What’s Streaming on Shudder in December 2025: Christmas Crackers Galore!
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The Season of Christmas Crackers begins on Shudder this December. Get ready for The Jester 2, Influencers, and Reflections In A Dead Diamond.
It’s time for our monthly check-in with the team at Shudder to find out what’s streaming in December 2025. With the Christmas festivities keeping us in good cheer, the streamer is on hand to offer a darker alternative to the light and fluffy fare of the festive period. This month, the streamer has unpacked an excellent selection of Christmas Crackers to keep us entertained. From the platform premiere of Reflections In A Dead Diamond to the chilling Jester 2, there are plenty of spine-chilling films. These films keep the horror coming.
But if television offerings are more your type of Christmas presents, The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors and The Haunted Season: The Occupant of the Room are on hand to keep us on the edge of our seats. So, grab a cushion to hide behind as we unpack another month of horrific awesomeness.
DECEMBER 2025 HORROR PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
Now that we’ve whetted your appetite and teased you with the chilling fun that awaits us in December, let’s dive into the treasure trove and check out all the big reveals coming our way. It’s time to reach for the cushions!
MOVIES
Reflections In A Dead Diamond – Shudder Original Film – New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday, 5 December
When the mysterious woman in the room next door disappears, a debonair 70-year-old ex-spy living in a luxury hotel on the Côte d’Azur is confronted by the demons and darlings of a lurid past in which moviemaking, memories and madness collide.
Influencers – Shudder Original Film – New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday, 12 December
In the sun-drenched countryside of southern France, CW (Cassandra Naud) lives a quiet idyllic life with her girlfriend Diane (Lisa Delamar), hiding a dark obsession with murder and stolen identities. During an anniversary getaway, they cross paths with Charlotte (Georgina Campbell), a bold, alluring influencer whose curiosity quickly turns intrusive. When CW acts on a violent impulse, the consequences spiral out of control, and as Diane begins to suspect the truth, CW’s carefully constructed life threatens to collapse around her.
The Jester 2 – Shudder Original Film – New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Frida,y 26 December
On Halloween night, teen magician Max finds herself locked in a brutal showdown with the Jester, a nightmarish and supernatural trickster with real dark magic and a killer act. As illusions turn lethal and every escape is a trap, Max must pull off the ultimate trick: staying alive. On this deadly night, the only escape is to beat the devil at its own game.
The Haunted Season: The Occupant of the Room – New Series Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Monday, 1 December
From renowned author and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse (Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror), The Haunted Season is a series of chilling horror tales following the classic tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas. The festive new film in the horror anthology series, The Occupant of the Room is based on the classic chiller of the same name by Algernon Blackwood about a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps without a reservation leaves him with no option but to accept the room of a missing hotel guest – leading to a sleepless night full of strange and uncanny occurrences.
TELEVISION
The Creep Tapes – Shudder Original Series – New Episodes Premiere Fridays Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Until the Season Finale on 19 December
From writers and executive producers Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, The Creep Tapes season two will continue to expose a collection of video tapes from the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer (Duplass). Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake. Guest stars this season include David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil, Dexter: Resurrection) Katie Aselton (The Morning Show, The League), and Robert Longstreet (Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House).
The Creep Tapes– Christmas Episode Premieres Friday, 12 December
Nick is confronted by his therapist’s odd behavior during an emergency therapy session on Christmas Eve.
The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors – Shudder Original Special – New Special Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Tuesday, 16 December
From The Boulet Brothers (The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula) and David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Late Night with the Devil) comes The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors, a chilling holiday-themed horror special produced by Boulet Brothers’ Productions and Good Fiend Productions. The film features four original shorts, each written and directed by a different genre powerhouse: The Boulet Brothers, Dastmalchian, Akeela Cooper (Malignant, M3GAN), and Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House). Starring Bonnie Aarons (The Nun), Steve Agee (Peacemaker), and Tracie Thoms (Death Proof), the anthology blends atmospheric horror, practical gore, and haunting holiday imagery into a new seasonal classic.
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Season 2 – Shudder Original Series – New Episodes Premiere Tuesdays Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Until the Season Finale on 9 December
In The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans season two, fourteen of the fiercest drag artists from past seasons (most of them top three finalists and fan favorites) will return to battle in design, performance, and makeup-based challenges inspired by horror, science fiction, fantasy, and the supernatural. The competitors will have to survive the show’s pillars of Filth, Horror and Glamour in order to win the crown and a $100,000 grand prize, a headlining spot on a forthcoming world tour, and the title of “Queen of the Underworld”. Hosted by Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, this season will feature a variety of guest judges & horror/genre royalty including David Dastmalchian, Jennifer Tilly, Todd McFarlane, Kate Siegel, Don Mancini, Bonnie Aarons, Akela Cooper, Twin Temple, Peaches Christ, Steve Orlando, Ryan Turek, James A Janisse & Chelsea Rebecca and season one winner, Victoria Elizabeth Black.
ABOUT THE PLATFORM
AMC Networks’ Shudder, a premium streaming video service, super-serving members with the best selection in genre entertainment, covering horror, thrillers and the supernatural. This year marks the streamer’ s 10-year anniversary, marking a decade of the best in horror. “Shudder10” will feature the service’s most terrifyingly ambitious slate to date, along with special fan events, a nationwide screening series, customed merchandise and more. The milestone celebration follows a successful 2024 for Shudder as the streamer claimed six of the year’s top 10 titles on Rotten Tomatoes 2024 Horror list with LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL landing in the #1 spot.
Shudder’s expanding library of film, TV series, and Original Content is available on most streaming devices in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Over the last few years, Shudder has introduced audiences to groundbreaking and critically acclaimed films including Rob Savage’s HOST, Jayro Bustamante’s LA LLORONA, Phil Tippett’s MAD GOD, Coralie Fargeat’s REVENGE, Joko Anwar’s SATAN’S SLAVES, Josh Ruben’s SCARE ME, Kyle Edward Ball’s SKINAMARINK, Christian Tafdrup’s SPEAK NO EVIL, Chloe Okuno’s WATCHER, Demián Rugna‘s WHEN EVIL LURKS, and the latest in the V/H/S film anthology franchise, as well as the fan favorite TV series THE BOULET BROTHERS’ DRAGULA, THE CREEP TAPES from Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice, and THE LAST DRIVE-IN WITH JOE BOB BRIGGS.
DECEMBER’S HIGHLIGHTS
Take a look at this excellent list of horror content! This streaming platform offers some impressive options for horror fans. We can’t wait to explore its collection of thrilling films and TV titles. Personally, I’m looking forward to checking out Jester 2. Meanwhile, The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors looks like an absolute banger. The Boulet Brothers always entertain, and the idea of them casting their eye on Christmas fare is a thrilling prospect. So, start planning your festive horror watchlist!
Be sure to check back often —we’ll post reviews and share our thoughts on new releases!
Are you looking for a chilling horror movie to watch this December? In the comments below, let us know which has caught your eye. Don’t worry—we won’t scare you too much!
Meet Phil Roberts! He’s the dedicated owner, daily content manager, and editor-in-chief of The Future of the Force. Phil is a budding novelist who turned his passion toward writing about the franchises he loves back in 2016. He’s a huge fan of all things Star Wars, Batman, DC, Marvel, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, King Kong, and the Ray Harryhausen movies. Phil is a BFI-accredited journalist and a distinguished member of the Film Critics Association UK.
If he’s not catching a movie at the cinema, you can bet he’s streaming something just as awesome!
