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If you are a horror fan then there is a big chance that you might have heard about the horror streaming service Shudder, and if you have its subscription you might be wondering what’s in store for you in October 2024. Don’t worry there is a host of new and old horror movies coming to the service in the upcoming month and we have listed the 10 best movies coming to Shudder in November 2024.

Curse of Chucky (November 1)

Curse of Chucky is a supernatural slasher horror thriller film written and directed by Don Mancini. The 2013 film is sixth entry in the Child’s Play franchise and it follows Nica after her mysteriously dies and she begins to suspect that the red-haired doll her niece has been playing with is behind the killings. Curse of Chucky stars Fiona Dourif, Danielle Bisutti,...

Horror is iterative, but it just as regularly moves through the same cycles decade after decade, ostensibly breaking new ground, when in reality, the genre is simply doing what is has always done. Today's horror landscape, for as remarkable and diverse as it is, is principally a landscape of legacy sequels. The horror of yesterday is new again, and commonly, old faces and names are dredged up to headline the latest nostalgic bloodbath. Reasonably, the present iteration could be decried as Hollywood's lack of originality, though seasoned horror veterans have seen this cycle before.

The early aughts were replete with imported horrors. Hollywood studios regularly borrowed transnational scares, repackaged them, and presented them as the next big thing. They were successful, too. Gore Verbinski's "The Ring," a remake of Hideo Nakata's "Ring," grossed nearly $250 million when released in 2002. Hollywood studios also remade the likes of "A Tale of Two Sisters,...

From huggable dolls coming to life as voodoo-powered murderers to lovable St. Bernards becoming rabid monsters, there’s nothing more disturbing than the subversion of innocence. That’s why the horror genre is simply chock-full of creepy children. From ghostly apparitions to undead cannibals, these pint-sized horrors make great villains precisely because of their disarming demeanor. After all, like Narciso Ibáñez’s 1976 film once asked: Who Can Kill a Child?

Of course, not all killer kids are created equal, and after our previous article celebrating some of the best Final Kids in horror, we thought that it was time to give the juvenile villains a chance to shine with a list celebrating six of the best evil child performances in horror movies. After all, every evildoer has to start somewhere…

Like last time, we’ll be choosing characters based on the child actor’s performance and memorability, not necessarily the...

In the midst of the J-horror craze of the early 2000s ignited by Hideo Nakata’s “Ringu” (1998) director Takashi Shimizu created another entry within his home country’s specific brand of horror with “Ju-On: The Grudge”. While many viewers regard this film as the first in the franchise, it is actually the third film in the series with the first two films being released for home video only. In the aftermath the film would receive the inevitable Hollywood treatment with Shimizu directing also the American version and start a franchise, which, including the recently released “The Grudge” by Nicolas Pesce consists of 13 movies along with video games, manga adaptations and movie novelizations.

However, if we go back to the origin of the franchise, which in this case is the first movie to be released in cinemas, we have to consider the status of “Ju-On” as J-horror as...

We’ve had a number of readers asking us for more information about The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu’s latest project Scared of the Dark, so we have gotten our hands on the first plot details, along with some new casting information. Keep in mind that the following plot details are not the official synopsis and may contain spoilers:

We’ve been told that the movie follows a young woman (Zoe Aggeliki), who has a long-term phobia of the dark and a strange scar on her wrist that looks like a Japanese symbol. She is convinced that it is the source of her problems, but her father says it’s a simple scar. She visits multiple doctors and no one is able to help her, until she meets an expert in the paranormal who reveals that it is a terrible Japanese curse. She discovers that two days after her scar bleeds,...

The Grudge director Takashi Shimizu’s latest project is titled Scared of the Dark and is being developed by Ghost House Pictures. We’ve received some new casting and character information, and wanted to share it with our readers.

It was previously announced that Morgane Slemp and David Gallagher were cast in the film. The movie will center around Olivia (Slemp) and her boyfriend Adam (Gallagher), and the story is said to be similar in nature to The Grudge. Other actors that have joined the cast include Dawn of the Dead‘s Jake Weber playing the part of Olivia’s father, Chloé Auger playing a younger Olivia, and Yuya Ozeki (The Grudge series).

Although not yet cast in the film, we hear that producers have been looking at Marielle Jaffe for the role of Olivia’s sister and it is looking likely that Alison Lohman will join the cast as Adam’s sister.

Shock broke the news in March regarding the latest film to come from Takashi (The Grudge) Shimizu, Scared of the Dark.

At the time, we learned David Gallagher (Super 8), Morgane Slemp (pictured) and Jake Webber were set to star in the supernatural thriller which finds Shimizu reteaming with his Grudge scribe Stephen Susco.  Today, we have learned Chloe Auger, Yuya Ozeki ("Toshio" from Ju-On/The Grudge) and Teruyuki Kagawa (Tormented) have joined the cast.

The producers - Takashige Ichise and Maya Fukuzawa, Robery G. Tapert and Kazue Udagawa - are circling Alison Lohman (Drag Me to Hell) and Marielle Jaffe (Scream 4) for roles in the film as well.

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Grudge / Ju-On director Takashi Shimizu has recently teamed up once again with Sam Raimi's Ghost House pictures for a new spine-tingler on Us soil. Detailes of Scared Of The Dark's story still aren't forthcoming (we'd surmise that the dark, and being scared of it, is on the agenda somewhere), but the cast is coming together.Super 8's David Gallagher was announced last month to take the lead, with support from Morgane Slemp (Friday Night Lights) and Jake Webber (Dawn Of The Dead). This morning the news is coming though that they've been joined by Teruyuki Kagawa (Tormented), and by Yuya Ozeki, who played creepy little Toshio in the Grudge movies.Drag Me To Hell's Alison Lohman, and Scream 4's Marielle Jaffe are also in talks, but seem not to have signed anythinhg yet.Evil Dead veteran Robert Tapert is among the producers, and intriguingly the...

ShockTillYouDrop.com reports that Chloe Auger, Yuya Ozeki ("Toshio" from Ju-On / The Grudge ) and Teruyuki Kagawa ( Tormented ) have joined the cast of Takashi ( The Grudge ) Shimizu's supernatural thriller Scared of the Dark . The previously-announced cast included David Gallagher ( Super 8 ), Morgane Slemp (pictured) and Jake Webber. The site adds that producers Takashige Ichise, Maya Fukuzawa, Robery G. Tapert and Kazue Udagawa are talking to Alison Lohman ( Drag Me to Hell ) and Marielle Jaffe ( Scream 4 ) for roles in the film as well. Shimizu's new film, 7500 , should arrive in theaters on August 31.