As we welcome the month of October, we get ready for the tricks, treats and releases from the small screen and streaming services. The programming ahead is energetic and exciting and includes a good batch of horror and thriller content planned for the Halloween season. Below, we have a guide to the most outstanding titles for the tenth month of 2022.
The Midnight Club
Netflix | Season 1 | Release date: Friday, October 07, 2022
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Mike Flanagan’s terrifying universe continues to expand. The Midnight Club is a streaming horror and mystery series created by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong. Flanagan, on his part, has previously been involved in hit supernatural shows, such as The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor and Midnight Mass.
The series is an adaptation of Christopher Pike’s 1994 novel of the same name. The Midnight Club follows a group of terminally ill young people who reside at the Rotterdam Home hospice. The teens share an affinity for spooky stories and meet regularly at midnight to tell such tales. Eventually, they decide to make a peculiar pact: the first of them to succumb to their illness will have to communicate from beyond the grave. As expected, after the death of one of the club members, strange and inexplicable things begin to happen at the hospice.
The Midnight Club bears certain similarities to the popular Nickelodeon show, Are You Afraid of the Dark? However, The Midnight Club has a much deeper and darker concept. And the fact is that, faced with the prospect of their own death, the show’s protagonists will do their best to find proof that there is life after the physical transition.
The Midnight Club stars Iman Benson, Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter and Sauriyan Sapkota.
The Winchesters
The CW | Season 1 | Release date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
The Supernatural prequel, The Winchesters, is coming soon to the small screen and fans can’t get over their enthusiasm. The Winchesters is a dark fantasy series developed by Robbie Thompson, Jensen Ackles and Danneel Ackles.
What was the origin of the Winchester family? How did the mythology of Supernatural come about? All these questions will be resolved in The CW’s upcoming prequel.
The Winchesters is a family origin story and takes place in the year 1972. It delves into the lives of John Winchester and Mary Campbell, the parents of iconic hunters Sam and Dean. So far, it has been revealed that the Supernatural prequel will show how John and Mary came to love each other, and how they ended up as hunters.
According to the official synopsis, The Winchesters is a return to the past that focuses on “The epic, untold love story of how John met Mary and how they put it all on the line to not only save their love, but the entire world”.
As for the cast, Drake Rodger and Meg Donnelly will play John Winchester and Mary Campbell. The series will also star Bianca Kajlich, Demetria McKinney, Nida Khurshid, Hank Murphy, Michael Tacconi and Jojo Fleites. Veteran actor Jensen Ackles will reprise the role of Dean Winchester, and will participate as narrator; The CW spin-off will air every Tuesday at 8:00 pm EST.
Supernatural, which aired from 2005 to 2020, holds the record for being the longest-running dark fantasy show in the history of American television. Created by Eric Kripke, Supernatural held fans spellbound for more than 300 episodes.
Big Shot
Disney+ | Season 2 | Release date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Big Shot, the Disney+ original series returns to the basketball court with its second season. This time, Coach Korn and the Westbrook Sirens will have to elevate their game to a whole new level.
In the second installment of Big Shot, Marvyn Korn (John Stamos) returns to Westbrook with a clear goal: To prove that his female basketball team belongs in D-2, and that he is still an elite coach capable of conquering any challenge. Ambitious and unpredictable, Marvyn will do everything in his power to get his team on ESPN. His intention is to gain undisputed notability for both the team and himself. This season, Westbrook’s Sirens will have to rethink their game.
Big Shot was created by television veterans David E. Kelly, Brad Garrett and Dean Lorey. Kelly is widely recognized for his work on acclaimed shows such as Big Little Lies, Big Sky, The Lincoln Lawyer, among others.
Shantaram
Apple TV + | Season 1 | Release date: Friday, October 14, 2022
Shantaram is a television drama created by Eric Warren Singer and Steve Lightfoot, based on Gregory David Roberts’ 2003 novel of the same name. The series consists of twelve episodes directed by Justin Kurzel and Bharat Nalluri, inspired by Gregory David Roberts’ own life after he became a fugitive from justice.
