January 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Acorn TV highlights include Brokenwood Mysteries, The Holiday and The Vanishing Triangle.
January 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – AMC+ highlights include Parish, Love After Lockup: Crime Story and 4th And Loud.
January 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Shudder highlights include Mother of Flies, Chain Reactions and Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
January 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – HIDIVE highlights include Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling, Chained Soldier and HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing.
ACORN TV
Brokenwood Mysteries
Season 11 Binge Premiere Monday 5 January on Acorn TV and AMC+
Quirky, fan-favorite crime drama returns with an all-new season starring Neill Rea (Go Girls, Auckward Love) as Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd and Fern Sutherland (The Almighty Johnsons) as by-the-book Detective Kristin Sims.
The captivating series sees the formidable duo investigate crimes in the sleepy and secret-filled town of Brokenwood, New Zealand. From seemingly supernatural incidents in the idyllic community to mysterious murders with hidden motives, Season 11 of the series sees Shepherd and his team plunge into a web of deception, greed and dark secrets, using less than conventional methods to tackle their most perplexing cases yet.
The all-new also sees the return of Cristina Serban Ionda (Filthy Rich) as eccentric pathologist Dr. Gina Kadinsky and Jarod Rawiri (Shortland Street) as no-nonsense Detective Constable Daniel Chalmers.
The Holiday
Series Binge Premiere Monday 12 January on Acorn TV and AMC+
Policewoman Kate (Jill Halfpenny) heads off on an idyllic family holiday to Malta with her husband Sean, teenage daughter Lucy and her young son Daniel. She is joined by her old university friends Rowan and Jenny, along with their husbands and their cool singleton friend Izzy.
What starts out as a holiday of a lifetime soon turns into a nightmare. A dark secret rears its head and fears of betrayal soon start to surface. Kate needs to take control of the holiday before things turn completely rotten.
The Vanishing Triangle
Series Binge Premieres Monday 19 January on Acorn TV and AMC+
Investigative journalist Lisa Wallace (India Mullen, Normal People) publishes an article about her mother’s murder, which sparks the disappearance of Amy Reynolds. Alongside Detective David Burke (Allen Leech, Downton Abbey), the two work together to find Amy. Their investigation takes them around Ireland, as more girls go missing.
As they follow every lead, some end up dead ends, but all the while, the killer plays psychological torture games with Lisa, putting her in compromising situations. As they get closer to finding the killer, David and Lisa learn more about the long-rooted corruption in the Gardaí system.
To cover their tracks, high-ranking Gardaí members blackmail David with his own secrets. The investigative trail finally leads Lisa to the killer, where they face off again after all these years. In the end, she must confront her childhood trauma in order to save the missing girls.
AMC+
Parish – AMC Original Series
Season 1 Binge Now Available on AMC+
An action-packed, six-episode drama starring and executive produced by Emmy® and SAG® Award-nominee and Critics Choice® Award-winner Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, The Mandalorian) who plays Gracian “Gray” Parish, a family man and proud owner of a luxury car service in New Orleans.
After his son is violently murdered and his business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits, sending Gray on a high-stakes collision course with a violent criminal syndicate.
The series also stars Zackary Momoh (The Nevers, Harriet, Doctor Sleep) as The Horse, New Orleans-based Zimbabwean gangster; SAG® Award-nominee Paula Malcomson (Watchmen, The Hunger Games, Ray Donovan) as Rose, Parish’s wife and mother to his two children; and Skeet Ulrich (Scream, Riverdale) as Colin, an old acquaintance to Gray. Emmy®, SAG® and Critics Choice® Award-winner Bradley Whitford (The West Wing, Get Out, The Handmaid’s Tale) recurs as Anton, the charming and intelligent face of industrial business in Louisiana who covertly heads a criminal organization.
His dispute with The Horse’s human trafficking ring puts him at direct odds with Parish. SAG® Award-nominee Amanda Brugel (The Handmaid’s Tale, Orphan Black) guest stars as Sister Anne, who has a mysterious past with Gray.
Love After Lockup: Crime Story
Limited Series Binge Premiere Thursday 1 January on AMC+
In this new limited series, Love After Lockup cast favorites from the past and present reveal what led them to a life of crime and what landed them behind bars. We have seen them walk out of prison gates and into the arms of loved ones, but who were they before prison?
In-depth interviews provide a no-holds-barred look at the pre-prison life of the franchise’s most loved and notorious characters as they return to the scene of the crime, reflect on their origin stories and how far they’ve come. We know their LOVE story; this is their CRIME story.
