Overview

• Netflix opens the month with new originals including Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story on October 3 and festival‑praised documentary The Perfect Neighbor on October 10, reported at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes at time of publication.
• Kathryn Bigelow returns with A House of Dynamite, rolling out in select cinemas early in October before a Netflix debut on October 24.
• Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is positioned as a marquee mid‑October theatrical release ahead of a later streaming window on Netflix.
• Netflix’s late‑month lineup features Edward Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player on October 29 and The Witcher Season 4 at the end of October with Liam Hemsworth taking over as Geralt.
• Prime Video executes a major October 1 library drop, adding most James Bond films alongside a wide slate of catalog titles, highlighting intensified platform programming this month.