Netflix is keeping the Halloween spirit alive for October 2022 with shows taking the genre to the next level. At the same time, there is something for every other genre as well.
Shows like The Midnight Club and Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities celebrate the month of spookiness.
Then there are shows like Exception and Glitch that focus on the sci-fi side of things. Lastly, Big Mouth’s latest season closes the month on a humorous note.
Here is a list of the top 10 upcoming Netflix shows in October 2022:
1. The Midnight Club
Cast: Iman Benson, Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Cymone, William Chris Sumpter, Sauriyan Sapkota, Heather Langenkamp
A group of terminally ill patients at Brightcliffe Hospice come together at night to form The Midnight Club. A secret club where they sneak into the library at midnight to share horror stories with each other.
Together, the group makes a pact that suggests whoever among them dies first would try to contact the other club members from beyond the grave.
Release date: 7 October
2. Glitch
Cast: Jeon Yeo-been, Nana
When strange, mysterious lights kidnap Hong Ji-hyo’s boyfriend, she goes into deep to track him down and uncover the secret behind his disappearance by joining a community of UFO fanatics.
Release date: 7 October
3. The Mole
Cast: Alex Wagner, Avori Henderson, Casey Lary, Dom Gabriel, Greg Shapiro, Jacob Hacker, Joi Schweitzer, Kesi Neblett, Osei White, Pranav Patel, Samara Joy, Sandy Ronquillo, William Richardson.
Twelve players work together in various challenges to collect money for the winning prize of the show. Among them is a player who has a secret mission of his own to sabotage all the challenges and attempts.
One of the twelve players will win the prize as the group tries to identify the mole among them in this new reimagined version of the original ABC show, The Mole.
Release date: 7 October
4. Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses his gruesome crimes in the three-part documentary series featuring interviews from his legal team as the show offers a glimpse into his disturbing mind.
Release date: 7 October
5. The Watcher
Cast: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Noma Dumezweni, Jennifer Coolidge, Joe Mantello, Richard Kind, Terry Kinney, Margo Martindale.
The Brannock family moves into their dream house in a new neighborhood, only to be threatened by a figure who calls himself ‘The Watcher’, and is stalking their house and them all the time.
With letters condemning them to leave the house, the Brannock family finds themselves investigating the person behind it as they uncover sinister secrets about their neighborhood.
Release date: 13 October
6. Exception
Cast: Nolan North, Chikahiro Kobayashi, Robbie Daymond, Takahiro Sakura, Ali Hillis, Yuko Kaida, Eugene Byrd, Takanori Hoshino.
An advanced team of spacecraft in the far future searches for a new planet for the population of Earth. A planet that is suitable for terraforming.
Things go sideways when a system used for doing so malfunctions and one of their own returns in a deformed state to attack everyone on the ship.
Release date: 13 October
7. Love Is Blind season 3
Cast: Nick Lachey, Vanessa Lachey
Nick and Vanessa are back, this time in Dallas, Texas, to help a new group of singles that are willing to find their true love through the social experiment that requires them to go on blind dates.
Release date: 19 October
8. From Scratch
Cast: Zoe Saldaña, Eugenio Mastrandrea
Amy, an American woman studying in Italy, falls in love with a Sicilian chef named Lino. The latter’s health issues see the couple and their families coming together like never before to tell a love story for ages.
Release date: 21 October
9. Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
Cast: Eric Andre, Ben Barnes, Sofia Boutella, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Essie Davis, Crispin Glover, Rupert Grint, Andrew Lincoln, Kate Micucci, Charlyne Yi
The Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro brings eight different genre-defining horror stories that will challenge the genre’s traditional notions.
Release date: 24-28 October
10. Big Mouth season 6
Cast: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Jordan Peele
The sixth season of Big Mouth continues the story of Nick Birch and Andrew Glouberman as they navigate through their adolescence.
This season, the show will focus on the concept of family, where you can’t pick your blood family but can surround yourself with the ones who will love you back for who you are.
Release date: 28 October
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