4th And Loud
Series Binge Premiere Tuesday 27 January on AMC+
Docuseries focused on the inaugural season of the LA KISS Arena Football League team. The 10-episode series follows team owners Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons of KISS fame, along with additional owners, long-time KISS manager, Doc McGhee, managing partner/owner, Brett Bouchy, and president/owner, Schuyler Hoversten, as they and the dedicated players and coaches work to turn LA’s first professional football team in years into a winning franchise.
SHUDDER
Mother of Flies – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 23 January
Mickey faces a deadly diagnosis, but she isn’t ready to die yet. Heading into the woods with her father, she seeks dark magic at the hands of mysterious recluse, Solveig, who has an intimate relationship with death and roots that go deep in the land.
For three days, Mickey endures Solveig’s extreme rituals of death magic. But every cure has its cost, and every curse is another’s gift. As buried secrets claw their way to the surface, the veil between the living and the dead begins to unravel, and Mickey finds herself facing dark truths that only the dead and the dying can know.
Chain Reactions – Shudder Exclusive Film
New Documentary Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 9 January
Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller- Nicholas, Stephen King, and Karyn Kusama – through early memories, sensory experiences, and childhood trauma.
By crafting a dynamic dialogue between contemporary footage and never-before-seen outtakes and delving into personal impressions triggered by distinct audiovisual formats (16mm, 35mm, VHS, digital), the documentary goes to the heart of how a scruffy, no-budget independent film wormed its way into our collective nightmares and permanently altered the zeitgeist.
**The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) also available beginning 9 January. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (1986) is available to stream on Shudder beginning 1 January.
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Film Premieres on Shudder and AMC+ Thursday 1 January
Affable hillbillies Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are mistaken for murderers by a group of preppy college students. Directed by Eli Craig (Clown in a Cornfield, Zombieland).
HIDIVE
Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling
Simulcast Premiere in January (date TBA) Exclusively on HIDIVE
The new year brings a hero reborn with the new isekai fantasy series Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling, scheduled to premiere this January and streaming exclusively all winter long on HIDIVE. Our hero needs to come out of his shell… literally! Reborn in another world inside a dragon egg, he doesn’t have the amazing magic or mighty physical strength of your typical isekai’d adventurer just yet.
He’ll need to break free and grow from a weak hatchling and into a fearsome beast if he wants to escape the deep, dark forest unscathed. What battles and adventures await him in this unique take on the isekai phenomenon?
Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling is directed by Yuta Takamura and assistant Nobuyoshi Arai along with series composition by Tatsuhiko Urahata and production by Studio FelixFilm.
Chained Soldier
Season 2 Simulcast Premiere Thursday 8 January Exclusively on HIDIVE
The wait ends this winter for the hit dark fantasy series Chained Soldier with its highly-anticipated Season 2 premiere on January 8 and streaming exclusively next season on HIDIVE. The fight against the Shuuki continues as Chained Soldier returns with more monsters, supernatural action, and spicy “rewards!”
Chained Soldier Season 2 is co-directed by Junji Nishmura (chief) and Goro Kuji along with series composition by Yasuhiro Nakanishi and production by Seven Arcs.
HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing
Simulcast Premiere Friday 9 January Exclusively on HIDIVE
Otherworldly excitement arrives next season with the new isekai action series HELL MODE set to premiere on January 9 and streaming exclusively this winter on HIDIVE. Thirty-five-year-old Kenichi Yamada has spent his life playing every single MMORPG he can get his hands on.
Tired of new games that cater to casual players, he leaps at the chance to try out a never-ending game with an intimidating “Hell Mode” that raises the difficulty (and chances to level up) to impossible heights. But, as soon as he selects the “Summoner,” Kenichi finds himself transported into the world of the game and reborn to a family of serfs as a baby named Allen!
With nothing but his memories and wits to guide him, Allen sets off to conquer Hell Mode, unearth the secrets of the Summoner class, and free his newfound family from their fate.
HELL MODE is directed by Makoto Tamagawa together with series composition by Daishiro Tanimura and production by Yokohama Animation Lab.
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January 2026 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE
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Acorn TV is the definitive global streaming service for sophisticated and well-crafted mysteries and dramas from Britain and beyond including a raft of Acorn TV Originals including Harry Wild, Signora Volpe, Recipes for Love and Murder, The Chelsea Detective, The Madame Blanc Mysteries and many others. Acorn TV offers a free trial and thereafter is just $6.99 per month or $69 for an annual subscription. Sign up at https://au.acorn.tv
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