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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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135Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Xavier BurginActors: 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 Wikipedia2
102King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Steve MitchellActors: 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 Wikipedia3
82Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser Part 1
Kevin McDonaghActors: 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 Wikipedia4
85Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Andrew KaschActors: 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 Wikipedia5
65Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Daniel FarrandsActors: 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 Wikipedia6
54Until the Light Takes Us
Audrey Ewell, Aaron AitesActors: 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 Wikipedia7
22Document of the Dead
Roy FrumkesActors: 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 Wikipedia8
52Faces of Death
John Alan SchwartzReleased: 1978
Faces of Death is a 1978 mondo film which guides viewers through explicit scenes depicting a... more on Wikipedia9
40Best Worst Movie
Michael StephensonActors: Christian Sellers
Released: 2009
Most people don't set out to produce a horrible film, so how exactly does it happen? This... more on Wikipedia10
55Killer Legends
Joshua ZemanReleased: 2014
Killer Legends is a historical documentary film directed by Joshua Zeman.11
11Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary
John Campopiano, Justin WhiteActors: 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 Wikipedia12
22Lost Soul
David GregoryActors: 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 Wikipedia13
12You're So Cool Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
Chris GriffithsActors: 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 Wikipedia14
01The Road Movie
Dmitrii KalashnikovReleased: 2016
The Road Movie is a 2015 Belarusian documentary film directed by Dmitrii Kalashnikov. A... more on Wikipedia15
21Spookers
Florian HabichtActors: 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