Shudder has never been the kind of service that slashes its price to $1 for Black Friday and plasters the homepage with countdown clocks. Its pitch is simpler: a focused horror, thriller, and supernatural library, ad-free by default, for less than a typical mainstream streamer.
Black Friday still matters, but the best savings these days tend to come from bundles, coupons, and third‑party promos more than a big, branded “Shudder sale.”
Shudder pricing in 2025
| Plan | What you get | Standard price | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shudder Monthly (direct) | Shudder library, ad‑free | $8.99/month | Month‑to‑month |
| Shudder Annual (direct) | Shudder library, ad‑free | $89.99/year (≈$7.50/month) | Once per year |
| AMC+ Monthly with ads | AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, IFC Films Unlimited, 6 live channels | $4.99/month | Month‑to‑month |
| AMC+ Monthly ad‑free | Same as above, no ads, downloads | $8.99/month | Month‑to‑month |
| AMC+ Annual ad‑free | Same as above, no ads, downloads | $83.88/year (≈$6.99/month) | Once per year |
A direct Shudder membership is built around two options: pay monthly, or pay annually and effectively save a little over 15% versus twelve individual months. Shudder sits inside the broader AMC+ bundle as well, which folds in AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, Sundance Now, and IFC Films Unlimited with six live TV channels. That bundle can be ad‑supported or ad‑free, and the ad‑free annual tier undercuts the monthly price in the same way Shudder’s own annual plan does.
For many horror fans, the decision is less “Is there a Black Friday Shudder sale?” and more “Do I want only Shudder or the larger AMC+ bundle that happens to include it?”
Does Shudder run its own Black Friday sale?
Shudder rarely runs the kind of headline‑grabbing, once‑a‑year Black Friday promotion that chops the subscription down to a couple of dollars a month. Community chatter over the last few years shows a pattern: the most aggressive discounts aimed squarely at Shudder tend to appear around Halloween or as general coupon codes that anyone can apply, not as a one‑weekend Black Friday blitz.
Common Shudder‑specific promos have looked like:
- Extended free trials (for example, 30 days instead of the standard week) via promo codes like
GRAVE. - Multi‑month introductory pricing on new memberships (such as a few months at a reduced monthly rate).
- Generic percentage‑off codes for annual plans promoted through coupon hubs.
The core subscription price stays low enough that Shudder does not need Black Friday fire sales to stand out. That also means you should not count on a dramatic, once‑per‑year discount if you are trying to time your sign‑up to a specific holiday weekend.
Where Black Friday discounts actually show up
The most meaningful Black Friday‑season savings for Shudder fans in 2025 show up in two places: bundles and coupon aggregators.
AMC+ deals with Shudder included
AMC+ continues to be the simplest way to get Shudder plus a lot more for less than paying each service separately. New and returning users can start a 7‑day AMC+ trial directly through the AMC+ signup page, which is a standing offer rather than a Black Friday‑only perk.
Black Friday, however, tends to be the moment when AMC+ is deeply discounted as a Prime Video add‑on. In the current Prime Video streaming add‑on sale, the AMC+ ad‑supported tier is cut from $6.99 per month to $1.75 for your first two months, and the ad‑free version drops from $9.99 to $2.50 for the same period. Shudder is fully accessible inside that AMC+ subscription, so picking up the add‑on effectively gives you Shudder plus the broader AMC ecosystem at a steep temporary discount.
There is also a Shudder‑adjacent deal built around a bundle: the “Shudder and MGM+” Prime Video add‑on package. That pairing drops from $16.98 per month to $11.99 for the first two months. MGM+ focuses on films and originals; together with Shudder’s horror catalog, you end up with a broad movie lineup that covers genre and mainstream releases for less than both services normally cost on their own.
Third‑party coupons and promo codes
Coupon hubs track a steady stream of Shudder offers throughout the year, and those pages usually see fresh activity around major shopping holidays. One example: WorthEPenny currently lists dozens of active Shudder‑related offers and highlights a headline “up to 50% off your subscription” promotion, alongside an extended 90‑day free trial for new users. Those campaigns are not necessarily labeled as Black Friday deals, but in practice they often run through November and overlap the sales window.
