The Best Horror Movies Streaming On Shudder
Last Updated: May 13th, 2025
The Ugly Stepsister
May 9th
As Elvira becomes consumed by her quest for transformation, the film balances moments of sharp, uncomfortable humor with some shocking setpieces. The physical comedy of her misfortunes is cartoonishly clever, and the film’s underlying critique of brutally painful beauty standards keeps it grounded with consequence and depth.
– Josh Korngut
Synopsis:
A sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story, The Ugly Stepsister follows Elvira as she prepares to earn the prince’s affection at any cost. In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball.
The Surrender
May 23rd
The Surrender feels like it could be a stage play, a single-location nightmare that plays with space in creative ways while never really leaving the space.
– Mary Beth McAndrews
Synopsis:
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead. As the bizarre and brutal resurrection spirals out of control, both women must confront their differences as they fight for their lives—and for each other.
Everything coming to SHUDDER in May
SHUDDER Watch Parties (Every Friday at 9pm ET)
- Friday, May 2nd: The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs Season 7 Films TBA
- Friday, May 9th: Body Horror Watch Party: THE UGLY STEPSISTER and STARRY EYES
- Friday, May 16th: Irish Folk Horror Watch Party: FRÉWAKA and THE HALLOW
- Friday, May 23rd: Resurrections Watch Party: THE SURRENDER and BIRTH/REBIRTH
- Friday, May 30th: Shudder’s Scariest Watch Party– THE DARK AND THE WICKED and TERRIFIED
May 1st
- Overlord
- Jacob’s Ladder
- They Call Her Death
- Tremors
- The Devil’s Business
- Itim, The Rites of May
May 3rd
- City of the Dead
May 5th
- A Night of Horror Vol. 1
- Cannibal Ferox
- Cannibal Holocaust
- Contracted
- Pieces
- Venom
May 9th
- The Ugly Stepsister
May 12th
- Blood on the Stars
- Coda
- Eyes of Fire
- Lady Stay Dead
- Litan
- Ponty Pool
- Rust Creek
- Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
- The White Reindeer
May 19th
- Dead End Drive-in
- Lady Vengeance
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
- The Whip and the Body
May 23rd
- The Surrender
May 30th
- Vampire Hunter D
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