The end of next month marks halfway to Halloween, and we couldn’t be more excited! Shudder is joining the fun by adding some thrilling horror titles to its library.
The new movies coming to Shudder in April feature a film from Hell House LLC creator Stephen Cognetti. The filmmaker has been exclusive to the Hell House LLC franchise since 2015, with another installment underway, so we can’t wait to see what he does with 825 Forest Road.
Religious horror fans won’t want to miss Michael Peterson’s Shadow of God. The film follows a priest (Mark O’Brien: Ready or Not) who uncovers dark secrets about his past and family. Shudder subscribers can also check out Dead Mail, described as a “synth-laden retro-thriller.” The movie received favorable reviews in the 2024 festival circuit.
Last but certainly not least on the list of movies coming to Shudder in April is Fréwaka. The film follows a caretaker who looks after a woman terrified of sinister, fairy-like creatures from Irish folklore.
825 Forest Road
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Stephen Cognetti
Streaming On Shudder April 4
From Stephen Cognetti, the creator of the Hell House LLC franchise, the film centers on Chuck Wilson starting a new life after a family tragedy when he moves to the town of Ashland Falls with his wife, Maria, and little sister, Elizabeth. But he quickly discovers that the town has a dark secret.
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The ghost of Helen Foster has terrorized residents for decades since her suicide back in the ‘40s. Finding Helen’s old home is key to ending the hauntings, but the address they have doesn’t match any of the town’s existing streets. When Chuck realizes his family might be in danger of Helen’s wrath, he takes it upon himself to locate 825 Forest Road before it’s too late.
Shadow of God
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Michael Peterson
Streaming On Shudder April 11
When several of his fellow Vatican exorcists are simultaneously killed, Father Mason Harper returns to his childhood home to spend time with an old friend while he awaits orders from the Church. However, this small town holds dark secrets about Mason’s past and the religious organization once run by his father, Angus.
Thought dead, Angus reappears, forcing a reunion between father and son. But Angus is different now, and before long, Mason suspects he’s possessed, not by the devil, but by something… holy. When Mason attempts to exorcise the presence from his father, he sets off a chain of events that may end in a cataclysm of biblical proportions, testing everything he holds sacred.
Dead Mail
Shudder Original Film
Directed by Joe DeBoer and Kyle McConaghy
Streaming On Shudder April 18
On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him. The note makes its way to the desk of Jasper, a seasoned ‘dead letter’ investigator at a 1980s midwestern post office.
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As he begins to piece together the letter’s origins, it leads him down a violent, unforeseen path to a kidnapped keyboard engineer and his eccentric business associate.
Fréwaka
Directed by Aislinn Clarke
Streaming On Shudder April 25
Irish folk horror from Aislinn Clarke (The Devil’s Doorway) follows home care worker Shoo, who is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbors as much as she fears the Na Sídhe — sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before.
As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors of her own past.