Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Amazon Prime Video‘s Australian library. Eliza Janssen presents her picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.
Top picks
Welcome to the Blumhouse (October 6 and 13)
Four storeys—sorry,
stories—of horror, each brimming with an exceptional dramatic cast. Blumhouse’s Jason Blum seems to be billing himself as a 21st century Rod Serling, and as long as he keeps putting out mid-budget horror hits like these, I’m kind of cool with it. A collection of four suspense films (
Black Box,
Evil Eye,
The Lie and
Nocturne) all revolving around themes of family, intimacy and domesticity, Welcome to the Blumhouse’s cast includes Peter Sarsgaard, Joey King, Phylicia Rashad, Sydney Sweeney and Sunita Mani. They are all ‘under one roof’ and fighting for their lives, or at least their sanity. Sounds uncomfortably familiar.
Best Brit buds Nick Frost and Simon Pegg are reunited in this eight-part series, which follows a paranoid group of paranormal investigators who may have just stumbled onto the real deal. As Nick Frost’s Gus and his motley crew of believers stake out old abandoned churches, bunkers and hospitals with their artillery of clunky homemade gizmos, the mates become embroiled in an actual cult. I bet the results will be like 30% freaky, 20% fuelled by the intricacies of male friendship, and 50% hilarious. Malcolm McDowell also co-stars!
Is this filmed version of Rihanna’s live fashion show the closest you’re going to get to a bougie live experience right now? Probably, and if it had to be anything, I’m glad it’s
Savage X Fenty’s latest vision of cutting-edge, inclusive glamour. Rihanna’s last
Savage X Fenty show was hailed as an upgrade from the rigid beauty conventions of glorified pageants such as Miss America and Victoria’s Secret, meaning anyone interested in checking out the latest trends in fashion, beauty, and lingerie will be seeing those looks on models like Lizzo, Demi Moore, and drag queens Gigi Goode and Jaida Essence Hall. Musical performers include Travis Scott, Rosalia, Bad Bunny, and Roddy Ricch.
All titles arriving on Prime Video Australia in October
October 1
Money Monster
The Walking Dead: World Beyond S1
Soltos Em Floripa S1
October 2
Savage X Fenty Show S2
Bug Diaries Halloween Special S1
October 3
Emma
October 4
The Lucky One
The Founder
October 6
Black Box
The Lie
October 8
My Spy
October 9
Carolina Marin S1
Sons Of The Soil : Jaipur Pink Panthers S1
October 12
Life
The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones
October 13
Evil Eye
Nocturne
October 15
Bombshell
Sonic The Hedgehog
October 16
The Good Doctor S3
Time
What The Constitution Means To Me S1
October 17
The Invisible Man
Jay And Silent Bob Reboot
The Wishmas Tree
October 23
Mirzapur S2
Nos4a2 S2
October 27
Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island
Robin Hood
October 30
The Challenge: Eta S1
Truth Seekers S1
See also
* Best new movies and TV series on Netflix
* Best new movies and TV series on Stan
* Best new movies and TV series on Binge
* All new streaming movies & series
