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Courtesy Everett Collection / ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection / ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection October is Halloween movie season, so it’s the perfect time for two of the year’s high-profile horror releases to debut on streaming platforms. “Evil Dead Burn,” the extremely grotesque ninth installment in the long-running franchise, premieres on HBO Max this month and should prove to be a big home viewing hit. For the indie horror lovers, Jane Schoenbrun’s instant cult classic “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” arrives to on Mubi to stream after a buzzy summer run that kicked off at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
For non horror lovers, summer movie season tentpoles “Disclosure Day” and “Minions and Monsters” are both arriving on Peacock this October. Neither movie set the box office on fire, but streaming should prove a popular destination to watch the latest Steven Spielberg alien blockbuster and the latest entry in the uber-popular “Despicable Me” franchise. A24’s “The Invite” was a huge success in theaters, meanwhile, and should keep the Oscar buzz when it debuts on HBO Max this month.
Check out a full rundown below of the biggest movies hitting streaming this month.
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The Invite (Oct. 23 on HBO Max)
Image Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Olivia Wilde’s acclaimed comedy “The Invite” arrives on HBO Max after earning a sturdy $58 million worldwide at the summer box office. Wilde stars opposite Seth Rogen, Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton in this story of two couples whose uproarious dinner party exposes the cracks in their relationships. Variety named “The Invite” one of the best movies of 2026 so far, calling it a “bravura dinner-party dramedy that’s like ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ remade by the Woody Allen of ‘Husbands and Wives.’”
