New on Peacock in October 2026

Peacock dropped 78 movies on and around October 1, 2026, and it is not subtle about the theme: Saw, Scream, The Omen, The Ring, The Fog, Friday the 13th, three Blades, three Paranormal Activities, and all four Hannibal Lecter films from The Silence of the Lambs down to Hannibal Rising. The Silence of the Lambs is the best of the lot, Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings are the two for a room with kids in it, and Train to Busan is the one with zombies. Then, for reasons nobody has explained, both Grinch movies. Eleven titles leave during the month, six of them on October 15.

Every title below is live on Peacock in the US, and the full shelf updates daily on the Peacock what-to-watch page. The standing scary shelf, including what was already there before this drop, is on the best horror movies on Peacock list.

The best of the new arrivals

1. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

119 min · IMDb 8.6 · RT 95 · Metascore 86 · October 1

The highest IMDb score of the month, an 8.6 with 18,557 TMDB votes behind it, and the best Metascore too at 86. An FBI student gets sent into a basement cell to ask a cannibal for help catching a different killer, and he charges her for every answer in personal history. Three main characters and a lot of talking through glass. Based on the novel.

2. Coraline (2009)

100 min · IMDb 7.8 · RT 91 · Metascore 80 · October 1

Stop-motion: a bored eleven-year-old in a new house finds a bricked-up little door, and the family on the other side would like to keep her. Buttons are involved. Horror built for children, a 91 from critics, and the pick for a room where not everyone is old enough for Saw.

3. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

102 min · IMDb 7.7 · RT 97 · Metascore 84 · October 1

The best critic score of the month, a 97. A boy who tells stories with living origami accidentally calls down the spirits his mother was hiding him from, and goes looking for his samurai father's weapons. Stop-motion, feudal Japan, 102 minutes, and the second of two stop-motion films in the top ten.

4. Train to Busan (2016)

118 min · IMDb 7.6 · RT 95 · Metascore 73 · October 1

A zombie outbreak hits South Korea as an express train pulls out for Busan, and the film stays on the train. A 95 on Rotten Tomatoes, tied with The Silence of the Lambs, and the best of the live-action horror arrivals. Take this over World War Z: same zombies, two more minutes, and 28 points higher with critics.

5. American Psycho (2000)

102 min · IMDb 7.6 · RT 69 · Metascore 64 · October 1

A Wall Street banker whose nights do not match his days, and who may be making half of it up. Satire of money culture first, slasher second. Critics landed at 69 and IMDb voters at 7.6, and both numbers are defensible. It leaves Hulu on October 31, so this is where it lives now.

6. Saw (2004)

103 min · IMDb 7.6 · RT 50 · Metascore 46 · October 1

Two strangers chained up in a bathroom, a tape recorder, and instructions from a man who calls it a game. The first one, 103 minutes, mostly in one room. The lowest critic score in the top ten at 50; the IMDb crowd has it at 7.6, level with Train to Busan.

7. The Fly (1986)

96 min · IMDb 7.6 · RT 83 · Metascore 81 · October 1

A scientist tests his own teleporter with a fly in the pod and spends the rest of the film becoming something else. Remake, 96 minutes, and an 81 Metascore, the highest of the horror arrivals.

8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

137 min · IMDb 7.6 · RT 91 · Metascore 90 · October 1

An Indiana power lineman sees something on a back road during a blackout and cannot stop drawing the same mountain. The answer is in Wyoming, behind a fake evacuation. The highest Metascore of the month at 90, and 137 minutes.

9. The Crow (1994)

102 min · IMDb 7.5 · RT 88 · Metascore 72 · October 1

A murdered guitarist comes back from the grave a year later, with a crow for a guide and a list of names. Based on the comic, set on Halloween, and an 88 from critics.

10. The Omen (1976)

111 min · IMDb 7.5 · RT 76 · Metascore 62 · October 1

A US ambassador quietly adopts a newborn after a miscarriage and does not tell his wife where the baby came from. Then a rottweiler, a new nanny, a priest with warnings, and a photographer whose prints show how people will die. 1976, 111 minutes.

