It’s almost Halloween, which means the arrival of lots of terrifying films on Netflix this October.
On October 1st, a bundle of horror titles hit the streaming platform, including Friday the 13th, Exorcist: The Beginning, and two films in the Paranormal Activity series.
There’s also Wolf Creek, a classic Australian horror film that was released to some controversy back in 20o5. The story follows three backpackers making their way through the desolate Australian outback, who find themselves taken captive and subsequently hunted by the sadistic serial killer Mick Taylor.
The realistic and unrestrained depictions of violence were simultaneously praised and reviled by critics, but the fact Wolf Creek spawned a sequel, a television spinoff, and was included on Slant‘s list of the 100 best films of the decade speaks to some underlying quality.
If being terrified isn’t your thing, a number of stand-up specials are also hitting Netflix this October. Peabody Award winner Hasan Minhaj’s latest comedy special, The King’s Jester, arrives on October 4th. It sees the comedian return to his storytelling roots four years after the mammoth success of his previous Netflix special, Homecoming King, which earned him his first Peabody in 2018.
One week later, Iliza Shlesinger’s new comedy special, Hot Forever, premieres. With topics ranging from tight rompers to ugly bras to why every man needs a box spring, the comedian remains one of the the funniest performers of her generation.
Check out the full October lineup below.
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October 1st
Friday the 13th
Annabelle: Creation
Darkness Falls
Exorcist: The Beginning
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Wolf Creek
Paranormal Activity 3
The Fog
Penguin Bloom
October 2nd
Forever Queens
October 3rd
Chip and Potato (Season 4)
October 4th
Hasan Minhaj: The King’s Jester
October 5th
The Fight for Justice: Paolo Guerrero
Bling Empire (Season 3)
Nailed it! (Season 7)
High Water
Togo
Jumping from High Places
Mr Harrigan’s Phone
The Trapped 13: How We Survived The Thai Cave
October 6th
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
October 7th
Derry Girls (Season 3)
Glitch
The Midnight Club
The Mole
Man on Pause
Old People
Luckiest Girl Alive
Doll House
Kev Adams: The Real Me
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
The Redeem Team
Oddballs
October 10th
Spirit Rangers
October 11th
The Cage
Someone Borrowed
Iliza Shlesinger: Hot Forever
DEAW#13 Udom Taephanich Stand Up Comedy Show
Island of the Sea Wolves
October 12th
Belascoarán, PI
Easy-Bake Battle
The Nutty Boy
October 13th
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal
The Playlist
Dead End: Paranormal Park (Season 2)
Exception
October 14th
Everything Calls for Salvation
Holy Family
Mismatched (Season 2)
Black Butterflies
Take 1
The Curse of Bridge Hollow
October 15th
Under the Queen’s Umbrella
October 17th
Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant
October 18th
Somebody Feed Phil (Season 6)
Unsolved Mysteries (Volume 3)
Love is Blind (Season 3)
Gabriel Iglesias: Stadium Fluffy
LISA Another Great Day
October 19th
Notre-Dame
The Green Glove Gang
The Stranger
The School for Good and Evil
October 21st
28 Days Haunted
Barbarians II
From Scratch
Descendant
ONI: Thunder God’s Tale
October 23rd
Franco Escamilla: Eavesdropping
October 24th
The Chalk Line
October 25th
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune
October 26th
Hellhole
The Good Nurse
Robbing Mussolini
Fugitive: The Curious Case of Carlos Ghosn
October 27th
Dubai Bling
Cici
Earthstorm
Family Reunion (Part 5)
Daniel Spellbound
Romantic Killer
October 28th
The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
Big Mouth (Season 6)
If Only
Drink Masters
Wendell & Wild
All Quiet on the Western Front
Wild is the Wind
My Encounter with Evil
I AM A STALKER
October 29th
Deadwind (Season 3)
