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    All of the Chills and Thrills Coming to Netflix This Halloween

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    By Erin Corbett
    Oct. 6, 2023

Spooky season is officially here –– it’s time to queue up all the new thrillers and chillers coming to Netflix this fall. From spooky scary vampires and real-life hauntings to apocalyptic thrillers that will keep you on your toes, we have something for everyone, so get ready to Netflix and Thrill.

Our fall lineup includes Reptile, a small-town murder mystery starring Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, and Alicia Silverstone — a trio you didn’t know you needed. And, Flanafans can expect another haunting installment to the Mike Flanagan universe with the director’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Fall of the House of Usher. But fear not: If you’re looking for a terrifying tale about a family vacation gone terribly wrong, the end-of-times horror Leave the World Behind is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. 

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In addition to all the thrills your heart can take, Netflix is also releasing some brand-new must-play games — just in time for spooky season. Slayaway Camp 2: Netflix & Kill will be available on Oct. 24, and Dead Cells: Netflix Edition lands at Netflix Games on Oct. 31. And don’t forget the cult classic Oxenfree II: Lost Signals.

Ahead, check out a killer lineup of movies and shows that will have you on the edge of your seat. 

Castlevania: Nocturne trailer
Sept. 28

Castlevania: Nocturne

GENRE: Animated series

CATEGORY: Spooky scary 

LOGLINE: Vampire hunters and magic users join forces to stop a cabal of powerful vampires from blotting out the sun and bringing forth the reign of the “vampire messiah,” all set against the atmospheric backdrop of the French Revolution.

CAST: Edward Bluemel, Pixie Davies, Thuso Mbedu, Sydney James Harcourt, Nastassja Kinski, Zahn McClarnon, and Franka Potente 

SHOWRUNNERS: Clive Bradley and Kevin Kolde 

Read more about Castlevania: Nocturne.  

Sept. 29

Reptile

GENRE: Drama film

CATEGORY: Mysterious murder 

LOGLINE: Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is as it seems. In doing so, he dismantles the illusions in his own life.

CAST: Benicio Del Toro, Alicia Silverstone, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian, Ato Essandoh, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Michael Carmen Pitt

DIRECTOR: Grant Singer

Read more about Reptile.

Oct. 6

Fair Play

GENRE: Thriller film

CATEGORY: Big money, big problems

LOGLINE: An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent engagement.

CAST: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer, Sebastian de Souza, Sia Alipour 

DIRECTOR: Chloe Domont 

Read more about Fair Play. 

Oct. 12

The Fall of the House of Usher

GENRE: Horror series

CATEGORY: Not sleeping after this

LOGLINE: From Mike Flanagan, the creator of The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass, a wicked horror series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege, and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.

CAST: Bruce Greenwood, Carla Gugino, Mary McDonnell, Mark Hamill, Carl Lumbly, Henry Thomas, Samantha Sloyan, T’Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Crystal Balint, Kyliegh Curran, Ruth Codd, Matt Biedel, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Malcolm Goodwin, and Katie Parker  

DIRECTOR: Mike Flanagan

Read more about The Fall of the House of Usher. 

Oct. 17

I Woke Up a Vampire

GENRE: Family series

CATEGORY: Sheet ghosts

LOGLINE: With the help of Kev, her best friend for life, Carmie discovers that she is half human, half vampire, one of many variants of the by-product of humans and mythical folklore legends. A lot to deal with when she just wants to get through the year without embarrassing herself and be in the school musical “Fangs of the Opera.”

CAST: Niko Ceci, Zebastin Borjeau, Ana Araujo, Kaileen Angelic Chang, Kris Siddiqi, Aaliyah Cinello, Delia Lisette Chambers, Jayd Deroché, Ipsita Paul, Rainbow Sun Francks, Charlotte Legault, and Will Coombs 

CREATOR: Tommy Lynch

Oct. 17

The Devil on Trial

GENRE: Documentary film

CATEGORY: Real-life hauntings

LOGLINE: The extraordinary story of a young boy possessed by demons, terrifying Catholic exorcisms, a brutal murder, and the first — and only — time “demonic possession” has been used as a defense in a US murder trial.

DIRECTOR: Chris Holt

Read more about The Devil on Trial.

Oct. 19 

Bodies

GENRE: Limited series

CATEGORY: Mysterious murder

LOGLINE: Four detectives investigate the same murder in different timelines.

CAST: Stephen Graham, Kyle Soller, Shira Haas, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Amaka Okafor, Tom Mothersdale

DIRECTOR: Paul Tomalin

Read more about Bodies. 

Oct. 20

Flashback

GENRE: Drama film

CATEGORY: Chill to the bone

LOGLINE: When a yoga instructor is killed alongside her partner in their home one night, she finds her life flashing before her eyes in the moment before death. Through the breathing techniques she learned in yoga, she’s able to slow down this flashback to “real time” and potentially change history to prevent her murder.

Oct. 20

Disco Inferno

GENRE: Drama film

CATEGORY: Big-time thrills

LOGLINE: In the summer of ’73, Brandon and Mel are young expecting parents who go to the hottest disco in town, Disco Inferno, to blow off some steam. Upon arrival, they must fight for their lives when an evil apparition threatens to take their unborn child.

CAST: Soni Bringas, Stephen Ruffin, River Gallo

DIRECTOR: Matthew Castellanos

‘Creature’
Oct. 20

Creature

GENRE: Limited series (Turkey)

CATEGORY: Thrilling

LOGLINE: Creature, an epic story that takes place in the final era of the Ottoman Empire dwells on one of the most fundamental questions of mankind: death and afterlife. Ziya, an adventurous, rebellious, and smart young medical student, has the insatiable desire to become an excellent physician and to find the cure to infectious diseases. Ziya’s path crosses with Ihsan, a fellow medical doctor, who treads the fine line between genius and insanity. He’s the only person who truly understands Ziya’s ambitions. However, these two estranged, wounded souls will pay the price for the forbidden experiment they were brave enough to conduct. The ancient encryption they’ve tried to decode could cause all hell to break loose.

CAST: Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Taner Ölmez,  Engin Benli, Şifanur Gül, Bülent Şakrak, Sema Çeyrekbaşı, Devrim Yakut, Şehsuvar Aktaş, Durul Bazan, Macit Koper, Ekremcan Arslandağ, Ümmü Putgül, Şennur Nogaylar ve Burcu Söyler

DIRECTOR AND WRITER: Çagan Irmak

Oct. 27

Sister Death

GENRE: Drama film (Spain)

CATEGORY: Spooky scary 

LOGLINE: In postwar Spain, Narcisa, a young novice with supernatural powers, arrives at a former convent, now a school for girls, to become a teacher. As the days go by, the strange events and increasingly disturbing situations that torment her will eventually lead her to unravel the terrible skein of secrets that surround the convent and haunt its inhabitants. 

CAST: Aria Bedmar, Maru Valdivielso, Luisa Merelas, Almudena Amor, Sandra Escacena, Consuelo Trujillo, Chelo Vivares, Sara Roch, Olimpia Roch, Adriana Camarena, Martina Delgado, Claudia Fernández, Arantza Vélez, Ainoa Fernandez, Antonio Duque

DIRECTOR: Paco Plaza 

‘Leave the World Behind’
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Dec. 8

Leave the World Behind

GENRE: Drama film

CATEGORY: Apocalyptic horror 

LOGLINE: A family’s vacation is upended when two strangers arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.

CAST: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Kevin Bacon

DIRECTOR: Sam Esmail

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