The witching season is upon us, but sadly, there aren't a lot of ghoulish releases this month. With the passing of cinematic legend Sid Haig on September 21st, Shudder will be honoring him with the addition of Rob Zombie's cult classic, The Devil's Rejects; 3 From Hell will also be making its DVD/Blu-ray debut.
October 1st
House of the Witch: A group of high-school kids set out to play a Halloween prank at an abandoned house, but once they enter they become victims of a demonic witch who has set her wrath upon them.
Scream 2: Two years after the first series of murders, as Sydney acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.
October 11th
Haunted: Season 2: This reality series, which comes from the producers of "The Purge" and "Lore," provides viewers with a chilling glimpse into first-person accounts of supernatural events. People who have witnessed horrifying, peculiar or extraordinary events tell their tales, which include how the unexplained phenomena continue to haunt them.
October 16th
Sinister 2: A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
October 1st
Body Bags: Three short stories in the horror genre: the first about a serial killer, the second about a hair transplant gone wrong, and the third about a baseball player.
October 3rd
The Furies: A woman is kidnapped and finds herself an unwilling participant in a deadly game where women are hunted by masked men.
October 7th
Ever After: It has been two years since a zombie virus epidemic infected all but two German cities. Vivi and Eva flee the struggling community in Weimar for the one other safe-haven: Jena.
October 14th
Wax Mask: Paris, 1900: a couple are horribly murdered by a masked man with a metal claw who rips their hearts out. The sole survivor and witness to the massacre is a young girl. Twelve years later in Rome a new wax museum is opened, whose main attractions are lifelike recreations of gruesome murder scenes.
October 16th
The Devil's Rejects: The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape a vengeful police force which is not afraid of being as ruthless as their target.
October 17th
Gwen: An atmospheric arthouse folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
October 21st
Without Name: 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.
October 24th
Haunt: On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real.
October 29th
Nightmare Cinema: Five strangers converge at a haunted movie theater owned by The Projectionist. Once inside, the audience members witness a series of screenings showing them their deepest fears and darkest secrets over five tales.
Shudder will also be airing a few special treats that are yet to be announced beginning October 25th.
DVD/Blu-ray
October 1st
Anna and the Apocalypse: A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
Doom: Annihilation: Follows a group of UAC Marines as they respond to a distress call from a top secret scientific base on Phobos, a Martian moon, only to discover it's been overrun by demons who threaten to create Hell on Earth.
Itsy Bitsy: Based on the centuries old poem, a family moves into a secluded mansion where they soon find themselves being targeted by an entity taking the form of a giant spider.
October 8th
Annabelle Comes Home: While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
Midsommar: A couple travels to Sweden to visit a rural hometown's fabled mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Gwen: An atmospheric arthouse folk tale set in the hills of Wales during the industrial revolution.
October 15th
Crawl: A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators.
3 From Hell: Sequel to The Devil's Rejects. The 3 are free.
October 22nd
Satanic Panic: A pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope has to fight for her life - and her tips - when her last order of the night turns out to be high society Satanists in need of a virgin sacrifice.
October 29th
Them That Follow: Set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God, Them That Follow tells the story of a pastor's daughter who holds a secret that threatens to tear her community apart.
Come back at the end of the month for November's releases.
