‘Goody Goody’ Joins Packed September of Demons, Killers and Cult Horror on Shudder

Sleepless nights, demonic births, occult theatres and the decidedly unpleasant prospect of an Andy Milligan marathon await Shudder subscribers this September. The horror streamer has unveiled its UK and Ireland schedule for the month, mixing two new original films and the return of The Creep Tapes with a library expansion that stretches from time-travel horror and apocalyptic drama to vintage exploitation and contemporary body horror.

Leading the month is Shudder Original Parasomnia, premiering exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ on Friday 4 September. Jasmine Mathews, known for The Tomorrow War and Sweetbitter, stars as Riley, a young woman plagued by night terrors and unresolved trauma. When her best friend disappears, Riley begins to suspect that the demonic figure haunting her sleep has somehow crossed into waking life.

On 18 September, Goody Goody shifts the setting to a long and increasingly dangerous home birth. Samantha Robinson, star of The Love Witch, and Fear the Walking Dead actor Colby Hollman play expectant parents trapped indoors by a blizzard alongside their midwife, played by Colleen Foy. What begins as a necessary period of confinement gradually gives way to the realisation that something has gone seriously wrong.

There is also more awkward serial-killer videotape business on the way. The Creep Tapes returns for its third season with a two-episode premiere on 15 September. Mark Duplass once again plays the socially uncomfortable murderer at the centre of the series, with Kate Siegel, Nic Hamilton, Elliott Fullam and Ora Duplass among this season’s guest stars. One episode will also take the form of a throwback story.

The library additions begin on 1 September with four films. The Horseman follows a father embarking on a violent revenge mission after learning that his runaway teenage daughter has been sexually assaulted. Irrefutable Truth About Demons centres on an anthropologist whose life is torn apart by a satanic cult, while Exorcismo deals with a young woman unknowingly drawn into a satanic ceremony and possessed by the spirit of her dead father. The Silent Scream takes viewers to a seaside mansion where a college student becomes caught up in a murder mystery following the death of another resident.

Two more films arrive on 7 September. The Serpent’s Skin follows Anna, who escapes a transphobic hometown and meets goth tattoo artist Gen, only for a tattoo to conjure something demonic before their relationship can properly begin. Its Name Was Mormo uses the framework of police evidence to tell the story of a family targeted by a malicious presence tied to Greek mythology.

Descendent follows on 11 September, with a troubled Los Angeles school guard experiencing unsettling visions after a mysterious light appears in the sky. His wife’s approaching due date puts further pressure on an already unstable situation.

The 14 September batch is particularly varied. A 4K restoration of Before the Fall presents a world facing imminent destruction after scientists reveal that a meteorite will hit Earth in 72 hours. Dead By Dawn takes place inside the Heissenhoff theatre, where rehearsing actors find themselves stalked by a masked killer as the murders begin to reveal an occult purpose.

Dinner to Die For follows culinary photographer Hanna and her friend Evan as their fascination with true crime leads them into an increasingly warped role-playing exercise involving a supposedly murderous meal. Meanwhile, The House Was Not Hungry Then concerns a woman searching for her estranged father who enters an empty countryside property where previous visitors have vanished.

A sizeable Andy Milligan-focused selection arrives on 21 September, led by documentary The Degenerate: The Life and Films of Andy Milligan, which examines the New York filmmaker’s low-budget work during the 1960s and 1970s and his life before his death from AIDS.

It is accompanied by three Milligan-directed features. Blood Thirsty Butchers offers his version of a murderous barber and baker turning victims into pies. The Man with Two Heads reworks the Jekyll and Hyde story through an experimental serum that transforms the respectable Dr Jekyll into Mr Blood. Then there is The Rats Are Coming! The Werewolves Are Here!, in which the daughter of a werewolf family attempts to end their curse.

The same date also brings two further cult titles. Hallucination Generation follows a young man who leaves San Francisco and becomes involved with an LSD guru’s cult in Spain, while The Corpse Collector concerns a blind sculptor who does not realise that the skeletons being used in his work belong to victims murdered by his wife. That is quite a sentence, and September apparently intends to keep going.

The month closes with two additions on 23 September. Above the Knee follows Amir, a man tormented by visions of his leg decaying and convinced that it does not belong to him, leading him towards an increasingly destructive plan. Nacho Vigalondo’s Timecrimes completes the announced line-up, sending an ordinary man approximately one hour into the past and into a chain of escalating consequences when he encounters himself.

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