January 2026 Programming Highlights
Here’s what’s coming to Shudder next month!
FILMS
MOTHER OF FLIES (Pictured)
Shudder Original Film
Directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams and Toby Poser
Streaming On Shudder January 23
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis: Mickey faces a deadly diagnosis, but she isn’t ready to die yet. Heading into the woods with her father, she seeks dark magic at the hands of mysterious recluse, Solveig, who has an intimate relationship with death and roots that go deep in the land. For three days, Mickey endures Solveig’s extreme rituals of death magic. But every cure has its cost, and every curse is another’s gift. As buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the veil between the living and the dead begins to unravel, and Mickey finds herself facing dark truths that only the dead and the dying can know.
CHAIN REACTIONS
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Alexandre O. Philippe
Streaming On Shudder January 9
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ
Synopsis: Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama – through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma. By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), the documentary goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.
**The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) also available beginning January 9. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (1986) is available to stream on Shudder beginning January 1.
BEAST OF WAR
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Kiah Roache-Turner
Streaming On Shudder January 16
Available in US, CA
Synopsis: When their boat is sunk while crossing the Timor Sea during World War II, a young troop of Australian soldiers must find a way to survive the harsh seas on a quickly shrinking life raft. Hundreds of miles from anywhere, they must confront interpersonal conflicts, enemy attacks, and the advances of one very large, very hungry great white shark.
MARSHMALLOW
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio
Streaming On Shudder January 1
Available in US, CA
Synopsis: At a secluded summer camp, Morgan, a shy and introverted 12-year-old, is thrust into a living nightmare when a legendary campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure begins stalking the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a perilous journey that will force them to confront their deepest fears and question the very nature of their existence
A DESERT
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Charlies E. Sellier Jr.
Streaming On Shudder January 1
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis: A photographer’s road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.
TV SERIES & SPECIALS
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs
Shudder Original Series
New Episode Premieres LIVE Friday, January 9 on Shudder TV Beginning at 9pm ET;
Debuts on-demand Sunday, January 11
Available in US and CA
Synopsis: Lock your doors and crank the volume for a new episode of The Last Drive-In. Join Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl the first Friday of every month for all-new, bone-tingling double-features sure to delight horror buffs and video hounds alike, proving once again that the drive-in will never die.
Wolf
TV Series Premieres Wednesday, December 30; Episodes Premiere Weekly until the Season Finale on February 3
Available in US and CA
Synopsis: Based on Mo Hayder’s acclaimed Jack Caffrey novels, the series follows DI Jack Caffery (Ukweli Roach, The Midwich Cuckoos), a young detective plagued by nightmares and obsessed with the neighbor he believes murdered his 10-year-old brother in the ’90s. Jack finds himself trying to right the wrongs of others – but at what cost? Meanwhile, in an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves the victims of a psychopath’s cruel games, trapped and terrorized. When the two narratives collide, it’s a thrilling, nail-biting, and deeply disturbing race against time. Also starring Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones) and Sian Reese Williams (Line of Duty).
SHUDDER TV HIGHLIGHTS
Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET – featuring new premieres and curated double features
including:
o January 2: “Macabre Magic” Watch Party – The Jester 2 and Magic
o January 9: “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” Watch Party – Titles TBA
o January 16: “Soldiers, Sailors, & Scares” Watch Party – Beast of War and Dog Soldiers
o January 23: “The Adams Family” Watch Party – Mother of Flies and Hellbender
o January 30: “Director Bob Clark” Watch Party – Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things and Deathdream
SHUDDER RESURRECTED
Repertory Titles New to Shudder
January 1
Shark Night
Carrie (1976)
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
From Beyond
The Other
Bone Tomahawk
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2
January 9
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Don’t Torture a Duckling
Don’t Go Into the Woods
January 10
In the Mouth of Madness
January 12
Founders Day
The Severed Sun
About Shudder
AMC Networks’ Shudder, a premium streaming video service, super-serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers and the supernatural. This year marks the streamer’ s 10-year anniversary, marking a decade of the best in horror. “Shudder10” will feature the service’s most terrifyingly ambitious slate to date, along with special fan events, a
nationwide screening series, customed merchandise and more. The milestone celebration follows a successful 2024 for Shudder as the streamer claimed six of the year’s top 10 titles on Rotten Tomatoes 2024 Horror list with LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL landing in the #1 spot. Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and Original Content is available on most streaming devices
in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Over the last few years, Shudder has introduced audiences to groundbreaking and critically acclaimed films including Rob Savage’s HOST, Jayro Bustamante’s LA LLORONA, Phil Tippett’s MAD GOD, Coralie Fargeat’s REVENGE, Joko Anwar’s SATAN’S SLAVES, Josh Ruben’s SCARE ME, Kyle Edward Ball’s
SKINAMARINK, Christian Tafdrup’s SPEAK NO EVIL, Chloe Okuno’s WATCHER, Demián Rugna‘s WHEN EVIL LURKS, and the latest in the V/H/S film anthology franchise, as well as the fan favorite TV series THE BOULET BROTHERS’ DRAGULA, THE CREEP TAPES from Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, and THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS.
Source: AMC Networks
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