“Netflix and thrill” this October as the leading Internet entertainment service unveils an exciting Halloween lineup that will have you checking under the bed and sleeping with the lights on.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (streams on Oct. 26)
This adaptation imagines the origin and adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft. Tonally in the vein of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist, it finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature—half-witch, half-mortal—while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family, and the daylight world humans inhabit.
The Haunting of Hill House (streams on Oct. 12)
Part-horror and part-psychological drama, this TV series is a modern reimagining of Shirley Jackson’s legendary novel of the same name. It revolves around five siblings who grew up in the most famous haunted house in America. Now adults, they’re reunited by the suicide of their youngest sister, forcing them to finally confront the ghosts of their own past, some of which lurk in their minds, and some may really be lurking in the shadows of the iconic Hill House.
Haunted (streams on Oct. 19)
Real people sit down with friends and family to share true stories of terrifying events that continue to haunt them.
Hold The Dark (now streaming)
This psychological horror centers on a young boy in a remote Alaskan village who is killed by a rogue wolf. A wildlife naturalist is summoned from the mainland to investigate, only to be involved in a dangerous triangle with the boy’s grieving mother and unstable father, sending them all on a violent odyssey to the edge of their own humanity.
Apostle (streams on Oct. 12)
The year is 1905. Thomas Richardson travels to a remote island to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult demanding a ransom for her safe return. It soon becomes clear that the cult will regret the day it baited Thomas, as he digs deeper and deeper into the secrets and lies upon which the commune is built.
Bonus: Riverdale: Season 3 (streams on Oct. 11)
Archie and the gang returns this October.
