Streaming Archive
Archives for October 2025
The It prequel series is a half-hearted attempt at crossing Stephen King’s opus with Stranger Things.
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Jess Weatherbed
Andrew Webster
Hijack is back (in January).
The Apple TV thriller returns for its second season, with eight episodes that kick off on January 14th, 2026. This time the setting shifts from an airplane to a train in Berlin. Hopefully they don’t end up in an Exit 8 situation.
Jay Peters
KPop Demon Hunters is really, really huge.
It has already gotten more than 325 million views, the company says. And get ready for more from the franchise: Netflix is partnering with Mattel and Hasbro on toys and products, and the company is looking at “opportunities” in “live experiences, publishing, beauty, lifestyle, and food and beverage.”
Letter to Shareholders
[Netflix]
Andrew Webster
Del Toro’s monster.
The latest iteration of Frankenstein is excellent, but due to Netflix’s complex relationship with theaters, it’s also difficult to watch at the moment for many. But if you want to squeeze in a viewing ahead of its November 7th streaming date, the director posted this handy site for finding local screenings.
Richard Lawler
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Nick Statt
Decoder is now a video podcast.
We’re very excited to announce that Decoder is now officially on YouTube. So if you prefer to watch and not just listen to your podcasts, you can head over to youtube.com/@decoderpod and subscribe to our new channel, where we’ll post new full-length interviews every Monday.
Our first episode, featuring Zocdoc CEO Oliver Kharraz onstage at the TechFutures conference in New York City, is available now. Check it out, like and subscribe, and tell us what you think.
