What's new on Netflix in October 2024 (and what's leaving)

Key Takeaways

Halloween followers can get pleasure from iconic horror movies together with darkish collection like Hellbound.
Ali Wong, Rachel Bloom, Tom Papa, and Hasan Minhaj spotlight a giant month for stand-up comedy.
Love takes completely different kinds as Anna Kendrick crosses paths with a killer and Laura Dern meets Liam Hemworth.

It is at all times a little bit of enjoyable to see the content material calendar that awaits within the month to come back. As September ends, October 1st will carry with it a bunch of latest titles as streaming services refill their libraries. There isn’t a scarcity of scary tales to observe on Netflix and lots of different streaming companies this October as it is the season for issues that preserve you up at night time.

Whereas there are some worthy horror additions, together with older movies like Scream and Psycho, evidently comedy and romance, although not essentially collectively, are topping the checklist of latest content material. There are a slew of Netflix stand-up specials, with the likes of Ali Wong, Rachel Bloom, Tom Papa, and Hasan Minhaj taking to the stage, in addition to some very completely different love tales.

This is the whole lot coming to Netflix in October, together with a number of titles price trying out.

Girl of the Hour

When an aspiring actress met a murderous monster

Based mostly on a real story, Girl of the Hour follows Anna Kendrick’s Cheryl Bradshaw, a Seventies actress who finds herself on The Relationship Recreation with serial killer Robert Alcala. The primary acquired usually constructive critiques when it debuted on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant, praised for the way it creates an engrossing and uncomfortable based mostly on an opportunity encounter. Kendrick not solely stars, however is making her directorial debut as properly.

Lonely Planet

A Laura Dern meet-cute in Morocco

There is perhaps a pair yellow flags across the synopsis of this romantic drama, which entails a mysterious younger man and a single creator assembly in Morrocco, however it’s arduous to argue with one thing that Laura Dern has chosen to star in. That, together with the truth that she will get paired up with a beautiful, a lot youthful beau in Liam Hemsworth, make this price a watch, and can certainly elevate the story above primary romance tropes. I am nervous about the entire “go uncover your self someplace in Africa” thread that pops up in plenty of films about prosperous white ladies, however I am trusting Dern on this one.

Hellbound Season 2

Thrilling Okay-Drama returns with new threats and darkish fates

For those who’ve been driving the wave of thrilling Korean reveals making their option to Netflix, amongst different streaming companies, then you definately most likely are acquainted with the darkish, intense horror thriller Hellbound. If not, you may have a little bit of time to atone for Season 1 earlier than a brand new set of episodes drops nearer to the of the month. This genre-bending collection entails righteous monsters, maniacal cultists, and plagued detectives, and the primary season opens with a reasonably wild sequence that units the stage for a fascinating story to come back. It is a good way to benefit from the spooky season.