Streaming on AMC+, Shudder & Acorn TV – quick links
AMC+, Shudder & Acorn TV: new this week
4th And Loud – 27 January (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, as they and the dedicated players and coaches work to turn LA’s first professional football team in years into a winning franchise.
AMC+, Shudder & Acorn TV: recently added
The Vanishing Triangle – 19 January (Acorn TV & AMC+)
Series. 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. In the end, she must confront her childhood trauma in order to save the missing girls.
Mother of Flies – 23 January (Shudder & AMC+)
Film. In this Shudder Original film, 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 a 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.
The Holiday – 12 January (Acorn TV & AMC+)
Series. 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.
Brokenwood Mysteries: Season 11 – 5 January (Acorn TV & AMC+)
Series. This quirky, fan-favourite 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 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 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 series 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.
Chain Reactions – 9 January (Shudder & AMC+)
Documentary. 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 audio-visual formats, 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
Heads up: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) is also available beginning 9 January, while The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (1986) is available to stream on Shudder from 1 January.
Love After Lockup: Crime Story – 1 January (AMC+)
Limited Series. Love After Lockup cast favourites 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, and reflect on their origin stories and how far they’ve come.
Tucker and Dale vs Evil – 1 January (Shudder & AMC+)
Film. 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).
