Curated by GRACE DETWILER
A fantastic lineup of new-to-streaming horror titles becomes available this month! Enjoy debuts from writer/directors Gabriel Bier Gislason and Michelle Garza Cervera, as well as the return of queer horror master Carter Smith (The Ruins, Midnight Kiss, Bugcrush).
ATTACHMENT
Available to stream exclusively on Shudder on February 9, 2023.
Starring Josephine Park, Ellie Kendrick, Sofie Gråbøl
Written and Directed by Gabriel Bier Gislason
Shudder
Genre & Synopsis: Horror/Romance. Maja (Josephine Park, Baby Fever), a Danish has-been actress, falls in love with Leah (Ellie Kendrick, Game of Thrones, An Education), an academic from London. After Leah suffers from a mysterious seizure, Maja returns to her childhood home. There, she meets Leah’s overbearing mother, Chana (internationally acclaimed Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl, The Undoing, The Killing), a woman who could hold dark secrets.
DAUGHTER (header image)
Available on digital and on-demand February 10, 2023.
Starring Casper Van Dien, Elyse Dinh, Vivien Ngô and Ian Alexander
Written and Directed by Corey Deshon
Dark Star Pictures
Genre & Synopsis: Thriller. A young woman is kidnapped and inducted into a bizarre family as their new surrogate daughter. As she navigates through this twisted dynamic, awful secrets about the past are revealed, leading to even darker implications about the future.
THE FEARWAY
Available on digital and VOD February 7, 2023.
Starring Eileen Dietz (Abnormal Attraction), Shannon Dalondo (The Haunted Museum), Simon Phillips (Survive The Game, DeInfluencer), Justin Gordon (Age Of The Living Dead)
Written by Noah Bessey
Directed by Robert Gajic
Cupsogue Pictures, Reel 2 Reel Films
Genre & Synopsis: Horror, Sci-fi/Thriller. A young couple embarks on what should be a fun road trip for lovers, but their plans are derailed when a mysterious being begins to follow them. After relentless harassment and abuse, they desperately seek help from anyone they can.
HUESERA: THE BONE WOMAN
Available on VOD February 16, 2023.
Starring Natalia Solián, Alfonso Dosal, Mayra Batalla
Written by Michelle Garza Cervera and Abia Castillo
Directed by Michelle Garza Cervera
XYZ Films
Genre & Synopsis: Horror. Valeria has long dreamed about becoming a mother. After learning that she’s pregnant, she expects to feel happy, yet something’s off. Plunged into a terrifying and dangerous world, a group of witches emerges as her only hope for safety and salvation, but not without grave risk.
SWALLOWED
Available on digital and VOD February 14, 2023.
Starring Jena Malone (The Neon Demon), Mark Patton (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge), Cooper Koch, Jose Colon
Written and Directed by Carter Smith (The Ruins)
Momentum Pictures
Genre & Synopsis: Horror/LGBT+. After a drug run goes bad, two friends must survive a nightmarish ordeal of drugs, bugs, and horrific intimacy in this backwoods body-horror thriller.
