Time for some spooky streaming selections. For the past several years, our monthly column, the Nerd’s Watch, has been the place to find out all the best genre titles coming to the biggest streaming services. It wasn’t a complete list. We just posted the titles we think you’d care about, but it was still long, and frankly, it was hard to pick out the best of the best.
Well, over the past few months, that changed. What follows isn’t a list of all the best stuff streaming on all the big streaming services. We’ve looked at all those lists and come up with a few dozen titles that we think are noteworthy this month. Some are new, some are old, but either way, we’ll tell you why you should care. Or at least joke about it.
So sit back, grab your remote, and get ready for the updated and streamlined Nerd’s Watch, highlighting the best movies and shows coming to streamers this month.
The Goonies (October 1 on Netflix)
There are about to be a lot of creepy films on this list to celebrate Halloween but if you want something a little lighter, a little more fun, but still great for the whole family, we suggest this 1980s classic.
The Mask (October 1 on Netflix)
Is this Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz comic book adaptation still as “smmmmmooooookinnnnn'” as it was in 1994? There’s only one way to find out.
The Martian (October 2 on Netflix)
Project Hail Mary may still be a few months away, but you can kill the time with this other Andy Weir adaptation, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon.
The Maze Runner series (October 9 on Netflix)
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