October is just around the corner, which means it's time for full-time spookiness. Over at Netflix, that means it's time for Netflix & Chills, the streaming network's annual horror and Halloween-themed genre lineup. Netflix has debuted a new video teaser showing off their 2019 fall horror movies and TV shows (and some gentler seasonal content for the kiddos), along with a number of first-look images, release dates, and a whole bunch of details about what you can expect from this year's Netflix & Chills.
So if you're looking for some good Halloween and Horror content to watch on Netflix, check out the full breakdown below. And if you don't want to wait for October to get started on your scareathon, be sure to check out the Best Halloween Movies on Netflix Right Now.
In the Shadow of the Moon
Release Date: September 27th
Director: Jim Mickle
Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine, Rudi Dharmalingam, Rachel Keller, and Michael C. Hall
Synopsis:
In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who mysteriously resurfaces every nine years. But when the killer's crimes begin to defy all scientific explanation, Locke's obsession with finding the truth threatens to destroy his career, his family, and possibly his sanity. Directed by Jim Mickle and also starring Michael C. Hall and Cleopatra Coleman, In the Shadow of the Moon is a genre-blending psychological thriller that examines the power of time, and how its passing can either bring us together or tear us apart.
Eli
Release Date: October 18th
Director: Ciaran Foy
Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine, Rudi Dharmalingam, Rachel Keller, and Michael C. Hall
Synopsis:
Eli is the story of a young boy (Charlie Shotwell) plagued with an unknown, debilitating illness that requires him to live completely sealed off from the outside world. After exhausting every option, his parents (Kelly Reilly and Max Martini) put their trust – and his life – in the hands of a doctor (Lili Taylor) whose experimental, cutting edge treatments at her clean house facility may hold Eli’s last hope. As Eli undergoes the tremendously intense process that could potentially cure him, he begins to be haunted by experiences that make him question who he can trust and what is lurking inside the house. Co-starring Sadie Sink.
In the Tall Grass
Release Date: October 4th
Writer/Director: Vincenzo Natali
Cast: Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Will Buie Jr., Rachel Wilson, and Patrick Wilson
Synopsis:
When siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young boy lost within a field of tall grass, they venture in to rescue him, only to become ensnared themselves by a sinister force that quickly disorients and separates them. Cut off from the world and unable to escape the field’s tightening grip, they soon discover that the only thing worse than getting lost is being found. Based on the novella by Stephen King and Joe Hill.
Fractured
Release Date: October 11th
Director: Brad Anderson
Cast: Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Stephen Tobolowsky, Adjoa Andoh
Synopsis:
Driving home after a tense holiday weekend with his in-laws, Ray Monroe (Sam Worthington), a well-meaning but overwhelmed family man, pulls into a rest area with his wife Joanne (Lily Rabe) and daughter Peri (Lucy Capri). The trip takes a turn for the worse when Peri is hurt in an accident and the family rushes to a nearby emergency room run by a staff with dubious intentions. After being sent away for further testing Peri and Joanne vanish and all records of their visit disappear. Ray’s concern turns into a desperate race to find his family and discover the truth of what happened to them.
Rattlesnake
Release Date: October 25th
Director: Zak Hilditch
Cast: Carmen Ejogo, Theo Rossi, Apollina Pratt, Emma Greenwell
Synopsis:
Katrina (Carmen Ejogo) is a single mother driving cross country to start a new life with her young daughter Clara (Apollina Pratt) when their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. As Katrina changes the tire, Clara wanders off the desert road and is bitten by a venomous rattlesnake. Desperate to save her daughter’s life, Katrina accepts the help of a mysterious woman, but after she miraculously heals Clara, Katrina is asked to repay the good deed by killing a stranger in exchange for the life saved. Without time to lose, she must wrestle with the morality of who deserves to live and who should die, before her daughter’s life is once again put in peril at sundown. Rattlesnake is a pulse-pounding, psychological horror film directed by Zak Hilditch (1922, These Final Hours), also starring Theo Rossi (Sons of Anarchy, Marvel’s Luke Cage) and Emma Greenwell (Shameless, Love & Friendship, The Rock) and produced by Ross Dinerstein (1922, The Package, 6 Balloons).
Original Series
Marianne
Release Date: September 13th
Synopsis:
When a horror novelist takes a break from writing, she discovers the demon from her book exists in the real world. This malevolent spirit named Marianne draws her home and insists she continues writing... or else.
