Netflix Philippines: What’s New This October 2020
Another month passed by and as we welcome the spookiest time of the year, Netflix is all set to bring us a number of new chilling movies and series to watch just in time for Halloween—of course, with a dash of some comedy and romance on the side as well!
Here’s a list of movies and series to expect on Netflix this October:
Vampires vs The Bronx
Stumbling upon a sinister plot to suck all the life from their beloved Bronx neighborhood, a group of gutsy teenagers from a rapidly gentrifying community are forced to protect their neighborhood from vampire invasion.
Release date: October 2
Running time: 1 hour and 25 minutes
Cast: Jaden Michael, Gerald W. Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV
Emily in Paris (Season 1)
From the creator of Sex and The City, Emily in Paris is a new Netflix series that follows the adventure of Emily Cooper, a driven American marketing executive from Chicago, as she embraces her new life after landing the dream job in Paris while juggling work, friends, and romance in a foreign city.
Release date: October 2
Episodes: 10
Cast: Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Ashley Park
Hubie Halloween
It’s Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts, and Hubie—the town’s not-so-popular guy, sets on an unexpected adventure when Halloween turns truly spooky as he finds himself in the middle of a real murder.
Starring everyone’s favorite funnyman Adam Sandler, Hubie Halloween is a perfect comedy horror film we all need this upcoming Halloween!
Release date: October 7
Running time: 1 hour and 43 minutes
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Julie Bowen
Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island
When a mysterious man invites a group of lucky guests to his eerie island resort with the motive to fulfill their darkest fantasies, the supposed-to-be pleasurable visit turns into a nightmarish ordeal to survive.
Release date: October 9
Running time: 1 hour and 49 minutes
Cast: Michael Peña, Maggie Q, Lucy Hale
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Following the well-loved “The Haunting of Hill House,” this upcoming horror series proves that the dead doesn’t mean gone.
The Haunting of Bly Manor tells the story of a governess hired to look after the niece and nephew of the family country house’s caretaker. Arriving at the Bly estate, she plunges into an abyss of chilling secrets and begins to see apparitions that continue to haunt the premises.
Release date: October 9
Episodes: 9
Cast: Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Henry Thomas
The Meg
A 2018 science fiction action film directed by Jon Turteltaub, The Meg follows Jonas Taylor, a washed-out rescue diver, as he saves an underwater research facility under the threat of a monstrous 75 feet prehistoric Megalodon long thought extinct.
Release date: October 10
Running time: 1 hour and 53 minutes
Cast: Jason Statham, Li Bingbing, Rainn Wilson
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting
Based on the first installment of Joe Ballarini’s book series, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting is an upcoming Netflix film that basically speaks for itself.
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she’s watching on Halloween.
Release date: October 15
Running time: 1 hour and 36 minutes
Cast: Tamara Smart, Oona Laurence, Tom Felton
Crazy Rich Asians
Rachel, an economics professor in New York, joins her boyfriend Nick on a trip to his home country where she discovers not only that he belongs to one of the richest families in Singapore, but also his luxurious wealth and disapproving mother.
Crazy Rich Asians is a blockbuster 2018 romantic comedy film based on the 2013 novel of the same name written by Kevin Kwan.
Release date: October 15
Running time: 2 hours
Cast: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh
Rebecca
Based on Daphne du Maurier’s novel of the same name, Rebecca is a psychological thriller that tells a story about a young newlywed couple who moves to the husband’s imposing estate on the English coast, where Rebecca must contend with her husband’s sinister housekeeper and the larger than life haunting shadow of his late wife.
Release date: October 21
Running time: 2 hours and 1 minute
Cast: Lily James, Armie Hammer, Kristin Scott Thomas
The Queen’s Gambit (Season 1)
Set during the Cold War era in the 1950s, a young orphaned girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey as a chess prodigy while living with the struggles of addiction.
Release date: October 23
Episodes: 10
Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Camp, Marielle Heller
Over The Moon
Directed by Legendary animator Glen Keane, Over The Moon is an animated family musical focused on an adventurous girl as she builds a rocket ship in the hopes of meeting the mythical moon goddess.
Release date: October 23
Running time: 1 hour and 39 minutes
Holidate
Hating the idea of being single on holidays and being judged by their meddling families, Sloane and Jackson—two strangers, agree to be each other’s platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way. Holidate is directed by John Whitesell.
Release date: October 28
Running time: 1 hour and 43 minutes
Cast: Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Jessica Capshaw
Which of these movies and series are you excited to watch on Netflix this month? Share it with us in the comments below!
