Shudder Announces “Season of Screams” Lineup Plus Ghoul Log 2026

Shudder’s Season of Screams returns September 1^st which features a supersized lineup of new film releases, series, specials, screening events and live watch parties on Shudder TV.

The four-month celebration will give horror fans a spooky season that spotlights popular franchise films and series – from Insidious 1-3 to Twilight Zone: The Movie to all four films from Hitchcock’s beloved thriller franchise Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates – and brings back an all-new Ghoul Log special, the annual twist on the traditional holiday yule log, featuring haunting visuals centered on a creepy candlelit jack-o-lantern in Curse of the Ghoul Logs beginning October 1.

Shudder’s Season of Screams features highly anticipated premieres every Friday through the end of the year, including the acclaimed Parasomnia, a new installment in the popular V/H/S franchise, V/H/S/Mixtape, the found footage breakout hit Infirmary, body horror thriller Bloody Tennis, supernatural nightmare The Cycle, Milly Shapiro-led Hallowarrior, a new season of The Creep Tapes, the 2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, and a new Halloween special, Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party.

Season of Screams Highlights include:

The filmmakers behind Shudder’s buzzy new feature Hallowarrior resurrected everyone’s favorite jack-o-lantern – and, for the first time ever, multiple pumpkins – with Curse of the Ghoul Logs. The new hour-long video of the chilling pumpkins sets the scene for horror fans beginning October 1.

LIVE Watch Parties Every Friday at 9pm ET on Shudder TV spotlighting new premieres and curated double features, including:

- Friday, September 4: “Can You Survive Your Sleep?” Watch Party – Parasomnia and Somnium

- Friday, September 11: “Indigenous Horror” Watch Party – Mārama and La Llorona

- Friday, September 18: “Chamber Piece Terrors” Watch Party – Goody Goody and Glorious

- Friday, September 25: “Whatever It Takes To Succeed” Watch Party – Bloody Tennis and The Ugly Stepsister

- Friday, October 2: “Found Footage Frights” Watch Party – Infirmary and Host

- Friday, October 9: “V/H/S/Marathon” Watch Party – V/H/S/Mixtape, V/H/S/Halloween, V/H/S/Beyond, V/H/S/85, V/H/S/99 and V/H/S/94

- Friday, October 16: “Surviving Halloween” Watch Party” – Hallowarrior and Night of the Demons

- Friday, October 23: “Joe Bob’s Halloween House Party” Watch Party (Titles TBA)

- Sunday, October 25: “2026 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards” Watch Party; followed by “Full Moon Fever” Watch Party at 10:30pm in celebration of the Hunter’s Moon – The Cycle, Dog Soldiers and Werewolves Within