Scary Movies and TV Shows on Netflix in October 2018
Netflix is shaping up to be the horror movie hub this coming Halloween. The streaming service is debuting nine original TV shows and movies that will surely give you the spooks, including The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, an Are You Afraid of the Dark?-like series called Creeped Out, and the second season of Castlevania. See every scary thing hitting your queues starting on September 28, below, and stock up on mood-light candles accordingly. (Horror movies are only fun with the right ambience, after all.)
Available September 28
Hold the Dark (NETFLIX FILM) — Synopsis: “Summoned to a remote Alaskan village to search for wolves that took a local boy, a naturalist soon finds himself caught in a harrowing mystery.”
Available October 1
The Shining (1980)
Available October 3
Truth or Dare (2017)
Available October 4
Creeped Out (NETFLIX ORIGINAL) — Synopsis: “A modern-day Are You Afraid of the Dark meets Black Mirror kids anthology series that depicts creepy tales and ends with a lesson. The series is linked together by a masked ‘story collector’ called The Curious who appears in each episode.”
The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008)
Available October 5
Malevolent (NETFLIX FILM) — Synopsis: “Brother and sister team Angela (Florence Pugh) and Jackson (Ben Lloyd-Hughes) are nothing more than scam artists. Preying on the grief stricken and the vulnerable, they convince the bereaved that Angela has the ability to contact the dead. It’s a simple con, until Mrs. Green (Celia Imrie) summons the pair to her home—the orphanage that was once stage to a string of murders of young girls—and Angela grows less and less certain of what’s actually real.”
Available October 12
Apostle (NETFLIX FILM) — Synopsis: “Richardson (Dan Stevens) has returned home, only to learn that his sister is being held for ransom by a religious cult. Determined to get her back, Thomas travels to the idyllic island where he uncovers a secret far more evil than he could have imagined.”
The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell (NETFLIX ORIGINAL) — Synopsis: “Wickedly talented baker and artist, Christine McConnell welcomes you into her terrifyingly delicious home to create delectable confections and hauntingly disturbing decor with the help of her colorful collection of creatures.”
The Haunting of Hill House (NETFLIX ORIGINAL) — Synopsis: “A modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s iconic novel, The Haunting of Hill House explores a group of siblings who, as children, grew up in what would go on to become the most famous haunted house in the country. Now adults, the family must finally confront the ghosts of their past.”
Available October 19
Haunted (NETFLIX ORIGINAL) — Synopsis: “From the Executive Producers of The Purge franchise and Lore, Haunted gives a chilling glimpse into the first-person accounts from people who have witnessed horrifying, peculiar, extraordinary supernatural events and other unexplained phenomenons that continue to haunt them.”
Available October 26
Castlevania, season 2 (NETFLIX ORIGINAL) — Synopsis: “The year is 1475 in the eastern European village of Lugu. Lisa Tepes, doctor and wife of Dracula, is burned at the stake by the Inquisition for heresy. Insane with rage, Dracula unleashes an army of night creatures to exact revenge and wipe humanity from the face of the Earth.”
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (NETFLIX ORIGINAL) — Synopsis: “A dark [reimagining] of the Archie comic, following 16-year-old Sabrina as she is beginning her dark education as a sorceress, juggling her half-witch side and her half-human, normal life at Baxter High.”
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