October is the peak of spooky season, and HBO Max is certainly bringing its share of scares this month. The streamer is set to debut one of the year's most high-profile shows, IT: Welcome to Derry, just before Halloween, and Watch With Us can't wait to dive into the backstory of one of Stephen King's most famous stories. Other notable new fright flicks include the 2025 chiller Bring Her Back and the Oscar-nominated 2024 body horror The Substance, with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. It's not all about scares in October, though - HBO Max will also debut Tim Robinson's new show, The Chair Company. October 1 2 Days in New York 50 First Dates A Nightmare on Elm Street A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child Alan Partridge All Eyez on Me Beetlejuice Big, Beautiful Tariffs: A Fareed Zakaria Special (CNN Originals) Broken English Bronson Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Christine Confidence Crime in the Streets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Drag me to Hell Edward Scissorhands Enemy Fay Grim Firestarter Freaks Freddy vs. Jason Friday the 13th (2009) From Hell It Came Gone Girl Gremlins (1984) Halloween H20: 20 Years Later Halloween: Resurrection Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Hereditary Highway 301 House of Wax (1953) House on Haunted Hill (1958) I Died a Thousand Times I Give it a Year Indestructible Man Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison Insidious: Chapter 2 Insidious: Chapter 3 Interview with the Vampire Intruder in the Dust Isle of the Dead It's Complicated Krypto Saves the Day: Halloween Havoc Lady in the Lake Los Cronocrimenes Macabre Marcel the Shell with Shoes Mirror Mirror National Velvet Nora Prentiss Paddy Chayefsky: Collector of Words Page One Pearl: The X-Traordinary Origin Story Phenix City Story Poltergeist (1982) Practical Magic Pride Scooby-Doo (2002) Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Shame Talk to Me (2023) Tension The Black Scorpion The Brothers McMullen The Cyclops The Disembodied The Exorcist (1973) The First Monday in May The Gangster The Harvey Girls The Lobster The Monster The Mummy (1959) The Mummy (2017) The Mystery of the Wax Museum The Picture of Dorian Gray The Return of Doctor X The Shining The Sixth Sense The Steel Jungle The Switch The Tattooed Stranger The Unfaithful The Walking Dead (1936) The Watch The Witch Tickled Tim Burton's Corpse Bride Trick 'r Treat Uncut Gems War for the Planet of the Apes X You Can't Get Away with Murder Zombies on Broadway October 2 Air India Crash: Declassified (Discovery, 2025) E.B. White's Charlotte's Web, Season 1 Mysteries of the Abandoned, Season 12 (Discovery) The Friday the 13th Murders, Season 1 (ID) The Real Murders on Elm Street, Season 2 (ID) October 3 Bring Her Back (A24) Where We Call Home, Season 4 (Magnolia Network) October 6 SMILING FRIENDS, Season 3 (Adult Swim) October 7 Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: It Doesn't Have to Hurt (CNN Originals) One Day in October, Season 1 October 8 Alex vs America, Season 5 (FOOD Network) Baylen Out Loud, Season 2 (TLC) October 9 Vgly, Season 2 (Max Original) October 10 Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2G (Cartoon Network) Homes With a View, Season 1 (Magnolia Network) Lu & The Bally Bunch, Season 1D (Cartoon Network) The Alabama Solution (HBO Original) The Substance (MUBI) October 11 Bering Sea Gold, Season 19 (Discovery) Impractical Jokers, Season 12A (truTV) October 12 The Chair Company, Season 1 (HBO Original) The Snake Catcher, Season 1 (Animal Planet) October 15 7 Little Johnstons, Season 16 (TLC) Graveyard Carz, Season 20 Mother May I Murder?, Season 2 (ID) Pan October 17 An Intimate Evening with Adam Pally (HBO Original) Baby Assassins Everyday!, Season 1 Beach Cottage Chronicles, Season 5 (Magnolia Network) Ignite, Season 1 La Grande Maison Tokyo Special La Grande Maison Tokyo, Season 1 Light of My Lion, Season 1 Love is for the Dogs, Season 1 Mr. Mikami's Classroom, Season 1 Please Die My Beloved, Season 1 The Thaw, Season 3 (Max Original) True Beauty, Season 1 Until I Destroyed My Husband's Other Family, Season 1 Vivant, Season 1 Who Saw The Peacock Dance in the Jungle?, Season 1 October 19 Anything But Gray, Season 1 (Magnolia Network) October 20 Haha, You Clowns, Season 1 (Adult Swim) October 21 Armed Only With A Camera: The Life And Death of Brent Renaud (HBO Original) The Simril(l)s: A Family in Black and White, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Originals) October 22 Holmes Family Rescue, Season 3 (HGTV) Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody October 23 Expedition X, Season 10 (Discovery) Dangerously Obese, Season 2 (TLC) October 24 Lakeside Retreats, Season 1 (Magnolia Network) Teen Titans Go!, Season 9D (Cartoon Network) October 26 IT: Welcome to Derry, Season 1 (HBO Original) October 27 Naked and Afraid Brazil XL, Season 1 (discovery+) October 28 Country Doctor (HBO Original) The United States vs. Harvard, Th