Max is getting you ready for “spooky” season by adding a selection of horror movies to its catalogue on October 1, including A Nightmare on Elm Street, Beetlejuice, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Sixth Sense, Edward Scissorhands, and more.

That’s just a handful of what’s to come throughout the month, as we’ll also see the arrival of the long-awaited IT: Welcome to Derry, which debuts on October 26.

For the full list of everything coming to Max in October 2025, read on below to discover all the new series and films you can get stuck into this month.

What’s New on Max in October 2025?

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, Season12 (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, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Originals)

October 29

• American Monster, Season 13 (ID)
• Survival of the Beast, Season 1 (Animal Planet) 

October 30

• Fatal Engineering, Season 1 (Science)
• Sorry, Baby (A24) 

October 31 

• House Hunters: Volume 10, Season 246 (HGTV) 
• Jonathan Ross Haunted Homecoming, Season 1 (Travel)
• Old Home Stories, Season 1 (Magnolia Network)