October 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Acorn TV highlights include Summertide.
October 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – AMC+ highlights include The Braxtons, Darwin, Operation: Aunties and Love After Lockup.
October 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – Shudder highlights include Guts & Glory, V/H/S/Halloween, The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans, O.T.H.E.R and Hell House LLC: Lineage.
October 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE – HIDIVE highlights include My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!, Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! and Dusk Beyond the End of the World.
ACORN TV
Summertide
New Episodes Every Monday on Acorn TV and AMC+
After losing his beloved wife Julia (Amalia Uys) to tragedy, renowned marine biologist Martin Field (Frank Rautenbach) leaves his old life behind and moves his rebellious teenage son and daughter to his childhood home in Simon’s Town to begin again.
With Julia’s memory as his driving force, he pours his heart into setting up a conservation trust to protect the marine life along the False Bay coast. Will he find calm in these waters or does his past hide painful secrets beneath the surface?
AMC+
The Braxtons – AMC+ Exclusive Series
Season 2 Premieres Exclusively on AMC+ Friday 10 October
This season, the Braxton sisters aimed to focus on their roots of fun, humor, and spending much-needed quality time with one another as they planned to celebrate Towanda’s wedding.
However, as the family gathers for the pending nuptials, the sisters are forced to continue to work on healing their relationships and address unresolved issues along with new rifts, which is complicated as they continue processing the intense grief from the passing of their sister, Traci.
We will experience a rollercoaster of emotions, with heartfelt tears, fireworks and, most importantly, love. It’s never a dull moment when the Braxton family comes together.
Darwin – AMC+ Exclusive Film
Film Premieres Exclusively on AMC+ Friday 10 October
Tahj (Danielle LaRoach, A House Divided and Tyler Perry’s Zatima), a determined young woman, escapes foster care to join her streetwise cousin, Bam Bam (Martin Bats Bradford, NCIS: New Orleans), and disillusioned college grad, Canis (Keraun Harris, Black-ish and Insecure), in a life of urban heists targeting the affluent.
But their plans take a deadly turn when they cross paths with Charles (Matt Kinback), a vicious predator with a chilling obsession. As the crew becomes his prey, they must rely on their sharp instincts to survive.
Operation: Aunties – AMC+ Exclusive Film
Film Premieres Exclusively on AMC+ Friday 17 October
After an attempted trafficking incident impacts her family, professor and blockchain expert Dr. Carol Cleavers (Melissa De Sousa, The Best Man) uncovers a dark web trafficking ring targeting women through a rideshare app.
When the feds start to drag their feet on the case, Carol recruits her ride-or-die bestie, retired detective Sharon O’Hara (Tisha Campbell, Martin, Act Your Age), and her tech-genius niece Aminah (Amiyah Scott, Star) to take matters into their own hands. Together, the three women become cyber-age vigilantes on a mission for justice and survival.
Love After Lockup
Season 5, Part 6 Binge Premieres Wednesday 1 October 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?”
SHUDDER
Guts & Glory – Shudder Original Series
New Series Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Tuesday 14 October*
New unscripted, horror-based competition show Guts & Glory, from award-winning special effects artist and executive producer Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead, Creepshow) flips the script on the traditional competition show – thrusting players into an immersive horror experience full of unexpected challenges.
The new series blends the intensity of a horror film with the pressure of a survival game where contestants are confronted with their fears in various scenarios.
*Please note this premiere date change
V/H/S/Halloween – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 3 October
A collection of Halloween-themed videotapes unleashes a series of twisted blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival. The six segments are as follows:
o DIET PHANTASMA directed by Bryan M. Ferguson (Pumpkin Guts)
o FUN SIZE directed by Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks)
o HOME HAUNT directed by Micheline Pitt-Norman and R.H. Norman (Cosmetic)
o KIDPRINT directed by Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell)
o UT SUPRA SIC INFRA directed by Paco Plaza (REC)
o COOCHIE COOCHIE COO directed by Anna Zlokovic (Appendage)
The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans Season 2 – Shudder Original Series
New Series Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Tuesday 7 October
In The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula: Titans season two, fourteen of the fiercest drag artists from past seasons (most of them top three finalists and fan favorites) will return to battle in design, performance, and makeup-based challenges inspired by horror, science fiction, fantasy, and the supernatural.
