Manson Family-style cult’s compound.
Faults (2014) – 26th July
A cult deprogrammer must help a couple whose daughter has recently joined a cult.
Follow (2015) – 26th July
A man who receives an early Christmas present from his girlfriend blacks out only to wake up in a terrifying nightmare.
The Boy Behind the Door – 29th July
In The Boy Behind the Door, a night of unimaginable terror awaits twelve-year-old Bobby and his best friend, Kevin, when they are abducted on their way home from school. Managing to escape his confines, Bobby navigates the dark halls, praying his presence goes unnoticed as he avoids his captor at every turn. Even worse is the arrival of another stranger, whose mysterious arrangement with the kidnapper may spell certain doom for Kevin. With no means of calling for help and miles of dark country in every direction, Bobby embarks on a rescue mission, determined to get himself and Kevin out alive… or die trying. Written and directed by David Charbonier and Justin Powell (The Djinn). Starring Lonnie Chavis (This Is Us), Ezra Dewey (The Djinn), Kristin Bauer van Straten (True Blood), Scott Michael Foster (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and Micah Hauptman (Homeland).
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