Shudder is bringing out the big guns for May 2026, including the streaming debut of Tales From The Crypt. They already teased when and how that’s coming to the service a few weeks ago, but they’re also adding plenty of new orignal movies and series to the platform as well. Without further ado, let’s jump in.
Heresy
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Didier Konings
Streaming On Shudder May 1
Synopsis
A folk horror centered in a medieval Dutch village, follows a young woman who is caught between her faith, fanatic townsfolk and the dark forces lurking in the woods. Starring Anneke Sluiters, Len Leo Vincent and Reinout Bussemaker.
Whistle
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Corin Hardy
Streaming On Shudder May 8
Synopsis
A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down. As the body count rises, the friends investigate the origins of the deadly artifact in a desperate effort to stop the horrifying chain of events that they have set in motion. Starring Dafne Keen (Logan), Sophie Nélisse (Yellowjackets), Sky Yang (Rebel Moon), Percy Hynes White (My Old Ass) and Nick Frost (How to Train Your Dragon).
Something Is About To Happen
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Antonio Méndez Esparza
Streaming On Shudder May 15
Synopsis
A woman’s life takes a definitive turn the day that she loses her job as a computer programmer.
This Is Not A Test
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Adam MacDonald
Streaming On Shudder May 22
Synopsis
Sloane (Olivia Holt, Heart Eyes) and a small group of her classmates take cover in their high school to escape their suddenly apocalyptic hometown. As danger relentlessly pounds on the doors, Sloane begins to see the world through the eyes of people who actually want to live and takes matters into her own hands. Adapted from the popular YA novel of the same name by New York Times best-selling author Courtney Summers. Also starring Froy Gutierrez (The Strangers), Luke MacFarlane(Bros), Corteon Moore (Overcompensating), Chloe Avakian (John Wayne Gacy), and Carson MacCormac (Clown in a Cornfield).
Smothered
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Rafki Hidayat and Kevin Rahardjo
Streaming On Shudder May 29
Synopsis
Alif is a micro-painting artist who has an accident and loses part of his memory. After returning home, an old woman appears claiming to be his mother, but Alif doesn’t recognize her and is suspicious of her intentions. Starring Rio Dewanto, Faradina Mufti and Vonny Anggraini.
The Terror: Devil In Silver
AMC Studios Original Series
New Series Premieres Thursday, May 7;
New Episodes Premiere Weekly Until the Season Finale on June 11
Synopsis
The newest installment in the acclaimed horror anthology, executive produced by Ridley Scott, stars Dan Stevens (Abigail, Downton Abbey) as Pepper – a working-class moving man who, through a combination of bad luck and a bad temper, finds himself wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital – an institution filled with those society would rather forget. There, he must contend with patients working against him, doctors harboring grim secrets, and perhaps even the Devil himself. As Pepper navigates a hellscape where nothing is as it seems, he finds that the only path to freedom is to face the entity which thrives on the suffering within New Hyde’s walls – but doing so may prove that the worst demons of all live inside him.
Also starring Judith Light (Before, Out of My Mind), CCH Pounder (Rustin, NCIS: New Orleans), Aasif Mandvi (Evil, This Way Up), John Benjamin Hickey (The Big C, Lilly), Stephen Root (Barry, Heads of State), Michael Aronov (The Americans, Operation Finale) and Marin Ireland (Sneaky Pete, Glass Chin), Chinaza Uche (Silo, A Good Person), Hampton Fluker (Shades of Blue, Instant Family), b (WeCrashed, You), Hayward Leach (Tom Swift, Love Life), and Philip Ettinger (First Reformed, I Know This Much Is True).
Tales From The Crypt
Shudder Exclusive Series
Season 1 Binge Premieres Friday, May 1;
Subsequent Season Binges Premiere Fridays Until the Final Season 7 Premieres June 12
Synopsis
Tales from the Crypt, the popular 90s horror anthology series inspired by the 1950s EC Comics is back exclusively streaming on Shudder! Each episode is a self-contained story often featuring well-known talent and directors – and hosted by the Crypt Keeper (John Kassir), a wisecracking corpse known for his macabre puns. With its signature unrestricted gore, profanity, and dark irony, the show’s episode styles range from comedy to drama and deliver twisted moral lessons where “bad people” meet poetically horrific ends – and issues like greed, lust, and moral decay lead to tragic consequences.