The competitors will have to survive the show’s pillars of Filth, Horror and Glamour in order to win the crown and a $100,000 grand prize, a headlining spot on a forthcoming world tour, and the title of “Queen of the Underworld”.
Hosted by Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet, this season will feature a variety of guest judges & horror/genre royalty including David Dastmalchian, Jennifer Tilly, Todd McFarlane, Kate Siegel, Don Mancini, Bonnie Aarons, Akela Cooper, Twin Temple, Peaches Christ, Steve Orlando, Ryan Turek, James A Janisse & Chelsea Rebecca and season one winner, Victoria Elizabeth Black.
O.T.H.E.R – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Friday 17 October
Alice (Olga Kurylenko, Thunderbolts*, Oblivion) returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, only to find the house is rigged with surveillance tracking her every move, as a sinister presence lurks, driving her towards a terrifying revelation.
Hell House LLC: Lineage – Shudder Original Film
New Film Premieres Exclusively on Shudder and AMC+ Thursday 30 October
Haunted by visions and recurring nightmares years after a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepard (Elizabeth Vermilyea) finds herself living in the town of Abaddon, unable to break free from its unexplainable hold on her.
When people around her suddenly and inexplicably begin to die, she soon uncovers her terrifying connection to the Abaddon Hotel, the Carmichael Manor and the mysterious murders that have been occurring for decades, long before Hell House LLC.
HIDIVE
My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!
Simulcast Premiere Friday 3 October Exclusively on HIDIVE
The highly anticipated new series My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge! brings an exciting mix of fantasy, action, adventure, drama, revenge and magic all fall long with its simulcast premiere on October 3, followed by new subtitled simulcast episodes every Friday.
God created nine races in the ancient times. Humans were the weakest, most ridiculed race among them. Light, a human boy, was fortunate enough to be invited to join a party of all nine races called the “Assembly of the Races.”
He was happy being a member for a while, but that was a short dream. His hopes were only to be betrayed by his fellow members at the largest, most heinous dungeon “Abyss.” After surviving by himself at the bottom of Abyss, Light learns the true meaning of his gift “Unlimited Gacha.” Light will rise from the worst despair to build his own empire of the strongest players.
Watch this incredible story of revenge unfold using the one and only gift “Unlimited Gacha!” My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge!: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge! is directed by Katsushi Sakurabi together with series composition by Hiroshi Onogi and production by J.C.Staff.
Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?!
New Simulcast Episodes Every Wednesday Exclusively on HIDIVE
The new fantasy series Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! offers action and adventure all through fall with new simulcast subtitled episodes every Wednesday in October, following its September 24 premiere. In this world a goddess bestows each person with a class and skills that will determine one’s life direction.
Despite being born the son of a Sword Princess and an Archmage, Arel has not received a class or skills. So, Arel must rely on his own grit, determination and natural talents to pursue and achieve greatness—becoming a new kind of hero. A hero without a class! Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! is directed by Kaoru Yabana along with writing by Chabo Higurashi and production by Studio A-Cat.
Dusk Beyond the End of the World
Simulcast Premiere Every Thursday Exclusively on HIDIVE
The new sci-fi drama and original anime Dusk Beyond the End of the World brings a futuristic world to life this fall with new subtitled simulcast episodes every Thursday this October, following its September 25 premiere.
The world is on the verge of changing from an old-fashioned society to a new world, due to issues such as gender, race and compliance along with technological innovations such as an evolving AI.
Even in this world where black and white is now gray, we believe that “love” will always exist but in myriad forms and not just between people. This includes love between human and robot and its unique expression.
The beauty of these emotions will be shown sometimes beautifully, sometimes brutally, and sometimes comically. How long can this love last? When a robot outlives its human partner, can their love hope to endure?
Dusk Beyond the End of the World is directed and written by Naokatsu Tsuda along with character design by Yoshiko Saito and produced by P.A.Works.
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October 2025 on Shudder, AMC+, Acorn TV and HIDIVE
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