When news broke that The Haunting of Bly Manor [1] was going to be scarier than its predecessor [2], The Haunting of Hill House [3], we were appropriately terrified. The recently released trailer [4] solidified our fears with dolls that moved on their own, children that seemed just a little bit off, and a whole slew of new ghosts. So, when can you expect more jump scares [5]? The new season will hit Netflix on Oct. 9 — just in time for a Halloween [6] binge-sesh.

This season stars a few familiar faces like Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, and Henry Thomas, as well as a few new ones, including Rahul Kohli, T'Nia Miller, Tahirah Sharif, Amelie Bea Smith, and Amelia Eve. Unlike Hill House which was truly about a family, showrunner Mike Flanagan told Vanity Fair that Bly Manor would be about romance. "They all have a very dark edge to them [7]. And by the end, it's really hard to differentiate tragedy with romance. That sense of romantic longing for someone who meant so much to us — but who's gone — really is the heart of any ghost story." I'm a sucker for a romantic ghost story, so I can't wait for the six episode series to drop on Netflix in October.