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A Spooky Guide to All the New Horror Streaming in October
A tricky Stephen King adaptation, Anna Kendrick’s long-awaited directorial debut, and streaming releases for some of the year’s best horror.
That’s why they paid $17 million for Greg Jardin’s It’s What’s Inside, though the director doesn’t exactly embrace the genre branding, telling producer Colman Domingo that “it’s a sci-fi thriller with jokes.” What’s the killer concept that broke the bank in Park City? At a pre-wedding party of close friends, one shows up with a body-swapping machine, leading to revelations, betrayals, and what Jardin calls “existential chaos.” The key to the film’s likely success is that it doesn’t sound like anything else on any of the streamers, and standing apart from the genre crowd is sometimes the best thing a new movie can do. The Platform was a sharp, grisly piece of work that seemed extra dark as most of us watched it in the early days of the COVID lockdown — and there are so many directions in which a sequel can go, making this easily one of the most interesting original streaming productions of the entire year, not just October.
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