Scary Dad
Shudder has released their April sked, with classics like Magic and Primal Rage joining new films Kids vs. Aliens and From Black, among others.
KIDS VS ALIENS
Directed by Jason Eisener
Streaming on Shudder April 14th
(Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)
Synopsis
All Gary wants is to make awesome home movies with his best buds. All his older sister Samantha wants is to hang with the cool kids. When their parents head out of town one Halloween weekend, an alltime rager of a teen house party turns to terror when aliens attack, forcing the siblings to band together to survive the night.
Director: Jason Eisener
Writers: Jason Eisener and John Davies
Cast: Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald
Language: English
FROM BLACK
Directed by Thomas Marchese
Streaming on Shudder April 28th
(Available in US, CA, UKI, ANZ)
Synopsis
A young mother, crushed by guilt after the disappearance of her young son 5 years previously, is presented with a bizarre offer to learn the truth and set things right. But how far is she willing to go, and is she willing to pay the terrifying price for a chance to hold her boy again?
Director: Thomas Marchese
Writers: Thomas Marchese and Jessub Flower
Cast: Anna Camp, John Ales, Jennifer Lafleur
Language: English
THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982)
Directed by Amy Holden Jones
Streaming on Shudder April 3rd
Synopsis
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.
Director: Amy Holden Jones
Writers: Rita Mae Brown and Amy Holden Jones
Cast: Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella
Language: English
MAGIC (1978)
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Streaming on Shudder April 3rd
Synopsis
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
Director: Richard Attenborough
Writers: William Goldman
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith
Language: English
DON’T PANIC (1989)
Directed by Rubén Galindo Jr.
Streaming on Shudder April 4th
Synopsis
On his 17th birthday, a boy named Michael has a surprise party thrown by his friends, where a session with a Ouija board accidentally unleashes a demon named Virgil, who possesses one of them to go on a killing spree. Michael, now plagued by violent nightmares and premonitions, sets out to try and stop the killings.
Director: Rubén Galindo Jr.
Writer: Rubén Galindo Jr.
Cast: Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo
Language: English
BOG (1984)
Directed by Don Keeslar
Streaming on Shudder April 10th
Synopsis
Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive.
Director: Don Keeslar
Writer: Carl Kitt
Cast: Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray, Marshall Thompson
Language: English
FINAL EXAM (1981)
Directed by Jimmy Huston
Streaming on Shudder April 17th
Synopsis
In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone’s final exam.
Director: Jimmy Huston
Writer: Jimmy Huston
Cast: Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice, Ralph Brown
Language: English
PRIMAL RAGE (1988)
Directed by Vittorio Rambaldi
Streaming on Shudder April 17th
Synopsis
A baboon escapes from a Florida campus lab and starts spreading something bad with a bite.
Director: Vittorio Rambaldi
Writers: Umberto Lenzi and James Justice
Cast: Patrick Lowe, Cheryl Arutt, Sarah Buxton
Language: English
DARKLANDS (1996)
Directed by Julian Richards
Streaming on Shudder April 17th
Synopsis
A reporter investigates ritual profanations and finds himself involved with a Druidic cult.
Director: Julian Richards
Writers: Julian Richards and David Mitchell
Cast: Craig Fairbrass, Rowena King, Jon Finch
Language: English
