With Halloween just a little more than a month away, you'd think Netflix would spend October stocking up some horror flicks in time for scary movie season.
Yeah, you would think that ... but nah.
Save for "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House" (great title, guys), nabbing "American Horror Story: Hotel" and premiering the new season of "Black Mirror" (which is growingly less horror movie than documentary), those looking for some new disturbing spooks for the season will be more disturbed looking at Netflix's haunt-free October offerings. In fact, Netflix is even getting rid one of its best horror selections with "The Exorcist." A-plus timing!
The good news: Old additions like "The Guest" and "The Invitation" are both still stream-worthy – and scream-worthy. The better news: At least Netflix has an immense collection of classics headed for your TV sets and laptop screens this month, ranging from "Dazed and Confused" to "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" to "Patton" and ... oh god ... OH GOD!
Indeed, near ... far ... wherever you are ... you'll be able to stream "Titanic." And now that song will be stuck in your head all day. You're welcome.
As is becoming expected with Netflix's monthly updates, the originals are where the excitement is – especially when it comes to docs in October. Director Ava DuVernay "13th," a sure-to-be-talked-about doc about the overwhelming racial element of America's mass incarceration problem, will hit screens on Oct. 7, and less than a week later, director Jonathan Demme ("Stop Making Sense") and his keen musical eye chronicle another concert event, this time for Justin Timberlake with "JT + The Tennessee Kids." And if you like docs with none of that pesky reality, "Mascots" – from mock doc master Christopher Guest, along with much of his usual gang in tow (and in hilarious mascot costumes) – will arrive on Oct. 13.
So while there might not be much scary headed to Netflix next month, there's no need to fear having nothing to watch some sleepy weekend night.
Here's the full list of what to look forward to next month – and what to stream before it's gone.
Coming to Netflix
Oct. 1
"A Cinderella Story" (2004)
"Barbershop 2: Back in Business" (2004)
"Blue Streak" (1999)
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961)
"Dazed and Confused" (1993)
"Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief" (2008)
"Fairy Tale: A True Story" (1997)
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986)
"Gentleman's Agreement" (1947)
"Ghost Town" (2008)
"Grizzly Man" (2005)
"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" (2003)
"Millenium" (1989)
"Murder Maps" season 2
"My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree" (2016)
"Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968)
"Oriented" (2015)
"Patton" (1970)
"Picture This!" (2008)
"Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin" (1997)
"The Queen of the Damned" (2002)
"Quiz Show" (1994)
"Robotech" (1985)
"RV" (2006)
"Saving Mr. Wu" (2015)
"Snake Eyes" (1998)
"Snow Day" (2000)
"Sphere" (1998)
"Three Kings" (1999)
"Titanic" (1997)
"Unforgiven" (1992)
"The Uninvited" (2009)
"Unsealed: Alien Files" season 4
"Without a Paddle" (2004)
Oct. 3
"Dheepan" (2015)
Oct. 4
"American Horror Story: Hotel"
"Chevalier" (2015)
"Dartmoor Killing" (2015)
"The Flash" season 2
"The Grinder" season 1
Oct. 5
"Arrow" season 4
Oct. 6
"iZombie" season 2
Oct. 7
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "13TH" (2016)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dinotrux" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Ranch" season 1, part 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Russell Peters: Almost Famous"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Siege of Jadotville" (2016)
"Supernatural" season 11
Oct. 8
"The Originals" season 3
"The Vampire Diaries" season 7
Oct. 10
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Kuromukuro" season 2
"Love Between the Covers" (2015)
Oct. 12
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids" (2016)
Oct. 13
"DC's Legends of Tomorrow" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mascots" (2016)
Oct. 14
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Haters Back Off!" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Project MC2" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai GuoQiang" (2016)
Oct. 15
"Being George Clooney" (2016)
"Chapo: el escape del siglo" (2016)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Glitch" season 1
"Power Rangers Dino Super Charge" season 1, part 1
Oct. 16
"Dark Matter" season 2
Oct. 21
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Black Mirror" season 3, part 1
"Containment" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Joe Rogan: Triggered"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Word Party" season 2
Oct. 24
"Doctor Foster" season 1
Oct. 25
"Big Eyes" (2014)
Oct. 26
"Jesus Camp" (2006)
"Kung Fu Panda 3" (2016)
Oct. 28
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "7 anos" (2016)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House" (2016)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Into the Inferno" (2016)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Skylanders Academy" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Trailer Park Boys: Out of the Park: Europe"
Oct. 29
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Fall" season 3
Oct. 31
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Chewing Gum" season 1
Leaving Netflix
Oct. 1
"10.0 Earthquake" (2014)
"Back to the Future" (1985)
"Back to the Future II" (1989)
"Back to the Future III" (1990)
"Beverly Hills Cop II" (1987)
"Congo" (1995)
"Deep Impact" (1998)
"Erin Brockovich" (2000)
"The Exorcist" (1973)
"Heroes" season 14
"Honey" (2003)
"Honey 2" (2011)
"Insomnia" (2002)
"Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" (2001)
"Mr. Deeds" (2002)
"My Girl" (1991)
"Nick of Time" (1995)
"The Phantom" (1996)
"Psych" season 18
"The Running Man" (1987)
"Saturday Night Live: The 2010s" season 38
"Timeline" (2003)
"Uncommon Valor" (1983)
"The Warriors" (1979)
Oct. 2
"The Big Green" (1995)
Oct. 15
"Ivan the Incredible" (2013)
Oct. 16
"Devil" (2010)
"Estranged" (2015)
Oct. 20
"Marvel's Avengers Assemble" season 2
Oct. 21
"The Taking of Deborah Logan" (2014)
Oct. 24
"Redemption" (2013)
Oct. 25
"The Interview" (2014)
Oct. 27
"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" (1977)
Oct. 31
"The Truman Show" (1998)
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.