April 2025 on Shudder, AMC+ and Acorn TV – Acorn TV highlights include The Chelsea Detective, The Wives and Hemingway vs. Callaghan.
April 2025 on Shudder, AMC+ and Acorn TV – AMC+ highlights include Dark Winds, Toya & Reginae and Love After Lockup.
April 2025 on Shudder, AMC+ and Acorn TV – Shudder highlights include 825 Forest Road, Shadow of God, Dead Mail and Fréwaka.
ACORN TV
The Chelsea Detective – Acorn TV Original Series
Series 3 Premieres Exclusively on Acorn TV and AMC+ Monday 7 April
The new season sees DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough Killing Eve, The King’s Speech, 1917) and DS Layla Walsh (Vanessa Emme,Dublin Murders, Three Families) delve once more into the darker side of Chelsea that lurks beneath its glossy façade.
Season 3 finds Max and Layla investigating the discovery of an ex-soldier’s body in an allotment, the brutal murder of an antiques dealer, and the mysterious case of a climate scientist found dead in a stolen car. But, while Max remains adept at solving crimes, things are far from straightforward at home.
After all their ups and downs, Max and his estranged wife, Astrid (Anamaria Marinca, Deadline) are now trying couples therapy in a bid to revive their relationship and unpack where it all went wrong for them.
The Wives
Premieres Exclusively on Acorn TV and AMC+ Monday 21 April
Last year, four sisters-in-law and their families escaped to their Maltese holiday apartments, as they’ve done every summer for 15 years. Sylvie (Tamzin Outhwaite, Eastenders) was happily married, Natasha (Angela Griffin, Waterloo Road) was swimming in wealth, and Beth (Jo Joyner, Shakespeare & Hathaway) and Annabelle (Christine Bottomley, Sherwood) were thick as thieves.
But this year, as they come together again, everything is different. Sylvie’s now single and loving life, Natasha’s hiding a desperate financial situation, Beth is barely keeping her life together and Annabelle is, well… dead.
When Annabelle’s widower Charlie (Jamie Bamber, Innocent, Marcella) arrives with a new woman in tow, Beth tries to be happy for them, but something doesn’t sit right, and her suspicion that there’s more to Annabelle’s death is heightened.
With lies coming to light and evidence building, the women work together and against each other to unravel the mystery and bring the culprit to justice. But with corrupt officials, drug cartels and career criminals closer to home than ever expected, have they bitten off more than they can chew?”
Hemingway vs. Callaghan
Binge Premieres on Acorn TV and AMC+ Monday 14 April
A mini-series based on the true story of the friendship between Ernest Hemingway and Morley Callaghan in Toronto and Paris between 1923 and 1929. Adapted from Callaghan’s memoir, That Summer in Paris, the mini-series stars Vincent Walsh (Random Passage) as young Ernest Hemingway and Robin Dunne (Dawson’s Creek) as young Morley Callaghan.
Gordon Pinsent (Shipping News) portrays the older Morley Callaghan and Maury Chaykin (A Nero Wolfe Mystery) takes on the role of Max Perkins. Rounding out the cast is Aida Turturro (The Sopranos) as Gertrude Stein.
AMC+
Dark Winds
New Episodes Every Sunday Until the Season Finale April 27 Exclusively on AMC+
The expanded third season of the critically acclaimed drama, featuring eight episodes, picks up six months after the events of Season 2 and follows Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) as they investigate the disappearance of two boys, with only an abandoned bicycle and blood-stained patch of ground left in their wake.
Meanwhile, Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten) attempts to settle into her new life 500 miles from home with the Border Patrol, but stumbles across a conspiracy involving human and drug smuggling with far-reaching implications. All three seasons of this lauded series, have perfect 100-point scores on Rotten Tomatoes and the first two seasons are available to stream in their entirety on AMC+.
