Shudder Releases February 2024 Programming Lineup

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Truly, February is a month that carries with a very specific mantra. In that, we are to do nothing but celebrate the wonder of love. After all, this is the month that is home to Valentine’s Day, so all of our plans and all of our celebrations should revolve around our partner, and how we plan best to show them we love them. Which is… not a terrible mantra to have, but it is one that not everyone feels the need to subscribe to. After all, not everyone has a partner or someone they are dating. So, celebrating such events are silly to them.
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Not to mention, Valentine’s Day is indeed a corporate holiday. Because if it takes someone this holiday to remind them to tell that special person in their life how they feel about them, that’s a problem. But while not everyone celebrates this holiday, that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate love in our own way during February. After all, there are thing we love in this life we can put on a pedestal. Hobbies, songs, and films… such as horror films. Because spooky movies just do it for a lot of people and well, why not celebrate a month revolving around the wonder of the heart… by seeing one get ripped out by zombies?

But what matters more, is that the world’s premier horror streaming service, Shudder, understands that this month means a lot to horror fans, since they will indeed celebrate that which they love and that is why Shudder is planning for to offer up a love letter to horror next month. One filled to the brim with amazing programs and celebrations and well, to prepare you for the bloody road ahead, here is that heart-pounding lineup, courtesy of Shudder.

FILMS

‘Dario Argento Panico’

Dario Argento in Simone Scafidi’s ‘Dario Argento Panico’. (Photo Courtesy of Shudder. A Shudder Release.)

Directed by Simone Scafidi
View The Trailer Here
 
Streaming On Shudder February 2
Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ
 
Synopsis
In the secluded ambiance of hotel rooms, Dario Argento crafted his greatest cinematic creations, seeking solace from the outside world to delve into his nightmares. Now, he finds himself in a hotel room to return to the very setting that ignited his creative fervor to conclude his latest script and participate in an intimate interview, all while being followed by a film crew documenting his life for a movie about his illustrious career.

‘Skeletons in the Closet’

Key Art for ‘Skeletons in the Closet’ Courtesy of Shudder.

Directed by Asif Akbar
 
Streaming On Shudder February 9
Available in US and CA

Synopsis
Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill daughter. Starring Terrence Howard (Iron Man) and Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry Maguire)

‘History of Evil’

Still from ‘History of Evil’ Courtesy of IFC Films and Shudder.

Directed by Bo Mirhosseni
 
Streaming On Shudder February 23
Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ

​Synopsis
In the near future, war and corruption have plagued America and turned it into a theocratic police state. Against the oppression, ordinary citizens have formed a group called The Resistance. One such member, Alegre Dyer, breaks out of political prison and reunites with her husband Ron and daughter Daria. On the run from the militia, the family takes shelter in a remote safe house. But their journey is far from over, as the house’s dark past begins to eat away at Ron, and his earnest desire to keep his family safe is overtaken by something much more sinister

TV SERIES

Joe Bob’s Very Violent Valentine

Shudder Original Special
 
LIVE on Shudder February 9; Streaming on Shudder February 11
Available in US and CA
 
Synopsis
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mailgirl honor the lusty sting of Cupid's arrow with a kinky double-feature featuring blood, sex, and the dark side of love.

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February 1
 
Videodrome
A programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast.
 
Sorority House Massacre
College student Beth and her sorority sisters are stalked by an escaped psychopathic killer who shares a strange telepathic link with her.
 
Piranha (1978)
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort’s rivers, the hotel guests become their next meal.
 
Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
A female high school student’s slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.
 
Slumber Party Massacre 2
Courtney Bates, the younger sister of Valerie, and her friends go to a condo for a weekend getaway, but Courtney can’t get rid of the haunting feeling that a supernatural rockabilly driller killer is coming to murder them all. 
 
Chopping Mall
A group of young shopping mall employees stay behind for a late night party in one of the stores. When the mall goes on lock-down before they can get out, the robot security system malfunctions and goes on a killing spree. 
 
Hell Night
Four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion, where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier. 
 
