It’s Spooktober and you know what that means. New titles are headed to Netflix this month, and just like September, the service isn’t slowing down on original releases. The highly anticipated follow up to Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting of Hill House is almost upon us, and it’s guaranteed to pack plenty of scares. If you want some family-friendly films to watch with your loved ones, check out Laika’s – the studio that brought you Coraline and Kubo and The Two Strings – underrated gem, ParaNorman. And Adam Sandler has a new Halloween-themed film in Hubie Halloween, which will either scare you by how good or bad it is. Pick your poison!
If you aren’t interested in any Halloween-themed films this month, don’t worry because Netflix has a variety of new arrivals. Going through withdrawal from the lack of comic book movies this year? If so, then check out Nicholas Cage’s Ghost Rider. While it’s no Guardians of the Galaxy or Birds of Prey, it’s still a fun, albeit nostalgic watch. Cape Fear and Fargo are there to fill any classic crime/thriller appetite you may be having. Spike Jonze’s Her and Taika Watiti’s Hunt For The Wilder People will break your heart, and make you feel something again despite these insane times.
Check out the full list of what’s coming and leaving Netflix in October 2020 and more of our recommendations below. See what’s also joining HBO Max and Hulu!
Our Recs:
The Haunting of Bly Manor
The highly acclaimed series finally returns! After a very tragic death, a young American nanny is hired to look after orphaned siblings at Bly Manor. They are accompanied by a chef, groundskeeper, housekeeper, and whatever ghouls they bring along. The new season stars returning members Henry Thomas, Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Kate Siegel, as well as newcomers Katie Parker, Amelie Bea Smith, and Andrew Neil McKenzie. The Haunting of Bly Manor premieres October 9.
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin’s second directorial feature tells the historic story of 7 unique individuals charged from the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The film has an all-star cast including Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Rylance, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Packed with Sorkin’s signature wit while still feeling like something new, this is not to miss, especially in today’s social climate. The Trial of the Chicago 7 premieres on October 16.
Rebecca
Full of life and newfound love, a young woman faces her husband’s family on their private seaside estate. She is soon put under the shadow of his first wife, Rebecca. The former flame’s memory and presence are strongly felt even in death, causing a conundrum for this fresh couple. Rebecca stars Lily James and Armie Hammer, and will surely create a stir when it premieres on October 21.
His House
One of the films that Netflix managed to scoop from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, His House is unlike anything you’ll see this year. The directorial debut of Remi Weekes, we follow Sudanese refugees in their efforts of building a fresh life in England. Though not all is it seems, for this new world is filled with demons of the past and present. Starring Sope Dirisu, Wunmi Mosaku, and Matt Smith, it comes in time for Halloween on October 30.
Netflix’s Arrivals for October 2020
Coming October 1
44 Cats: Season 2 Bom Dia, Verônica / Good Morning, Verônica
Carmen Sandiego: Season 3
Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood
Pasal Kau / All Because of You
The Worst Witch: Season 4
A.M.I.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Along Came a Spider
Bakugan: Armored Alliance: Season 2
Basic Instinct
Black ’47
Cape Fear
Code Lyoko: Seasons 1-4
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
Employee of the Month
Enemy at the Gates
Evil: Season 1
Familiar Wife: Season 1
Fargo
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate
Free State of Jones
Ghost Rider
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Gran Torino
Her
House of 1,000 Corpses
Human Nature
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
I’m Leaving Now
The Longest Yard (1974)
The Parkers: Seasons 1-5
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
The Prince & Me
Poseidon (2006)
The Outpost
Stranger than Fiction
Superman Returns
Sword Art Online: Alicization
Troy
The Unicorn: Season 1
WarGames
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Yogi Bear
You Cannot Hide: Season 1
Coming October 2
A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween
Ahí te encargo / You’ve Got This
The Binding
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Emily in Paris
Òlòtūré
Serious Men
Song Exploder
Vampires vs. the Bronx
Coming October 4
Colombiana
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Coming October 6
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Saturday Church
StarBeam: Halloween Hero
Walk Away from Love
Coming October 7
Hubie Halloween
Schitt’s Creek: Season 6
To the Lake
Coming October 9
Deaf U
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 2: Rio
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Ginny Weds Sunny
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters
Coming October 12
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Season 3
Coming October 13
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer
Octonauts & the Great Barrier Reef
Coming October 14
Alice Junior
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Moneyball
Coming October 15
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting
Batman: The Killing Joke
Half & Half: Seasons 1-4
Love Like the Falling Rain
One on One: Seasons 1-5
Power Rangers Beast Morphers: Season 2, Part 1
Rooting for Roona
Social Distance
Coming October 16
Alguien tiene que morir / Someone Has to Die
Dream Home Makeover
Grand Army
In a Valley of Violence
La Révolution
The Last Kids on Earth: Book 3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Unfriended
Coming October 18
ParaNorman
Coming October 19
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2
Coming October 20
Carol
The Magic School Bus Rides Again The Frizz Connection
Coming October 21
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Season 3
Rebecca
Coming October 22
Bending the Arc
Cadaver
The Hummingbird Project
Yes, God, Yes
Coming October 23
Barbarians
Move
Over the Moon
Perdida
The Queen’s Gambit
Coming October 27
Blood of Zeus
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt: Season 4
Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine
Vilas: Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada / Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score
Coming October 28
Holidate
Metallica Through The Never
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Coming October 30
Bronx
The Day of the Lord
His House
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 4
Suburra: Season 3
Coming October 31
The 12th Man
Leaving Netflix in October
Netflix always has a revolving door of titles coming and going. While there isn’t much leaving that’s notable, there are a few special titles you may want to catch before they’re gone. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a classic, and while its runtime is no joke, you’ll definitely want to give it your time. Seth Rogens The Green Hornet and Battle: Los Angeles are departing ways with Netflix this October, and while they aren’t top tier cinema, they’re fun, enjoyable, and easy films to watch if you don’t have the time or patience to watch cowboys stare at each other for 3 hours. One notable horror film that will soon be gone is The Last Airbender. While it isn’t classified as horror, it will leave you waking up from nightmares, questioning how the film was made at all.
Leaving October 1
Emelie
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sleeping with Other People
Leaving October 2
Cult of Chucky
Truth or Dare
Leaving October 3
The Water Diviner
Leaving October 7
The Last Airbender
Leaving October 17
The Green Hornet
Leaving October 19
Paper Year
Leaving October 22
While We’re Young
Leaving October 26
Battle: Los Angeles
Leaving October 30
Kristy