Toya & Reginae
Series 2 Binge Premieres Thursday 24 April on AMC+
This season, the stakes are higher for Toya Johnson-Rushing and daughter, Reginae Carter, as the dynamic duo continue to juggle life, love, family, and their ever-growing careers in the spotlight… from different coasts.
Toya’s relationship with her family continues to be a work in progress as she anxiously awaits her brother Walter’s return from prison, in the hope he can help her mend the family divide. Reginae, now in LA, hustles to land a major acting role, all while keeping a mysterious new relationship under wraps.
And that may be easier said than done when Toya makes a visit to discuss Reginae’s spending habits. Beedy’s shocking revelation and Ms. Anita’s erratic behavior begin to push Toya’s patience to the limit and Reginae finds herself in the middle of the family drama and debates moving back to Atlanta.
From family milestones to personal challenges and triumphs, this season promises to be the realest, rawest, most unfiltered season yet!
Love After Lockup
Season 2C Binge Premieres Thursday 3 April on AMC+
Season 2D Binge Premieres Thursday 10 April on AMC+
Season 3A Part 1 Binge Premieres Thursday 17 April on AMC+
Season 3A Part 2 Binge Premieres Thursday 24 April on AMC+
Groundbreaking docuseries introduces couples as they prepare for the big release day – and an even bigger wedding day. As most of these couples have never had unsupervised contact with one another, we will watch as they experience several “firsts” including dates, meeting the family and other nerve-wracking, intimate moments.
The newly free ex-cons are lucky enough to walk into the open arms of their loved one but will also deal with the difficulties of reentry; including temptations in the outside world, rules and regulations due to parole, difficulties of job hunting with a rap sheet, and of course judgement from family and friends.
Each is a tale of love and redemption, full of surprises and shocking moments, begging the question “Is love enough to create a bright future when one partner has a checkered past?”
New episodes of Love After Lockup premiere every Thursday.
SHUDDER
825 Forest Road – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 4 April
From the creator of the Hell House LLC franchise, Stephen Cognetti, the film centers on Chuck Wilson starting a new life after a family tragedy when he moves to the town of Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth. But he quickly discovers that the town has a dark secret.
The ghost of Helen Foster has terrorized residents for decades, since her own suicide back in the ‘40s. Finding Helen’s old home is key to ending the hauntings, but the address they have doesn’t match any of the town’s existing streets.
When Chuck realizes his family might be in danger of Helen’s wrath, he takes it upon himself to locate 825 Forest Road before it’s too late.
Shadow of God – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 11 April
When several of his fellow Vatican exorcists are simultaneously killed, Father Mason Harper returns to his childhood home to spend time with childhood friend while he awaits orders from the Church. However, this small town holds dark secrets about Mason’s past and the religious organization once run by his father, Angus.
Thought dead, Angus reappears, forcing a reunion between father and son. But Angus is different now, and before long, Mason suspects he’s possessed, not by the devil, but by something… holy.
When Mason attempts to exorcise the presence from his father, he sets off a chain of events that may end in a cataclysm of biblical proportions testing everything he holds sacred.
Dead Mail – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 18 April
On a desolate, Midwestern county road, a bound man crawls towards a remote postal box, managing to slide a blood-stained plea-for-help message into the slot before a panicking figure closes in behind him.
The note makes its way to the desk of Jasper, a seasoned ‘dead letter’ investigator at a 1980s midwestern post office. As he begins to piece together the letter’s origins, it leads him down a violent, unforeseen path to a kidnapped keyboard engineer and his eccentric business associate.
Fréwaka – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 25 April
Irish folk horror from Aislinn Clarke (The Devil’s Doorway) follows home care worker Shoo, who is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman who fears the neighbors as much as she fears the Na Sídhe — sinister entities who she believes abducted her decades before.
As the two develop a strangely deep connection, Shoo is consumed by the old woman’s paranoia, rituals, and superstitions, eventually confronting the horrors from her own past.
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April 2025 on Shudder, AMC+ and Acorn TV
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