May 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Acorn TV highlights include Harry Wild, Aurora Teagarden Mysteries and Boglands.
May 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – AMC+ highlights include In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin, Wicked City and Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter.
May 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Shudder highlights include The Ugly Stepsister, The Surrender and Vampire Hunter D.
May 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – HIDIVE highlights include Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kigin Gentosho, Rock is a Lady’s Modesty and Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!
ACORN TV
Harry Wild – Acorn TV Original Series
Series 4 Premieres Exclusively on Acorn TV and AMC+ Monday 5 May
Season four picks up a year after season three, and business couldn’t be better at the Wild/Reid Detective Agency as Harry (Seymour) and Fergus (Rohan Nedd, Whitstable Pearl) welcome an unexpected client: Charlie Wild (Kevin Ryan, Guilt, Copper).
Elsewhere, Harry is hired by a friend and former wild child turned nun, Lola (Rose O’Neill) stumbles upon a dance school mystery, a Dublin literary tour takes a bloody turn and more. Meanwhile, Fergus’ hopes of going to college at the same time as Lola are threatened when she gets an incredible offer to study abroad.
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries
Series 4 Premieres with Three New Films Exclusively on Acorn TV and AMC+ Monday 12 May
Librarian Aurora Teagarden is a professional librarian at the Public Library in Lawrenceton, Georgia. She belongs to the “Real Murders Club,” a group of true crime enthusiasts who gather monthly to study famous crimes from history. She is known around town as a master sleuth and with the help of the Club’s members, she can piece together clues faster than the police in her town can, and solves troubling murder mysteries.
Boglands
Binge Premieres Exclusively on Acorn TV and AMC+ Monday 26 May
In an isolated village in the northwest of Ireland, with its own laws and codes of conduct, a murder investigation begins when police officer Conall Ó Súilleabháin’s missing mother Sabine is discovered buried in the bog after 15 years missing. Conall is forbidden from working the case but that’s not going to stop him.
Meanwhile, a young journalist, Ciara-Kate, decides to produce a podcast about the case. Conall soon realizes that Ciara-Kate can get access to people who refuse to speak to the official investigation. If Conall wants justice for his mother, he has no choice but to join forces with this citizen journalist. Their investigation leads them on a dark path and begs the question: can justice really be blind? *Gaelic-language with subtitles
AMC+
In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin
Series 2 Premieres Wednesday, 30 April with New Episodes Every Week Exclusively on AMC+
Filmed in the Hamlin home kitchen, In the Kitchen with Harry Hamlin brings laughter and heart, showing that cooking is about more than just food—it’s about connection and fun.
Filled with unexpected and relatable kitchen moments, the series offers a behind-the-scenes look into stars’ personalities off-screen as they cook and share personal stories, leaving viewers inspired to try something new in their own kitchens.
Special guests this season include Ben Feldman (Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches), Kevin Rahm (Mad Men), Angela Kinsey (The Office), Kate Flannery (The Office), Joel McHale (Spy Kids 4), Aisha Tyler (Criminal Minds Evolution), Paul Scheer (Black Monday), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), Kiowa Gordon (Dark Winds) and Annabeth Gish (Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches).
Wicked City
Series 3 Binge Premieres Monday 5 May on AMC+
Wicked City follows a group of friends and witches in Atlanta, GA, who dabble in magick too big for them and get thrust into a world of dangerous enemies such as power-hungry witches like Claudette Lenoir and dangerous sorcerers like The Handler. This Season, the coven must push their powers to new heights as a new virus spreads called “Fear Fever” and a new governing order known as The Council arises.
The Council will go through unspeakable lengths to keep the magic world hidden and power in their own hands, causing a rift between Caden (Malika Blessing, The Perfect Man) and Claudette (Rhonda Morman, Hush). Jordan (Shaquita Smith, The Couch) struggles after Javi’s (Marco Reese Maldonado, Atlanta 10.0) betrayal.
