With Shudder Members Shut-In, the Claustrophobic THE ROOM Becomes Huge Hit!

April 1, 2020 — The Shudder original movie The Room has become a runaway hit since it debuted on March 12, easily claiming the top spot as the service’s most-watched Shudder Original film of the year and one of the most watched Original premieres in the history of the service. The film tells the story of a couple, played by Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Kevin Janssens (Revenge), who move to an old house in the country only to discover it contains a room that grants wishes… but with a price. 

“The Room had a strong debut in week one, which is where we usually see the biggest numbers,” said Craig Engler, Shudder’s General Manager. “But in week two the audience grew a staggering 150 percent, and week three viewership was only a hair below that, turning it into a monster hit.  There’s something about The Room and its claustrophobic story of a family stuck inside a house under extraordinary circumstances that’s really resonating with Shudder members.” 

The Room’s streaming premiere on Shudder on March 12 marked the first time the film had been commercially available in the U.S., Canada or the UK. The film had its world premiere last April at the Brussels International Fantastic Film festival and followed with a successful run on the international film festival circuit, earning Best Feature honors at both South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival and France’s Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival. The Room, which also stars Francis Chapman, John Flanders and Joshua Wilson, is Volckman’s sophomore feature. His debut was 2006’s animated feature Renaissance.

In April, Shudder is set to premiere the new docu-series Cursed Films, along with new seasons of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and Wolf Creek and the Shudder Original film 0.0Mhz, all under the banner of “Halfway to Halloween Month,” the service’s celebration of All Hallows’ Eve in April. New members can enjoy 30-days free with the promo code SHUTIN when signing up at Shudder.com.

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Shudder: March 2020 Highlights (UPDATED)

titles also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK as noted

SHUDDER ORIGINAL/EXCLUSIVE MOVIES

THE ROOM (premieres Thursday, 3/12)

Best Feature Winner – Bucheon International & Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival

He’s a struggling comic book artist, she’s tired of her job in a big law firm. In search of a more authentic and healthy life, they leave the city and move into an old house in New Hampshire. They soon discover a secret hidden room that has the extraordinary power to materialize anything they wish for. Like children in a fairy tale, they spend days and nights indulging their every material desire. And then one day, they ask for something different: a child, a little boy of their own, only to discover some wishes have dire consequences. Starring Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace) and Kevin Janssens (Revenge), directed by Christian Volckman. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL (Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK) Trailer: https://youtu.be/UG8vB8XQeVw 

SATANIC PANIC (premieres Thursday, 3/19)

Sam’s first day as a pizza delivery driver is not going according to plan. At the end of a long day and not enough tips, her last delivery turns out to be for a group of Satanists looking for someone to sacrifice. Now in a fight for her life, Sam must fend off witches, evil spells and demonic creatures, all while trying to keep her body – and soul – intact. Starring Hayley Griffith, Ruby Modine, Rebecca Romijn, Arden Myrin and Jerry O'Connell, directed by Chelsea Stardust. A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE (Also available on Shudder Canada)  Trailer: https://youtu.be/mpwVh6c7fFs  

DANIEL ISN’T REAL (premieres Thursday, 3/26)

Best Feature – Brooklyn Horror Film Festival
Best Actor – Sitges-Catalonian International Film Festival
Best Director – Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 

Troubled college freshman Luke suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope. Charismatic and full of manic energy, Daniel helps Luke to achieve his dreams, before pushing him to the very edge of sanity and into a desperate struggle for control of his mind—and his soul. Starring Patrick Schwarzenegger, Miles Robbins, Sasha Lane, Hannah Marks and Mary Stuart Masterson, written and directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer. A SHUDDER EXCLUSIVE. (Also available on Shudder Canada) Trailer: https://youtu.be/GLxpaH9i9JU 

Note: Mortimer’s debut feature, Some Kind of Hate, also will be available starting 3/23.

NEW ORIGINAL SERIES

THE DEAD LANDS — Season Finale March 5 (all 8 episodes bingeable)

A supernatural adventure set in a mythic Māori past, with an aesthetic that’s part Ash vs Evil Dead and part Xena: Warrior Princess. The Dead Lands features a disgraced warrior, Waka Nuku Rau (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who’s sent back to the world of the living to redeem his sins. But the world Waka returns to is ravaged by a breach between Life and the Afterlife as the spirits of the newly dead now stalk the land and hunt the living. 

