“Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage” Among Shudder’s December Highlights
The all-horror streaming service Shudder has announced its full December 2024 lineup this week, with new originals, exclusives and catalogue titles headed our way next month. Get ready to spend the ho-ho-horror days with new holiday special “Job Bob’s Christmas Carnage” and “The Haunted Season” from renowned author, producer, and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse. Read on for the full December 2024 […]
The all-horror streaming service Shudder has announced its full December 2024 lineup this week, with new originals, exclusives and catalogue titles headed our way next month.
Get ready to spend the ho-ho-horror days with new holiday special “Job Bob’s Christmas Carnage” and “The Haunted Season” from renowned author, producer, and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse. Read on for the full December 2024 lineup from Shudder…
Shudder Exclusive Film
Directed by Alan Scott Neal
Streaming On Shudder December 20
Available in US, CA
Synopsis
A rural roadside diner becomes the host of a maniacal killing spree – leaving a young waitress to clean up the mess. After hard-headed Nancy fires the staff at her dad’s diner, she decides to cover the last shift of the night by herself. Little does she know she is far from alone. The day is coming back to haunt her and when things begin to spiral out of control, she must fight for her life over the course of the long night.
A CREATURE WAS STIRRING
Directed by Damien LeVeck
Streaming On Shudder December 1
Available in US, CA
Synopsis
Faith (Chrissy Metz, This is Us) keeps her troubled teenage daughter on a tightly controlled but illicit pill regimen in order to ward off a terrifying affliction. But after a Christmas burglary, their family secret may finally be exposed. Also starring Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween) and Annalise Basso (Captain Fantastic).
THE HAUNTED SEASON: TO FIRE YOU COME AT LAST
Directed by Sean Hogan
Streaming On Shudder December 1
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UK
Synopsis:
From Severin Films and renowned author, producer, and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse (Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror, House of Psychotic Women), comes new series The Haunted Season. Created by Janisse, new episodes of The Haunted Season will arrive on Shudder each December with chilling short form horror tales in the tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas.
The first, from director Sean Hogan, is To Fire You Come at Last. In rural 17th century England, a group of men gathers to carry a coffin to the graveyard for burial. Much ancient folklore and superstition surround the pathway to the church, and several members of the party are afraid to walk it after dark. The grieving father promises to double their wages if they make the frightening journey.
COMING HOME IN THE DARK
Directed by James Ashcroft
Streaming On Shudder December 1
Available in US, CA
Synopsis
A schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip.
DEAD CALM
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Streaming On Shudder December 1
Available in US
Synopsis
After a tragedy, John Ingram and his wife Rae are spending some time isolated at sea, when they come across a stranger who has abandoned a sinking ship.
VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED
Directed by John Carpenter
Streaming On Shudder December 1
Available in US
Synopsis
A small town’s women give birth to unfriendly alien children posing as humans.
TV SERIES
Shudder Original Series
New Episodes Streaming Every Friday Until Season Finale on December 13
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis
From writers and executive producers Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, The Creep Tapes continues to unravel the mind of a secluded serial killer who lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula
Shudder Original Series – Season 6
Season Finale on December 3
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis
Who will be the winner of the coveted Dragula crown and take home the $100,000 grand prize? Dubbed “Season 666,” the next chapter of Emmy-nominated The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula is the most ambitious and terrifying yet, with world-renowned actors and directors joining the judges’ panel, raising the stakes to hellish new heights. Every episode promises spine-chilling, extreme physical feats that will push the cast of drag superstars to confront their darkest fears.
Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage
Shudder Original Special
Premieres LIVE on Friday, December 13: Available on-demand Beginning December 15
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis
Snow is falling and the bodies are piling up for Joe Bob’s Christmas Carnage, when Joe Bob and Darcy host two holiday horror flicks featuring so much bloodshed that Santa will think twice before coming down this chimney.
Just Joe Bob
Shudder Original Series
Binge Premiere on December 13
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis
All the rants, raves and reviews you can handle… without the movies. Gather ‘round with Joe Bob Briggs, Darcy and the whole Drive-In crew for the segments and commentary from episodes of The Last Drive-In series. No films, just Joe Bob.
Horror’s Greatest
Shudder Original Series
Season 2 Premieres Tuesday, December 31
Available in US, CA, AU, NZ, UKI
Synopsis
A deep dive into everything we love about horror — from fresh looks at classics to unearthing scores of hidden gems, this series has something for every fright film enthusiast. A gallery of ghoulish pros, including actors, directors, writers, composers, and special effects artists, draw on their unique knowledge to answer the big questions: What are the must-see films in horror’s many sub-genres? What’s the appeal of horror tropes, and how do today’s filmmakers subvert our expectations? What shape does horror take in countries outside of the United States? The answers encompass the breath of the nightmares we watch for our entertainment.
SHUDDER RESURRECTED
**Repertory Titles New to Shudder**
December 1
The Primevals
When a group of explorers go in search of a yeti, they find themselves taken captive by an ancient race of alien creatures.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You
A skeptical professor on vacation in Norfolk finds an old, cursed whistle the beach.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – The Stalls of Barchester
A murderous cleric is stalked by figures resembling the carvings around Barchester Cathedral.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – A Warning to the Curious
An archaeologist searches for a buried Saxon crown, angering the violent forces which guard it.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – Lost Hearts
An orphan moves in with his uncle and is disturbed by a pair of ghostly children.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – A Treasure of Abbot Thomas
A respected theologian unearths clues to find the treasure of an evil monk.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – The Ash Tree
An aristocrat inherits his family estate and is haunted by visions of his ancestor’s role in a witchcraft trial.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – The Signalman
Denholm Elliot struggles with a chilling premonition on an isolated railway line.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – Stigma
A young couple move into a remote country house in the middle of a stone circle – with predictably disastrous consequences.
BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas – The Ice House
A strange flower in the grounds of a health spa may be the cause of a series of misfortunes in this original story by John Bowen.
Rare Exports
In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closes ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
Body
A night out turns deadly when three girls break into a seemingly empty mansion.
December 9
Neon Maniacs
A group of teenagers in San Francisco discover a nest of homicidal monsters living in a tower of the Golden State Bridge, but when they try to tell authorities, no one believes them.
Post Mortem
A post mortem photographer and a little girl confront ghosts in a haunted village after the First World War.
Rabid
A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into blood-thirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.
*The Last Drive-In: Just Joe Bob “Rabid” Episode Also Available
December 15
T-Blockers
Ancient parasites rise from a small town, taking the most fearful and susceptible hosts. A young filmmaker finds herself as the only one who can sense the possessed resistance before the horror escapes and spreads.
Satranic Panic
Jay and Aria are at a low point. Max, Jay’s boyfriend and Aria’s brother, was brutally murdered by a cult. The hate crime was not taken seriously. Now the duo must travel through rural Australia to kill the demons behind it and avenge Max.
Carnage For Christmas
Lola, a true-crime podcaster, returns home for Christmas only to face a vengeful ghost reenacting the murders of a historic killer. With her community at risk, she must confront the town’s buried secrets to stop the slaughter.