The series features a long list of A-list guest stars including Brad Pitt, Demi Moore, John Lithgow, Christopher Reeve, Catherine O’Hara, Steve Buscemi, Brooke Shields and many more. Several episodes have been directed by well-known talent including Robert Zemeckis, Tobe Hooper and William Friedkin, as well as acclaimed actors such as Tom Hanks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Michael J. Fox.
Shudder TV Highlights And Events
Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET – featuring new premieres and curated double featuresincluding:
- May 1: “Dutch Folk Horror” Watch Party – Heresy and Moloch
- May 8: “Mom Macabre” Watch Party – Gazer and Lilly Lives Alone
- May 15: “Maniacs in Masks” Watch Party – Dolly and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- May 22: “It’s the End of the World As We Know It” Watch Party – The Crazies and Arcadian
- May 29: “Spotlight on Indonesian Horror” Watch Party – Smothered Assistant and Satan’s Slaves
Shudder Resurrected
May 1
Gazer
Frankie, a young mother with dyschronometria, struggles to perceive time. Using cassette tapes for guidance, she takes a risky job from a mysterious woman to support her family, unaware of the dark consequences that await.
Vice Squad
A single mother prostitute, who goes by the name Princess, finds herself forced to work undercover for the police in order to apprehend a homicidal, misogynistic pimp named Ramrod, who will do anything not to get arrested.
Baby Blood
When a strange creature crawls into a woman’s uterus she becomes a killer in order to feed the tiny terror growing within her.
Re-Wind
A gruesome snuff video is found in a sex booth. It shows a young woman who is tortured killed and dismembered by an unknown sadist. The deadly blade is hidden inside the camera itself.
Murderrock
The owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams up with a male model to solve a series of bizarre murder of a few of the students.
Teeth
Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.
Martyrs
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Livid
The suggestion of a big treasure hidden somewhere inside Mrs. Jessel’s once renowned classical dance academy will become an irresistible lire to a fiendish trap for Lucie and her friends.
Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has a face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don’t recognize.
Innocence
A young woman discovers that her elite Manhattan preparatory school harbors a dark secret.
The Ice Tower
Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina, an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing.
The Bride From Hades
On the night of the summer Obon festival, Hagiwara Shinzaburo meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu. Not knowing she’s a ghost, he becomes infatuated by her.
The Ghost of Yotsuya
The ghost of a samurai’s wife takes revenge on her husband.
The Snow Woman
The lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snowstorm.
May 4
Solvent
While hunting Nazi papers in Austria, researchers find a dark secret beneath a farmhouse. As expat Gunner Holbrook pursues the mystery, his grip on reality slips. He battles an evil force racing to save himself.
Horror Noire: History of Black Horror
Documentary, based on the acclaimed book of the same name by Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman, takes a critical look at a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and embraced both Black filmmakers and Black audiences.
May 11
47 Meters Down
Two sisters vacationing in Mexico are trapped in a shark cage at the bottom of the ocean. With less than an hour of oxygen left and great white sharks circling nearby, they must fight to survive.
47 Meters Down: Uncaged
Two sisters diving in a ruined underwater city quickly learn they’ve entered the territory of the deadliest shark species in the claustrophobic labyrinth of submerged caves.
Aberrance
An estranged couple takes a retreat in the woods. Foreboding neighbors, frivolous friends, and dark unseen forces lead to a shocking conclusion.
In Search of Darkness 1990-1994
Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct and re-contextualize the “lost” decade of horror: the ‘90s. Fans will hear first-hand stories from a long list of genre favorites including Heather Langenkamp (Wes Craven’s New Nightmare), John Carpenter (In The Mouth of Madness), Frank Henenlotter(Frankenhooker), Tim Balme (Dead Alive), Michael Gross (Tremors), and many more.
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