Sherise (Chanel Mack, The Harder They Fall) runs Obsidian Dream, while Angela (Chantal Maurice, P-Valley) and Darletra (India Marie Cross, It Wasn’t Me) navigate a new relationship. Friendships break and alliances change as lies, betrayal and long hidden secrets put everyone at risk. Between the drama of their own personal lives and enemies at every turn, this coven is in for a dangerous ride.
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Series 2 Premieres Friday 23 May Exclusively on AMC+
The Emmy®-nominated series returns with five new episodes of Emmy contenders, featuring themed episodes including Comedy Actress, Drama Actor, Comedy Actor, Drama Actress and Stand-Up. Each episode will highlight a dynamic ensemble of actors and delve deep into the urgent issues, creative methodologies, and behind-the-scenes narratives that define entertainment.
SHUDDER
The Ugly Stepsister – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ in May (Date TBA)
A sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story, The Ugly Stepsister follows Elvira as she prepares to earn the prince’s affection at any cost. In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball.
The Surrender– Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 23 May
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead. As the bizarre and brutal resurrection spirals out of control, both women must confront their differences as they fight for their lives – and for each other.
Vampire Hunter D
40th Anniversary Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder, AMC+ and HIDIVE Friday 30 May
In the year 12,090 A.D. technology and the supernatural have overtaken the world, leaving the land desolate and despotic. The remnants of humanity are scattered into small communities and live in fear of vampires who compose the ruling Nobility.
When Count Magnus Lee tastes the blood of Doris Lang, she is forcibly chosen to be his next wife. In an effort to escape her ill-gotten fate she hires a mysterious vampire hunter known only as D, who comes from a peculiar lineage.
HIDIVE
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kigin Gentosho
English Dub Premieres Exclusively on HIDIVE Wednesday 28 May
In the Edo period, there was a shrine maiden called “Itskihime” in the mountain village of Kadono. Jinta, a wandering orphan who, along with his younger sister Suzune, drifted into the village and grew up to become the shrine maiden’s guardian, ventures into the forest to defeat a mysterious demon who speaks to him of the far future and the threat of a Demon God.
So begins this epic supernatural historical fantasy series that follows a demon hunter through his century-spanning journey from the Edo to Heisei periods—all-the-while questioning his wielding of a sword.
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho is directed by Kazuya Aiura along with writing by Deko Akao, character design by Taro Ikegami and production by Yokohama Animation Laboratory.
Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
New Episodes Premiere Every Thursday Exclusively on HIDIVE
Music fills the air this spring with the new coming-of-age drama Rock is a Lady’s Modesty. At an elite all-girls’ academy where refined young ladies gather, Lilisa Suzunomiya, now the daughter of a real estate tycoon after her mother remarried, is forced to abandon her guitar and rock music to fit in.
However, her passion is reignited by sounds from the old school building, where she meets a skilled drummer who shares her love for rock.
Together, they embrace their inner rockstars, elegantly clashing and shouting their way through the academy in this captivating tale of grace and rebellion.
Rock is a Lady’s Modesty is directed by Shinya Watada together with writing by Shogo Yasukawa, character design by Risa Miyadani and production by BN Pictures.
Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!
New Episodes Premiere Every Sunday Exclusively on HIDIVE
Fantasy comes to Earth with the new reverse isekai rom-com Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World!. Hinata did it. He got reincarnated into another world, took up the mantle of Hero, and slew the dreaded Demon Lord alongside his party of fellow adventurers.
As his reward, he’s returned to Earth to resume a normal life. Or it would be if it wasn’t for the fact that his dark elf companion Mariabelle decided to travel to Earth to come and live with him!
Now she uses her arcane talents to ward off any potential romantic rivals and capture Hinata’s affection. Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World! is directed by Toshikatsu Tokoro with writing by Yuki Takabayashi and animation by Elias.
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May 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE
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