Also arriving

• Scream (1996). 112 min · RT 78 · Horror, Crime, Mystery · October 1.
  Ghostface, a phone, a house party, and a cast that knows the rules of the genre it is in. Slasher and whodunit, with a 78 from critics.
• The Rock (1996). 137 min · RT 76 · Adventure, Action, Thriller · October 1.
  A general takes hostages on Alcatraz with nerve gas pointed at San Francisco, and the only man who ever escaped the island is let out of prison to lead a SEAL team back in. 137 minutes.
• Red Dragon (2002). 124 min · RT 68 · Horror, Thriller, Crime · October 1.
  The FBI profiler who caught Lecter comes out of retirement and has to ask him for help with a new killer. Based on the first of the novels.
• From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). 108 min · RT 65 · Horror, Action, Crime · October 1.
  Two bank-robbing brothers kidnap a preacher and his kids to get across the border, and the bar they hide in is not what it looks like. Crime film for an hour, then vampires.
• The Mummy (1999). 124 min · RT 64 · Adventure, Fantasy, Action · October 1.
  A legionnaire, a librarian and her brother dig up Hamunaptra in the 1920s and wake the priest buried under it. Adventure first, horror second, and a 7.0 from 10,422 votes.
• Blade (1998). 121 min · RT 59 · Horror, Action · October 1.
  A half-vampire who hunts the rest with a sword and a lot of martial arts. Based on the comic, the first of three Blades in this drop.
• The Ring (2002). 115 min · RT 72 · Horror, Mystery · October 1.
  A reporter investigating four teenagers' deaths tracks down the videotape they all watched, and watches it. Remake, with a one-week clock.
• Last Night in Soho (2021). 117 min · RT 75 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · October 1.
  A fashion student in London starts dreaming her way into the 1960s every night, following a would-be singer through Soho, and the dreams stop being pleasant. Psychological horror with a time slip.
• 9 (2009). 79 min · RT 57 · Adventure, Animation, Action · October 1.
  A burlap rag doll wakes up in a world where the machines have killed every human, and finds eight others like him. Animated, post-apocalyptic, and at 79 minutes the shortest arrival of the month.
• World War Z (2013). 116 min · RT 67 · Horror, Action, Sci-Fi · October 1.
  A former UN investigator flies around the world during a zombie pandemic looking for a weakness. Philadelphia, Jerusalem, a plane, a lab. 17,100 TMDB votes, second-most of the month after The Silence of the Lambs.
• Jack Reacher (2012). 130 min · RT 64 · Drama, Action, Thriller · October 5.
  Five people shot dead in one morning, a sniper in custody who asks for one man by name, and an ex-military investigator who turns up. Based on the novel, 130 minutes.
• The Witches (1990). 91 min · RT 94 · Fantasy, Horror, Family · October 1.
  A boy and his grandmother at an English seaside hotel stumble into a witches' convention with a plan to turn every child in the country into a mouse. Based on the children's book, and a 94 from critics, higher than Coraline.
• Hook (1991). 142 min · RT 37 · Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy · October 1.
  Peter Pan grew up into a corporate lawyer whose work is costing him his family, and Captain Hook kidnaps the kids to force a rematch. 142 minutes, the longest arrival of the month, and a 37 from critics against a 6.8 on IMDb.
• Hannibal (2001). 131 min · RT 39 · Drama, Thriller, Crime · October 1.
  Lecter in Italy under a new name, Starling in disgrace back home, and a letter between them. Based on the novel, and a 39 from critics, which Hannibal Rising manages to undercut.
• The Fog (1980). 90 min · RT 76 · Horror · October 2.
  A coastal town's hundredth birthday, a glowing fog off the water, and something in it with swords. 90 minutes, 1980.
• The Boxtrolls (2014). 97 min · RT 78 · Fantasy, Animation, Comedy · October 1.
  An orphan raised underground by trolls in cardboard boxes comes up to save them from the man who has made a career of exterminating them. Stop-motion, with a stinger during the credits.
• 28 Weeks Later (2007). 99 min · RT 73 · Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi · October 1.
  Six months after the rage virus burned through Britain, the US military starts resettling London, and one family reunion undoes all of it. A 78 Metascore, better than most of the horror shelf.
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992). 110 min · RT 67 · Drama, Thriller · October 1.
  A couple hires a nanny who is quietly planning to take the mother's place. Domestic thriller, 1992, with the suspense all in the house.
• Death Becomes Her (1992). 104 min · TMDB 6.8 · Fantasy, Horror, Comedy · October 1.
  Two rivals over the same man drink a potion that stops them aging, then try to kill each other and find out that stopped working too. Horror comedy, 1992, no Rotten Tomatoes score on file.
• Monster House (2006). 91 min · RT 75 · Fantasy, Animation, Horror · October 1.
  Three kids versus the house across the street, which eats things. Motion-capture animation, set at Halloween, 91 minutes.

Leaving Peacock in October 2026

11 movies leave Peacock in October, six of them on October 15. These are the ones to catch first.