Glitch: Season 3
Release Date: September 25th
Synopsis:
More people rise from the grave and old friends become new threats as the mystery -- and danger -- intensifies in Yoorana.
Haunted: Season 2
Release Date: October 11th
Synopsis:
In an all-new season of true-life terror, real people recount unsettling run-ins with demons, ghosts and more, as told via dramatic reenactments.
Daybreak
Release Date: October 24th
Synopsis:
High school isn’t the end of the world… until it is. In this post-apocalyptic, genre-bending series, the city of Glendale, California is populated by marauding gangs of jocks, gamers, the 4-H Club, and other fearsome tribes who are kicking ass as they fight to survive in the wake of a nuclear blast (on the night of Homecoming…ugh). Following an eclectic group of survivors as they navigate this strange and treacherous world, DAYBREAK is part samurai saga, part endearing coming-of-age story, and part Battle Royale. This Generation A series (A for Apocalypse! Get it?) is rated TV MA.
Prank Encounters
Release Date: October 25th
Synopsis:
Hosted by Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things), each episode of this terrifying and hilarious prank show takes two complete strangers on the surprise ride of a lifetime. It's business as usual until their paths collide and their one-day assignments turn into supernatural surprises. Where fear meets funny, Prank Encounters is the most elaborate hidden camera prank show ever devised.
Kids & Family
The Last Kids on Earth
Release Date: September 17th
Synopsis:
Based on the New York Times bestselling book series, The Last Kids on Earth follows 13-year-old Jack Sullivan and a band of suburban middle schoolers who live in a decked-out tree house, play video games, gorge themselves on candy, and battle zombies in the aftermath of the monster apocalypse. It’s a hilarious adventure filled with wisecracking kids, crazy gadgets, a lifetime supply of zombies and giant-sized monsters. (This is a 66 minute special. Season 1 to follow in 2020)
Creeped Out: Season 2
Release Date: October 4th
Synopsis:
Creepy apps, wishes gone wrong and portals to another dimension: Brace yourself for 10 new spine-tingling tales.
Super Monsters: Vida's First Halloween
Release Date: October 4th
It’s Vida’s first Halloween at Pitchfork Pines and she’s nervous about all the unfamiliar traditions and different ways of doing things; so it’s up to the Super Monsters to help make her feel more comfortable. When the Super Monsters get invited to celebrate Dia de los Muertos in the Howler backyard, they find themselves in unfamiliar territory. But what starts off as a disaster of an event turns into the discovery of a new tradition they all learn to love.
Super Monsters: Season 3
The fun-loving Super Monsters learn new lessons -- and make new friends -- while exploring the world around them in Pitchfork Pines.
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-wee
Release Date: October 8th
When mean Principal Krupp and evil boy-genius Melvin make Halloween illegal and institute“Hall-no-Ween,” George and Harold team up with their friends to hack their favorite holiday, creating Hack-a-ween. The kids wear disguises instead of costumes, carve cabbages instead of pumpkins, and get snacks instead of candy. The hacked holiday is a huge hit, so when Krupp and Melvin make even more trouble, the kids realize that in order to really save Halloween they will have to negotiate with the enemy.
Netflix & Chills 2019 Schedule
Available 9/13/19
Marianne NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Head Count
Available 9/14/19
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Available 9/15/19
The Curse of Oak Island: Season 3
Available 9/17/19
A Haunting at Silver Falls: The Return
The Last Kids on Earth NETFLIX FAMILY
Available 9/24/19
American Horror Story: Apocalypse
Available 9/25/19
Glitch: Season 3 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Available 9/27/19
In the Shadow of the Moon NETFLIX FILM
Available 10/1/19
A.M.I.
Along Came a Spider
House of the Witch
Scream 2
Sinister Castle
Available 10/4/19
In the Tall Grass NETFLIX FILM
Creeped Out: Season 2 NETFLIX FAMILY
Super Monsters: Season 3 NETFLIX FAMILY
Super Monsters: Vida's First Halloween NETFLIX FAMILY
Available 10/8/19
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-wee NETFLIX FAMILY
Available 10/11/19
Haunted: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Fractured NETFLIX FILM
Available 10/16/19
Sinister 2
Available 10/18/19
Eli NETFLIX FILM
Available 10/24/19
Daybreak NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Revenge of Pontianak
Available 10/25/19
Assimilate
Prank Encounters NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Rattlesnake NETFLIX FILM