August 2026 Programming Highlights
Here’s what’s coming to Shudder next month!
Films
HELLCAT (Pictured)
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Brock Bodell
Streaming On Shudder August 14
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis: Lena wakes in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginable fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid? Starring Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters).
PENNY LANE IS DEAD
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Mia Kate Russell
Streaming On Shudder August 28
Available in US, CA, UKI
Synopsis: Set on a hot summer’s night in 1986 Australia, 17-year-old Penny Lane is celebrating getting into college with her longtime girlfriends. After Penny’s jealous and troubled cousin decides a cruel prank is in order, what begins as a thoughtless spiked cupcake game spirals into a night of bloodshed and revenge. Starring Bailey Spalding (Scrublands), Alexandra Jensen (Talk to Me) and Ben O’Toole (Hacksaw Ridge).
THE YETI
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Gene Gallerano and William Pisciotta
Streaming On Shudder August 7
Available in US, CA
Synopsis: When an oil tycoon (Corbin Bernson) and a famous adventurer (William Sadler) vanish into the harsh winter of remote northern Alaska, a hand-picked rescue team endeavors to bring them home. What they don’t know is that they are trespassing on The Yeti’s territory, and the elements are the least of their worries.
BUFFET INFINITY
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Simon Glassman
Streaming On Shudder August 21
Available in US, CA
Synopsis: Echoing the Canadian comedy classic SCTV, crosscutting between original, low-budget TV ads to tell the sinister tale of two restaurants battling it out in the fictional town of Westridge County.
SHUDDER TV HIGHLIGHTS
Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET – featuring new premieres and curated double features including:
o August 7: “Creature Features” Watch Party – The Yeti & Monster Island
o August 14: “Trapped” Watch Party – Hellcat & Hush
o August 21: “Modern Japanese Terrors” Watch Party – New Group and Exit 8
o August 28: “Summer Heat” Watch Party – Penny Lane Dead and Find Your Friends
SHUDDER RESURRECTED
Repertory Titles New to Shudder
August 1
What Happened to Dorothy Bell?
George A. Romero’s Resident Evil
Salt Along the Tongue
The Living and the Dead
The Book of Sijjin and Illiyyin
Baxter (1989)
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Bruiser (2000)
They Came Back (2004)
Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales From the Crypt: Bordello of Blood
The Frighteners
August 3
Devils Stay
The Priest
Dark Nuns
13 Exorcisms
Exorcismo
The Devil’s Exorcist
August 10
The Bell from Hell
The People Who Own the Dark
Morbus
Rostros
The House in the Outskirts
Creation of the Damned
Supernatural (1981)
Poppers
August 17
Threads
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Source: AMC Global Media
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