HBO Max is rounding out October 2026 with an expanded slate of horror classics, science-fiction thrillers, and true-crime documentary series tailored for Halloween, as gameblog.fr reported. Following a month that already brought the release of Crystal Lake, the prequel series to the Friday the 13th franchise, the streaming platform’s final week of the month leans heavily into genre cinema and criminal investigations.
Horror Classics and Sci-Fi Thrillers Head to HBO Max
The film schedule kicks off on October 28, 2026, with a pair of distinct additions. Subscribers will find Le Brio, the dramatic comedy directed by Yvan Attal and starring Daniel Auteuil alongside Camélia Jordana. Jordana earned a César Award for Best Female Newcomer for her portrayal of a law student coached in public speaking by a provocative professor. The same day brings the short sports documentary NFL Films Short: Kordell Stewart: Slash & Burn, focusing on the former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback.
Science-fiction arrives on October 29, 2026, with Rian Johnson’s time-travel thriller Looper. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as an assassin tasked with eliminating targets sent back from the future, until he encounters an older version of himself played by Bruce Willis.
The lineup pivots sharply toward horror ahead of Halloween night. On October 30, 2026, Eli Roth’s torture-porn reference film Hostel joins the platform, carrying production backing from Quentin Tarantino. For Halloween night itself on October 31, 2026, HBO Max adds John Boorman’s sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic, starring Linda Blair and Richard Burton, alongside Little Monsters.
True Crime and Documentary Series Fill the Weekly Schedule
The television and documentary catalog launches its week on October 26, 2026, with the second season of the entertainment series Les Derniers Bûcherons. The remaining additions focus on true crime to maintain the seasonal atmosphere.
October 28, 2026, marks the debut of Face au monstre : Aileen Wuornos, a documentary series examining the American serial killer executed in Florida in 2002. Wuornos’s life previously inspired the feature film Monster, which earned Charlize Theron the Academy Award for Best Actress. The following day on October 29, 2026, the documentary series Le Poète cannibale enters the catalog. HBO Max rounds out the week on October 31, 2026, with the new entertainment program Secrets, complots et manipulations.
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