The Haunted Season

The Haunted Season

From Severin Films and renowned author, producer, and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse comes The Haunted Season. Created by Janisse, one new episode of The Haunted Season will arrive on Shudder each December with chilling short form horror tales in the tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas.

Member Reviews

I really enjoyed the mind twist at the end. Can’t wait till the next episode.

HalT
1 week ago

reminded me of a play

Kingofmonsters
1 week ago

Fun, spooky watch! Love the Ghost Stories for Christmas vibe!

AMarieee
2 weeks ago

Altogether a great little short film. I loved the dialogue, reminded me of a H P Lovecraft story.

callum
2 weeks ago

I usually love these sorts of smaller stories that focus on character and atmosphere and this one has a decent idea, but the story was derivative, the performances were one-note and obnoxiously hammy, and the dialogue felt like a college freshmen's first attempt at "old-timey" writing. The biggest issue was that the atmosphere was terrible due to the bright studio lighting on the actors and bad Halloween costumes with cheap LED lamps being carried by the characters, which the harsh digital black and white did very little to disguise. The whole thing feels like something you'd watch in a town theater production because your friend's dad is in it, and then at the end everyone would pretend they liked it and that he'll be a real actor someday. A lot of people seem to like this one, but something about it just grated on me from the first few minutes (the moment I got a whiff of faux-authenticity) and I tried to let it recover but it never really did - so, if you're like me and struggle through the corniness of the first five minutes, save yourself the remaining forty.

seluropnek
2 weeks ago