The coming week is not only the spooky Halloween month of October, but also has a real unlucky day in store for us with Friday the 13th. How fitting it would be if Netflix also released its most anticipated horror series of the year on this very dark date… But that’s not the case! Instead, there are three family-friendly “Spy Kids” adventures on Netflix on Friday the 13th. Missed opportunity, we would say.
The horror series in question is available a day earlier: ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ by Mike Flanagan starts on October 12. And having already been responsible for popular Netflix hits like ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ and ‘Midnight Mass’, the Edgar Allan Poe adaptation is probably the most anticipated new horror series of the year on Netflix.
Here you will find an overview of the interesting new additions to Netflix for the week of October 9 to 15, 2023.
Monday & Tuesday: Quiet start to the week
In fact, there are hardly any major new additions to Netflix at the beginning of this week. Worth mentioning is the start of Tuesday second season of “DI4RIES“, an Italian teen series about first love, friendship and school stress.
Wednesday: “Once upon a time there was a star”
From November 11th drama”Once upon a time there was a starThe story of a traveling cinema company on Netflix told in Thailand in 1970. During the screenings, the members present a live synchronization of popular films and always receive thunderous applause. But privately, everyone has their own concerns…
Thursday: “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Launches on Netflix on October 12 “The Fall of the House of Usher“. Horror specialist Mike Flanagan has adapted Edgar Allan Poe’s well-known short story with the miniseries: Siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell) run a successful pharmaceutical company. But not only the empire, but also the entire Usher family is in danger when a mysterious woman appears and dark secrets come to light…
Friday: “Spy Kids” adventure in a three-pack
The family Netflix program for the weekend is now set: With “Spy children“, “Spy Kids 2 – The Return of the Super Spies” and the third part “Mission 3D – Game Over” are coming three of the adventure films Robert Rodriguez Arrange your streaming subscription in one go.
But if you prefer something spooky on Friday the 13th, that’s possible too Swedish horror filmThe conference“ can be seen on Netflix from Friday. In it, the participants of a team-building event are slaughtered in their conference hotel by a masked killer.
Saturday and Sunday: Marvel action with Spider-Man
This is the case during the weekend, more specifically on Sundays of “Spider-Man: No way home“ a major MCU highlight new to Netflix. This time, Tom Holland as Spider-Man turns to Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) for help, which only makes his life even more chaotic than before…
From October 15, in addition to “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, another 2021 film is new on Netflix: “Resistance – resistance” of Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris And Clemence Poesy. In the biographical drama, Eisenberg plays Orthodox Jew Marcel Marceau, who becomes involved in the resistance during World War II – while undergoing a pantomime training that will later make him a world-famous artist…