What's new to streaming this week? (Oct. 17, 2025)
Shannon Connellan, Shannon Connellan, Sam Haysom, Belen Edwards, Kristy Puchko
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Key Takeaways
- Mashable publishes weekly watch guides to help subscribers choose what to watch from numerous streaming platforms.
- The guides are broken down by genre, covering new and buzzed-about releases across services like Hulu, Netflix, and Shudder.
- 'R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead' is a new YA folk horror film debuting on Tubi about a teen investigating a missing brother.
- 'Other,' starring Olga Kurylenko on Shudder, is a home-invasion thriller criticized for being bizarre and unsatisfying.
- The list also includes 'The Twits,' an animated adaptation of the Roald Dahl book about a nasty couple and imprisoned creatures.
Streaming services like Hulu, Netflix, and Disney+ offer an overwhelming amount of content, prompting Mashable's entertainment team to scour new releases weekly and rank them from least to most watchable.
This week's guide features diverse options, including the YA folk horror 'R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead' about a teen searching for his missing brother in a strange community.
Another featured title is 'Other,' a home-invasion thriller starring Olga Kurylenko that is described as bizarre and unsatisfying due to tiresome tropes and poor dialogue.
The list also covers the animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's 'The Twits,' which follows a rude couple whose plans for an amusement park are thwarted by brave orphans and imprisoned creatures.
