This weekend, Netflix is adding a new documentary series, a Halloween comedy movie, and the follow-up to an acclaimed horror TV series. With the coronavirus pandemic still going, streaming services continue to be the solution for studios to release those titles that couldn’t get a theatrical release, and they are still the go-to source of entertainment for many around the world. Luckily for Netflix users, the streaming giant has a long list of content ready to be added for months to come, while still having room for those movies that need a home amidst the pandemic.
Last weekend, and as it does on the first days of every month, Netflix added a long list of movies, most notably Basic Instinct, Cape Fear, Her, Troy, and House of 1000 Corpses. The platform also welcomed the drama movie The Boys in the Band, the rom-com TV series Emily in Paris, the comedy horror movie Vampires vs. the Bronx, and the documentary David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet. This weekend, Netflix will bring the documentary Dolly Parton: Here I Am, the romance movie Walk Away From Love, season 6 of Schitt’s Creek, and the seventh and final season of The 100.
As for original content, Netflix will welcome a comedy horror movie starring Adam Sandler, a new documentary series, and the follow-up to a fan-favorite horror TV series. Here are the best movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this weekend – October 9.
Hubie Halloween
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Netflix’s Hubie Halloween is a comedy horror movie directed by Steven Brill and written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy. It follows Hubie Dubois (Sandler), who every Halloween makes sure that the residents of his hometown, Salem, celebrate safely and play by the rules. However, this year it will all be different as an escaped criminal and a mysterious new neighbor will have Hubie on high alert. It will all get more complicated as people start disappearing, and it will be up to Hubie to convince the police and the town that monsters are real.
Deaf U
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Deaf U is a documentary reality series produced by Nyle DiMarco, Eric Evangelista, Shannon Evangelista, and Brandon Panaligan releasing on Netflix this weekend. It centers on a group of deaf and hard of hearing college students attending Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, following them through the high and lows of the college experience. Through this, Deaf U offers an unprecedented and unexpected look inside the Deaf community.
The Haunting of Bly Manor
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Also releasing on Netflix this weekend is The Haunting of Bly Manor is the follow-up to The Haunting of Hill House (not a second season, though) and the second entry in The Haunting anthology series. It’s loosely based on the 1898 horror novella The Turn of the Screw, and it follows a young governess who is hired by a man to look after his niece and nephew at the family country house. Once there, however, she begins to see apparitions that proceed to haunt the premises. Netflix‘s The Haunting of Bly Manor has some cast members from Hill House back as well as new faces, among those Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Henry Thomas, and Kate Siegel.