This Week in Horror: October 17

This week there is a selection of horrors to choose from. peyton and Eli Manning They may have retired from football, but they certainly haven’t let up. The two playful brothers have taken over ESPN+ with several sports-related projects and are now venturing into supernatural territory Peyton and Eli’s Spooky Adventure: A Places Universe Special. If you want more laughs, check out Hulu The Paloni Show! Halloween special!, which features inventive animations from a range of new artists. Plus the chilling found footage anthology series V/H/S is back with more stories about Shudder.

Let’s get scary! Here’s a look at some new titles hitting screens near you this week.

The Paloni Show! Halloween special!

Release date: October 17 on Hulu

Don’t worry, but the Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites co-creator Justin Rolland has a Halloween special just for you. In the animated Huluween special The Paloni Show! Halloween special!hosts Leroy, Reggie and Cheruce Paloni present a series of horror shorts from new and exciting animators. The special features are the voices of Pamela Adlon, Emma Chamberlain, Gilbert Gottfriedand Eugene Cordero.

V/H/S/99

Release Date: October 20th on Shudder

More found footage to freak out. Just before the turn of the century V/H/S/99 is the next in the successful found footage anthology series. The sequel to Shudder’s most-watched premiere of 2021 features stories from Maggie Levin, John Robert, Tyler MacIntyreand Joseph and Vanessa Winters. Be ready for blood, coffins, spiders and dancing.

matriarch

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Release date: October 21 on Hulu

Returning to your childhood home might bring back some fond memories, but it might also unleash demons. in the Ben Steiner‘s matriarchLaura (Jemima Rooper) survives an overdose and reluctantly returns home to her mother Celia (Kate Dickie). Not only does Laura notice strange changes in herself, she is also disturbed by her mother’s devilish behavior and presence in the village. Can Laura escape her mother’s grip and forgive her troubled childhood?

Joe Bob’s haunted Halloween hangout

Release date: October 21st on Shudder

Joe Bob is back and he’s ready to talk – you guessed it – all about Halloween. Join what Shudder calls the “World’s Greatest Drive-In Critic” and delve deep into the world of decorations and the “real” way of celebrating the Samhain season. Joe Bob and Darcy also welcome a surprise guest for the horror streamer’s fourth special.

Peyton and Eli’s Spooky Adventure: A Places Universe Special

Release date: October 23 on ESPN+

When football superstars and brothers Peyton and Eli Manning are involved in something, you know it’s going to be a fun time. The siblings get their frights and slime in the new ESPN+ special Peyton and Eli’s Spooky Adventure: A Places Universe Special. Both brothers have their own series on ESPN+ (Eli’s places and Peyton’s Places), but now they’re teaming up with the famous running back Hieronymus Bettis for Halloween. The three follow the call of Notre Dame’s head coach Markus Freimanwho enlists her help to track down the ghost of the college’s most legendary football player.

library

October 17th

The resentment (excellent+)

the 20th of October

Annabelle: Creation (hulu)

October 21

Leave (hulu)

Hall of Villains (Disney+)