New on Netflix this week: Top picks
I Woke Up A Vampire
This kid-friendly series looks like it’ll be a scream for Halloween. Carmie Henley (Kaileen Angelic Chang) awakens to a major surprise on her 13th birthday: She’s a Vampling!
Watch on Netflix starting Oct. 17
Bodies
Bodies may very well be one of the most interesting additions to Netflix in some time. It follows the echoes of a singular crime across centuries. Four detectives, separated by 150 years but bound by one mystery, try to unravel the threads of a murder that occurs not once, but four times.
Watch on Netflix starting Oct. 19
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix
Based on the Far Cry: Blood Dragon video game, this animated series looks every bit as slick and stylistic as its inspiration. In 1992’s retro-futuristic version of the United States, now known as Eden, the nation is awash with lies and corruption.
Watch on Netflix starting Oct. 19
Big Mouth season 7
You’ve laughed with these kids from their first pimple through countless jokes about masturbation. Now, Big Mouth season 7 marks the show’s penultimate set of episodes before the end. The kids from Bridgeton are now making their way to high school, and that means a whole slew of new problems and cringeworthy situations to deal with.
Watch on Netflix starting Oct. 20
Disco Inferno
Halloween’s right around the corner, so Netflix looks like it’s beefing up its scarier content, but with a little pizzazz. The intriguing Disco Inferno follows an expectant young couple heading to the disco to get their groove on. Unfortunately, their plans to dance the night away are rudely interrupted when some kind of evil force intervenes (and doesn’t even ask permission to “cut in”). Elsewhere, a yoga teacher is the victim of a deadly home invasion and watches her life flash before her eyes.
Watch on Netflix starting Oct. 20
The Devil on Trial
A haunting true crime documentary, The Devil on Trial chronicles the only example in the history of the U.S. legal system of demonic possession officially being used as defense in a murder trial. In 1981 Arne Cheyenne Johnson claimed that he killed his landlord, Alan Bono, while under the influence of demonic forces.
Watch on Netflix starting Oct. 17
Old Dads
Bill Burr co-writes, directs and stars in this new Netflix comedy, Old Dads. The movie follows three best friends (Burr, Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine) who become fathers later in life and find themselves dealing with a rapidly changing world.
Premieres Oct. 20 on Netflix.
Everything new on Netflix: Oct. 16-22
OCTOBER 16
Oggy Oggy: Season 3 (FR) (Netflix Family)
Kind and curious kitty Oggy Oggy wants to spread joy to all his friends and neighbors. But sometimes, he gets into playful mischief instead. Miaow!
OCTOBER 17
The Devil on Trial (UK) (Netflix Documentary)
The Devil on Trial explores the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.
Heather McMahan: Son I Never Had (Netflix Comedy)
A new stand-up comedy special from Heather McMahan.
I Woke Up A Vampire (Netflix Series)
On her 13th birthday, Carmie discovers that she’s actually half human, half vampire — and that mythical powers make middle school way more complicated.
Silver Linings Playbook
OCTOBER 18
Kaala Paani (IN) (Netflix Series)
When a mysterious illness descends upon the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a desperate fight for survival collides with a race to find a cure.
OCTOBER 19
American Ninja Warrior Seasons 12-13
Bebefinn: Season 2
Bodies (UK) (Netflix Series)
Four detectives. Four timelines. One victim. In order to save the future, they’ll need to solve the murder that altered the course of history first.
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix (Netflix Anime)
Branded an enemy of the state, a cyborg supersoldier struggles to find a cause worth fighting for in a dystopian society where nothing is what it seems.
Crashing Eid (SA) (Netflix Series)
When Razan’s British Pakistani fiance crashes her Saudi family’s Eid celebrations, she attempts to convince them that he is a suitable match.
Crypto Boy (NL) (Netflix Film)
Following a dispute with his father, a young man falls prey to cryptocurrency’s allure and an entrepreneur’s audacious promises of financial freedom.
Ghost Hunters: Seasons 8-9
Neon (Netflix Series)
An aspiring reggaeton star and his best friends move to Miami on a mission, weathering roadblocks and reality checks together in their quest for success.
OCTOBER 20
Big Mouth: Season 7 (Netflix Series)
Season seven of Emmy Award winning Big Mouth follows the now teenage students of Bridgeton Middle School as they make their way to high school. Change is the only constant as our characters are faced with a new school, new friends, new adversaries, and new Hormone Monsters.
Creature (TR) (Netflix Series)
When tragedy befalls a reckless scientist in Ottoman-era Istanbul, his student uses untested methods to finish his work — with devastating consequences.
Disco Inferno (Netflix Film)
A young couple conjures a dark presence that hungers for their unborn baby as they prepare to burn up the dance floor at LA’s hottest disco.
Doona! (KR) (Netflix Series)
A college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique predicament — he’s living with a beautiful former K-pop idol.
Elite: Season 7 (ES) (Netflix Series)
Omar is back. Iván has a broken heart. Isadora deals with her dangerous family. Is it possible for the students at Las Encinas to trust one another?
Flashback (Netflix Film)
A yoga teacher’s life flashes before her eyes during a deadly home invasion, sending her on a desperate race through her past to save the man she loves.
Kandasamys: The Baby (ZA) (Netflix Film)
The in-laws head to Mauritius for the birth of their grandchild and stir up comic trouble in this fourth installment of the Kandasamy franchise.
Old Dads (Netflix Film)
Three best friends become fathers later in life and find themselves battling preschool principals, millennial CEOs and anything created after 1987.
Surviving Paradise (UK) (Netflix Series)
An addictive new reality competition series.
Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (UK) (Netflix Documentary)
In his own words, the burglar behind the 2010 robbery of the Paris Museum of Modern Art tells how he pulled off the biggest art heist in French history.
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