Shudder is the best streaming service out there. For genre fans, there’s no better value for your money. So, you should pay attention when they ship out their schedule for the coming month. Here’s what’s streaming on Shudder coming up in April 2023!

Movie Premieres On Shudder

Kids Vs Aliens

Director: Jason Eisener

Writers: Jason Eisener and John Davies

Cast: Dominic Mariche, Phoebe Rex, Calem MacDonald

Streaming on April 14th.

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.

From Black

Director: Thomas Marchese

Writers: Thomas Marchese and Jessub Flower 

Cast: Anna Camp, John Ales, Jennifer Lafleu

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?

The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs Season Five

The Last Drive-In returns on Shudder on April 21st for a five-week block of double features and then will take a bit of a hiatus until June for another block of five episodes. They’ve confirmed themes for the first five episodes.

April 21: Season 5 Launch Party!
April 28: Walpurgisnacht Part 2!
May 5: Cinco de F*cking Mayo!
May 12: Mama’s Day!
May 19: Dysfunctional Family Jubilee!

Shudder Resurrected

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) April 3rd

Director: Amy Holden Jones 

Writers: Rita Mae Brown and Amy Holden Jones 

Cast: Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella

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. 

Magic (1978) April 3rd

Director: Richard Attenborough 

Writers: William Goldman 

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ann-Margret, Burgess Meredith 

Synopsis 

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart. 

Don’t Panic (1989) April 4th

Director: Rubén Galindo Jr. 

Writer: Rubén Galindo Jr. 

Cast: Jon Michael Bischof, Gabriela Hassel, Helena Rojo 

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. ‘

Bog (1979) April 10th

Director: Don Keeslar 

Writer: Carl Kitt 

Cast: Gloria DeHaven, Aldo Ray, Marshall Thompson 

Synopsis 

Dynamite fishing in a rural swamp revives a prehistoric gill monster that must have the blood of human females in order to survive. 

Final Exam (1981) April 17th

Director: Jimmy Huston 

Writer: Jimmy Huston 

Cast: Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice, Ralph Brown 

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. 

Primal Rage (1988) April 17th

Director: Vittorio Rambaldi

Writers: Umberto Lenzi and James Justice

Cast: Patrick Lowe, Cheryl Arutt, Sarah Buxton

Synopsis

A baboon escapes from a Florida campus lab and starts spreading something bad with a bite.

Darklands (1996) April 17th

Director: Julian Richards

Writers: Julian Richards and David Mitchell

Cast: Craig Fairbrass, Rowena King, Jon Finch

Synopsis

A reporter investigates ritual profanations and finds himself involved with a Druidic cult.

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