Spooky season is officially upon us! As we head into October, Netflix is ​​gearing up to introduce its annual “Netflix and Chills” lineup. This is a first for this article, as we’ll undoubtedly be getting more Halloween-related titles in the coming weeks. However, until then, here’s an early first look at all the new horror and horror-adjacent titles we know will be showing up on Netflix globally and in the US specifically on the licensed side for Halloween 2026.

to The full list of what’s happening in October 2026Keep it locked here on What’s on Netflix. For a deeper dive into Netflix’s Halloween lineup, you can find…Netflix and chills“Category here or Use our library pages.

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Netflix originals

Before we look forward to what’s coming, let’s take a quick look at what’s already been offered on the service to get you in the Halloween spirit. On the movie front, Netflix has already added new original horror features The last house and The whispering man. While on the chain side, our view is excellent Something very bad will happena psychological thriller film produced in the United Kingdom Not chosenand an absolute treat for Hawkins fans with two full seasons of the series Strange things spin off, Tales from ’85.

Here’s what’s coming next on the global Netflix Originals front:

• Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story (limited series) – September 17: Ryan Murphy’s true crime anthology series returns, this time taking on the story of the infamous Lizzie Borden. Expect a stylish, bloody, and deeply disturbing deep dive into one of America’s most notorious historical murders.
• Palarao: Blood Island (Season 1) – September 24: This new Filipino horror-thriller series promises plenty of terror when dark folklore and deadly secrets collide on a remote, inescapable island.
• Unabomber (2026) – September 25: A tense and terrifying new thriller based on a serial killer.
• less (limited series) – October 8: Josh Hartnett headlines this highly anticipated new limited series. D

• Haunted hotel (Season 2) – October 9: Check back – if you dare. The adult animated comedy-horror series returns with a second season of night-time terrors and new supernatural entities.
• Is it a cake? Halloween (Season 2) – October 9: Mickey Day returns to host another spooky season of the hit baking competition. Expect gruesome, bloody and terrifying cakes that will have the judges guessing the reality.
• body (limited series) – November 11

Looking to the future, starting with movies, Netflix will be released The boy in the iron boxproduced by Guillermo del Toro and based on the Audible series, is about a team of mercenaries who crash into a snowy peak, which is just the beginning of the nightmare. Directed by David Pryor and filming wrapped earlier this year, it is scheduled for release in 2027. Elsewhere, Chris Pine is set to headline a new horror film called Yeti In 2027. There was also a Netflix adaptation of the Stephen King book Kojo It’s rumored to be in the works, but it’s unclear if that will ever see the light of day. Likewise, the long-awaited Netflix BioShock The adaptation is still in development.

In terms of series, Netflix clearly has a big advantage Scooby Doo The adaptation is coming in 2027, which Netflix’s head of content, Bela Bajaria, recently described as “excellent.” This is in addition to the animated series Ghostbusters: Night Shift and Hotel Transylvania (Both are scheduled to launch in 2027.) plus, Midnight sunhighly anticipated twilight An animated series, is also in production. Ryan Murphy observer It is also set to make a big comeback after many years of waiting.

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Licensed films (US)

As always, Netflix US is getting a slew of licensed horror films from other studios to help line up your Halloween movie races. Here’s what’s coming to the American Library:

• LifeHack (2025) – September 23: A modern tech thriller that will make you look twice at your smart devices. Owns Netflix SVOD streaming debuts for this purpose.
• Knock on the cabin (2023) – September 24: M. Night Shyamalan’s tense, harrowing home invasion thriller stars Dave Bautista and Jonathan Groff.

• slice (2018) – September 27: A24’s bizarre and bizarre horror-comedy starring Chance the Rapper is about a haunted pizza delivery road.
• Daniel is not real (2019) – September 29: A visually stunning and deeply unsettling psychological horror about his imaginary childhood friend who returns with malicious intentions.
• I’ll always know what you did last summer (2006) – September 30: The third installment in the classic slasher franchise.
• Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016) – September 30: Milla Jovovich’s final bow as Alice. This version He joins the other group to Vampire Films that joined the American library in early September.
• Quiet lake (1999) – October 1: This classic creature features a giant man-eating alligator terrorizing a tranquil Maine lake.
• Sixth sense (1999) – October 1: “I see dead people.” Revisit M. Night Shyamalan’s iconic masterpiece this Halloween.

• Happy death 2U (2019) – October 1: A hugely enjoyable sci-fi sequel that sends Tree Gelbman back into a deadly time loop.
• evil dead (2013) – October 1: Fede Álvarez’s incredibly bloody and terrifying reboot of the Sam Raimi classic. Not for the sensitive!
• Underworld: Blood Wars (2016) – October 1: Kate Beckinsale returns as Selene in the fifth installment of the action-horror series Vampires vs. Lycans.
• My baby has my doctor’s face (2024) – October 2: A Lifetime film with Natalie Poulison and Daniel O’Reilly about a mother who discovers that her son’s biological father is her fertility doctor.
• The bogeyman (2023) – October 6: Based on the short story by Stephen King, this terrifying creature feature is sure to have you checking your closet before bed.
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016) – October 6: The classic Jane Austen tale, but with lots of undead cannibals and sword-wielding heroines.

• Cocaine bear (2023) – October 14: Based on a true story, Elizabeth Banks directs this wild and gory horror-comedy about a black bear who goes on a drug-fueled rampage.

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Leaving Netflix soon (US)

Unfortunately, as with all good things, the Netflix library gives, and the Netflix library takes away.

If you’re looking to snag some last-minute horror movies before they’re gone, you’ll want to prioritize some horror favorites that will be leaving the US platform very soon. Be sure to catch A24’s modern folk horror masterpiece The witch and holiday-themed terrorism Krampus Before they both leave on October 1st. Other scary departures in early October include the terrifying takeover flick Wretch (October 3), the second part of the hit Slasher series Screaming (2022) (October 8), the terrifying double feature of found footage Hosts and impasse (both October 9), and a post-apocalyptic film A Quiet Place, Part Two (October 11).

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We’ll update this article again in the next week or so when we have more horror titles coming.