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June 2025 Shudder Horror Highlights: Psychotropic Screams, Space Madness & Satanic Bloodbaths Await
- The Curator
- 5 days ago
- 4 min read
Just when you thought your nightmares were under control, Shudder kicks in the door with a fresh dose of dread. Whether you're in the mood for reanimated lovers, haunted hotels, or psychedelic body horror on alien terrain - June's bringing the kind of horror that clings to your cerebral cortex like black mold on a basement wall.
HORROR FILMS
BEST WISHES TO ALL
Shudder Original
Dir. Yûta Shimotsu - Streaming June 13 (US, CA, UKI)
A young woman pops in to visit grandma and grandpa… only to discover their secret to happiness might be ripped straight from a Junji Ito fever dream. Familial trauma, fractured identity, and unhinged revelations come together in this Japanese psychological labyrinth that’ll leave you questioning everything — including your grip on reality.
ASH
Shudder Exclusive
Dir. Flying Lotus - Streaming June 20 (US, CA)
Eiza González wakes up stranded on a planet called Ash (yep, the name’s a red flag), surrounded by her crewmates' corpses. Enter Aaron Paul, all cryptic and possibly sinister. What follows is a psychedelic, flesh-crawling descent into paranoia and interstellar terror — from the mind that brought you Kuso. Yeah, that Flying Lotus. Strap in.
DEAD SILENCE
Dir. James Wan - Streaming June 1 (US)
Before The Conjuring made you afraid of dolls, Dead Silence made sure you’d never trust a ventriloquist again. Jamie Ashen's wife is dead, the puppet is cursed, and Mary Shaw’s ghost is out for blood. It’s campy, creepy, and classic Wan.
INSIDIOUS
Dir. James Wan - Streaming June 1 (US)
The horror hit that made astral projection a goddamn liability. When their kid slips into a coma and gets yoinked into a dimension called The Further, this family faces off against spectral creeps and a Tiny Tim-fueled demon that looks like Darth Maul’s crustpunk cousin. Essential horror viewing.
HORROR TV SERIES
HELL MOTEL
Shudder Original
Two-Episode Premiere June 17 | Weekly episodes (US, UKI, ANZ)
From the blood-soaked minds behind Slasher comes a fresh anthology of carnage and conspiracies. Emmy-winner Eric McCormack (yep, Will & Grace) headlines a series where true crime junkies get invited to a motel infamous for satanic slaughter… and, surprise surprise, the body count kicks up faster than you can say “unsolved murder.” It’s And Then There Were None if it was written by Lucio Fulci on a bender.
THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS
Shudder Original
LIVE June 6 (Shudder TV) | On-Demand June 8 (US, CA)
The grindhouse guru returns with double-features, deep dives, and drive-in carnage every first Friday. Join Joe Bob and Darcy the Mail Girl for another round of horror-soaked hilarity that proves the drive-in ain't dead — it’s just undead.
THE STRAIN (S1–4)
Streaming June 22 (US, CA)
Guillermo del Toro’s plague-ridden vampire opus makes its Shudder debut. Part viral apocalypse, part ancient bloodsucker lore, The Strain fuses government collapse with old-school vampirism — and it’s got Kevin Durand smashing undead skulls with a silver-plated nail gun. Peak creature-feature TV.
SHUDDER TV HIGHLIGHTS
Watch Parties | Fridays @ 9pm ET
June 6 – The Last Drive-In Season 7 Watch Party – Double-feature TBA
June 13 – Family Secrets Watch Party – Best Wishes to All + Impetigore
June 20 – Modern Master: Flying Lotus Watch Party – Ash + Kuso
June 27 – Coming of Rage Watch Party – The Boy Behind the Door + Hellbender
June 30 – The Movies That Made Shudder Watch Party – a cult-classic cap-off from the Shudder 10 Collection
SHUDDER RESURRECTED
Vault Dwellers Rejoice: These Repertory Titles Drop June 1 unless noted
Homebound – New fiancée. Creepy kids. Isolated country house. You know the drill.
The Loved Ones – A prom rejection turns into one of the nastiest Aussie horror flicks ever.
Curse of the Devil – Witchcraft and werewolves? Sold.
Head Trauma – Homecoming gets surreal and sadistic in this underseen psychological gem.
Dark Windows – Summerhouse slaughter courtesy of a faceless killer.
The Ward – Ghosts, asylums, and a final twist you won’t see coming.
Ladyworld – Lord of the Flies gets a feminine, feverish makeover.
We Kill for Love – DTV erotic thrillers get the documentary deep-dive they deserve.
June 9 Additions:
Alien Outpost – Think District 9, but if it had more testosterone and camo.
Sputnik – Russian sci-fi body horror done brutally right.
Lips of Blood – Haunting Euro-gothic vampire visuals from Jean Rollin.
Fascination / Requiem for a Vampire / The Nude Vampire / The Living Dead Girl / Shiver of the Vampires / The Grapes of Death – A blood-soaked banquet of French vampire art-horror that could only exist in a world where cinema wore fishnets and smoked clove cigarettes.
June 16 Drop:
Rats! – A Texas graffiti artist gets tangled in a radioactive, noir-tinged fever dream involving plutonium, news scandals, and a body count with more twists than a Lynch flick.
Whether you're craving slow-burn surrealism or good ol’ splatterpunk vibes, June’s lineup is here to mess with your head and turn your guts to goo.