• The Motorcycle Diaries (2004). 126 min · RT 83 · Drama · Leaves October 15.
  The highest IMDb score on the departures list, a 7.7, and it leaves October 15. Two Argentine medical students ride a motorcycle up South America in the early 1950s, and one of them is the young Che Guevara. Based on his journals.
• Under the Same Moon (2007). 106 min · RT 71 · Drama · Leaves October 15.
  A nine-year-old in Mexico sets out alone to find his mother, who is working without papers across the border. A 7.9 from TMDB voters, the highest on the departures list, from 372 of them.
• The Book of Life (2014). 95 min · RT 82 · Fantasy, Animation, Family · Leaves October 15.
  A bullfighter's son who would rather sing, a love triangle, and a trip through the land of the dead to settle it. Animated musical, 95 minutes, an 82 from critics.
• American Me (1992). 125 min · RT 73 · Drama, Crime · Leaves October 15.
  Eighteen years in Folsom, a gang built behind bars, and a release that does not take. East Los Angeles crime drama from 1992, 125 minutes.
• Last Breath (2025). 93 min · RT 90 · Drama, Thriller · Leaves October 25.
  A deep-sea diver is cut off on the seabed with minutes of air, based on the true story and the documentary before it. 93 minutes, a 90 from critics, the best on the departures list.
• Champions (2023). 124 min · RT 59 · Drama, Comedy · Leaves October 28.
  A minor-league coach sentenced to community service ends up running a Special Olympics basketball team. Comedy, 124 minutes, stingers during and after the credits.
• Machete (2010). 105 min · RT 70 · Action, Comedy, Thriller · Leaves October 15.
  An ex-Federale hired to shoot a Texas senator is set up, and spends the rest of the film getting even. Grindhouse action, 105 minutes.
• Cocaine Bear (2023). 95 min · RT 65 · Comedy, Thriller, Crime · Leaves October 14.
  A black bear in a Georgia forest eats a dropped shipment of cocaine, and everyone who wanders in pays for it. Based, loosely, on a true story. First to go, October 14.
• The Mummy Returns (2001). 130 min · RT 46 · Adventure, Fantasy, Action · Leaves October 30.
  Arrived October 1, leaves October 30. The sequel: the O'Connells' son puts on a bracelet that wakes the Scorpion King's army, and Imhotep wants it too. 130 minutes.

The full list

Everything else that landed this month, by day.

October 1

• 3 from Hell (2019) · Horror, Action, Western
• Blade II (2002) · Fantasy, Horror, Action
• Blade: Trinity (2004) · Horror, Action, Sci-Fi
• Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016) · Horror, Comedy
• Brightburn (2019) · Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
• Darkman (1990) · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
• Friday the 13th (1980) · Horror
• Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) · Horror
• Friday the 13th Part III (1982) · Horror
• Fright Night (2011) · Horror, Comedy
• Halloween (2007) · Horror
• Hostel (2006) · Horror
• House of 1000 Corpses (2003) · Horror
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) · Fantasy, Comedy, Family
• Jennifer's Body (2009) · Horror, Comedy
• Krampus (2015) · Fantasy, Horror, Comedy
• Leatherface (2017) · Horror, Thriller
• Ma (2019) · Horror, Thriller
• Monsters vs Aliens (2009) · Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi
• Nightalk (2022) · Thriller, Crime, Mystery
• Paranormal Activity (2007) · Horror, Mystery
• Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) · Horror, Mystery
• Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) · Horror, Mystery
• Peninsula (2020) · Adventure, Horror, Action
• Pinocchio: Unstrung (2026) · Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
• Pixels (2015) · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
• Puss in Boots (2011) · Adventure, Animation, Action
• Scary Movie (2000) · Comedy
• Scream 3 (2000) · Horror, Mystery
• Silent Hill (2006) · Horror, Mystery
• The Crazies (2010) · Horror, Action, Mystery
• The Devil's Rejects (2005) · Drama, Horror, Crime
• The Grudge (2004) · Horror, Thriller, Mystery
• The Haunting (1999) · Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
• The Inhabitant (2022) · Horror, Mystery
• The Last House on the Left (2009) · Drama, Horror, Thriller
• The Mummy Returns (2001) · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
• The People Under the Stairs (1991) · Horror, Comedy
• The Prodigy (2019) · Horror, Thriller
• The Scorpion King (2002) · Adventure, Fantasy, Action
• The Strangers (2008) · Horror
• Uncle Drew (2018) · Comedy
• Van Helsing (2004) · Adventure, Horror, Action

October 2

• Hannibal Rising (2007) · Horror, Thriller, Crime
• Messengers 2: The Scarecrow (2009) · Horror
• No One Lives (2013) · Horror, Thriller

October 5

• Night Swim (2024) · Horror
• The Grinch (2018) · Fantasy, Animation, Comedy

Pick one without the scroll

Seventy-eight arrivals, most of them with a body count, is a lot to settle by committee. Start a Peacock swipe room, pass the link around, and let the matches pick. Then raid the concessions machine and press play.