New Movies Streaming on Shudder in May 2023

Everything streaming on Shudder in May 2023, complete with dates, descriptions, and links.

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Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022) streams on Shudder starting May 12, 2023.

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Shudder is the premiere source for dedicated genre-film fans. This month, Shudder begins on May 1st with the addition of a group of French horror films including Martyrs and High Tension. May will also have great Mexican horror movies like Huesera: The Bone Woman, the horror of motherhood with The Babadook, and new episodes of Slasher: Ripper and The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs. This article lists everything streaming on Shudder in May 2023 and when you can watch them. Keep checking back for throughout the month for direct streaming links as they become available.

Shudder Originals and Exclusives Coming in May 2023

Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022)

Exclusive – Streams May 12
The director of Huesera: The Bone Woman, Michelle Garza Cervera, won Best New Narrative Director at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Releasing on Shudder just in time for Mother’s Day, Huesera: The Bone Woman is about a woman, Valeria (Natalia Solián), who begins having terrifying supernatural experiences after learning that she’s pregnant.

Consecration (2023)

Exclusive – Streams May 19
Consecration is from director Christopher Smith, the director of the underrated psychological horror film Triangle (2009).
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Jena Malone is Grace, a woman who travels to a Scottish convent after the death of her brother, a priest. Once there, she discovers disturbing secrets about her brother, and about herself.

Influencer (2022)

Original – Streams May 26
Emily Tennant and Cassandra Naud star in Influencer.
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Madison, a social media influencer, has her uneventful trip to Thailand turned around after meeting a new friend by the name of CW. Madison is shown the sights, but she might not be seeing the danger right in front of her.

Shudder Original Series Episodes Coming in May 2023

Slasher: Ripper (2023)

Slasher: Ripper episode 2
In the 1800s, a killer known as The Widow roams the streets, taking out members of the city’s elite.

The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs: Season 5 (2023)

The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl present some of the best and worst movies in horror history.

More Movies Streaming on Shudder in May 2023

Streaming on Shudder May 1

Martyrs (2008)
The director of Martyrs, Pascal Laugier, has stated in interviews that he wanted his audience to share the pain he felt while writing the movie. (pictured: Catherine Bégin)
  • High Tension (2003) – A high-profile classic of New French Extremity, High Tension is a gory film about a woman who tries to save her friend after she is abducted by a man who murdered the rest of her family. From Alexandre Aja, director of Crawl (2019) and The Hills Have Eyes (2006).
  • Inside (2007) – Béatrice Dalle costars as a woman who will do anything to take Sarah’s (Alysson Paradis) unborn child from her womb. A violent and harrowing home invasion movie that is a must-see of French horror cinema.
  • Livid (2011) – The promise of hidden treasure lures Lucie (Chloé Coulloud) and two friends to the home of a woman in a coma, but instead of riches they discover supernatural horrors.
  • Martyrs (2008) – Supporting her friend Lucie’s (Mylène Jampanoï) plan for revenge leads Anna (Morjana Alaoui) into a nightmare of physical and mental torture in Martyrs, one of the very best films of the New French Extremity cycle.

Streaming on Shudder May 8

Poison for the Fairies (1986)
Poison for the Fairies is from Mexican writer and director Carlos Enrique Taboada.
  • Poison for the Fairies (1986) – This Mexican fantasy horror film focuses on a young girl obsessed with witches who convinces a naive classmate that she has true mystical powers.
  • Darker than the Night (1975) – A woman and three friends move into a house she inherited from her aunt in this creepy haunted house movie from Mexico.

Streaming on Shudder May 15

The Babadook
Tara Carpenter prefers The Babadook.
  • The Babadook (2014) – This smart psychological horror movie about a mother, her son, and a creepy children’s book is one of the standout horror movies of the 2010s.
  • The Devil’s Doorway (2018) – In 1960, two priests investigate a “miracle” in an institution for “fallen woman” in this supernatural found-footage horror movie.
  • Darklands (1996) – A journalist investigating a mysterious death in this British folk horror movie.
  • The Muthers (1976) – This women-in-prison film is about a band of modern-day female pirates who infiltrate a prison camp to save the sister of one of the pirates.

Streaming on Shudder May 22

In Their Skin (2012)
Selma Blair (on the right) costars in In Their Skin.
  • In Their Skin (2012) – A family of three grieving the loss of their 6-year-old daughter is subjected to violence in this home invasion thriller.

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Chris has a degree in film studies at Temple University’s campus in Tokyo, Japan. He is a renowned expert on horror cinema.