{"id":520018,"date":"2026-04-08T18:28:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520018\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:28:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:28:14","slug":"shudder-acquires-three-films-ahead-of-overlook-horror-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520018\/","title":{"rendered":"Shudder Acquires Three Films Ahead of Overlook Horror Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tShudder<\/a> has announced the acquisition of three horror titles set to debut at this weekend\u2019s Overlook Film Festival<\/a> in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst up is \u201cParasomnia,\u201d written and directed by James Ross II, and starring Jasmine Mathews, RJ Brown, Sally Stewart, Stephen Barrington and Danny Brown. Per the official synopsis, \u201cParasomnia\u201d is about \u201cRiley, a young woman tormented by night terrors and a past of unresolved tragedy. When her best friend is the latest to go missing, she begins to suspect the demonic figure lurking in her sleep has crossed over into the real world.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s hard to put in words how excited I am for my debut feature film to have a home at Shudder,\u201d Ross II said of the acquisition. \u201cThey\u2019re absolutely legendary to me as a horror fan and to hear their enthusiasm for \u2018Parasomnia\u201ds story and scares means the world. I can\u2019t wait to hear all the screams when we play at Overlook!\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso acquired by Shudder is \u201cGoody Goody,\u201d written and directed by Raymond Creamer, and starring Colleen Foy, Samantha Robinson and Zoe Renee. Per the official logline, \u201cLulled into a necessary sense of comfort during a long home birth process, expecting parents and their midwife begin to realize something may be horribly wrong. A blizzard rages outside, trapping the family in their home as increasingly sinister complications arise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m obsessed with ghost stories and folklore so I wanted this project to have a campfire tale or storybook quality to it,\u201d Creamer said in a statement. \u201cThe cast is extraordinary and working with Shudder has been a dream come true. I really hope horror fans get cozy and maybe light a couple candles when they give it a watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u201cGoody Goody\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNew Group\u201d is written and directed by Y\u00fbta Shimotsu (\u201cBest Wishes to All\u201d), and starring Yuzu Aoki and Pierre Taki. The film concerns \u201cHigh school student Ai sees her world collapse when a strange cult-like mentality gradually turns people around her into mindless followers who can transform simple gymnastics routines into a nightmarish dance of death.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\u201cNew Group\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAll three titles are set to be released by the streamer by the end of year. Additionally, Shudder will be screening their films \u201cThe Holy Boy\u201d and \u201cFaces of Death,\u201d the latter of which is a co-production with Independent Film Company set to hit theaters on Friday, at the Overlook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shudder has announced the acquisition of three horror titles set to debut at this weekend\u2019s Overlook Film Festival…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520019,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,181007,15375,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-520018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-movies","10":"tag-overlook-film-festival","11":"tag-shudder","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}