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Mom Macabre

Mom Macabre

Fight or Fright. Shudder celebrates moms on either side of the horror divide.

Mother
Mother's Day

Three young women are tormented by an insane matriarch and her depraved sons.

Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker
Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

Billy's about to graduate, but Aunt Cheryl wants him all to herself in this twisted cult gem.

Kindred
Kindred

A pregnant woman faces danger from the father's family.

birth/rebirth
birth/rebirth

A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead.

Relic
Relic

A mother and granddaughter sense an insidious presence is taking hold in this celebrated and unsettling psychological horror.

A Dark Song
A Dark Song

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives, and souls, to perform a dangerous ritual.

The Babadook
The Babadook

Amelia struggles to discipline her ‘out of control’ 6 year-old Samuel – a son she finds difficult to love. Samuel’s dreams are plagued by a monster called ‘The Babadook’ who he believes is coming to kill them.

Huesera: The Bone Woman
Huesera: The Bone Woman

A group of witches are a pregnant woman's only hope.

From Black
From Black

A young mother, crushed by guilt after the disappearance of her young son 5 years previously, is presented with a bizarre offer to learn the truth and set things right. But how far is she willing to go, and is she willing to pay the terrifying price for a chance to hold her boy again?

Motherly
Motherly

When a vengeful couple invades her home, a single mother is forced to do whatever it takes to defend her daughter.

The Twin
The Twin

After a tragic accident, Rachel and her husband Anthony decide to move to the other side of the world to focus on their surviving twin son, Elliot, but life in the Scandinavian countryside turns into a desperate battle for the very soul of their son.

Virus :32
Virus :32

A virus breaks out and a chilling massacre rages through the streets of Montevideo.

The Cellar
The Cellar

After moving to an old house in the country, Keira’s daughter goes missing during a power cut. She decides she will go to hell and back to find her.

Hellbender
Hellbender

There will be Hell to pay when a lonely teen discovers her family’s ties to witchcraft.

Martyrs Lane
Martyrs Lane

Leah, 10, has terrible nightmares. Her mother seems distant somehow, lost in her thoughts. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon Leah will realise that her little visitor offers knowledge that might be very, very dangerous.

Son
Son

When a young boy mysteriously falls ill, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.

Z
Z

A couple is shaken when their eight-year-old son meets a creepy imaginary friend.

The Room
The Room

In their new home, a young couple discover a secret room that grants their every wish. But some wishes can have dire consequences...

Gwen
Gwen

In this stark folk horror, a young girl tries desperately to keep her home together as a growing darkness takes hold.

The Noonday Witch
The Noonday Witch

A mythical witch comes for a widowed mother and her young daughter.

Prevenge
Prevenge

A pregnant woman sets out to get revenge on seven strangers in this British black comedy-slasher.