What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in June 2020?
David Farnor | On 30, May 2020
If going outside wasn’t nerve-wracking enough, AMC’s subscription service dedicated to horror is here to keep you hiding behind you sofa, with a month that boasts a number of exclusives – including Warning: Do Not Play and anthology film Scare Package – plus some modern offerings from Damien Chazelle, David Twohy, Eli Roth and Justin P. Lange.
Here’s what’s coming soon to Shudder UK in June 2020:
Grand Piano – 1st June
Performing in front of an audience for the first time after freezing up on stage five years earlier, a piano prodigy must literally play as if his life depends on it when a mysterious man threatens to kill him and his wife, who is in the audience. Starring Elijah Wood, John Cusack. Written by Damien Chazelle.
A Perfect Getaway – 1st June
Two pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the island. Starring: Milla Jovovich, Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth. Directed by David Twohy.
Warning: Do Not Play – 11th June
Aspiring director Mi-jung struggles to come up with ideas for a new horror film until her friend Jun-seo tells her about a mysterious film rumored to be shot by a ghost. While researching it, she begins to write a new screenplay about her hunt for this “ghost film.” But as she gets closer to the truth, the line between her film and her life begins to blur. Starring Seo Yea-ji and Jin Sun-kyu, directed by Kim Jin-won. A Shudder original.
The Void – 15th June
A blood-soaked man limping down a deserted road is rushed by a deputy sheriff to a nearby hospital with a skeleton crew. Trapped inside by hooded figures, he discovers that the patients and staff are transforming into something inhuman. Starring: Ellen Wong, Aaron Poole, Kenneth Walsh.
Scare Package – 18th June
7 directors. 7 tales of terror. Zero working cell phones. In this gleefully ghoulish anthology, Chad, the owner of Rad Chad’s Horror Emporium, recounts a series of bone chilling, blood-splattered tales to illustrate the rules of the horror genre to his newest employee. Starring Noah Segan (Knives Out), Chase Williamson (Beyond the Gates), Jocelyn DeBoer (Greener Grass), Jeremy King (Camera Obscura), wrestling legend Dustin Rhodes, Toni Trucks (SEAL Team) and Hawn Tran (Watchmen). Directed by Hillary & Courtney Andujar, Anthony Cousins, Emily Hagins, Aaron B. Koontz, Chris McInroy, Noah Segan and Baron Vaughn. A Shudder original.
The Dark – 22nd June
On the outskirts of a small town lies Devil’s Den, a mysterious tract of woods where many have entered but no one has ever left. The local rumor is that the spirit of a young girl who was horrifically murdered there haunts and hunts in this dense forest, brutally slaying anyone who dares to step into her terrain. When a man with a dark past crosses her path, a series of events are set in motion that may lead to a peculiar kind of redemption for two tragically tortured souls. Starring: Nadia Alexander, Toby Nichols, Karl Markovics. Directed by Justin P. Lange.
Yummy – 25th June
A young couple travels to a shady Eastern European hospital for plastic surgery. The young woman wants a breast reduction. Her mother comes along for yet another face-lift. Wandering through an abandoned ward, the boyfriend stumbles upon a young woman, gagged and strapped to an operating table; she’s the result of experimental rejuvenation treatment. He frees her but doesn’t realize she’s patient zero and he just caused the outbreak of a virus that will change the doctors, patients, and his mother-in-law into bloodthirsty zombies. Starring Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans, Joshua Rubin. Directed by Lars Damoiseaux. A Shudder original.
The Green Inferno – 30th June
A group of college students take their humanitarian protest to the Amazon jungle, only to be taken prisoner by the indigenous tribe they came to save. Starring: Lorenza Izzo, Ariel Levy, Aaron Burns. Directed by Eli Roth.
Other titles coming soon to Shudder UK in June 2020:
5th June
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Brigges: Season 2, Episode 7
8th June
Kidnapped
Last Girl Standing
12th June
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Brigges: Season 2, Episode 8
15th June
The Bone Box
They Look Like People
19th June
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Brigges: Season 2, Episode 9 (Finale)
22nd June
Psychotic!
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