Military‑specific discounts are not built into Shudder’s own pricing, but some general Shudder coupon codes circulate in that context as well. A repeat example is SHPROMO11 offering 50% off a subscription. When that type of code is live, it usually works for anyone; the “military” angle comes from how and where it is promoted more than from a separate, gated program.
On the community side, long‑running promo codes like GRAVE have been called out for unlocking a 30‑day Shudder trial—four times longer than the default 7‑day test drive. These codes appear in fan discussions more than in big banner ads, but they can be as useful as a formal Black Friday sale if you are looking for a way to sample the catalog during the holiday break without paying anything up front.
How the current deals stack up
| Option | What you pay (promo) | What you get | Best use case |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shudder Annual (direct) | $89.99 once (≈$7.50/month) | Shudder only, ad‑free | Year‑round horror fan who watches weekly |
| AMC+ Annual ad‑free | $83.88 once (≈$6.99/month) | AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, IFC Films, 6 live channels, no ads | Horror plus prestige TV and indie films |
| AMC+ Prime Video add‑on (Black Friday promo) | $1.75/month with ads or $2.50/month ad‑free for 2 months | Same AMC+ bundle, streamed inside Prime Video | Short‑term binge of Shudder and AMC shows over the holidays |
| Shudder + MGM+ Prime Video bundle (Black Friday promo) | $11.99/month for 2 months | Shudder plus MGM+ originals and films | Holiday movie marathon across horror and mainstream titles |
| Extended Shudder trial via code (e.g., GRAVE) | $0 for ~30 days | Direct Shudder access only, ad‑free | New users who want a long free test period |
| Shudder coupons (WorthEPenny headline offers) | Up to 50% off listed | Discounted direct Shudder membership; terms vary | Price‑sensitive users who do not need AMC+ |
Viewed side‑by‑side, the picture is clear: the most aggressive Black Friday numbers cluster around AMC+ and Prime Video add‑ons, not Shudder as a stand‑alone product. But because Shudder is baked into those offers, the end result for a horror fan is similar—you pay well under list price to stream Shudder’s catalog during the busiest viewing weeks of the year.
Choosing the right path if you only care about horror
If you want nothing but horror, thrillers, and supernatural titles, a direct Shudder membership keeps things simple. You can head to Shudder’s signup page, pick monthly or annual billing, and layer any valid coupon code on top of that. That route keeps you inside Shudder’s own apps and interface and avoids the complexity of juggling add‑ons.
If you are price‑sensitive and already use Amazon Prime Video as your main streaming hub, the AMC+ Prime Video add‑on deal is hard to ignore. For the first two months at the current Black Friday rate, it costs less than a single standard Shudder month, and you gain access to far more than only horror. After the promotional window, you can reassess, cancel, or switch to a direct Shudder plan if you decide you only need that one service.
Short‑term users can lean heavily on trials and rotating coupons. An extended 30‑day Shudder trial unlocked by a code like GRAVE, followed by two discounted months of AMC+ through Prime Video, covers the entire holiday and early‑winter period for a fraction of the normal cost, without committing to an annual contract.
Content is still the real hook
However you subscribe, the value in Shudder comes from the library it curates. The service leans on a mix of exclusives and originals such as “When Evil Lurks,” “Host,” “Late Night With The Devil,” and the “V/H/S” anthology entries, plus a deep bench of horror series like “Creepshow,” “The Last Drive‑In with Joe Bob Briggs,” “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula,” and docuseries like “The 101 Scariest Horror Movie Moments of All Time,” “Cursed Films,” and “Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror.”
Classic horror fans get “Hellraiser,” “The Babadook,” “Ringu,” “Nosferatu (1922),” “The Others,” “Army of Darkness,” “The Evil Dead,” and more under the “Timeless Terrors” and “Horror Masterpieces” banners, while recent festival favorites appear in “Fresh Blood.” Shudder TV adds a 24/7 linear‑style stream of curated programming if you prefer to drop into whatever is playing rather than build a queue.
Black Friday discounts make that ecosystem cheaper to sample, but Shudder’s year‑round positioning is already built on being a lower‑cost, high‑specialization service. If you want a dedicated horror channel in your streaming mix, the better question is which on‑ramp—direct Shudder, AMC+, or a bundled add‑on—matches how you actually watch, and then whether a seasonal promotion can shave a few more dollars off that baseline.
