Netflix is getting its spook on this Halloween [1], with over a dozen debuts of original shows and movies [2] that are sure to scare up a thrill for viewers. From late September through October, Netflix is premiering several of its buzziest titles for the year, including the One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest "prequel" [3] Ratched [4] and the horror anthology sequel The Haunting of Bly Manor [5], along with several other scary titles from around the world. What other frights are in store for Netflix viewers this season? Keep reading for a full rundown of what new Halloween programming [6] is set to debut, and when you can start streaming each one!
#Alive
It wouldn't be Halloween [7] season without at least one good zombie flick! This time, a young man gets left behind when his family goes on holiday — just as a zombie apocalypse kicks off. After two weeks alone, he thinks he's totally isolated, until he finds out that one of his neighbours has survived too, and the two try to communicate to figure out a way to escape from their zombie-filled apartment complex.
Watch #Alive on Netflix. [8]
The Babysitter: Killer Queen
Two years ago, a boy defeated a demonic cult led by his babysitter, but to this day, no one believes him, even though the babysitter and her friends have all vanished. When he accepts an invitation from his crush to a Halloween [9] lake party, he discovers that old evil isn't quite so dead after all.
When it's available: Sept. 10
The Paramedic
A terrifying story of revenge is at the centre of this fall thriller. After an accident leaves a man physically disabled and mentally anguished, he vows revenge on every single person who he believes has failed him and gotten him to this point.
When it's available: Sept. 16
Ratched
Ryan Murphy's latest exploration of the horror genre stars Sarah Paulson in a "prequel" series explaining how Nurse Ratched, one of film's most infamous villains, came to be. In 1947, a young Mildred Ratched takes a job at a psychiatric hospital, where she discovers deeply unsettling experiments and begins to be corrupted herself.
When it's available: Sept. 18
The Binding
A woman heads to Italy to visit her future mother-in-law, but things take a dark turn when a malevolent spirit attempts to claim the life of her young daughter.
When it's available: Oct. 2
Vampires vs. The Bronx
Vampires have nothing on a bunch of New York teens in this movie about a group of Bronx teenagers who band together to save their neighbourhood from an invasion of vampires.
When it's available: Oct. 2
Hubie Halloween
Adam Sandler [10] turns his usual comedy style to the spookiest of holidays. Sandler plays a goofy resident of Salem (yes, that Salem) who's obsessed with making sure Halloween [11] always is perfect and safe. When people start disappearing, he has to convince the police that there's something evil afoot.
When it's available: Oct. 7
To the Lake
A plague plunges human civilization into a post-apocalyptic wasteland, with survivors forced to sacrifice everything they know and love just to stay alive.
When it's available: Oct. 7
The Haunting of Bly Manor
The next instalment in the horror anthology that began with The Haunting of Hill House is based on the horror novella The Turn of the Screw. A young nanny gets a job caring for two orphaned children at an old British manor house, but she soon begins hearing voices that may or may not be the spirits of two mysteriously-gone former employees of the household.
When it's available: Oct. 9
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
A high school freshman takes on a seemingly normal babysitting gig, only to find herself recruited into a secret society of babysitters who protect superpowered kids from the real monsters. She and her new allies must go up against a colourful array of villains on Halloween [12] in order to keep the kids — and the world — safe.
When it's available: Oct. 14
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2
Netflix's docuseries is back for another dose of eerie and downright scary unsolved cases. Six new cases are presented, with testimony from family, witnesses, investigators, and other experts on these creepy cold cases.
When it's available: Oct. 19
Rebecca
The iconic horror romance gets a new update in this version, starring Lily James as the unnamed heroine and Armie Hammer as her mysterious, secret-keeping husband Maxim de Winter. After a whirlwind romance and marriage, the second Mrs. de Winter arrives in her new home, only to get sucked into the mystery of what happened to her husband's first wife.
When it's available: Oct. 21
Cadaver
In a post-apocalyptic world, a struggling family of survivors is invited to a charity performance at a theatre. Things take a deeply terrifying turn, though, when the play begins to seep into real life and members of the audience begin disappearing right before everyone's eyes.
When it's available: Oct. 22
His House
A Sudanese refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in England, which would be understandable under the best circumstances. But making matters worse is their slow discovery that there is an unspeakable evil hiding in the town.
When it's available: Oct. 30
The Day of the Lord
A retired priest hides himself away from the world to face down his own inner demons and his doubts about faith. When he's pulled out of retirement by an old friend begging him to help his daughter, he considers the exorcism a potential for redemption — if she's even possessed at all.
When it's available: Oct. 30
La Révolution
It's the French Revolution, with a sci-fi plague twist! This alt-history horror series presents a version of history where a "Blue Blood" virus infects the aristocracy and turns them into bloodthirsty monsters. The solution? A people's rebellion, and a little thing called the guillotine.
When it's available: October