Waka encounters a determined young woman, Mehe (Darneen Christian), who becomes both his protégé and moral compass. Together, they navigate tribal politics, the unsettled ghosts of Ancestors and other forces both natural and supernatural, on a quest to discover who "broke the world" and how to repair it—if it’s not too late. Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK. An AMC Networks’ Shudder and TVNZ production. TRAILER: https://youtu.be/NhkxVN4uQX4  • BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURETTE: https://youtu.be/e_0JdlRgNGA

MISSIONS — Season 2 March 19 (full season binge)

A tech billionaire hired a group of astronauts and psychologist Jeanne Renoir to make the first successful journey to Mars. But the voyage didn’t go according to plan. Now, five years have passed since the crew of the Ulysses returned to Earth. The memories and traumas of the first manned voyage to Mars still haunt each of the mission’s survivors. But everything changes when they each experience a vision of Jeanne, convincing them that, somehow, somewhere, she is still alive. A new, secret mission for the Red Planet is launched to find her.  But the billionaire still has a few secrets—as does Mars itself. A SHUDDER ORIGINAL. Starring Giorgia Sinicorni, Ben Homewood and Ralph Amoussou, directed by Julien Lacombe. Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK. Trailer: https://youtu.be/EFqBoj5Y2SY 

NEW MOVIES FOR MARCH

March 2

REPLACE (Director: Norbert Keil)

Afflicted with a dermatological disease, young and beautiful Kira discovers that she can replace her skin with that of other girls. Helped by her lover, she plots a murder and the victim becomes her donor, but when the disease returns, she is forced to find more victims. Starring: 

Rebecca Forsythe, Lucie Aron, Barbara Crampton, Sean Knopp, Adnan Maral (Also available on Shudder Canada)

GINGER SNAPS (Director: John Fawcett)

Morbid and singular in their small town, Brigitte and Ginger vow to live and die together, but when Ginger is attacked by a werewolf, she grows detached from her sister and embraces a vicious new lifestyle. Written by Karen Walton and directed by ORPHAN BLACK creator John Fawcett, GINGER SNAPS packs dark, affecting themes of family, feminism and oncoming womanhood into a grisly creature feature. A favorite upon release, GINGER SNAPS only grows more ferocious with age, as it takes its rightful place as one of our great werewolf stories.  Starring: Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche 

March 9

LUCIFERINA (Director: Gonzalo Calzada)

A young, sexually-curious nun and a group of her friends travel to the jungle for an occult ceremony where they encounter the devil himself.  Starring: Sofia del Tuffo, Marta Lubos, Pedro Merlo, Malena Sánchez, Francisco Donavon (Also available on Shudder Canada and Shudder UK)

FRANKENSTEIN (Director: Bernard Rose)

This update on the classic Frankenstein is set in present day and told entirely from Adam the Monster’s perspective. Adam is confronted with nothing but aggression and violence from the world around him after he is artificially created, then left for dead Starring: Xavier Samuel, Carrie-Anne Moss, Danny Huston

March 12

THE ROOM (see above for details)

March 16

RED CHRISTMAS (Director: Craig Anderson)

A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell-bent on tearing them apart after being rejected. Starring: Dee Wallace, Geoff Morrell, Janis McGavin (Also available on Shudder Canada)

HOWL (Director: Paul Hyett)

Young ambitious ticket collector Joe is overseeing the last train out of London on a dark and stormy night – the usual collection of passengers on board from the obnoxious teen to the workaholic businesswoman. Suddenly the train screeches to a halt in a forest after hitting something on the tracks, but the investigating driver never returns. Realising an unknown and dangerous threat is lurking in the woods the disparate group of strangers must work together in order to survive a common feral enemy. Starring:  Ed Speleers, Holly Weston, Shauna Macdonald (Also available on Shudder Canada)

March 19

SATANIC PANIC (see above for details)

March 23

SOME KIND OF HATE (Director: Adam Egypt Mortimer)

Relentless bullying has turned Lincoln's life into a nightmare. But he soon learns the true meaning of terror when he is sent to a remote school for troubled teens and the harassment starts all over again. Only this time, someone is watching — a teenage girl named Moira who was driven to suicide by vicious bullying years ago. When Lincoln accidentally summons Moira from the grave, he unleashes a vengeful and unstoppable force on a mission of blood-soaked revenge. Starring: Ronen Rubinstein, Grace Phipps, Sierra McCormick, Spencer Breslin, Michael Polish (Also available on Shudder Canada)

HOUSEWIFE (Director: Can Evrenol)

Haunted by a horrific childhood trauma for twenty years, Holly struggles with vivid, disturbing nightmares that leave her detached and unable to live a normal life. Then an old friend recommends Holly meet with a charismatic cult leader, leading her on a twisted journey of waking dreams that will begin to unravel the fabric of reality and reveal the truth about Holly’s family…a terrifying destiny. Starring: Clémentine Poidatz, Ali Aksöz, David Sakurai (Also available on Shudder Canada)

March 26

DANIEL ISN’T REAL (see above for details)

Canada-only and UK-only titles for March:

