It's all treats and no tricks with Netflix's latest batch of new arrivals, as October will deliver a full size, not a fun size, number of movies and TV shows to the Big Red Streaming Monolith.
After losing most of its syndicated TV hits to rival streamers, Netflix finally gains one with "Seinfeld" maniacally exploding through the service's door to say hello. That's right: You can finally watch "Seinfeld" – it was so hard to find before!
On the film side of things, Netflix's trick-or-treating trip went pretty great, scoring a whole bunch of Oscar-lauded blockbusters like "Ghost" (just in time for Halloween), "Gladiator," "Malcolm X" and "Titanic." The Big Red Streaming Monolith will also throwback to the '90s with some retro hits – both great and so bad they're great – like "A Knight's Tale," "Double Team" (Jean-Claude Van Damme AND Dennis Rodman!?) and the Kevin Costner Made Some Choices double feature of "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" and "Waterworld." And if you'd rather celebrate Halloween with jokes than jump scares, there's the comedy classics "Step Brothers" and "Tommy Boy."
Of course, for those who prefer frights, Netflix will scare "Insidious Chapter 2" and the excellent "Zodiac" back up onto the streaming service. And for somethine truly terrifying, there's a second season of the Netflix Original furry reality dating show/evidence that there is no god "Sexy Beasts."
As for significantly less depressing Netflix Original news, the intriguing Jake Gyllenhaal-led remake of the tremendous Danish claustrophobic phone operator thriller "The Guilty" will answer the call on the first of the new month. Meanwhile, later in the month brings the third season of the stalker hit "You," the zombie movie heist spin-off "Army of Thieves" and the Colin Kaepernick mini-series "Colin in Black & White," produced by Ava DuVernay and co-written/executive produced by Milwaukee native Michael Starrbury.
It's all very well-timed; the temperatures are dropping, and the couch is beginning to call again. So here's to a scary good month of streaming.
Here's the full list of new movies and TV shows coming to Netflix next month:
Oct. 1
"A Knight's Tale"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad"
"An Inconvenient Truth"
"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" season 1
"As Good As It Gets"
"Awakenings"
"B.A.P.S."
"Bad Teacher"
"The Cave"
"Desperado"
"The Devil Inside"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Diana: The Musical"
"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood"
"Double Team"
"The DUFF"
"Eagle Eye"
"Endless Love"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Forever Rich"
"Ghost"
"Gladiator"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Guilty"
"Hairspray"
"The Holiday"
"Fearless"
"The Karate Kid"
"Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life"
"Leon: The Professional"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Maid"
"Malcolm X"
"Observe and Report"
"Once Upon a Time in Mexico"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Paik's Spirit"
"Project X"
"Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"
"Rumor Has It"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Scaredy Cats"
"Seinfeld" seasons 1-9
"Serendipity"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed By Light"
"Spy Kids"
"Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams"
"Spy Kids 3: Game Over"
"Step Brothers"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Swallow"
"Til Death"
"Titanic"
"Tommy Boy"
"The Ugly Truth"
"Unthinkable"
"Waterworld"
"Zodiac"
Oct. 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Scissor Seven" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Upcoming Summer"
Oct. 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "On My Block" season 4
Oct. 5
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Escape the Undertaker"
Oct. 6
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Bad Sport"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Baking Impossible"
"The Blacklist" season 8
"Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Five Juanas"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Love Is Blind: Brazil" (weekly new episodes)
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "There's Someone Inside Your House"
Oct. 7
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Billion Dollar Code"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sexy Beasts" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Way of the Househusband" season 1 part 2
Oct. 8
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "A Tale Dark & Grimm"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Family Business" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Grudge/Kin"
"LOL Surprise: The Movie"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "My Brother, My Sister"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pokemon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pretty Smart"
Oct. 9
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Blue Period"
"Insidious Chapter 2"
Oct. 11
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Babysitters Club" season 2
"Going in Style"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The King's Affection"
"Shameless" season 11
Oct. 12
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Bright: Samurai Soul"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Convergence: Courage in a Crisis"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mighty Express" season 5
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Movies That Made Us" season 3
"Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It"
"Smart People"
Oct. 13
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Fever Dream"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Hiacynt"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Reflection of You"
"Violet Evergarden the Movie"
Oct. 14
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Another Life" season 2
"In the Dark" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "One Night in Paris"
Oct. 15
"Cocomelon" season 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Forgotten Battle"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Four of Us"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Karma's World"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Little Things" season 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "My Name"
"Power Rangers Dino Fury" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sharkdog's Fintastic Halloween"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Trip"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "You" season 3
Oct. 16
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Misfit: The Series"
"Victoria & Abdul"
Oct. 19
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "In for a Murder"
Oct. 20
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Found"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Gabby's Dollhouse" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Night Teeth"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Stuck Together"
Oct. 21
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Flip a Coin: One Ok Rock Documentary"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Go! Go! Cory Carson" season 6
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Insiders"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Komi Can't Communicate"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Life's a Glitch with Julien Bam"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sex, Love & Goop"
Oct. 22
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Adventure Beast"
"Dynasty" season 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Inside Job"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Little Big Mouth"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Locke & Key" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Maya and the Three"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "More Than Blue: The Series"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Roaring Twenties" (weekly new episodes)
Oct. 24
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks"
Oct. 25
"King Arthur: Legend of the Sword"
Oct. 26
"Roswell, New Mexico" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sex: Unzipped"
Oct. 27
"Begin Again"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Hypnotic"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight: Part 2"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sintonia" season 2
"Wentworth" season 8
Oct. 28
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Luis Miguel: The Series" season 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Motive"
Oct. 29
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Army of Thieves"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Colin in Black & White"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Dear Mother"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Mythomaniac" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Roaring Twenties"
"Thomas and Friends" season 25
October TBA
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "A World Without"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Call My Agent: Bollywood"
"Encounters" season 1
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Inspector Koo"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea"
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.