Discovery of Witches Duo Star in New Shudder Original

Horror streaming service Shudder will premiere Scandinavian creepfest The Twin on May 6.

It stars A Discovery of Witches duo Teresa Palmer and Steven Cree as the parents of twins who relocate to the other side of the world after one of their children dies in an accident.

What begins as a time of healing in the quiet Scandinavian countryside soon takes an ominous turn when the mother begins to unravel the torturous truth about her son and confronts the malicious forces attempting to take a hold of him.

The English-language debut of writer/director Taneli Mustonen won the best fiction award at industry showcase Finnish Film Affair last year, as well as best project at the BIFAN development forum in Korea.

Shudder’s also released a clip from today’s premiere of original movie Hellbender, about a lonely 16-year-old who escapes her isolated mountain home and befriends a young woman who introduces her to a cruel drinking game with a live worm that unleashes “a new kind of hunger”.