Starring Charlie Hunnam, Shantaram follows Lin Ford, a former heroin addict and fugitive from an Australian prison, who tries to avoid the police authorities by taking refuge in Mumbai during the 1980s. Estranged from his family and friends, Lin tries to reinvent himself and start a new life in a country he barely knows.
However, things get hectic very quickly. On the one hand, Lin becomes involved in a dangerous and delicate matter against the Russian troops invading Afghanistan. On the other hand, the fugitive falls in love with a mysterious woman who urges him to change his way of life. So far, it has been said that the show will explore themes such as love, forgiveness and the long road to redemption.
The Apple TV+ series will mark Charlie Hunnam’s first television role since Sons of Anarchy. In addition to the famous actor, the series also stars Shubham Saraf, Elektra Kilbey, Fayssal Bazzi, Luke Pasqualino, Antonia Desplat, Alyy Khan, Sujaya Dasgupta, among others.
Everything Calls for Salvation
Netflix | Season 1 | Release date: Friday, October 14, 2022
Everything Calls for Salvation – Tutto chiede salvezza – is an Italian series starring the charismatic Federico Cesari. This drama follows the experiences of Daniele, a sensitive twenty-something who, after a psychotic crisis, wakes up in a psychiatric ward.
The seven-episode series portrays the seven days of isolation and compulsory health treatment that Daniele must face before returning to his daily life. So, for a whole week, the young man will have an experience of self-discovery and healing. In general, the program focuses on a very personal journey in which the protagonist tries to overcome the feeling of existential dissatisfaction and emptiness. Everything Calls for Salvation revolves around the strength and fragility of the new generations.
The show is an adaptation of the homonymous novel by Daniele Mencarelli, winner of the Strega Giovanni Award in 2020.
The Peripheral
Amazon Prime Video | Season 1 | Release date: Friday, October 21, 2022
Amazon Prime Video’s latest series, The Peripheral, is a science fiction thriller based on William Gibson’s novel of the same name published in 2014. It is an eight-episode series, with a new episode every Friday.
Set in the future, the program explores two time periods: one, in rural America in the near future, and the other, in the early 22nd century after an apocalyptic event known as the Jackpot has taken place.
The Peripheral stars Chloë Grace Moretz. The renowned actress plays the role of Flynne Fisher, a young working girl who feels stuck in a city with no future. However, one night Fisher participates in a virtual reality game and finds herself in a futuristic England. At first, everything seems to be part of the virtual simulation, but soon Fisher realizes that she is 70 years in the future. Everything is precipitated when Flynn witnesses events that put her in grave danger.
Fans of the sci-fi genre are especially interested in this series, not only because of Gibson’s original material, but because Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, the people responsible for the popular Westworld series, are at the helm of it.
Cabinet of Curiosities
Netflix | Season 1 | Release date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Award-winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro in partnership with streaming service Netflix has developed an episodic horror anthology titled Cabinet of Curiosities. The anthology features a narrative structure of independent and self-conclusive tales. It is a series of stories that work on their own, but have a common connection, in this case, the spirit of the spooky and macabre.
According to the official synopsis, these sinister stories range “from the magical to the macabre, from the gothic to the grotesque or are just plain creepy”. The Mexican, known especially for his unusual and terrifying films such as Hellboy (2004), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), and The Shape of Water (2017) has explained that the Cabinet of Curiosities show has been conceived to break with the traditional idea of horror.
Emily Carroll, Michael Shea, H.P. Lovecraft, Henry Kuttner and Guillermo del Toro head the list of writers who have collaborated with the anthology. It should be noted that the Netflix series is made up of eight episodes, each of which will last approximately 90 minutes.
“Each of the episodes has a whole world. They present you with different delights; some are savory, some are sweet. You get a surprise from each of the bites”, says the filmmaker in the official trailer.
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities is perhaps the Oscar-winning director’s most ambitious project and also his most extravagant. Unlike most Netflix releases, Cabinet of Curiosities will premiere over the course of four days. Beginning October 25, two episodes will be streamed each day.