The countdown to Halloween is formally on, which suggests the best streaming services are cracking open their vaults and unleashing some severely spine-tingling scares this weekend.
HBO Max takes middle stage with the premiere of the extremely anticipated IT: Welcome to Derry sequence, together with the streaming debut of certainly one of this yr’s finest new movies Weapons. Horror followers may sink their enamel into the remake of the 90s basic The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and a brand-new Harlan Coben TV present to maintain the chills coming.
Not in a spooky mood? Don’t worry, there’s plenty more to watch, including Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a new season of Mayor of Kingstown, and a fresh Ben Stiller docuseries. So, what are you waiting? Press play already! – Amelia Schwanke, senior entertainment editor
IT: Welcome to Derry (HBO Max)
I shut my eyes and nonetheless image Pennywise down a drain or doing that ridiculous dance he does on the finish of the primary IT film. Now, he is about to hang-out my goals by the small display screen, too.
Ever for the reason that first trailer for prequel sequence IT: Welcome to Derry got here out, I’ve been sat. It appears to be like appropriate scary, has unbelievable consideration to visible element and is bringing again Bill Skarsgård because the famed clown for good measure.
It’s already ticking lots of packing containers earlier than we have even seen an episode, and I will not be shocked if Welcome to Derry will get an early season 2 renewal. There’s Easter eggs aplenty for followers of the flicks, and for everybody else… properly… simply be hopeful that you may sleep at evening. – Jasmine Valentine, leisure reporter
A House of Dynamite (Netflix)
I’ve been ready for Kathryn Bigelow’s explosive return to the silver display screen for greater than eight years, and after listening to concerning the thunderous applause from the premiere of her new political thriller A House of Dynamite at Venice Film Festival, I’ve by no means been extra hyped for a Netflix movie.
But truthful warning, this is not going to be a lightweight watch. The doomsday plot, centered on authorities and army officers racing to cease a nuclear missile about to strike the United States, is a frenzied play-by-play of dread. Told from a number of views, it’s the type of movie that retains you on edge from begin to end.
Out of all of the new Netflix movies arriving this month, this one sits firmly on the prime of my watchlist, not least due to its stacked forged, which incorporates Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris and Gabriel Basso. It won’t be a horror movie, however truthfully? It sounds much more terrifying. – AS
Harlan Coben’s Lazarus (Prime Video)
If you are a Jasmine Valentine TechSwitch content material fan, you will know I’ve been overlaying Harlan Coben’s Lazarus extensively (please learn the interviews as somewhat reward to me). The best method to describe it’s The Silence of the Lambs meets The Sixth Sense, however neither that hook nor the present’s synopsis do it justice.
Unlike Coben’s different initiatives, that is an unique script, and he is actually let his creativeness run wild. Laz (Sam Claflin) is a psychologist who returns to his hometown after the loss of life of his father, Dr. L (Bill Nighy). Surprise, Dr. L was additionally a psychologist – one with many secrets and techniques that come to mild by literal ghosts (this is The Sixth Sense bit).
You’re by no means too positive the place in time you’re, but it surely’s a wild experience nonetheless. I assure that you simply will not see a single twist or flip coming, nor have the ability to work out the ultimate reveal earlier than it occurs. Episode 6 is one for the books, so keep it up. – JV
Weapons (HBO Max)
If you missed our horror aficionado’s five-star Weapons review (go learn it now), let me catch you up: Zach Creggor’s horror hit is a character-driven cocktail of supernatural spooks, darkish comedy and thriller, and is definitely one of many best horror movies of 2025.
It’s arguably higher than the director’s final movie Barbarian, and that is coming from Creggor himself, who said that “this is more, and in a good way”, so anticipate much more rigidity and a extra intricate plot.
What begins as an investigation into the disappearance of 17 youngsters from the identical classroom, all of whom vanished on the similar time within the lifeless of the evening, quickly spirals into chaos for a small city. To protect the twist, I like to recommend watching this fully blind on HBO Max. – AS
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Hulu/Disney+)
I initially acquired this confused with the 1999 political drama Cradle Will Rock, however now that I’m correctly knowledgeable, I’m much more excited. Hulu has remade the 1992 horror film for a 21st century viewers, and it is stood the check of time properly sufficient to nonetheless ship shivers down your backbone.
What begins as home bliss shortly turns into deadly catastrophe as nanny Polly (Maika Monroe) is employed by center class mother Caitlyn (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Only, shock horror, Polly is not really who she says she is in any respect.
The line is completely blurred between villain and sufferer, and in my view, that is probably the most horrifying storyline a 2025 movie might select. There’s additionally a smattering of LGBTQIA+ illustration right here, and it is simply as necessary to help fictional homosexual wrongs as it’s homosexual rights. – JV
Mayor of Kingstown season 4 (Paramount+)
Fire up that Paramount+ subscription, as a result of Taylor Sheridan is again with a brand new season of certainly one of his hit crime exhibits – and no, I’m not speaking about any of these Yellowstone cowboy series, however the jail present set in Kingstown, Michigan.
In Mayor of Kingstown season 4, the McClusky household’s stronghold is as soon as once more below risk. A brand new adversary, performed by Sopranos legend Edie Falco, goals to fill the facility vacuum left by the Russian mafia, forcing Jeremy Renner’s Mike to step in and attempt to restore order.
Sheridan has as soon as once more written and created all 10 episodes of the season alongside Yellowstone star Hugh Dillon, so anticipate lots extra shootouts, dodgy offers and corruption. The first two episodes premiere this Sunday, October 3, with new episodes dropping weekly. – AS
Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost (Apple TV)
I do know what you want: an Apple TV documentary about Ben Stiller’s mother and father. It in all probability wasn’t the reply on the tip of your tongue (nor was it on mine), however Stiller & Meara is a surprisingly enriching watch.
If you hadn’t already Googled it, these two had been basically a comedic duo of their very own, having been married for 60 years till Jerry’s loss of life in 2015. It’s an extremely candy and affectionate ode to his mother and father, however highlights the biting price of balancing ongoing dedication to leisure.
It’s superb to say, however we actually do want reminding that the faces we see on display screen are certainly similar to us, with their very own households, marriages and points. Stiller has created simply the appropriate sense of intimacy to deliver that to the fore with out dropping boundaries between viewer and artist. – JV
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