Bad Moon
After being bitten by a werewolf in the jungle, Ted looks for a cure. His lawyer sister, with a son and a dog, invites him to park his camper by her house in the woods and live out of her fridge. 
 
Humanoids from the Deep
Humanoid sea creatures start killing a fishing town’s residents and raping their women. It’s up to the townsfolk and a visiting biologist to fight back and fend them off. 
 
The Velvet Vampire
Lee and his wife Susan accept the invitation of mysterious Diane to visit her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware that Diane is a vampire, realize that they are both the objects of the pale temptress’s seductions.
 
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. 
 
Werewolves Within
Feature adaptation of the video game where werewolves attack a small town.
 
Knives and Skin
A mystical teen noir that follows a young girl’s disappearance in the rural Midwest and its effect on teens and parents.
 
Spiral (1998)
A young pathologist seeks answers to the mysterious death of a friend and soon comes into contact with the same cursed videotape that caused the death of the friend’s wife and son, which is haunted by the curse of Sadako, a relentless spirit.
 
Kindred
Plagues by mysterious hallucinations, a pregnant woman suspects that the family of her deceased boyfriend has intentions for her unborn child.
 
February 2
 
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
An American expatriate in Rome attempts to unmask a serial killer he witnessed in the act of an attempted murder – and is now hunting him and his girlfriend.
 
Inferno (1980)
An American college student in Rome and his sister in New York investigate a series of killings in both locations where their resident addresses are the domain of two covens of witches. 
 
Two Evil Eyes
A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife’s attempt to embezzle her dying husband’s fortune, and a sleazy reporter’s adoption of a strange black cat.  

Argento’s Dracula
Asia Argento stars in horror legend Dario Argento’s sexy spin on the classic tale about the sharp-toothed count who craves human blood.
 
February 12
 
The Psychic (1977)
A clairvoyant woman discovers a skeleton in a wall in her husband’s house, and seeks to find the truth about what happened to the victim.
 
Cemetery Man AKA Dellamorte Dellamore
A cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.
 
Bad Girl Boogey
Halloween blood is shed by the wearer of a parasitic mask cursed with black magic and bigotry. After Angel’s friend is killed by a person wearing the mask, Angel must fight, fear and find the killer before he slaughters everyone. 
 
Vamp
Two fraternity pledges travel to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.
 
February 15
 
The Others
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted. 
 
Ils (Them) 
Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to a strange noise. They're not alone, and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.
 
Dogs (1979)
After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to stop the climb of violence.
 
February 19
 
Megalomaniac
Megalomaniac questions the invisible line between victim and executioner and how it is crossed. A film about the weight of patriarchy and the illusion of Manichaeism. 
 
Deathstalker
A lone warrior nicknamed Deathstalker is sent by a witch on a quest to find a sword, a chalice and an amulet, two of which are held by the wicked king and sorcerer, Munkar. 
 
Deathstalker 2
In this parody of the sword and sorcery films, a princess is deposed by an evil sorcerer. She enlists the aid of Deathstalker to battle the forces of evil, including a clone of the princess, and win back her kingdom. 
 
February 26
 
Moon Garden
A comatose five-year-old girl journeys through an industrial wonderland to find her way back to the consciousness.

About Shudder
AMC Networks’ Shudder is a premium streaming video service, super-serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers and the supernatural. Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and Original Content is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Over the last few years, Shudder has introduced audiences to groundbreaking and critically acclaimed films including Rob Savage’s HOST, Jayro Bustamante’s LA LLORONA, Phil Tippett’s MAD GOD, Coralie Fargeat’s REVENGE, Joko Anwar’s SATAN’S SLAVES, Josh Ruben’s SCARE ME, Kyle Edward Ball’s SKINAMARINK, Christian Tafdrup’s SPEAK NO EVIL, Chloe Okuno’s WATCHER, Demián Rugna‘s WHEN EVIL LURKS, and the latest in the V/H/S film anthology franchise, as well as the fan favorite TV series THE BOULET BROTHERS’ DRAGULA, Greg Nicotero’s CREEPSHOW, and THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS.