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Updated October 2, 2020
It’s officially spooky season, and Amazon Prime Video is getting into the spirit with its “Welcome to the Blumhouse” series of four original horror films, starring a variety of talent including Phylicia Rashad, Peter Sarsgaard, Sarita Choudhury, and Sydney Sweeney. Black Box, The Lie, Evil Eye, and Nocturne all premiere throughout October.
Joining those films on Amazon Prime Video are a special filmed presentation of the Tony-nominated Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me, the latest Savage X Fenty fashion show from Rihanna, and the eight-part supernatural comedy series Truth Seekers from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.
Films hitting the streaming service in October include action films like Quantum of Solace and The Da Vinci Code, rom coms like A Knight’s Tale and The Wedding Planner, and Oscar-winning films Funny Girl, The Pianist, The Departed, and Girl, Interrupted.
Keep reading to find out what else is new on Amazon Prime Video in October, including new on-demand titles like holiday treat The Craft: Legacy and disaster film Greenland with some highlights noted at the top.
Black Box (2012)
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Description: After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an agonizing experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.
Premiere Date: October 6
Greenland (2020)
77%
Description: The film follows a family (Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roger Dale Floyd) as they struggle for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Premiere Date: available to buy on October 7 and to rent on October 27
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
85%
Description: A follow-up to Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan sees Sacha Baron Cohen return to his prankster role as a documentary filmmaker exploring the wonders of American culture in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.
Premiere Date: October 23
The Craft: Legacy (2020)
48%
Description: A sequel to the 1996 movie The Craft, the film follows a group of high school students that form a coven of witches and stars Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising), Gideon Adlon (Blockers), Lovie Simone (Selah and the Spades), Zoey Luna (Pose), and Nicholas Galitzine (Share), with Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible franchise), and David Duchovny (The X-Files).
Premiere Date: Available to buy or rent October 27
Truth Seekers: Season 1 (2020)
77%
Description: Co-created by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Truth Seekers is an eight-part supernatural comedy series about a group of part-time paranormal investigators who team up to uncover and film ghost sightings across the UK, sharing their adventures on an online channel for all to see. However, as they stake out haunted churches, underground bunkers, and abandoned hospitals with their array of homemade ghost-detecting gizmos, their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, more terrifying and even deadly, as they begin to uncover a deeper conspiracy.
Premiere Date: October 30
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Movies
50%
30 Days of Night
(2007)
59%
A Knight's Tale
(2001)
3%
Battlefield Earth
(2000)
54%
Blood Ties
(2013)
97%
Drugstore Cowboy
(1989)
Eight Millimeter (1999)
95%
Funny Girl
(1968)
54%
Girl, Interrupted
(1999)
41%
Guess Who
(2005)
87%
Joe
(2013)
44%
John Carpenter's Vampires
(1998)
10%
Killers
(2010)
90%
Kindred Spirits
(2019)
37%
Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family
(2011)
97%
Mud
(2013)
11%
National Security
(2003)
- -
Next Level
(2019)
- -
Noose for a Gunman
(1960)
64%
Nurse
(2014)
63%
Quantum of Solace
(2008)
92%
Raging Bull
(1980)
- -
Senorita Justice
(2003)
91%
Southside With You
(2016)
52%
Spaceballs
(1987)
42%
Species
(1995)
50%
Thanks for Sharing
(2012)
41%
The Big Hit
(1998)
25%
The Da Vinci Code
(2006)
91%
The Departed
(2006)
The Gambler Wore A Gun (1961)
- -
The Grudge 3
(2009)
84%
The Mask of Zorro
(1998)
52%
The Mothman Prophecies
(2002)
95%
The Pianist
(2002)
17%
The Wedding Planner
(2001)
63%
Triumph of the Spirit
(1989)
Series
Sons of the Soil: Season 1 *
1992: Berlusconi Rising: Season 1 (Topic)1
40 & Single: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel)1
America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump: Season 1 (PBS Documentaries)1
Cisco Kid: Season (Best Westerns Ever)1
Cities of the Underworld: Season 1 (HISTORY Vault)1
Cold Case Files Classic: Season 1 (A&E Crime Central)1
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (Shudder)1
54%
Liar: Season 1
(2017)
(Sundance Now)1
91%
Mrs Wilson: Season 1
(2018)
(PBS Masterpiece)1
100%
Mystery Road: Season 1
(2018)
(Acorn TV)1
PNS Kids: Spooky Stories!: Season 1 (PBS Kids)1
Tales of Tomorrow: Season 1 (Best TV Ever)1
The Great British Baking Show: Season 1 (PBS Living)1
55%
The Loudest Voice: Season 1
(2019)
(Showtime)1
Thou Shalt Not Kill: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece)1
78%
12 Hour Shift
(2020)
$
- -
Bug Diaries
Halloween Special*
Savage X Fenty Show. Vol. 2*
- -
Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
(2020)
$
96%
Spontaneous
(2020)
$
72%
Black Box
(2020)
*
44%
The Lie
(2018)
*
16%
The Transporter Refueled
(2015)
96%
Mr. Robot: Season 4
(2019)
78%
Archive
(2020)
25%
The Doorman
(2020)
$
70%
Terminator: Dark Fate
(2019)
Chasing the Crown: Dreamers to Streamers*
3%
Jack and Jill
(2011)
- -
Ben 10 vs. The Universe: The Movie
(2020)
$
Batman: Death in the Family (2020) $
57%
Fatima
(2020)
$
77%
Greenland
(2020)
$
43%
Evil Eye
(2020)
*
63%
Nocturne
(2020)
*
100%
A Most Beautiful Thing
(2020)
Halal Love Story (2020)
24%
Playing With Fire
(2019)
90%
Kajillionaire
(2020)
$
94%
Love and Monsters
(2020)
$
98%
Time
(2020)
What the Constitution Means to Me*
80%
Cyrano, My Love
(2018)
85%
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
(2020)
23%
What to Expect When You're Expecting
(2012)
37%
Battle: Los Angeles
(2011)
48%
The Craft: Legacy
(2020)
$
Soorarai Pottru (2020)
77%
Truth Seekers: Season 1
(2020)
*
94%
I'll See You in My Dreams
(2015)
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