CANADA

March 9

THE BABADOOK (Director: Jennifer Kent)

THE CROW (Director: Alex Proyas)

March 23

BELOW (Director: David Twohy)

BRIMSTONE (Director: Martin Koolhoven)

March 30

MAMA (Director: Andy Muschietti)

DONNIE DARKO (Director: Richard Kelly)

UK/IRELAND

March 2

APARTMENT 143 (Director: Carles Torrens)

DARK SKIES (Director: Scott Stewart)

BLOODSUCKING BOSSES (Director: Brian James O'Connell)

March 12

THE ROOM (see above for details)

March 9

EXORCISMUS (Director: Manuel Carballo)

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Director: Tomas Alfredson)

LUCIFERINA (Director: Gonzalo Calzada)

March 16

SORORITY ROW (Director: Stewart Hendler)

THE REEF (Director: Andrew Traucki)

March 23

V/H/S (Director: multiple)

March 24

THE CRUCIFIXION (Director: Xavier Gens)

March 24

THE FURIES (Director: Tony D'Aquino)

March 31

LOST RIVER (Director: Ryan Gosling )

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The 20 Hottest Bond Girls, pt. 2: 10-1

10. Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin in Tomorrow Never Dies- - Exquisitely beautiful and a major ass kicker, Michelle Yeoh's Wai Lin is not only one of the most stunning of the Bond girls, but the single best partner Bond has ever had working with him against and evil-doer in a movie. Her presence is one of many reasons why I think Tomorrow Never Dies is the best of the Brosnan Bond movies.

9. Olga Kurylenko as Camille in Quantum of Solace- - I ain't seen this movie as of this writing, but Kurylenko is an amazing beauty, for further proof check out the unrated cut of the highly enjoyable and ultra-violent Hitman, in which she is full nude!

8. in You Only Live Twice- I LOVE Japanese girls and Wakabayashi is a good representation of their beauty. As this picture shows she has a beautiful smile. She was really good in her role, and as a horror and Godzilla fan feel it necessary to remind you that this beauty also starred in Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster, as well as Dagora: The Space Monster, but I never saw that one. I am gonna have to one of these days.

7. in The Spy Who Loved Me- Her code name is Agent XXX, for chrissakes, she has a great chest (as seen in this pic), a beautiful face, and lovely eyes, how can she not be on this list? Her acting ain't the best, but I don't think it ever hinders or hurts this great movie. Her character is one of the few of the Bond girls that stand on an equal level with him.

6. Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora in License to Kill- - OK, even as a kid, I never, ever got how Bond picked Cary Lowell over Soto's character in this movie. I mean Lowell is very pretty, but Soto totally smokes her. She is sexy, has eyes that can drive a man crazy with lust, a great skin tone, and a beautiful face. I think Soto is very underrated and should have gotten more work. By the way, she looks AMAZING as Princess Kitana in the enjoyable Mortal Kombat movie.

5. Caroline Munroe as Naomi in The Spy Who Loved Me- - Come on, as a horror fan it would be a sin not to mention Munroe. But, honestly she is one of the sexiest and most beautiful women to ever grace not only Bond, but horror and fantasy films, as well. She is still good looking and having met her at Chiller some years back, I can say she is also very nice in person. Her character, though short lived in the film, is a memorable and sexy villainess.

4. Sophie Marceau as Elektra King in The World Is not Enough- - Not only is Sophie one of the most truly stunning of the Bond girls, with her gorgeous green eyes, sexy accent, hot body, and beautiful face, but her character is one of the best in the entire series. She has really chemistry with Brosnan, so it is too bad that the film is hurt by Denise Richards piss poor acting and total lack of charisma. But, anytime the character of Elektra is on the screen, the movie is right on fucking track.

3. Rosamund Pike as - One of the most truly drop dead gorgeous and awe-inspiring beauties to ever be caught on film, it is too bad that Pike is in one of the most ridiculous Bond films, ever. In fact, once she dies, I really stopped caring about this film that features such lame ass shit as an ice castle and a fucking invisible car! But, hey she is so HOT she could melt the polar ice caps or said ice castle!

2. in For Your Eyes Only- I had a HUGE crush on Ms. Johnson after this movie. Bibi's character maybe be too teen bimboish and too young for Bond, but I would have happily taken her off his shoulders! I did have the pleasure of meeting her at Chiller some years ago, and I can tell you she still looks amazing and is very sweet in person. She is a great bonus in my fav Bond movie.

1. Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye- - For me there is no competition, Janssen is THE most beautiful woman in the Bondverse. I have felt this way since this film came out, and I still feel this way. So unless, Grace Park or such becomes a Bond girl, it will be hard to top Ms. Onatopp. She kills guys by squeezing them between her thighs. This has to be a GREAT way to go!

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