13 new movies and TV shows to watch this weekend: You season 3, Halloween Kills and more

xiii new movies and Idiot box shows to picket this weekend: You season 3, Halloween Kills and more

Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley star in You season 3 on Netflix

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Halloween is only around the corner, so this weekend'southward new movies and TV shows provide enough of thrills and chills. Prepare for fright nights on Netflix, Disney Plus, Peacock and other streaming services.

The weekend lineup is led past You season 3, which continues the creepy story of stalker/killer Joe Goldberg. He's become a dad and moved to the suburbs, only that doesn't stop him from finding a new obsession. So there'due south Halloween Kills, the latest film in the franchise, which finds Laurie Strode still facing off against slasher Michael Myers. And for younger viewers, Just Beyond is a mildly-spooky anthology series from the mind of R.L. Stine.

In non-Halloween content, Dopesick is a star-studded fictionalized business relationship of the rise of OxyContin and the opioid crunch. The documentary Velvet Underground chronicles the iconic band's formation and influence. And Succession season three is hither with more cutthroat antics from the billionaire Roys.

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Hither are our picks for the new movies and Television receiver shows to watch this weekend.

You (Netflix)

Season 3 premiere | Episodes 1-ten (TV-MA) | Watch now
Serial killer Joe Goldberg is married, has a baby and lives in the suburbs, so ane would call up he's reformed his murderous ways. Well, you would be wrong. The tension with married woman Beloved Quinn (Victoria Pedretti), the pressure of parenting and the ennui of cul-d-sac life all push Joe back to his stalking shenanigans. His new target is neighbor Natalie (Michaela McManus). Poor thing has no idea she's only the side by side in a long line of Joe's victims. Or maybe she'll be offed past a jealous Love. Permit the states non to the matrimony of truly deranged minds admit any impediments … to a non-finish rampage.

Halloween Kills (Peacock)

Movie | ane hr 46 min (R) | Spotter now
Jamie Lee Curtis is back, over again, in this sequel to 2018's Halloween, which saw the extra reprise her role equally Laurie Strode. The activeness picks up right where the previous motion picture left off — killer Michael Myers (Nick Castle) has escaped Laurie'southward trap and is standing his bloody spree. An injured Laurie fights through the hurting to rally the residents of Haddonfield to fight back against Michael. The Strode women, including Laurie's daughter, and other survivors form a vigilante mob in a bid to end his reign of terror once and for all.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (Amazon Prime Video)

Series premiere | Episodes one-four (R) | Watch now
No hit picture or prove is sacred and beyond a reboot, not even the 1997 motion-picture show starring luminaries Jennifer Dear Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. Like that adaptation, this serial is based on Lois Duncan's 1973 novel and follows a group of teens who are involved in a deadly car blow on graduation nighttime. They promise to cover it up and become their divide ways. A twelvemonth afterward, they commencement receiving threatening messages from someone who, well, knows what they did last summertime. As the teens work to identify their stalker, they uncover dark secrets well-nigh their town.

Dopesick (Hulu)

Series premiere | Episodes 1-three (TV-MA) | Watch now
The American tragedy that is the opioid epidemic is chronicled in a harrowing express serial adapted from the volume Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America. The story traces the rise of OxyContin, made past Purdue Pharma. The sprawling cast of characters is led past a rural physician (Michael Keaton) who is reluctant to prescribe the drug and his patient, a young coal miner (Kaitlyn Dever) who becomes addicted to it. In that location'southward a persistent Purdue sales rep (Will Poulter) and profit-seeking company principal Richard Sackler (Michael Stuhlbarg), likewise as a DEA amanuensis (Rosario Dawson) and U.S. Attorney (Peter Sarsgaard) mounting a case confronting Purdue.

The Velvet Underground (Apple Television receiver Plus)

Documentary | 2 hr 1 min (R) | Watch now
The pioneering ring gets the documentary treatment, just fittingly, in an unconventional way by the provocative director Todd Haynes. The motion-picture show traces the band'southward ascent in the 1960s, when downtown New York was throbbing with avant-garde art, film and music. Visually, Haynes deploys a psychedelic treatment that recalls the band'due south early shows, which were staged by Andy Warhol. At that place's likewise the more typical footage and interviews, including with founding member John Cale, that prove how Velvet Underground paved the mode for glam rock, punk and later innovations.

The Baby-Sitters Guild (Netflix)

Season 2 premiere | Episodes 1-viii (TV-G) | Lookout man at present
The Baby-Sitters Club emerged concluding year equally a refreshing, wholesome, still thoroughly modernistic take on the dear book serial. Season 2 doubles downward on the authentic issues and strong relationships that make the show so practiced. The club's year kicks off with Kristy dealing with her mom'southward marriage to Watson and her new blended family. Mary Anne is dealing with her new swain. Stacey gets to put on a fashion show simply still has to manage her diabetes, while Claudia experiences a family tragedy. Meanwhile, new members Jessi and Mallory enter the fray and detect baby-sitting tin can be as difficult as it is rewarding.

