Shudder’s Halfway lineup
Shudder rolled out its Halfway to Halloween lineup with new horror premieres for spring viewing—Fangoria flagged the slate as a major grab for genre fans. (x.com) If you’re carving out a watchlist, the timing means new festival‑style drops before the summer festival season. (x.com)
Shudder’s first wave of Halfway to Halloween premieres lands on Fridays in April: Deathstalker on April 3, Somnium on April 10, Night Patrol on April 17, and the Shudder original Dolly on April 24. (fangoria.com) Deathstalker is a Steven Kostanski remake starring Daniel Bernhardt with Patton Oswalt in a voiced role. (en.wikipedia.org)) The Kostanski film screened on the festival circuit and opened theatrically last fall before getting a Shudder streaming premiere set for April 3. (fandango.com) Somnium, which features Chloë Levine and Grace Van Dien in a sleep-clinic nightmare, is scheduled for Shudder on April 10. (dreadcentral.com) Somnium played a 2025 theatrical/digital window following festival play and is now moving to the streamer as part of the April rollout. (horrorfacts.com) Night Patrol — the vampire‑cop thriller led by Jermaine Fowler with Justin Long, CM Punk and Dermot Mulroney — premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2025, opened in U.S. theaters in January 2026, and is set to arrive on Shudder April 17. (en.wikipedia.org)) Dolly is billed as a Shudder original starring Fabianne Therese alongside Seann William Scott and Ethan Suplee, and it premieres April 24 during the Halfway month. (dreadcentral.com) Shudder is positioning the April slate inside AMC Networks’ April highlights package and will pair the premieres with live programming, including a Last Drive‑In with Joe Bob Briggs special airing live April 24 at 9 p.m. ET. (amcnetworks.com)
