It’s officially Scary Month, so it’s no surprise that we’re getting some spooky entries from top horror figures in this week’s roundup of new TV shows to watch. We’re talking about Mike Flanagan, who returns to Netflix with another interpretation of horror literature, this time Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
We’re also talking about John Carpenter, maybe the Above all, the horror guy is still doing it — now making a limited anthology series for Peacock. He turns his eyes to the scariest place of all: the suburbs.
Of course, there’s plenty of TV beyond that, including… Spy × Familywhich is now streaming its second season on Crunchyroll, and Our knowledge means deathwhich is now into its second season (although it only started airing last week).
Here are all of this week’s notable TV shows:
New shows on Netflix
The fall of the House of Usher
Type: Gothic horror
release date: October 12
Showrunner/Creator: Mike Flanagan
ejaculate: Carla Gugino, Mark Hamill, Kate Siegel, Willa Fitzgerald, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Zach Gilford, Bruce Greenwood, Rahul Kohli, and more
You know what this show is about. The title puts it front and center. What Flanagan does in his adaptation of Poe’s short story (and other works) is tell the story all the way through – how The House of Usher has met its untimely demise time and time again. Happy spooky season!
New offers on Crunchyroll
Stardust Telepath
Type: Cosmic imagination
release date: October 9 with one episode
Studio: Jocomi Studio
Who doesn’t feel a little shy in high school and maybe have a hard time talking to others? Unfortunately, unlike Umika, most of us have never met a transfer student who is an alien with telepathic powers who agrees to go into space with us. Props to those who did it, but to the rest of us: Stardust Telepath Sounds like a charming anime to check out.
Dr. Stone’s New World (Season 3) Part 2
Type: Sci-fi adventure
release date: October 12 with one episode
Studio: TMS Entertainment
We pick up where the first part of Season 3 left off: the Stone Wars are over, and all that’s left is to pick up the pieces. The Empire of Might will team up with the Kingdom of Science to build a ship to obtain answers to the global petrification mystery. But they’ll need to push through some scientific advances first so they can build the kind of ship they need.
New shows on Hulu
The scream of terror
Type: Scary Scary Anthology
release date: October 13 with five episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller
ejaculate: Justin Long, Anna Yi Puig, Miles McKenna, Zach Morris, Rachel Harris, and more
in many ways, The scream of terror It’s a classic reboot: Based on R.L. Stine’s best-selling book series, it follows a group of high school students as they investigate the tragic death of a teenager 30 years ago. Along the way, they find some twisted and scary things, including some of their parents’ dark secrets.
New offers on Max
Death Patrol
Type: Comic book adaptation
release date: October 12 with two episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Jeremy Carver
ejaculate: Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Brendan Fraser, Matt Bomer, Jovian Wade, and more
The least expected superhero show returns after a long delay to wrap up its fourth and final season. This lovable group of misfits have been through a lot, and if this trailer is any indication, there’s a lot more in store. The long and short of it: Killer Were-Bots is back, and they’re hungry.
New offers on Paramount Plus
Freezer
Type: Sitcom reboot
release date: October 12
Showrunner/Creator: David Angell
ejaculate: Kelsey Grammer, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tox Olagundoye, Jess Salguero, Anders Keith, Perry Gilpin, and more
Fraser is back! In Boston! As a Seattleite, this is a personal crime. But who would Frasier Crane be if he wasn’t himself, moving through this world, doing the best he could, and being a bit of a nervous idiot? He’s in Boston and closer to his son, and here’s all we know about the new show.
New offers on peacock
John Carpenter screams in the suburbs
Type: horror
release date: October 13 with all episodes
Showrunner/Creator: John Carpenter
ejaculate: Chloe Zeitounian, Will O’Donnell, Annette Holland, Maria Almeida, and more
Everyone knows that the suburbs have their concerns, but… Suburban cries, Carpenter puts them front and center—that is, the real ones. This is a “true horror series” (like true crime, but horror), detailing real killers, demons, and ghosts living in the living, all as told by the everyday people who survived them.
New offers on Apple TV Plus
Chemistry lessons
Type: Period piece
release date: October 13 with two episodes
Showrunner/Creator: Lee Eisenberg
ejaculate: Brie Larson, Aja Naomi King, Stephanie Koenig, Patrick Walker, and more
It’s the 1950s, and Elizabeth Zoot’s dream of becoming a scientist has been shattered by the norm (being a woman in the 1950s). Pregnant and in need of work, she accepts a job on a television cooking show, where she begins teaching women household matters… and more, Less cooking related stuff. And the housewives are listening.
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