Max to Add 83 New Titles This Week – Here’s the 3 Most Interesting
By Phillip Swann
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Max, the streaming service formerly known as HBO Max, this week (September 29-October 5, 2024) plans to add 83 new TV shows and movies to its streaming lineup. Here are the three most interesting new titles, in my humble opinion:
Salem’s Lot (2024) (Max Original)
Lewis Pullman stars as Ben Mears, an author who returns to his childhood home in search of inspiration. However, instead of a muse, he discovers a vampire who is preying upon the town. Based on the Stephen King novel, the film was originally scheduled to be released in 2022 but suffered some Covid-related production delays. The actors’ strike in 2023 caused yet another delay but it will finally get its showcase when it debuts on Max on Thursday, October 3.
The Franchise, season one (HBO Original)
Himesh Patel and Aya Cash star in this Jon Brown-led satire of how superhero movies get made. I love the premise — what can be more pretentious than a superhero movie and thus worthy of satire? — and showrunner Brown was a writer on HBO’s brilliant Succession series and The Veep. Sounds good. Debuts on Friday, October 4.
A Nightmare On Elm Street Collection
Since October is Halloween month, Max on Tuesday, October 1 will add five movies from the A Nightmare On Elm Street film series including the original from 1984. If you’ve never watched them, they are time capsule peeks at the disposable decade known as the 80s as well as a jump scare fest thanks to Robert Englund’s performance as the unstoppable Freddy Krueger. And don’t miss Johnny Depp in his film debut in the 1984 original.
Complete List of New Titles Coming to Max This Week:
Sunday, September 29
Be My Guest with Ina Garten, Season 5 (Food Network)
Outrageous Pumpkins (Food Network)
Uzumaki (Adult Swim)
Monday, September 30
Bellator: Fight Week Chicago, Season 6
Tuesday, October 1
21 Jump Street (2012)
22 Jump Street
A Day in the Country
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
A Return to Salem’s Lot
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Altitude
Annabelle Comes Home
Annabelle: Creation
Barry Munday
Contraband: Seized at Sea, Season 1 (Discovery)
Contraband: Seized at the Border, Season 5 (Discovery)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Dinner for Schmucks
Doctor Sleep
Dune (1984)
Edge of Darkness
Four Christmases
Freddy vs. Jason
Frost / Nixon
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey
Godzilla vs. Biollante
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Green Porno
Gremlins (1984)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
I Was a Teenage Zombie
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Invictus
It (2017)
It: Chapter Two
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Knife in the Water
Lawrence of Arabia
Major Barbara
Mecum Main Attractions: Monterey CA
Misery
Mississippi Masala
Monte Carlo
My Life as a Dog
Ondine
Open Your Eyes
Poltergeist (1982)
Practical Magic
Red Dawn (2012)
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Scooby-Doo (2002)
Stephen King’s It (1990)
The Conjuring
The Conjuring 2
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The Cranes are Flying
The Curse of La Llorona
The Death of Superman
The Huntsman: Winter’s War
The Life and Times of Farmer Al
The Naked Kiss
The Return of Godzilla
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Traffik
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Tough Love
Walkabout
Water for Elephants
October 2
Destinations of the Damned with Zak Bagans, Season 1 (Discovery)
October 3
Expedition Bigfoot, Season 5 (Discovery)
Expedition X, Season 8 (Discovery)
Gremlins: The Wild Batch, Season 2 (Max Original)
Las Bravas F.C., Season 2 (Max Original)
Salem’s Lot (2024) (Max Original)
Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special! (Max Original)
October 4
Have I Got News for You (CNN)
The Franchise, Season 1 (HBO Original)
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