Shudder Releases March 2025: New Shudder Originals, The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Horror Movies and TV

THE RULE OF JENNY PEN

Shudder Original Film

Directed by James Ashcroft

Streaming On Shudder March 28 - Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UK&IRE

Synopsis: Arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen (Geoffrey Rush), who suffers a near-fatal stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed and confined to a retirement home. There, Mortensen clashes with a seemingly gentle resident named Dave Crealy (John Lithgow) who is actually secretly terrorizing the home with a sadistic game called “The Rule of Jenny Pen” while wielding his dementia doll as an instrument of cruelty. When Mortensen’s pleas to the staff go unanswered, he takes it upon himself to put an end to Crealy’s reign of terror.

BLOODY AXE WOUND

Shudder Exclusive Film

Directed by Matthew John Lawrence

Streaming On Shudder March 21 - Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UK&IRE

Synopsis: Abbie Bladecut is a teenager torn between the macabre traditions of her family’s bloody trade and the tender stirrings of her first crush. In the small town of Clover Falls, Abbie’s father, Roger Bladecut, has built an infamous legacy by capturing real-life killings on tape and selling them to eager customers. But as Abbie delves deeper into the grisly family business, she begins to wonder if it’s time to take the family tradition in a new direction. Starring Molly Brown (Dexter: Original Sin), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) and Sari Arambulo (A.P. Bio).

STARVE ACRE

Shudder Exclusive Film

Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo

Streaming On Shudder March 7 - Available in US

Synopsis: 1970s, rural England. Richard and Juliette’s seemingly idyllic family life is thrown into turmoil when their son starts acting out of character. At Starve Acre, their remote family home, archaeologist Richard buries himself in exploring a folkloric myth that the ancient oak tree on their land is imbued with phenomenal powers. While Juliette turns to the local community to find some kind of peace, Richard obsessively digs deeper. An unexpected discovery soon occupies the couple’s attention and dark and sinister forces, unwittingly allowed into the home, offer a disturbing possibility of reconnection between them. Starring Matt Smith (His House, House of the Dragon) and Morfydd Clark (Saint Maud).

EVIL DEAD (1981)

Directed by Sam Raimi (1981)

Streaming On Shudder March 15 - Available in US

EVIL DEAD (2013)

Directed by Fede Alvarez (2013)

Streaming On Shudder March 15 - Available in US

Synopsis: In the original cult classic and remake, five friends travel to a cabin in the woods where they unknowingly release demons.

TV SERIES

The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs

Shudder Original Series

Season 7 Premieres LIVE Friday, March 7 on Shudder TV Beginning at 9pm ET;

Debuts on-demand Sunday, March 9; Double Features Premiere the First Friday Every Month

Available in US and CA

Synopsis: Lock your doors and crank the volume for a brand-new season of The Last Drive-In. Join Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mailgirl 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.

SHUDDER TV HIGHLIGHTS

Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET – featuring new premieres and curated double features including:

Friday, March 7: The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 7 Premiere Watch Party – Films TBA

Friday, March 14: Irish Horror Watch Party – BOYS FROM COUNTY HELL and GRABBERS

Friday, March 21: Coming of Rage Watch Party – BLOODY AXE WOUND and BLOOD RELATIVES

Friday, March 28: Devastating Horror Watch Party– THE RULE OF JENNY PEN and KILL LIST

March 1

30 Days of Night

Synopsis: After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.

Christine

Synopsis: A nerdish boy buys a strange car with an evil mind of its own and his nature starts to change to reflect it.

Silent Hill

Synopsis: Rose Da Silva takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins a horrific journey to get her back.

Army of Darkness

Synopsis: When Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A. D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.

Flowing

Synopsis: On a rainy day in Rome, a mysterious vapor seeps from manholes, causing those who inhale it to confront their suppressed desires and rage. The Morel family is unaware of the impending revelation of their darkest impulses.

Mermaid Legend

Synopsis: A woman is avenging the death of her husband in this slightly supernatural drama.

Crazy Family

Synopsis: After moving into a new house, a family starts acting crazier and crazier.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Synopsis: Merricat Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation after experiencing a family tragedy six years earlier. When cousin Charles arrives to steal the family fortune, he also threatens a dark secret they’ve been hiding.

March 3

The Convent

Synopsis: A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits.

Tropic

Synopsis: France, two trained astronaut twins go through a lot when one of them is contaminated with a mysterious residue from space.

Wolfkin

Synopsis: Singe mother Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin’s aggressive behavior. She visits his late father’s estranged family in small-town Luxembourg, which hides a much darker nature.

March 8

Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922)

Synopsis: Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter’s wife.

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

Synopsis: Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Synopsis: A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with a lovely young opera singer.

March 10

Sweet Sweet Lonely Girl

Synopsis: Soon after moving in with her aging aunt Dora, Adele meets Beth, seductive and mysterious, who tests the limits of Adele’s moral ground and sends her spiraling down a psychologically unstable and phantasmagoric path.

Sator

Synopsis: Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.

Without Name

Synopsis: Follows a land surveyor on an assignment to measure an ancient forest for a developer but soon loses his reason in a supernatural environment that has its own plans.

March 15

976-EVIL

Synopsis: People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn’t know that he’d have to pay for it with his soul.

Brainscan

Synopsis: A teenager is part of an interactive video game where he kills innocent victims. Later, the murderers become real

Out of the Dark (1989)

Synopsis: Beautiful young women who work at the offices of a phone-sex company are being stalked by a psychopathic killer.

March 17

Tale of Tales

Synopsis: From the bitter quest of the Queen of Longtrellis, to the two mysterious sisters, who provoke the passion of a king, to the King of Highhills obsessed with a giant Flee, these tales are inspired by the fairytales by Giambattista Basile.

My Amityville Horror

Synopsis: For the first time in 25 years, Daniel Lutz recounts his version of the infamous Amityville haunting that terrified his family in 1975.

The Clovehitch Killer

Synopsis: A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.

March 24

The Snowtown Murders

Synopsis: Based on true events, 16-year-old Jamie falls in with his mother’s new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.

Room 237

Synopsis: An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick’s horror film, THE SHINING (1980).

ATM

Synopsis: On a late night visit to an ATM, three coworkers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.

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