Merely Beyond (Disney Plus)

Serial premiere | Episodes 1-8 (Boob tube-PG) | Sentinel now
R.50. Stine's graphic novels come to somewhat-spooky life in an horror/comedy album of the aforementioned name. The viii episodes follow different teens in situations "just across" reality, where they encounter ghosts, aliens, witches and parallel universes. The supernatural elements are mixed with relevant themes such every bit bullying, anxiety and social media. Remember of it like The Twilight Zone, but for kids and young adults. The stories are only mildly scary, and suitable for ages 7 and up.

Guilty Political party (Paramount Plus)

Series premiere| Episodes 1-ii (Television receiver-MA) | Scout now
Kate Beckinsale stars in this dark comedy equally laurels-winning journalist Beth Baker, who is disgraced in a scandal and forced to piece of work at a clickbait website. In a bid to revive her reputation and career, she latches onto a lead almost young Black woman named Toni (Jules Latimer) who claims she was falsely convicted for her husband's murder. Her example is a stew of racial injustice, corruption and murder that's seeming designed to make headlines. The show has a satirical tone, just it'south serious about examining how Beth'southward selfish motivations and privilege conflict with the harsh reality of Toni's situation.

Phoebe Robinson: Sad, Harriet Tubman (HBO Max)

Special | 55 min (Tv-MA) | Watch now
Phoebe Robinson is a true multi-hyphenate: comedian, podcaster, actress, screenwriter and bestselling author. Y'all may be familiar with her hilarious podcast two Dope Queens with Jessica Williams. Robinson'south showtime solo stand-up special finally gives her the spotlight she has long deserved. Distressing, Harriet Tubman touches on everything from the pandemic to interracial dating to hanging out with Michelle Obama.

Another Life (Netflix)

Season two premiere | Episodes 1-10 (Television-MA) | Watch at present
Over two years have passed since the sci-fi drama left off on a dramatic cliffhanger. The alien race called the Achaia destroyed the planet Zakir and fix its sights side by side on World. On the spaceship Salvare, Helm Niko Breckinridge (Katee Sackhoff) struggles with how to negotiate with the Achaia now that they've witnessed such brutality. If diplomacy doesn't work, she'll have to atomic number 82 her crew in a race back habitation to save humanity from a similar fate.

The Sinner (USA)

Flavour four premiere | Episode 1 (TV-MA) | Watch now
Detective Harry Ambrose is back, merely he's non on the example — at least, at showtime. He's still suffering from PTSD triggered by the events of flavour 3 and wrestling with his inner demons. His partner suggests they go on a relaxing getaway to the New England coast, where he unexpectedly gets caught up in a mystery. He crosses paths with Percy Muldoon (Alice Kremelberg), heir to her family's fishing empire, then sees her seemingly autumn to her decease. Just a body is never found and Ambrose is drawn into the investigation.

Coming before long:

Fearfulness the Walking Dead (AMC)

Season vii premiere | Episode 1 (Goggle box-MA) | Airs Sun, Oct. 17 at 9 p.m. ET
The OG Walking Dead is in the midst of its final season, and so is immature adult spinoff World Beyond. Fear the Walking Expressionless may shortly exist the only series left in the franchise. Then much has inverse since the testify start debuted, but fans can always count on more zombies popping up everywhere. Season vii sees Morgan's grouping in Texas trying to survive the nuclear fallout triggered by Teddy and his followers. Yeah, on height of the zombie apocalypse, everyone now has to deal with a nuclear one. The premiere episode is streaming now later on dropping a week early on AMC Plus.

Succession (HBO)

Season 3 premiere | Episode one (Tv-MA) | Airs Sunday, Oct. 17 at 9 p.thou. ET ( Spotter on HBO Max )
The lifestyles of the rich and the Roys are in one case again on display in the third flavour of Succession, the premier instance of the genre "wealthy people who are fascinating in their horribleness" (see also: The White Lotus). All of the Roys are awful — and I love each and every ane of them. The story picks up where information technology left: the immediate aftermath of Kendall throwing his father under the corporate bus for the prowl line scandals. Of course, this means war, with both Logan and Kendall attempting to align the troops aka their family members to their side. Shiv and Roman take their own agendas, per usual. The new episodes bring in some fresh faces, Alexander Skarsgard and Adrien Brody. Bring on all the tall men!

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Kelly is a senior writer covering streaming media for Tom's Guide, so basically, she watches TV for a living. Previously, she was a freelance entertainment writer for Yahoo, Vulture, TV Guide and other outlets. When she'south not watching TV and movies for work, she's watching them for fun, seeing alive music, writing songs, knitting and gardening.