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The Best Documentary Movies On Shudder

Updated October 12, 2020 111 votes 20 voters 1.9k views15 items

List RulesVote up your favorite documentary movies available on the Shudder streaming service.

If you’re into scary movies, then you need to check out this list of documentary movies on Shudder. The AMC streaming service offers fright fanatics original and acquired movies and television series for just a few bucks a month. But which are the best documentary movies on Shudder?

For every child haunted in their sleep by Freddy Krueger, the award-winning documentary Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy takes spectators behind the scenes of Wes Craven’s iconic horror franchise. Other top documentary movies on Shudder include The Best Worst Movie, which is about the making of the “worst film of all time,” Troll 2, and a complete history of black horror films in Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror.

Other, not to be missed, documentary films on Shudder explore the Friday the 13th franchise, the works of legendary B-movie horror auteur Larry Cohen, and the making of Fright Night and Fright Night Part 2. Make your voice heard. Vote up the films you think are the best horror documentaries on Shudder.

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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Xavier Burgin
Actors: Meosha Bean, Ashlee Blackwell, Robin R. Means Coleman, William Crain, Rusty Cundieff
Released: 2019
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror is a 2019 American documentary film directed by Xavier... more on Wikipedia
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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Steve Mitchell
Actors: J.J. Abrams, Rick Baker, Eric Bogosian, Richard J. Brewer
Released: 2017
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen is a 2017 American documentary film... more on Wikipedia
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Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser Part 1
Kevin McDonagh
Actors: Peter Atkins, Simon Bamford, Imogen Boorman, Doug Bradley
Released: 2015
Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II is a 2015 British documentary... more on Wikipedia
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Andrew Kasch
Actors: Monica Keena, Wes Craven, Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Renny Harlin
Released: 2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy is a 2010 American four-hour direct-to-disc... more on Wikipedia
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Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Daniel Farrands
Actors: Corey Feldman, Peter M. Bracke, Samantha Delutri, Kimberly Higgins, Emma Julia Jacobs
Released: 2013
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th is a documentary film directed... more on Wikipedia
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Until the Light Takes Us
Audrey Ewell, Aaron Aites
Actors: Per "Dead" Ohlin, Varg Vikernes, Hellhammer, Harmony Korine, Øystein Aarseth
Released: 2008
Until the Light Takes Us is a 2008 American documentary film about Norwegian black metal by... more on Wikipedia
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Document of the Dead
Roy Frumkes
Actors: George A. Romero, Tom Savini, Ken Foree, Susan Tyrrell, Gahan Wilson
Released: 1985
Document of the Dead is a 1979 documentary film by American filmmaker Roy Frumkes that was... more on Wikipedia

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Faces of Death
John Alan Schwartz
Released: 1978
Faces of Death is a 1978 mondo film which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a... more on Wikipedia
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Best Worst Movie
Michael Stephenson
Actors: Christian Sellers
Released: 2009
Most people don't set out to produce a horrible film, so how exactly does it happen? This... more on Wikipedia
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Killer Legends
Joshua Zeman
Released: 2014
Killer Legends is a historical documentary film directed by Joshua Zeman.
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Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary
John Campopiano, Justin White
Actors: Mark E. Anastasio, Blaze Berdahl, Susan Blommaert, Sean Clark, Denise Crosby
Released: 2017
Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary is a 2017 American documentary film directed by... more on Wikipedia
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Lost Soul
David Gregory
Actors: Richard Stanley, Kier-La Janisse, Michael Gingold, Graham Humphreys
Released: 2014
Lost Soul (a.k.a. Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley’s Island of Dr. Moreau) is... more on Wikipedia
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You're So Cool Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
Chris Griffiths
Actors: Jon Gries, Chris Sarandon, Amanda Bearse, William Ragsdale
Released: 2016
You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night is a 2016 British documentary film... more on Wikipedia
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The Road Movie
Dmitrii Kalashnikov
Released: 2016
The Road Movie is a 2015 Belarusian documentary film directed by Dmitrii Kalashnikov. A... more on Wikipedia
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Spookers
Florian Habicht
Actors: Claudia Aiono, Huia Apiata, Barbara Armstrong, Juneen Borkent, Jacob Graham
Released: 2017
Spookers is a 2017 Australian documentary film directed by Florian Habicht. A close-knit New... more on Wikipedia

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser Part 1

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary

Lost Soul

You're So Cool Brewster! The Story of Fright Night